Bakary

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by Bakary 4y ago
They were brusque in voicing it, but the criticism is fair. We all know the exact atmosphere and quality of discussion that follows comments like these and that it is characteristic of the toxicity found on reddit and facebook.
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We cannot trust Facebook in any meaningful way given their history
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"Why aren't people talking about this story that I just read about on freely available news services!"
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On the face of it, it doesn't make much sense that your ethnicity should affect the truth value of your statement. Being a certain ethnicity can make you more likely to have the requisite experience for certain perspectives, but it can
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by Bakary 4y ago
Think of it this way: on a purely logical basis, it's better for society if money is in the hands of people who understand its value and hope to do useful things with it. I'm not claiming to be one of those people; I would definit
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Many of the systemic problems we have today are the direct result of greedy and intelligent people. A hypothetical world where all people are one deviation smarter would probably be way more dangerous and stressful. The number of highly int
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I wonder if the reason babies cry so often is because they are "supposed" to be carried by their mother constantly in a hunter-gatherer setting.
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But people want to prematurely replace their current items when they hear about something cooler all the time. In fact, this might be particularly acute with products like Teslas that function in some ways like a semi-Veblen good.
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Both, because the promotion system is intricately intertwined with the Graveyard lifecycle. An engineer can rise more easily to the next rank by starting a project and delegating it once the promotion is achieved, leaving it to die. Due to
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I mean why work hard if they don't force you to? It's not like it's an orphanage or a power-plant or something, but a gigantic data-siphoning ad company.
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What I find enlightening about your description is how closely it matches incentives and resulting behavior in much less technically complex or profitable professions. Every dynamic mentioned is basically the common sense understanding of c
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Wouldn't the biggest impact for the environment be the company ceasing production altogether? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass here, just that even a company with highly ethically sourced items is still supplementary consumption a
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Half a decade ago in China it was already common for beggars to carry QR codes for this purpose
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The debate then has to do with whether ethnicity is the most salient feature of individuals and whether equitability should focus on it as the main criteria.
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Do you not realize how discriminatory this statement is? Can you imagine making a similar statement about a different ethnographic group?
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If the decision to fire is based on the demographic makeup rather than the individual's performance, it would still be discrimination (in a purely ethical sense)
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One of the humiliating aspects of the connected, data-driven world is that reveals how much of our behavior is predictable, even without access to our inner mental world.
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I think what people mean by privacy is what might be considered private within reasonable expectations. Not being seen in public like you have Potter's cloak is not realistic. But there's no clear reason why an American tech compa
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How practical is it in daily life? Does it allow you to just install apps and not have to tinker too much like a "regular" phone?
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Well there can be multiple reasons. Think of those overweight kids who wear shirts at the pool.
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So far, the only jurisdictions in the developed world who seem to be on a trajectory towards increased or at least not decreased privacy of any type are in Europe.
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"No, wait, I can explain! You see, I'm just a tourist in search of an amulet..."
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The kicker is that the entertainment per dollar figure is only part of the story. The inherent quality and worth of some games make them memorable experiences that aren't found in other mediums, and the market is mature enough that qua
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They're delicious with oatmeal.
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It's actually beneficial ignorance. Money is transferred from those who don't know what to do with it into the broader economy.
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The real insight I'm gettimg here is just to curb our consumption to a great extent. The fact that shipping new products is cheaper than reinventoring used ones is an indication that we are on a death spiral. Having the move fast and b
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This is a strawman in the sense that such a change of ownership can be highly disruptive to the business
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- Constant usage of the "create radio based on X" feature of Spotify - Searching songs by their producer - Spend a lot of time researching music and genres - Music subreddits - Looking up songs sampled by other songs
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I understand exactly why fans hated it and the mediocrity of the corporate choices the Mouse made. What I'm saying is that there were elements (such as the green milk scenes) that made it appear like the director was speaking to us lik
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It's a very dated expression

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