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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by taurath on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @02:24AM (#14136882)
Not saying we should give up, but only saying that the truth doesn't matter unless the conditions for it to be useful exist. A Russian bureaucrat kicks your dog? It doesn't matter what the truth is if nothing can come of it.
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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by akinalci on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:30PM (#14152385)
Access to the truth is perhaps the most basic prerequisite condition for it being useful. Once access is cut off, no other conditions matter.
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