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Comment Re:Firefox is the same (Score 0, Flamebait) 482

You can secure this in Firefox, there is no option to do so in Chrome.

You mean Firefox engages in a bit of security theater that Chrome does not. As a result, people who don't know any better are mislead into believing the falsehood that "you can secure this in Firefox", whereas people in Chrome can see the truth of the matter.

Comment Re:non sequitur (Score 1) 780

That's extremely easy to correct for. It's interesting to note that the data, which does include political affiliations of the respondents, showed a decline in gun ownership among Republican households up to 2006 (although a slight decline, compared to a much larger decline among Democratic households), but the trend has reversed since 2008. I saw a lot of "get your guns now, Obama's comin' to take them away" scare-sale tactics used in 2008. Apparently, they were quite a smart marketing move that proved successful.

Comment Re:Decontamination (Score 1) 780

The vast majority of gun owners I know are somewhat left of center. NPR listening, democrat voting, pro-choice, not interested in NASCAR or truck pulls, do not believe Obama has a Kenyan birth certificate, are not members of the Klan, have mufflers on their motorcycles...

That accords with my personal experience. Except for the NASCAR part -- my father was a big NASCAR fan and I was into it for a while. The rest definitely fits, though. Throw strong pro-union activist into that, too. A lot of the safety improvements at my old work were a result of my dad's activism and years as union VP. Although it was my ultra-feminist mother who was the biggest gun-nut in the family. She owned more guns than the rest of us combined. xD

Comment Re:What the chirp is wrong with people? (Score 4, Insightful) 226

I'll admit that I used to be a regular xkcd reader. I checked out this article as "Time" seemed like it could be interesting. I was wrong. It's the same nonsense that I and others outgrew years ago.

People's interests change over time. They get bored with some things and move on. But trolls like to use the word "outgrew" to try to offend current fans, and particularly immature people view these sorts of continuous, inevitable shifts in interests over time as signs of increasing maturity on their own part, not so much to offend anyone, but as a way of making themselves feel superior. Often then aren't smart enough to realize that's what they're doing.

(Yes, in case it wasn't obvious, the irony is intentional...)

Comment Re:XKCD "experimental comics" (Score 5, Insightful) 226

Incredibly stupid people frequently project the over zealousness of fans onto humble authors. Because, you know, you can tell how big an ego an author has by how much his fans talk about him. If someone says you're really good at what you do, that means you've got a big head, right? Yeah, it almost hurts trying to psychoanalyze that level of stupid...

Comment Re:which is the "real" starfish (Score 2) 76

The original conception was not cars, but the Ship of Theseus.

It's mostly about how we define identity and doesn't really have an answer.

It has an answer, just not one most people are looking for. If you want to know which ship is Theseus' ship, go ask the Athenian Port Authority. Property is a legal concept, and they're the authorities -- they can give you the definitive answer, and can't possibly be wrong, because they determine the right answer by virtue of their authority and what it means for it to be "his" ship.

(Despite what it looks like, this is not actually dodging the question. Rather, it's making a point about it. Property is a "legal fiction", it's an abstraction of a particular sort. Identity is also an abstraction... people are only flustered by the Ship of Theseus if they mistakenly think otherwise.)

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