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New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:04:39 +0000

I think you're underestimating how powerful social media and TikTok in particular is

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:52:17 +0000

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "House passes bill to force TikTok sale from Chinese owner or ban the app"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:15:55 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "[dead]"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 18:03:52 +0000

This and Bloomberg's 2020 campaign are good counter-examples to the cynical idea that money buys votes.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "Conservative video giant PragerU is trying to get into schools"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:24:27 +0000

I love PragerU's infamous graphs: https://twitter.com/BadConservart/status/1058136695974039555

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "[dead]"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:49:14 +0000

Especially in this case where it seemed like he didn't even expect this result.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "New York State Deploys National Guard to NYC Subways to Fight Crime (Bloomberg)"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:19:48 +0000

> Hochul said she chose to use state resources rather than pay for NYPD overtime to beef up transit patrols.

> “I’m going to be responding to many, many needs of the mayor and the city of New York in our budget,” Hochul said. “And so I said, ‘I can do something more immediate than a budget request, I can give you bodies right now.’ And I think that actually puts us ahead of the game.”

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "The Institute for Illegal Images"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:53:25 +0000

That's a terrifying read

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "TikTok Stunt Motivates Lawmakers to Take on the App"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:36:15 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_TikTok

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "TikTok Stunt Motivates Lawmakers to Take on the App"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:06:04 +0000

This article shows what it looked like: https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/7/24093308/tiktok-congress-b...

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "TikTok Stunt Motivates Lawmakers to Take on the App"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:45:11 +0000

Forming an opinion based on what "energy" it has is a stupid thing to do.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "Multiple government websites, including DHS FEMA and the Secret Service are down"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 03:01:58 +0000

Some of these are up for me: secret service, dhs

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "Tire falls off United plane after takeoff from SFO"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 01:43:57 +0000

In this case United Airlines is.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "Tire falls off United plane after takeoff from SFO"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 01:28:46 +0000

This could be a maintenance issue.

A Primer on Randomness

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:52:07 +0000

Article URL: https://espadrine.github.io/blog/posts/a-primer-on-randomness.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39636493

Points: 14

# Comments: 1

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "A data-driven case for why TikTok needs to be banned before the 2024 election"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:48:04 +0000

Some countries do ban Facebook, and many others place censorship requirements on it, with which it complies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Facebook

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "A data-driven case for why TikTok needs to be banned before the 2024 election"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 20:33:57 +0000

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "The TikTokers Are Revolting"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:46:36 +0000

I don't think this is going to have the effect TikTok wants it to. It sort of proves that the concerns the government has about it are real.

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "Sweden Is a NATO Member"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:18:36 +0000

> Germany is a vassal of the United States

Oh lord this again

New comment by ThisIsMyAltAcct in "TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban"

ThisIsMyAltAcct — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:54:34 +0000

"Speak up now - before your government[...]"

Oops, bit of a Freudian slip there.