Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Greg Wood,
I'd like to think we'd have something like the Flattr model as an ongoing micropayments option for a community
Snap. Regular bulk site subscriptions seem easy enough to set up just as automatic payments. Allocating payment to individual contributors takes either editorial engagement, or a crowd-voting system, or both.
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Hard News: Why did Stephen die?, in reply to Joe Wylie,
it seems fair to wonder after all these years, where does all this horrible ongoing internal momentum come from?
From above, largely from silly old men in politics.
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Mark Graham,
Crikey, you're right. And the answer to that is a whole story best told over a coffee or beer sometime. Features that PAS may eventually provide with advanced 3D nanotech printing after that micropayment system is installed.
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Quite a few of you seem to identify as being on the autism spectrum (not me: I'm totes ADD)
You do realise that's on the spectrum?
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Hard News: Party on, dudes, in reply to Bart Janssen,
she's been doing that to you since before the internet though, right?
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Much love and respect, to all of you and to our generous host.
Some of you know what this place has meant to me more than others, but I've been feeding my mind and spirit with Hard News since it was ether and I'm proud to be able to contribute to such a smart and humane community. Well done to all involved behind that curtain, and especially to Russell and his family who have shared him with us so long.
And my thanks to all of you who listen and don't feel the need to talk here but take these discussions with you to other places. If you do ever want to speak up, it's easy enough to say your piece and go back to being quiet if you like. Of course some of us are just talkative. :)
Arohanui
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Angus Robertson,
a debate about political Islam
doesn't that rely on distinguishing it from more broadly being Muslim?
Silence breeds ignorance
Totally agree. So does uninformed tosh being held up as knowledge by authoritative sources that many rely on. Fortunately there's a rather large sweet spot in between.
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to DexterX,
Cox's viewpoint in the article doesn’t strike me as bigoted, he doesn’t express hatred or intolerance - in expressing his point of view he makes an error of attribution
Isn't such an error a fundamental underpinning of all bigotry?
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
feel compelled
the spotty teen's worst fear..
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Hard News: Crossing the line into idle bigotry, in reply to Scott Chris,
Self preservation and self interest will ultimately win out
So morality and acting in a greater good don't exist in your world? How sad.