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Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by mixmastamyk on Friday April 12, 2019 @10:53PM (#19650811)
Overwhelming empirical data across history.
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Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by johncolanduoni on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:11PM (#19650878)
That’s proof of existence of slippery slopes, not of prevelance of hypothetical slippery slopes being realized.
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Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by mixmastamyk on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:25PM (#19650927)
We’re talking about data collection and usage, not possibilities in the universe.
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Re:VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trac... by johncolanduoni on Saturday April 13, 2019 @10:56PM (#19657304)
Exactly, which is why I'd be more interested in concrete commonalities of slippery slopes that were actually realized, and not just a general "history has plenty of slippery slopes".
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