14th_cylon

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you had 1 dollar and 24 hours what would you do?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  we did the same, but that was 30 years ago, i wonder how that game translates to today’s world. probably not very well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hypothetically, if the police seized your electronics (for an unrelated investigation) and found out you have a lot of pirated content, what would happen?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not limited to any specific jurisdiction, just want to know what happens in general.

  this is all about the jurisdiction. in my country, downloading anything is not illegal, what can be illegal is sharing stuff you don’t own.

  so in your case, nothing would happen, not because of the pirated content. (i mean if they really wanted to get you and all they had to work with would be your disney collection, they would probably try to prove you shared/sold it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you take 'stfu' from a stranger online, provided what you said wasn't meant to be funny?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i am not native speaker as well, so it is sometimes hard to judge the nuances. in the old days of the internet there was a saying “be conservative in what you say and liberal in what you hear”. so maybe do that. or don’t care at all and just move on 🤷‍♂️ sorry i don’t have anything better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you take 'stfu' from a stranger online, provided what you said wasn't meant to be funny?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To me it still literally means Shut The Fuck Up, and whenever I see it, my immediate reaction is that the person on the other end actually meant it exactly as rude as I have always perceived it all my life.

  even if they does it mean exactly as rude as you perceive it, does it really matter? you will never be liked by everyone. so if it is situation where you can just shrug your shoulders and leave, it may be time to do it and don’t take it too personally. the person on the other side can be 7 years old. if it happened in real life, would you spend time discussing with him?

  if you see a person with a sign about the end of the world coming tomorrow looking moderately insane on the street, in real life - do you go to them and try to convince them they are not right, or do you just shrug your shoulders and move on with your life? and why do we often act differently online?

  to be clear i am not trying to be holier-than-thou here, i’ve been guilty of exactly this many times myself, but it is at least useful to be aware of this in retrospect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An open letter signed by 602 tech founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia Capital act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An open letter signed by 602 tech founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia Capital act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How does sharing xenophobic bullshit on twitter “harm global tech community”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are display sizes always measured in inches?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  meters for horizontal distances, such as

  not really. distance is measured in (nautical) miles, speed in knots (1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour)