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 Discussion on question by Amir Riazi:…

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tim
Nov 30, 2023 01:24
It seems that Hamas still holds part of her family hostage (see also here). While this may not be answerable here, I think that fact speaks for itself.
tim
Nov 30, 2023 01:24
@F1Krazy jpost calls it allegedly written and nypost says that her cousin calls it propaganda. Neither are great sources for an answer, but they - plus the fact that the letter sounds extremely over the top & very different from what other hostages reported - imho give enough reason to warrant a question.
 

 Discussion on answer by CDJB: Did Ira…

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tim
Nov 29, 2023 18:51
@EvanCarroll I must have missed the fact where all the terrorists on 7/10 were fathers of children who were unjustly imprisoned in Israel. But sure, if that's true, kidnapping and killing babies seems perfectly justified./s
tim
Nov 29, 2023 18:51
@EvanCarroll "resist" in this case means kidnapping babies and targeted murdering and torturing of civilians. Iraq considers these actions the "natural result". That's as close to support of terrorism as you'll get.
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 Discussion on answer by Pyrotechnical…

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tim
Aug 2, 2023 10:30
If imprisoning a 16 year old in their room for a week is lenient, I don't want to see what non-leniency would look like. There are definitely jurisdictions where that would be a more serious crime than underage drinking. If the parents feel there is a need to intervene in regards to OPs drinking habits, there are better ways.
 

 Discussion on question by gmatht: Did…

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tim
Apr 1, 2023 17:53
@ItalianPhilosophers4Monica If you didn't watch it, how can you say that it isn't antisemitic? And yeah, conspiracy theories about "globalists" secretly controlling the government are structurally antisemitic. Then pointing to Jews as these globalists makes it explicit antisemitism.
tim
Apr 1, 2023 17:53
@JamesK Saying that an antisemitic ad is only 'found antisemitic by some observers' whitewashes antisemitism. We wouldn't say "the jim crow laws, which some observers found racist" or "der stürmer, which some observers found antisemitic" (well, at least we shouldn't), and we shouldn't do so here. I think it's not a good question (because it's a trivial "yes"), but the antisemitic content is relevant (because that's the only reason that some might doubt that it was a genuine Trump ad).
 

 Discussion on answer by Laurel: Did J…

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tim
Feb 10, 2023 13:06
@GGMG-he-him I'm not sure anyone is making the claim that Rowling explicitly pushed for hook-noses. People are saying that the goblins in the book and even moreso the movie are based on antisemitic stereotypes (not exactly the same ones for book and movie, but similar ones) & that Rowling was significantly involved in the production of both. I fear that focusing on a very narrow claim (that I'm not sure is being made in that specific form) will lead to the misleading impression that these aren't antisemitic stereotypes (when they clearly are, in the book as well as the movie).
tim
Feb 10, 2023 13:06
@user76284 it is a direct reference to the quoted passage relating to the goblins physical description ("He had a swarthy, clever face") and how it relates to antisemitic imagery.
tim
Feb 10, 2023 13:06
swarthy and clever are also identifiers that have historically been used in antisemitic stereotypes. For a race that controls the worlds banks, that's an unfortunate choice (arguably, having such a race in the first place is already reproducing stereotypes).
 

 Discussion on answer by tim: Did Greg…

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tim
Dec 28, 2022 08:44
@WesSayeed "A CNN team saw " <- that's confirmation, not publishing an opinion.
 

 Discussion on answer by JonathanReez:…

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tim
Dec 25, 2022 16:00
@JonathanReez pre-Musk, twitter banned hate speech and such. It's not a bias if that mainly resulted in bans of far-right accounts, and not so much of left-wing accounts (it's a natural result of the kind of speech that originates from those accounts). Now, you (and Musk) can argue that hate speech and the like are not banworthy, so the unbanning is morally right. That's one thing. But to say that the unbannning was balanced is just not true.
tim
Dec 25, 2022 16:00
@JonathanReez Most of them weren't. Some - but not all - of the journalists were unbanned. Of the left-wing accounts, most remain banned (eg crimethinc, which Musk banned on request of a far-right activist; other examples are IGD_News, Chad Loder, etc). And Musk coming in and unbanning Nazis while banning left-wing accounts is very much relevant to the question of fairness.
tim
Dec 25, 2022 16:00
The very limited data from this answer doesn't support the conclusion that "the unbanning seems very much fair", given that thousands of accounts were unbanned, many of which were part of the far-right.
tim
Dec 25, 2022 16:00
-1 Just off the top of my head, other right-wing accounts that were reinstated include Andrew Anglin, Babylon Bee, or Jordan Peterson. And those are just names one recognizes. On the other hand, a number of left-wing (and journalist) accounts were banned under Musk.
 

