27. Cr*ptoc*rrency is mainly a money laundering scheme people are being tricked into buying into, and the government will catch up. It has no non-bunk financial application and it's the one area of tech I would not accept a job in.
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28.Higher education is less important than people think, and should change in a more equitable way after the pandemic. One part of this needs to be helping career academics exit the field, but the fact is that it's just not sustainable and wouldn't be even if we made college free
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29. People should at least read up on an existing government policy and what it does before making applying this policy, via mandate, with no alternative, to everyone, into an organizing slogan and accusing everyone who disagrees of being a billionaire to be guillotined.
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30. The UK is more right wing than the United States.
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31. Marauder Shields was a hero who died trying to save Commander Shepard from the ending
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32. The US should adopt GDPR type regulations.
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33. If we ever find a secret, buried, locked coffin with unholy symbols in it we should open it immediately.
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34. People should not lie about media they dislike to turn people against it.
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35. In some cases requiring a real name to use social media - "real" here meaning the name you use, not a legal name necessarily - would be helpful in a number of regards. Facebook isn't toxic because of that but for other reasons
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I'm of two minds on this: I think anonymity is a super important tool for marginalized folks online. But it's also frequently abused by terrible people who want to be terrible with no consequences.
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This is a delicate topic because the people who feel they've been harmed by FB-style wallet name policies (especially trans people) dominate the conversation on here and I think that, on the balance of the argument, they have the stronger claim
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But the idea that the opposing argument is all bad faith and bullshit just doesn't seem true to me and I've heard compelling anecdotes to the contrary Thanks unfortunately to the fact that the legal system is the only backstop we have to social media moderation for bad actors
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And people are generally untouchable by the legal system unless "doxed"
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