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ericjmorey··on Chuck Norris has died
Who are you granting grace to? Who are you denying it to?

We know the answers to these questions for Norris.

ericjmorey··on Chuck Norris has died
If you look at the wider context, it's harder to deny the racism.
ericjmorey··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
You should reconsider it.
ericjmorey··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
You just said that he entered legally. Then you said the opposite.
ericjmorey··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
WTF are you talking about? Next time you fail to obey a yellow light signal, you'd be rightfully distraught if you were put in prison and someone were to say that you deserved it because you should have thought about stopping at the yellow as the law prescribed.
ericjmorey··on Meta's legal team abandoned its ethical duties
You're going to need to explain how all of the unethical actions of Tech companies don't count for your statement to make sense.
ericjmorey··on After 25 years, Wikipedia has proved that news doesn't need to look like news
Seems like he's recommending secondary sources over Wikipedia as a tertiary source.
ericjmorey··on Jensen: 'We've done our country a great disservice' by offshoring
The line cook is relatively as valuable as they were in the past, they're just being out leveraged by people asserting a self-centered entitlement mentality.
ericjmorey··on Jensen: 'We've done our country a great disservice' by offshoring
Your unwillingness to read the primary sources linked in the Wikipedia article because they show how you're flat out wrong indicates that your entire thought process can be disregarded at no cost.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/29/us-freeze-on-foreign-aid...

https://usafacts.org/answers/how-much-foreign-aid-does-the-u...

ericjmorey··on Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts
The Department of State switching to a less accessible font is not a nothing burger to all the people who now have more difficulty reading the documents. It reinforces the tone of international relations being put forward by the administration to the detriment of everyone in the country.
ericjmorey··on Times New American: A Tale of Two Fonts
If it's legible, the terms of a lease are way more important than the typeface. Anyone wasting time on the typeface of the contract would worry me more than comfort me with regard to knowing what's important.
ericjmorey··on USPS announces changes to the postmark date system
Civics is still taught in schools
ericjmorey··on USPS announces changes to the postmark date system
Why wouldn't they want to increase their likelihood of winning in the future?
ericjmorey··on USPS announces changes to the postmark date system
Why not make it as easy and convenient as possible to let people vote?
ericjmorey··on Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment
Did you make all of this up or just so credulous that you repeated what someone else made up?
ericjmorey··on JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
Trump didn't even get a majority of votes cast.

Over 77 million people voted against Trump.

About 73 million were not old enough to vote.

ericjmorey··on Schizophrenia sufferer mistakes smart fridge ad for psychotic episode
If I buy a book, I'm not required to read any part of it. I'm allowed to control what I read.
ericjmorey··on All it takes is for one to work out
Gates, Bezos, Buffet, Musk all had enough hunger to beat out literally everyone else
ericjmorey··on I want to be left alone (2024)
There were a lot of people trying to do the best they can and doing great things until Trump started fucking that up by firing them. Now there are 10s of thousands of people getting paid not to do what used to be their jobs. and many more not getting paid at all. Trump's attacks on competency are going to be felt for the rest of our lives.
ericjmorey··on Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC's Tech Scene Is Not
He's been very clear about addressing underlying demand through increased supply.
ericjmorey··on Silicon Valley Is Panicking About Zohran Mamdani. NYC's Tech Scene Is Not
You should probably learn more about his housing policy.
ericjmorey··on Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords
I have yet to see passkeys used as a sole method of logging in. There's always a traditional username and password setup first. There's always a recovery code set up for the passkey. I have yet to see passkeys offered as the only means of MFA. Which means that your backup methods still work. You can use them for recovering your access. I see passkeys as an optional convenience. It works well for me by that measure.
ericjmorey··on Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords
Some percent of people will reuse their password. This is all but guaranteed.
ericjmorey··on FAA offering more incentives as air traffic controller shortage worsens
The US Government is not interested in hiring outside of law enforcement so they won't be able to find people to fill positions outside of law enforcement.
ericjmorey··on Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes [pdf]
The executive branch is afforded some discretion, but the judicial system decides how law gets applied as directed by Congress when they write laws.
ericjmorey··on Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
1st Amendment is more important than you not liking a specific spending of government funds.
ericjmorey··on Googler... ex-Googler
You're not starting a business anywhere, so no one cares.
ericjmorey··on New White House AI Policies Introduce Government by AI
Brilliant!
ericjmorey··on Why Tap a Wheel of Cheese?
Probably not anymore
ericjmorey··on What the Comfort Class Doesn't Get
I think your examples are not representative
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