 Discussion on answer by Philip Klöcki…

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tim
Dec 16, 2022 23:05
That's not saying that the argument necessarily has merit, but it's at least worth considering if a Germany that is very much historically shaped by Nazism is able to enact decent policies in this regard.
tim
Dec 16, 2022 23:05
@Rubus Germany isn't a Nazi state anymore, but there has not been a clear cut either. Denazification was stopped before it really began, and the majority of Nazis - judges, politicians, doctors, generals, policemen, etc - remained in positions of power. Their ideology shaped those institutions. That's why the myth of the clean wehrmacht persists, and why the German military, police, and intelligence agencies are still plagued with far-right personnel and scandals.
 

 Discussion on question by tim: TWRP: …

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tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs You are right, that works. Neither image seems to persist though; On reboot, I always get to twrp, need to reboot into bootloader, and run fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img again. It's a bit annoying, but it works for now, and I have root access. So thanks again!
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs I didn't find the option to do that without installing the magisk framework as well (which I think does require flashing), so I used a different approach to remove verify from boot and it worked. Thank you so much for your help!
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs I thought about that, but don't want to mess with my main phone, seeing how trying to root this one went. The magisk apk itself without the framework can't patch files.
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs dm-verity sounds interesting, thanks. But how can I use Magisk if I can't boot into android?
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs I checked my history and I don't think that I flashed twrp into boot; I first used fastboot boot ./recovery.img and later fastboot flash recovery ./recovery.img. I tried Install -> Magisk.zip in twrp followed by Install -> the ZIP from the official website, but it's still only booting into twrp.
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs yes, I think so too. Anyway, the original issue (Unable to mount storage) was solved with fastboot format:ext4 userdata. It seems that the device is still bricked (maybe permanently, damn). If you want to write a quick answer I can accept it, otherwise I'll do so in a couple of days if nobody else answers.
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs cannot link executable "mke2fs: library "libext2_misc.so" not found :( mmcblk0p48 is mounted though.
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs ah, format, not erase. fastboot format:ext4 userdata works (with a current version of fastboot). Still keeps booting into recovery after installing factory rom via twrp though.
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@alecxs I can't boot into android, just recovery/twrp, so I think adb is out. I tried fastboot erase userdata, but that did not work (finishes with "OKAY", but same problems afterwards).
tim
Jul 30, 2022 16:50
@IrfanLatif Not that old. It was working fine before I started trying to root it. I'm trying to flash factory firmware, but that's not working (see question).
 

 Discussion on answer by Machavity: Wh…

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tim
Jul 15, 2022 07:50
Military options against political protesters have a long history in the US (those are just a few examples).
 

 Discussion on answer by gnasher729: I…

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tim
May 3, 2022 07:17
@OwenReynolds I upvoted for both. The answer could be bit clearer that it assumes that travel time is not compensated by the company. But with that assumption, it's ethical, as the train company is compensating for wasted time (and as it's unpaid, it's OPs time, hence their compensation). The frame challenge is equally important, as it provides a good practical solution apart from the question on ethics.
 

 Discussion on answer by MechMK1: Coul…

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tim
Mar 24, 2022 15:58
I think you are somewhat underestimating the value of signing messages. It does make a difference if a video is created by eg CNN, or noob123 on youtube. When evaluating the credibility of information, the credibility of the source is one important data point.
 

 Discussion on answer by Ted Wrigley: …

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tim
Jan 15, 2022 18:42
The claim that GOP voter suppression is "not meant to be racist" is also rather difficult to believe, considering that their policies are formed based on race data and that they are openly saying that the purpose is to suppress minority votes.
tim
Jan 15, 2022 18:42
@JonathanReez People can claim all sorts of things, but it would be nice if policies would be made based on facts, not the (rather active) imagination of GOP politicians. The comparison between "widespread voter fraud" and "vaccine passport fraud" also makes little sense (there are other mechanisms in place to prevent in-person voter fraud).
 

 Discussion on question by flyb: What …

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tim
Dec 9, 2021 14:36
@Bitbang3r But houses are destroyed for highways all the time (eg a million people have been displaced for highways just between '57 and '77). I would assume that a high-capacity railroad would displace fewer people than a highway.
 

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tim
Aug 15, 2021 04:03
@jamesqf Interestingly, the US isn't the only 1st world nation (nor the only one that researches new treatment options). So high production costs and a market that could bear high prices should also affect say Canada or Europe. But it seems that the US is rather unique among developed nations in forcing a non-negligible part of it's population to beg for live-saving healthcare on the internet. [I also somewhat doubt the humanitarian streak of drug companies without seeing the data]
 

 Discussion on answer by phoog: Why is…

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tim
Jul 3, 2021 16:55
@user4012 But is it really a coincidence that voter ID provisions were part of a jim crow style voter suppression law? Apart from that, there are enough instances of Republicans coming right out and saying that these kinds of laws are intended to suppress votes. And I don't think that 'has a higher proportion of judges tapped by Democrats' necessarily makes a court 'left wing'; there is some politics involved in court appointments, but if we abandon the idea of judicial independence and only see courts as either left or right, I don't think that bodes well for the judicial system.
tim
Jul 3, 2021 16:55
@user4012 just like poll taxes and literacy tests, voter ID laws are specifically implemented to target minorities (see eg the North Carolina law, where Republican law makers 'requested data on voting patterns by race and, with that data in hand, drafted a law that would "target African-Americans with almost surgical precision,"').
tim
Jul 3, 2021 16:55
@user4012 'I'm sure there's voter fraud, but I can't point to any cases. Anyway, let's prevent black people from voting!' is also not science.
 

