Bakary

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by Bakary 4y ago
It's not that people don't enjoy debate, it's that it's never just debate that's happening. Usually it's about attention-seeking, ego-feeding, controlling interactions, pleasure from ranting, and so on. It&#x
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This website views professional relationships with a privileged lens because most people here can switch jobs easily, negotiate job conditions more freely, have more in the bank when looking for another position. For most people there is no
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by Bakary 4y ago
It's not so much the verbal aspect rather than the memory aspect. Written instructions are more soothing because you can refer to them verbatim and they stand no risk of being forgotten.
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This trend is as old as filesharing, probably much older
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This article is based on an Investopedia page that has itself retracted the $2 trillion figure. I don't doubt that the family is very wealthy but the titular claim is suspect at best.
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I let out a groan when I got to the word "Zettlekasten". Then a sigh of relief when I got to "private coaching of Neo-intellectuals" because I realized the article was obviously satirical. Only it wasn't.
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This is the visibility bias at work. Just because someone posted a comment doesn't mean it's worth looking at. In fact, you can probably safely discard the opinions of the type of person that has the time and inclination to post &
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Opinions are a mixture of different influences. It seems fairly logical that fewer women would be against abortion since it is something they have skin in the game with. A person can be religious, but if one of their beliefs is tested by th
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I am aware of the original definition and am not simply parroting it. I am questioning the idea of legitimacy here. Capriciousness is a highly relative term that is influenced by class and social differences i.e. what will appear legitimate
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But why would they bother granting any sort of access request?
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The key concept here is that there are some truly no-name schools out there. Many of them in fact. This is entirely compatible with the idea that top tier schools are overselling the quality of their students.
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I am under the impression you did not read the comment. I am not making the claim that the travel phone equals entry denial, just that it's a factor among several. In the vast majority of cases, it will not be a factor, nor will anythi
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Not on its own. It's just that if crossing the border relies on the discretionary power of the local agents, and they find you suspicious enough to search you, and you then have additional aspects that might annoy them further such as
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Nothing exciting or worth sharing to be honest. Anxious hours spent in the airport followed by entry denial. There were no real consequences other than stress in the moment and the inconvenience of having to re-book a ton of things.
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The high-achieving parents aren't wrong to do this because the value a student gets from a school is largely self-directed and based on the people they meet there. It makes more sense to evaluate based on the student than the school. I
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Insane? Or a logical progression of the underlying culture that has successfully captured the institution after decades of planning?
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In some countries and contexts this is a possibility. It's not uncommon for countries to have a system where you essentially have to convince a human border guard that you are no threat with no clear guidelines. Having no phone or a ph
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The vast majority of flights won't include device searches or these awkward questions. But if you are in a situation where they do want to search your phone, the fact that it's a travel phone is not going to be received well. This
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99% of my flights have been exactly like this with no device inspection, and I've been in multiple autocratic countries. What I meant is that if they are at the stage where they are looking to plug into your laptop, having the ports bl
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by Bakary 4y ago
If the border guards see that your laptop has epoxy in the ports, and that by definition you are using this technique for privacy-averse countries, sounds like you won't be making the flight any time soon.
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That's not an acceptable answer in a number of countries.
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by Bakary 4y ago
The elephant in the room in this case is that at a most basic level a State is an entity that maintains a (near) monopoly of violence in a given area. Being a normal law-abiding citizen just means that you are currently functioning in an ar
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by Bakary 4y ago
Or just a burner with plausible activity stored on it to give the impression that it's your main phone.
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The serial killer part is actually leaving post-it glue on a screen
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by Bakary 4y ago
I have a very similar type of mental burden to what you are describing. What I have discovered is that ultimately connecting it to a sense of identity, especially in a combative context vs. normies, is a losing battle that only increases an
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by Bakary 4y ago
I'm of two minds on this issue. I recognize myself in what the author is describing. In fact, I always describe what I want to talk about in my initial message, and ask before calling because I hate when it happens to me. On the other
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Facebook still has billions of users. It's just that its hope lies outside of the West
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I always wondered why physical shops offered a much worse experience in many ways than online ones, even taking into account the obviously insurmountable logistical advantage of the latter. I mean you'd expect them to at least try to h
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The world is a lava lamp. The blobs coalesce and shift around but never for too long in the same spot.
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Censorious ideology is a minor point compared to the overall picture. Haphazard content removal wouldn't be an issue if the space wasn't controlled by a handful of private companies that routinely abuse their power.

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