AlexB138

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by AlexB138 8y ago
So, this article has some valid criticisms, but why is this the case? Why does it seem like modern America can't manage any public works projects without them taking twice as long and costing twice as much as projected? Is it regulatio
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> I don't think it is fair to consider large-scale censorship as the only other alternative. Having some kind of neutral editorial process to filter out the unsubstantiated, hateful opinions and leave room for a more nuanced discuss
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I'm with you. I haven't used Facebook for years because I think it's unhealthy and disagree with their business practices. I believe that that is the correct response when you have a problem with a service that isn't nec
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Repeating this is either willful misunderstanding of the law or parroting of outrage propaganda. We would all be much worse off if not for corporate personhood. There are aspects of it that are debatable (Citizens United ruling, which is th
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by AlexB138 8y ago
This strikes me as possibly being somewhat similar to Habitat from Chef but, like Habitat at launch, I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what this does.
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by AlexB138 8y ago
Sorry, I was unclear. I didn't post that to disagree with their point (though like you I think it's overly simplistic), I was disagreeing with the childish tone. That's not a way to have a productive conversation, or to be a
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> "Bu-bu-bu-bullshit! " Is this really necessary, or the best way to make your point? It really takes away from an otherwise decent post.
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I'm reading this as you saying anyone who doesn't support public education is a shill. If that's the case, you believe that libertarians are shills, then? This strikes me as you essentially saying "anyone who doesn'
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In my experience, this is pretty far from true. I've worked with developers who tried to cover all of these skill sets and instead of being good developers they end up being pretty shallow generalists. Research is a zero sum game and p
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"File Storage" is a bad idea for the same reasons comparing to FTP is. It might work for a near layman, but it can actually communicate misinformation to someone who knows slightly more about storage. Specifically, S3 is Object St
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This has been going on longer than three days. We have been dealing with this exact issue since at least Monday (11/5) morning in us-central1.
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There are plenty of people who feel the same way about the laws in New York and California. Having strong talent pools, and economies, in cities with different political climates means more people can live somewhere they're politically
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Or "we're not interested in being regulated by a foreign government".
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The "with a B" thing is just an idiom meant to underscore the magnitude of the amount paid. Essentially saying "You heard me right, Billion, not Million!".
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Well, the Ptolemys were actually Greek though, more specifically Macedonian, and descended from one of the leaders of an army that created the Hellenistic era. I'm not sure we can equate them with a scholar who just happen to speak the
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by AlexB138 8y ago
This article seems like bunk fear mongering to me. It talks about everything in terms of percentages of investment, percentages of companies and growth rates: cherry picked statistics that seem to be intentionally misrepresenting reality. T
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Or perhaps people feel worried because they have a basic familiarity with history. China is run by a party of brutal authoritarian murderers with no regard for human rights. Their actions are antithetical to almost all Western Liberal value
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> The danger of being shot every time they get a call to a scene is very real... In a country where everybody can own a gun there is a real fear of getting shot. The only worse profession is to be in the army. Police officers aren't
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by AlexB138 8y ago
Yes, I'm sure folks hiding jews in their attic in Nazi Germany would have been better off had they just decided to go with the flow. It is worth being introspective, but you should keep in mind the fact that an opinion being popular ha
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by AlexB138 8y ago
Agreed, and if I came off as arguing otherwise I misspoke. What you can't be is for free speech and for "moderation" of only speech you disagree with, which is simply bias censorship and what is often happening.
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Unless the terms of the investment specifically state that the private entity becomes subject to those laws, I would say no, but it is a valid question to ask.
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Indeed. As you say, there is merit to the argument. Social censure is often the appropriate response to repugnant ideas. I wouldn't invite an extremist to a party, for instance, but I wouldn't, and shouldn't, seek to ban them
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by AlexB138 8y ago
This is a nonsensical interpretation of free speech. Censoring someone is not an exercise in the censorers free speech. Free speech is a negative right, meaning for it to exist others must not stop you from speaking. In your argument, whoev
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Does that math only include people who weren't deliberately starved to death or murdered? Seems difficult to reconcile those claims with history unless you're excluding pretty wide swaths of people.
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Because that is a race to the bottom for Americans. Americans enjoy a very high standard of living, and having to normalize your wage expectation with people from countries with significantly lower standards of living would destroy that. Am
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Fair points, all. However, this quote: > The goverment has strong control of their citizens, controlling how many children they can have, which city they can live in, etc. is specifically talking about the totalitarian nature of their go
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You're looking for the term Totalitarian. All Communists are Totalitarian, not all Totalitarians are Communists. They've long since done away with the pretenses of Communism.
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> .. you'll have isolated the most ambitious people ... forged a solid and mutually-respectful working relationship with them You'll have found people who are willing to play petty games instead of having frank conversations ab
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by AlexB138 8y ago
Fair enough, that is a much more nuanced point than I originally took you to be making. I apologize for the misreading. I think most of us would agree that the line is "when your negligence could likely and predictably lead to severe h
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Absolutely. In no way would I argue "It's what the West does, therefore it's right", and being aware of the "it's how we do it, so it's right" bias is worthwhile. There are definitely equally viable a

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