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Re:Image Scrubber: tool for anonymizing photographs taken at... by therealcamino on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:54PM (#23370775)
Pure speculation can sound rational and thorough, but most often it leads towards the ideas that seem most dramatic and exciting, and that conform to your own preconceptions and prejudices.
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Re:Image Scrubber: tool for anonymizing photographs taken at... by briefcomment on Sunday May 31, 2020 @01:30PM (#23371030)
I think that's right, but I don't think that speculation doesn't have its uses. The truth is probably somewhere between the speculative extremes, and asking questions about the extremes causes people to look into things, which hopefully eventually lead to the truth and a resolution, both of which are probably nowhere near the extremes.
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Re:Image Scrubber: tool for anonymizing photographs taken at... by therealcamino on Sunday May 31, 2020 @11:17PM (#23375200)
Well, you asked why you were being downvoted. Stuff that you just make up can be corrosive the the public dialogue.
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