Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want: * Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or * A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
As an actual Marxist, I fucking wish Marxism was spreading throughout universities, but alas it isn't at all. What is spreading though universities is consumer ideology. People treating their degrees as commodities, demanding "consumer satisfaction" from their time at university. Institutes of learning have been invaded by the market, with everything valuable worthy and fun driven out.
All that shit you wrote has no basis in reality, and shows you've never been within 10km of a university ever, but as a Marxis
Gees, chill dude. The problem with Google employees is clear, it is a broken recommendation system. Look, sometimes I view those toxic videos, you know the stuff white supremacists, just to see what they say, how they express themselves, try to gauge their real thoughts, see what it is about, zero influence on me. Now the problem is Googe's recommendation system, watch one of those videos out of curiosity and trying to understand the people who create them and bloody Google will serve up nothing but that cr
Felson's Law:
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from
many is research.
Good (Score:1, Insightful)
I see no problem here (except with some employees who are complaining, who should probably be fired).
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Indeed. Which standard do you, gentle Slashdot read, want:
* Videos that people want to put up, and that people want to see; or
* A curated selection of videos that are best for you, as judged by your betters
We know that oppressive governments the world round demand the second option. Which should you demand?
"To know who rules you, ask: who am I not allowed to criticize in public? Those are your rulers."
Collectivists took over Universities. (Score:2, Interesting)
It used to be the case that a higher education was good for exposing young minds to challenging ideas, and thereby teaching them to stare with resolve into the deep abyss that is existence, and to rebut bad arguments with good arguments.
However, collectivist authoritarians (namely Marxists) began their "long march" through the Institutions of the West; in the Universities, they started curbing speech by setting up "safe spaces", and then once the "safe" space spread across most of a campus, they started des
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As an actual Marxist, I fucking wish Marxism was spreading throughout universities, but alas it isn't at all.
What is spreading though universities is consumer ideology. People treating their degrees as commodities, demanding "consumer satisfaction" from their time at university.
Institutes of learning have been invaded by the market, with everything valuable worthy and fun driven out.
All that shit you wrote has no basis in reality, and shows you've never been within 10km of a university ever, but as a Marxis
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Gees, chill dude. The problem with Google employees is clear, it is a broken recommendation system. Look, sometimes I view those toxic videos, you know the stuff white supremacists, just to see what they say, how they express themselves, try to gauge their real thoughts, see what it is about, zero influence on me. Now the problem is Googe's recommendation system, watch one of those videos out of curiosity and trying to understand the people who create them and bloody Google will serve up nothing but that cr