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by BoxFour 2y ago
> I really think we need to have a discussion around what we consider acts of violence. Do we? The term "violence" centers around the idea of using physical force. If you mean that certain acts are just as morally contemptible
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Oh here’s my other favorite part of this discussion: Which revolution are we talking about? Left vs right? Wealthy vs poor? Capitalism vs Socialism (yes, that is very different from the previous one)? All extremely different revolutions eve
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by BoxFour 2y ago
The French Revolution is generally agreed to have started with the third estate forming their own assembly and storming the Bastille a month later to depose the king. Whatever you think of Jan 6, we clearly haven't deposed the Presiden
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Granny Smiths are probably the most tart generally available apple, but any cooking apple in general is usually sharper. You might also like McIntosh or even Pink Lady. You could also go down the cider apple route or even crabapples if you
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Just a lark, not to be taken too seriously: I wonder if a market-driven approach could work here, where hedge funds hire external labs to attempt to reproduce the research underlying new pharmaceutical companies or trials and then short the
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Ok.
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by BoxFour 2y ago
You’ve made a valid point mainly because, for a significant portion of people who use the term, "woke" has become a blanket term for anything they don’t like. The word has lost any specific meaning. “The game is bad because it’s b
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by BoxFour 2y ago
I definitely think that today's nofap and other similarly dubious "bodily control" temperance movements are predominantly associated with those who hold right-wing views. It's not to suggest that all forms of temperance
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by BoxFour 2y ago
I've never seen any suggestion in scientific literature that "nofap" is beneficial or healthy in any way that could be considered self-improvement, though I'm open to the idea.
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Yes, certainly, that seems to be the case now, even if it wasn't initially. A very stupid analysis supports that idea: Looking at subreddit overlap with r/nofap reveals many right-wing adjacent subreddits in the top 10: MGTOW and
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Several trends exist already actually that might qualify as "temperance" movements. In mainstream culture, it appears that Generation Z consumes less alcohol compared to earlier generations (although they might be substituting it
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by BoxFour 2y ago
Checking in as an American who really loves vegemite and butter on toast in the morning. Thankfully I live in a large city where it’s easy to find. I generally like strong flavors (Matcha, fermented foods, heavy garlic, didn’t hate Durian)
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Among sports fans old Deadspin, specifically the previous iteration with columnists like Drew Magary, is pretty beloved. Currently Defector is trying hard to occupy the gap left by it.
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Those two organizational models are fundamentally different. The PPT is a top-down approach which sets firm company values with little room for deviation, ensuring consistency but limiting individual input (admittedly mostly executive/
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> If A, then B If Elon's thoroughly understands the products his companies develop, he has an engineering-first mindset? That logic would also apply to many CEOs we wouldn't consider "engineering-first" CEOs. > Str
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by BoxFour 3y ago
What criteria are we using to evaluate this? If the anecdotes are accurate, and based on your own description, it seems Elon Musk is a CEO who makes an effort to thoroughly grasp the products his company develops. That's commendable. T
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Whatever your opinion of Elon is, it’s extremely generous to say he comes from an engineering background and just flat-out wrong to say he comes from the type of traditional engineering background relevant to companies like Boeing (the PE
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Like this guy? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Muilenburg
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by BoxFour 3y ago
I agree. By 'exciting,' I assume OP thinks people will go for roles that are socially beneficial but typically lower-paying, eg for NASA or similar. My experience is that individuals with a passion and aptitude for such work are l
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> Actual defense contracting (Boeing/Lockheed, not Palantir) are hugely societally positive in defending the homeland I hope you recognize that many people view it as similar to advertising, a necessary evil of an industry gone too
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> When the real estate bubble burst and took a good chunk of the financial industry with it… Didn’t a large amount of those finance people just end up at big tech or in crypto? Plenty of news to be found suggesting as such (that people w
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Be careful what you wish for: Many of those highly talented individuals will likely end up channeling their skills into areas that one could view as equally negative societally, such as hedge funds or defense contracting (like Palantir). Th
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> What about my robo vacuum cleaner? Those aren't lightbulbs, which is what we were talking about.
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> The person you first responded to said that some problems exist, you said they don't, and I expanded a bit, agreeing with them. The person I responded to said: > I cannot turn my lights on because somewhere, potentially thousan
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> That's a better way to install things, but it's not the only way that installation is done It’s by far the most common. Most people just buy Hue lightbulbs and an hub to use with their existing home setup, which involves phys
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by BoxFour 3y ago
If you made, say, a dishwasher that notified you when something meltable was put into it you would probably find quite a few buyers. Your examples aren’t really great for that reason.
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by BoxFour 3y ago
> I cannot turn my lights on because somewhere, potentially thousands of miles away, some datacenters failed, even if those datacenters could, ostensibly, only give me ads and "improvements" and not any core feature. It appears
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by BoxFour 3y ago
Interesting you lumped them together: To my knowledge, alcohol and caffeine consumption are quite different in their effects wrt long-term and moderate usage. There's a substantial amount of evidence suggesting that even moderate alcoh
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by BoxFour 3y ago
No one thing will be sufficient, but eliminating obstacles to child rearing is the only solution governments have short of nonsensical interventions (or just accepting the situation).
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by BoxFour 3y ago
I'd suggest that the main issue might not be housing, but rather childcare. The cost of childcare is incredibly high, more than many (most?) mortgages or rent payments. Unlike previous generations who settled in the suburbs close to fa

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