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My guess is the primary reason is to mess with mail in voting.
February 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My guess is the primary reason is to mess with mail in voting.
It’s not whether you made a point, it’s whether your point is actually relevant, given you wrote “but,” and put asterisk next to “Canadian” and “Danish.”
February 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s not whether you made a point, it’s whether your point is actually relevant, given you wrote “but,” and put asterisk next to “Canadian” and “Danish.”
Whether or not it was American was not his point. It’s about the dividends of scientific research, even for projects that don’t at first glance seem super important.
February 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Whether or not it was American was not his point. It’s about the dividends of scientific research, even for projects that don’t at first glance seem super important.
What did you mean that the US government is trying to kiill you? I think you said it twice.
January 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What did you mean that the US government is trying to kiill you? I think you said it twice.
Overconsumption does not preclude overpopulation. Both are problems.
What did you mean by "(your) government trying to kill (you)?" Which government? US?
What did you mean by "(your) government trying to kill (you)?" Which government? US?
January 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Overconsumption does not preclude overpopulation. Both are problems.
What did you mean by "(your) government trying to kill (you)?" Which government? US?
What did you mean by "(your) government trying to kill (you)?" Which government? US?
In 10,20,30 years we will not care about Tiktok. The climate effects of today are from the emissions of 10-20 years ago because there's a lag in the system. Imagine how much worse it will be in just a decade.
Selfishly, I just hope modern society holds on just long enough for my lifetime.
Selfishly, I just hope modern society holds on just long enough for my lifetime.
January 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
In 10,20,30 years we will not care about Tiktok. The climate effects of today are from the emissions of 10-20 years ago because there's a lag in the system. Imagine how much worse it will be in just a decade.
Selfishly, I just hope modern society holds on just long enough for my lifetime.
Selfishly, I just hope modern society holds on just long enough for my lifetime.
Overpopulation is NOT a myth. We're using >1.4 Earths worth of resources. We are no longer in an Era of Abundance.
One thing you're right about- arguing about things like Tiktok is a waste of time. Climate change is accelerating. Crop failures, spread of disease, extinctions are also accelerating.
One thing you're right about- arguing about things like Tiktok is a waste of time. Climate change is accelerating. Crop failures, spread of disease, extinctions are also accelerating.
January 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Overpopulation is NOT a myth. We're using >1.4 Earths worth of resources. We are no longer in an Era of Abundance.
One thing you're right about- arguing about things like Tiktok is a waste of time. Climate change is accelerating. Crop failures, spread of disease, extinctions are also accelerating.
One thing you're right about- arguing about things like Tiktok is a waste of time. Climate change is accelerating. Crop failures, spread of disease, extinctions are also accelerating.
It's not nationalistic nonsense. China is a chief foreign adversary. Things are only going to get worse geopolitically. Scarcity of resources, overpopulation, end stage capitalism, and most importantly, ever worsening climate change.
This isn't the 50s, it's in many ways much, much worse.
This isn't the 50s, it's in many ways much, much worse.
January 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
It's not nationalistic nonsense. China is a chief foreign adversary. Things are only going to get worse geopolitically. Scarcity of resources, overpopulation, end stage capitalism, and most importantly, ever worsening climate change.
This isn't the 50s, it's in many ways much, much worse.
This isn't the 50s, it's in many ways much, much worse.
It's not absurd to single a company out. You sound like those morons who say that you shouldn't pass laws restricting assault weapons because it'd be porous.
It's a start. And it helps the problem a little, which is better than none. You don't have to solve all data collection with every law.
It's a start. And it helps the problem a little, which is better than none. You don't have to solve all data collection with every law.
January 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's not absurd to single a company out. You sound like those morons who say that you shouldn't pass laws restricting assault weapons because it'd be porous.
It's a start. And it helps the problem a little, which is better than none. You don't have to solve all data collection with every law.
It's a start. And it helps the problem a little, which is better than none. You don't have to solve all data collection with every law.
Bytedance is a Chinese company and connected up and down with the CCP. Tiktok is not banned in the US. Whether or not it exists in China is irrelevant to whether it's dangerous to the US.
Arguing that other companies give data is like saying you can't ban all guns, so you shouldn't try to ban any.
Arguing that other companies give data is like saying you can't ban all guns, so you shouldn't try to ban any.
January 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Bytedance is a Chinese company and connected up and down with the CCP. Tiktok is not banned in the US. Whether or not it exists in China is irrelevant to whether it's dangerous to the US.
Arguing that other companies give data is like saying you can't ban all guns, so you shouldn't try to ban any.
Arguing that other companies give data is like saying you can't ban all guns, so you shouldn't try to ban any.