 Discussion on answer by Ted Wrigley: …

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tim
Jun 14, 2021 14:55
@Peter-ReinstateMonica The church isn't necessarily a neutral body that passively assumes the politics of its members. It's an active participant in shaping social and political views (not just of adults, but starting at a very young age). And those views are - and have been for thousands of years - socially conservative / anti-LGBT.
 

 Discussion on question by Craig Franc…

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tim
Jun 7, 2021 12:14
@CraigFrancis If you define injection as 'contains a user value/string', then by definition any substr operation on a constant string isn't an injection. But substr operations can still be insecure (eg <script src="' . substr("https://example.com/script.js?version=1.2.3", 0, $_GET['version_cutoff']) . '.js"></script> or exec(substr('rm -rf /home/user/test', 0, $_GET['length'])) wouldn't be secure). It's a bit unclear if those would be examples your question is looking for, or if it's something else?
 

 Discussion on answer by tim: How do P…

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tim
May 23, 2021 12:23
@JBentley A day after the declaration of Israel as a state, all surrounding arab countries decided to invade. Saying that the settlements are the primary reason for conflict is ridiculous and putting blame solely on one party.
tim
May 23, 2021 12:23
1) that's not what's happening (Israel employs a number of measures to try and reduce civilian casualties, such as warnings via phone calls) 2) there is a difference between targeting civilians as a tactic to instill terror in the population (ie terrorism) and civilian casualties resulting from attacks on military targets (a sad but common thing in war).
tim
May 23, 2021 12:23
@forest groups that employ suicide bombers to specifically murder civilians are terrorist organizations.
 

 Discussion on answer by tim: Are Hama…

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tim
May 19, 2021 23:45
@DreamConspiracy The news article isn't a source for the numbers; it's a source for a footnote about intercepted mortar shells. As I understand it, the (approximately) 225 are from official sources (the IDF). Similar numbers are eg reported by Times of Israel. In my experience, a majority of builtup area isn't occupied by residential buildings (but streets, parking lots, parks, etc); the low number of deaths and injuries can likely be explained by warning systems.
tim
May 19, 2021 23:45
Finkelsteins entire argument seems specious to me (if "these so-called rockets" can - according to Finkelstein - destroy a house, they are obviously more than "enhanced fireworks"), but I focused my answer on the parts of his comment that can be evaluated with numbers ("a certain percentage landed in open areas", "how could the thousands upon thousands of Hamas rockets have inflicted so little damage?").
 

 Discussion on answer by ShinEmperor: …

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tim
Mar 10, 2021 08:47
@jamesqf Except that DNA testing doesn't overlap with what eg the census bureau (see BobEs comment) considers a race. "DNA testing can to a certain degree determine ethnicity" != "There are distinct human races". The current scientific concensus agrees with the "politically correct", not with the racists. DNA testing can also not reveal if a person supports a specific theocracy, so I doubt Grahams comment was shorthand for that.
 

 Discussion on question by Charles Ave…

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tim
Feb 14, 2021 19:58
@JohnBollinger 'Academic arguments' such as 'gay people are sick (and need to be cured)' or 'people of race X are less intelligent (and need to be subjugated)' may be an interesting discussion for some. Others don't have that luxury as the attacks may indeed be personal. And in either case, such arguments cannot be separated from their real-world application; it's never 'just an academic argument'.
 

 Discussion on answer by tim: Why are …

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tim
Oct 20, 2020 19:26
@KRyan That's true, but I'm not sure it's an argument that protesters often make. I'm also not sure it's a good argument (minority rights are an important aspect of modern democracies; being able to take away rights from women or LGBT+ people isn't such a minority right, but if the roles were reversed and Barrett represented the majority, I'd argue that that majority should still not be able to take away rights from women and LGBT+ people).
tim
Oct 20, 2020 19:26
@Reznik I've seen the argument go on to criticize that a nominee accepting a dubious nomination speaks to the character of the nominee.
 

 Discussion on answer by Nat: Is the t…

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tim
Oct 18, 2020 08:57
@DecapitatedSoul Well, for one OP cites a document which calls the term problematic to show that the term isn't problematic. And while OP sort of acknowledges that the term implies that gay people are making the wrong choice, they then go on calling the term non-offensive, ignoring the expert opinion of organizations such as GLAAD and style guides by the AP, NYT, and APA, not to mention the fact that the term often is used offensively.
 

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tim
Oct 18, 2020 08:57
@thieupepijn Yes, I agree with you that the response to "Being LGBT+ is an immoral choice" should ideally be "It's not immoral". The reason the response needed to be "It's not a choice" instead is that the "It's moral" argument didn't work on christian conservatives; people were still being arrested, beaten, and murdered for being LGBT+.