I would argue that, for a time, the focus was to create tools that abide by an ideology AND are the best at what they do.

That is not the point. People should not have to sit in a cage and then be "judged" by a system that is no longer blind and is stacked against anyone who goes through it. How long do you want to sit in a cage for "something you did not do"? It's no longer about "justice" or "reform", it's about revenge and benefiting those who make it up.

> Statements like yours throw the entire justice system under the bus. You essentially call into question the entire [apparatus] that remains to protect normal folks in the burnt out husks of cities like Baltimore and Detroit.

The system needs to be thrown out because of how it was created and what it has become. Instead of only being used to "reform" the most reprehensible individuals in society (violent crimes, theft, fraud), it has become a weapon for use against anyone the two parties did not like. First it was the racist Democrats who used it against those who did not look like them and then the fundie Republicans pushed it even further to use it as a tool for the things the church did not like. Many people sitting in jail right now should not be in jail because their "crimes" never affected anyone else or society at large.

> Karen is an anti-white slur. "Karen" expects people to follow the rules and to be pro-social

Being a cunt is not limited to any one group or ethnicity. "Karen" is applicable to any busybody who should mind their own business and leave people alone.

Rewriting the world in Rust or other "memory safe" languages is not going to be the silver bullet that is being claimed. In the case of Rust, I am tired of people evangelizing it when it's plagued with issues that undermine its goals and rewrites will bring about more nasty bugs. "Unsafe" code will still need to be written and not being able to use or have stable toolchains to work with is a non-starter for a lot of projects. Until all of these languages have set standards and stable toolchains, hopefully the Rust Foundation will push, these languages are a non-starter.

It's not "...worth killing a lot of old people for some economic gain..." and it was never about that. The unintended consequences of this circus brought on by both parties has resulted in more death. We've allowed politicians and prominent figures to make negligent decisions that have resulted in deaths that could have been prevented.

People die from a wide range of things, some preventable and some not so much. Keeping everyone inside and preventing them from socializing has resulted in more deaths than a virus with a significantly low mortality rate. Why don't we shut the world down for other causes of death that have been happening in greater numbers? The sensible thing would have been to isolate populations with compromised immune systems and maybe make vitamin D supplementation a priority.

> RUSH: Folks, this coronavirus thing, I want to try to put this in perspective for you. It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump. Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. (interruption) You think I’m wrong about this? You think I’m missing it by saying that’s… (interruption) Yeah, I’m dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks.

Your quote from Rush is actually one of the few things that I actually agree with. The better response to this would have been to do absolutely nothing at all.

"Ransomware" has been a thing well before Bitcoin. Instead of Bitcoin, they would convince people to buy moneypaks or various gift cards.

I think you might be asking too much of people here. They can't seem to help themselves. Censorship and violence is OK when their people do it under the guise of cause X but it's not OK when other people do the exact same thing.

Those in power, people here and the arrogance of many others have created an entire generation of people who've been banished, shunned or shouted down any time they had a differing opinion on anything. I personally am done dealing with this bullshit and the problems that have been inflicted on society. I'm done being quiet and, personally, I'd rather join the damned than continue this circus. I'm willing to put everything on the table to end this and ensure that this will never happen again. EVERYONE deserves a voice and a platform; you are more than free to not listen.

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In terms of the needed power, Massachusetts can't even maintain the infrastructure they already have. How is the state going to make the required upgrades to support this move? The state's only nuclear power plant was decommissioned last year and there are no plans for new ones. Solar is not really a large scale option given the latitude, lack of sunny days and the need to clear / destroy more woodlands. Wind is an option but the scale needed would make the landscape become the eyesore that Vermont / New Hampshire has become.

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The danger is that this could be weaponized to censor any opposing viewpoints, given that it includes art, drawings and political cartoons; this is not just about photographs of real people.

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