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  • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
    I noticed during the 2015 presidential campaign that stories favorable to Trump and critical of Hillary were becoming increasingly hard to find on Google, not to mention older stories critical of liberal policies and ideologies in general had all but disappeared from the search engine. That's when I started using Duck Duck Go.
    I wonder what was the margin on Duck Duck Go?

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    • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
      I'm not sure what that means. I certainly have had to eat crow on more than one occasion. I'm sure I will have to again before I shuffle off this mortal coil...
      It's worst cold, making the bad taste that much more memorable. Hopefully, that sticks in my mind well enough to limit further potential exposure.
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      • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
        Seems like a convenient way to dismiss any criticism about yourself from others and not make any improvements.
        I work on improving real problems, Sparko. I don't take it on myself to "fix" things that are nothing much more than memes. If you consider that dismissal...

        And I continually come back to the same question - if you find discussion with me so unpleasant - why do you keep doing it?
        The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

        I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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        • Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
          It's worst cold, making the bad taste that much more memorable. Hopefully, that sticks in my mind well enough to limit further potential exposure.
          Nice analogy - but I don't see how it applies. When I find I have made an error, or am slipping into a bad habit - I acknowledge it. I don't enjoy doing so, but I find it the more ethical thing to do. Whether that is "cold" or "hot" doesn't really matter all that much to me. It is what it is.
          The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

          I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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          • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
            I work on improving real problems, Sparko. I don't take it on myself to "fix" things that are nothing much more than memes. If you consider that dismissal...

            And I continually come back to the same question - if you find discussion with me so unpleasant - why do you keep doing it?
            glutton for punishment?

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            • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
              Nice analogy - but I don't see how it applies. When I find I have made an error, or am slipping into a bad habit - I acknowledge it. I don't enjoy doing so, but I find it the more ethical thing to do. Whether that is "cold" or "hot" doesn't really matter all that much to me. It is what it is.
              Sheesh. I was just poking a little fun at myself.
              Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

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              I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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              • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                glutton for punishment?
                probably...


                You DO know that gluttony is a sin, right?
                The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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                • Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                  Sheesh. I was just poking a little fun at myself.
                  Sorry - I missed that completely. I guess I'm so used to my character being questioned and attacked, I just assumed it was being done again.

                  My apologies for the misinterpretation and the incorrect assumption.
                  The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                  I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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                  • Originally posted by carpedm9587 View Post
                    Sorry - I missed that completely. I guess I'm so used to my character being questioned and attacked, I just assumed it was being done again.

                    My apologies for the misinterpretation and the incorrect assumption.
                    Accepted.
                    Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom

                    Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
                    sigpic
                    I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist

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                    • Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                      Accepted.
                      The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King

                      I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas

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                      • Is it still a conspiracy theory when it's true?

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                        Google employees brainstormed ways to tweak the tech giant’s search functions to encourage users to push back against Trump policies following the President’s proposed travel ban on certain countries in 2017, according to a report on Tucker Carlson Tonight that was also confirmed by the Wall Street Journal.

                        https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/...mp-travel-ban/
                        Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                        Than a fool in the eyes of God


                        From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                        • Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
                          Is it still a conspiracy theory when it's true?
                          Here's the relevant bit MM didn't quote:
                          Source: ibid

                          These emails were just a brainstorm of ideas, none of which were ever implemented,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. “Google has never manipulated its search results or modified any of its products to promote a particular political ideology—not in the current campaign season, not during the 2016 election, and not in the aftermath of President Trump’s executive order on immigration.

                          © Copyright Original Source

                          Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

                          MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
                          MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

                          seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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                          • Uh-huh, they just hold high-level discussions but never actually do anything. Totally plausible.
                            Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                            But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                            Than a fool in the eyes of God


                            From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                            • Originally posted by Roy View Post
                              Here's the relevant bit MM didn't quote:
                              Source: ibid

                              These emails were just a brainstorm of ideas, none of which were ever implemented,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement. “Google has never manipulated its search results or modified any of its products to promote a particular political ideology—not in the current campaign season, not during the 2016 election, and not in the aftermath of President Trump’s executive order on immigration.

                              © Copyright Original Source

                              Even if they didn't implement them the very fact that they would be discussing how to rig things in favor of one side over the other is chilling.

                              I'm always still in trouble again

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                              • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                                Even if they didn't implement them the very fact that they would be discussing how to rig things in favor of one side over the other is chilling.
                                Like roguetech is?
                                Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.

                                MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
                                MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.

                                seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...

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