Does it really? It's not really true if you (1) are into lossless or high quality formats, (2) don't want to pay $10 a month when you can pay ~$50 a year for a VPN and get literally any content you want, (3) you don't like having your personal tastes tracked, (4) you like your big ol' 160 GB iPod classic. None of this is a moral justification, but pirating is a common practice because it does have considerable advantages compared to streaming services.

I pretty much agree with everything you've said. The question of how to deal with the problem, however, is a minefield. I'll be the first to admit that I think racism and sexism is disgusting behavior. It should opposed. But, there also needs to be places where an open exchange of ideas is readily available, and people with common sense need to be vocal in those arenas, openly challenging prejudice and hatred in a cool and rational manner.

I think racism and sexism is disgusting, but I expect it and think that there should be platforms on which it is okay to express it. I also think it's perfectly acceptable to ban it on other platforms. You don't have to be okay with it. That's not what I'm saying.

But to reduce the dislike for Pao down to its crudest form is not doing justice to the situation.

Please be more specific. I don't trust Google or Yahoo to keep my emails secure, which is why I mentioned end to end encryption. I personally use an openmailbox.org account and Evolution mail client, which has built in GPG support. But setting it up (creating/importing/exporting keys, configuring the email client, etc.) tends to be beyond the abilities of tech illiterate people.

I don't know how many times my parents have sent me sensitive information in plain text without even blinking an eye, even after I tell them not to. Scary.

You know what would be the holy grail for me? End to end encryption so easy that my mother and girlfriend can use it. Sending or receiving sensitive data electronically is just damn near impossible when you're trying to send it to people who aren't tech savvy.

There are plenty of reasons to criticize Ellen Pao without engaging in sexism or racism. Given the details of her career, she seems like a bad fit for the reddit community. But, I believe that she is pretty much being paid to be a scapegoat for investors wanting to see returns on their investment.

You really can't change human nature. If the downvote feature isn't functioning in a manner that the community deems appropriate, then the feature needs to change. Educating people doesn't really help. Reddit always tried to educate people that the downvote button wasn't a disagree button, but it gets used that way regardless. You'd need a means of somehow auditing downvotes, or limiting their use, or identify who downvoted, or a means of contesting a downvote. You essentially have to discourage the behavior so it's only used when it is necessary.

The choice was between an almost guaranteed generations-long depression and the chance of recovery within a decade. As I said above, many economists and policy-makers agree with the people of Greece on this one. They made the right decision for themselves.

If it were up to the Syriza government, they would have made the same decision. The fact that they gave the people the right to choose only solidifies the validity of the decision.

That's not really an unintended consequence for many who voted "no" in the referendum. They argue that that's exactly what Greece needs: exit from the Eurozone and print their own undervalued currency. It means some seriously tough times ahead, but it gives them a chance to grow their economy because their export and tourism industries will be far more competitive.

Bright guy.

I think it should be optional and less binary, in order to be more accepting of the intersex/transgender community.

Gentoo ended up incorporating a lot of the functionality that the Kororaa project provided (mainly a GUI installer). The creator started a new project after a hiatus and kept the name, I guess because he liked it.

I'm running Korora, which is essentially a tricked out Fedora remix. OpenSuse is a rock solid desktop distro. I've been thinking of going back.