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New comment by wowokay in "“Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with diverse viewpoints”"

wowokay — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:59:21 +0000

If it is I think the term needs to be reviewed. In fact if people want to get sensitive about their racial identity then they need to focus on the actual words and tone.

Especially when it seems like alot of the time people are called racist or sexist for sharing a viewpoint that in their view is accurate.

For example, whenever I run into drivers that don’t react to a light change I have noticed it tends to be a woman with a phone in her hand.

I’m sure someone would take issue with my experience listed above, but I feel like I should have the right to make such a comment without backlash, because in my experience that observation holds true.

My point is I feel like context and history are important.

New comment by wowokay in "You don’t understand how bad it could get in Europe this year"

wowokay — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:09:11 +0000

That’s a joke right?

New comment by wowokay in "Twitch finally takes action against gambling"

wowokay — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:29:16 +0000

I have to be honest 100% of the games I play with loot boxes don’t let you trade the rewards. So that is different because to me loot boxes are just a different way to get cosmetics that I can’t buy with real money from other ppl. That means I don’t view them as having value to anyone but myself.

New comment by wowokay in "‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tossed"

wowokay — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:10:56 +0000

To be honest I don’t understand how it’s thought that police have to much power. Especially since every case makes it’s way in front of a judge.

New comment by wowokay in "Viral “racism in academia” story deleted when I started asking questions"

wowokay — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:47:06 +0000

Totally understandable, honestly I use it to vent frustrations and yell at companies.

New comment by wowokay in "The Japanese tradition of raising and eating wasps (2019)"

wowokay — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:11:28 +0000

That is true, I’d be more curious about the food source evolution. Even in this article the writer pointed out that it was a tradition and that sourcing the wasps was getting harder each year due to pesticides. Does this mean culturally they have moved past eating wasps and moved on to more “normal” food sources? I’ve never thought of eating insects as a primary source of food for a culture unless they were poor and couldn’t afford better foods.

New comment by wowokay in "Malvertising on Microsoft Edge's news feed pushes tech support scams"

wowokay — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:27:23 +0000

I have not had that experience, generally I don’t see ads thanks to adblockers, and the platform just works and supports almost 100% of all apps. It is also fast, and I’m sure Linux could be faster but I feel it’s lacking features and support for most games and software that I use (making it easy to see why it could run faster).

New comment by wowokay in "Malvertising on Microsoft Edge's news feed pushes tech support scams"

wowokay — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:21:35 +0000

No, I think it’s in that bucket, personally I haven’t had a problem with them.

New comment by wowokay in "Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dominance, DOJ says"

wowokay — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 21:19:10 +0000

No, I think most of us though google was a more innovative company that could create a way to share that many results, feels more like an EA move where google stopped trying years ago and just went into search maintance mode.

New comment by wowokay in "Queen Elizabeth II has died"

wowokay — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:11:22 +0000

Agreed

New comment by wowokay in "Queen Elizabeth II has died"

wowokay — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:09:49 +0000

I know none of us knew her personally but this doesn’t seem like a sentiment shared by most, and it is definitely not something to bring up when she isn’t even in the ground yet.

New comment by wowokay in "Customer who defamed BC company on Google, Yelp ordered to pay $90k"

wowokay — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:55:59 +0000

Well but at the same time reviews on those platforms are opinion related to services rendered. I suppose it’s fair to say that comments can be worded in a better way in order to avoid something like this. It could also see the going after Google and other services that offer a review platform because I feel there should be a legal warning shown before posting a review if it is no longer taken as opinion and instead is considered factual. This also somehow feels like a win for companies like Comcast/Xfinity that are often reviewed terribly.

New comment by wowokay in "Remotely Controlled Lawn Tractor"

wowokay — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:39:21 +0000

That is true, it is frustrating that times have changed to the point where innovation in this scale is hampered under the guise of safety.

New comment by wowokay in "Time Till Open Source Alternative"

wowokay — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:01:03 +0000

Your second sentence doesn’t make sense because their post presented a lot of good points that move the argument past a “I don’t like it so it’s bad” argument. To knock it up another notch those same points could be applied to Linux over Windows. Market (user) adoption is the only real metric to measure against. The argument I submit is that a tool like Gimp can’t be considered better if it can’t claim the market to prove it, if it was fundamentally better at its core adoption would pass the non open source leader.

New comment by wowokay in "Most Texans pay more in taxes than Californians, data suggests"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:13:22 +0000

1500 for a studio man people are getting robbed in those dense places.

New comment by wowokay in "H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:35:51 +0000

I feel like a good relationship with Russia is not a plus for India right now.

New comment by wowokay in "H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:33:16 +0000

It has been stable since I have been here? In fact all the issues that make the most $$$, gun violence, abortion, race relations, these are not a problem at the macro level. If anything it should be commended that our media and leadership has the luxury to complain about these “issues” that affect less then 5% of the population.

New comment by wowokay in "H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:29:05 +0000

The threat of a school shooting is real everywhere, I don’t think the news does justice to showcase how often gun violence could have been avoided if the individuals in the kids life payed attention.

New comment by wowokay in "H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:25:14 +0000

No this is not true, you can’t be denied medical treatment in the US even if you don’t have the ability to pay it.

New comment by wowokay in "Remote startups will win the war for top talent"

wowokay — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:36:44 +0000

I assume you don’t keep in touch with people through social media or texting then? Or would you not consider those remote people actual friends since you can’t collaborate with them in physical locations regularly?