You're not catching or punishing Tiktok and Bytedance even one time. EVen if you catch them, what is the US going to do to Bytedance, as a Chinese company? That's why the law is to divest to a US company.
January 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You're not catching or punishing Tiktok and Bytedance even one time. EVen if you catch them, what is the US going to do to Bytedance, as a Chinese company? That's why the law is to divest to a US company.
That's what a traitor says... unless you're not American? China is obviously one of the United State's chief foreign adversaries.
January 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
That's what a traitor says... unless you're not American? China is obviously one of the United State's chief foreign adversaries.
Okay, and do you see what the difference is? This at least has the chance of getting monitored, caught, and punished because it's a US company. Good luck trying to figure out all the ways Bytedance is dealing with the data.
January 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Okay, and do you see what the difference is? This at least has the chance of getting monitored, caught, and punished because it's a US company. Good luck trying to figure out all the ways Bytedance is dealing with the data.
I gave one scenario, not the only scenario. It's not hard to see how dangerous it is for an app controlled by China that has access to other apps, including contacts, photos, videos, etc.
Intelligence is a deduction game from multiple sources. Why make it easier for a foreign adversary.
Intelligence is a deduction game from multiple sources. Why make it easier for a foreign adversary.
January 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I gave one scenario, not the only scenario. It's not hard to see how dangerous it is for an app controlled by China that has access to other apps, including contacts, photos, videos, etc.
Intelligence is a deduction game from multiple sources. Why make it easier for a foreign adversary.
Intelligence is a deduction game from multiple sources. Why make it easier for a foreign adversary.
Sure, sure. Real time data like that is freely available to buy by US firms. I'm sure you know exactly what's available to buy on the dark web.
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sure, sure. Real time data like that is freely available to buy by US firms. I'm sure you know exactly what's available to buy on the dark web.
One scenario- Tiktok on non-government phones within a military family- spouses, kids. You could glean movements, locations of covert bases, identity of intelligence officers. A war in the near future over Taiwan is considered by some in the military to be likely.
January 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
One scenario- Tiktok on non-government phones within a military family- spouses, kids. You could glean movements, locations of covert bases, identity of intelligence officers. A war in the near future over Taiwan is considered by some in the military to be likely.
Just watched a couple of your interviews. If it's a societal problem, why are young men worse off than women? Why, in 1 family with the same opportunities, is son living in the basement vaping/playing video games and his sister is at Penn? If society is to blame, shouldn't both be in the basement?
January 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Just watched a couple of your interviews. If it's a societal problem, why are young men worse off than women? Why, in 1 family with the same opportunities, is son living in the basement vaping/playing video games and his sister is at Penn? If society is to blame, shouldn't both be in the basement?
I wonder how this is different/new from the past. I remember reading about this about 30 years ago, when Christopher Reeve got paralyzed.
January 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I wonder how this is different/new from the past. I remember reading about this about 30 years ago, when Christopher Reeve got paralyzed.
Does this even matter? Even if it were in her jurisdiction, can’t Biden just take the report and release it himself? He has immunity, and the Justice Dept is part of the Executive Branch.
January 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Does this even matter? Even if it were in her jurisdiction, can’t Biden just take the report and release it himself? He has immunity, and the Justice Dept is part of the Executive Branch.
I don’t see how it gets blocked. All Biden has to do is get the report and release it himself. Justice Department is part of the Executive Branch, and Biden has immunity.
January 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I don’t see how it gets blocked. All Biden has to do is get the report and release it himself. Justice Department is part of the Executive Branch, and Biden has immunity.
I just posted something similar. Why not have Garland just give the report to Biden, who then decides for the public good to release the report himself? He has presidential immunity anyways.
January 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I just posted something similar. Why not have Garland just give the report to Biden, who then decides for the public good to release the report himself? He has presidential immunity anyways.
Andrew, why can't Merrick Garland just give the report to Biden, who then releases it to the public? Biden has immunity, anyway.
January 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Andrew, why can't Merrick Garland just give the report to Biden, who then releases it to the public? Biden has immunity, anyway.
It’s important for chess tradition and culture. Part of chess’ place in culture is dependent on tradition as the Game of Kings. Keep messing with it, and it could backfire. Why does chess have the cultural place it does vs backgammon, other board games? It’s why golf is more strict with rules, too.
December 28, 2024 at 9:06 PM
It’s important for chess tradition and culture. Part of chess’ place in culture is dependent on tradition as the Game of Kings. Keep messing with it, and it could backfire. Why does chess have the cultural place it does vs backgammon, other board games? It’s why golf is more strict with rules, too.