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by CPLX 3y ago
Here's the first paragraph of the actual lawsuit. So no, I feel like they probably didn't miss the point that Android exists: COMPLAINT In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Appl e’s then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-read
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by CPLX 3y ago
It's even worse than that. Not only is he saying that, he's parroting the bullshit idea that "starting your own company" is the relevant skillset, rather than "absolutely ruthlessly exploiting every moral and legal
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by CPLX 3y ago
He left out the part about starting your company at a unique point in history where a generational technology shift was taking place that also happens to be a time when antitrust laws had recently been enforced (making your main competito
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by CPLX 3y ago
This guy's basic social philosophy appears to be something like "I have a giant house, fuck you, go live somewhere else you poor piece of shit." Example: “I am writing this letter to communicate our IMMENSE objection to the c
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by CPLX 3y ago
The story was written by a human. The dateline at the top of a news story clarifies where that human actually is. It was probably more impressive and relevant in 1930 but the convention remains for the most part unchanged.
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by CPLX 3y ago
Downtown Atlanta for sure. There was also one near me when I lived in downtown Colorado Springs, which has half a million people.
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by CPLX 3y ago
> No analogies apply, ever, to determining the nature of reality. Maybe not in your head. But as soon as you introduce language and shared meaning they do. You don’t even know if the color I call blue appears to me physically the same as
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by CPLX 3y ago
A generalized rule by definition is an analogy. For example a rule that says do not walk on the lawn might govern a specific section of ground that has a mix of blades of grass, a pebble, one bottle cap, and some bare dirt, is analogous to
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by CPLX 3y ago
Those aren't our only options. There are hundreds of large cities in developed countries and very few of them have anything like the open air drug encampments you see in the core downtown areas of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland,
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by CPLX 3y ago
> I've come to believe arguments from analogy are pretty much inherently fallacious. Good luck with that. Pretty much all arguments are by analogy. That's how you determine if a generalized rule applies to a specific instance.
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by CPLX 3y ago
A normal 6' tall 200lb man should be able to farmers walk 400lbs? I don't think so.
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by CPLX 3y ago
I mean it's possible to have large scale programs that offer treatment and support for those who need it and decriminalization or a diversion focused approach to drug laws, while also making it illegal to shoot up in parks or defecate
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by CPLX 3y ago
Is that an argument? Because the open air drug markets exist in places that had drug use in them they are OK? How does B follow from A? The point is that open air drug markets full of human misery, and usually unsanitary and violent conditi
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by CPLX 3y ago
It’s fun to watch the Anthropic principle develop organically in this sub-thread.
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by CPLX 3y ago
Yeah I don’t think so. The point of the comment is to point out that putting human misery into people’s faces isn’t a value-neutral decision. I don’t want to see trauma surgery or graphic sex on the way to the park with my kids either, thou
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by CPLX 3y ago
I don’t see it as controversial at all. The major news media organizations were able to capitalize and make more money due to increased demand for content involving Trump from both those who support and oppose him. It’s just a mathematical
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by CPLX 3y ago
Not sure this argument is as powerful as you think it is. Is the frequent shitting in the streets actually the result of more human shit being created, or is it just surfacing a quantity of feces that already existed but was being routed in
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by CPLX 3y ago
This comment should not be downvoted it is both factually accurate and insightful.
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by CPLX 3y ago
The old model is working fine it’s just that Google and Meta are using illegally acquired monopoly power to take all the money for themselves.
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by CPLX 3y ago
There aren't any planes that can fly easily into hurricanes.
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by CPLX 3y ago
Seems ironic that the last generation of windmills is an iconic image of the country.
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by CPLX 3y ago
Get them too
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by CPLX 3y ago
How old are your children? It seems exceedingly unlikely to me that you’re able to prevent your children from being exposed to as much pornography as they would like once they’re past the age of 12 or so.
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by CPLX 3y ago
I think having children and teens exposed to limitless hardcore pornography is likely harmful to them. Maybe I’m wrong but it seems that the benefits to society of allowing this are essentially zero and the harms likely severe, so I’d suppo
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by CPLX 3y ago
An alternate point of view is that one day we will look back with deep shame at this hopefully brief period where we made porn and gambling available to children instantly in limitless quantities. Not saying it’s easy to figure out how to a
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by CPLX 3y ago
Poe's Law strikes again.
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by CPLX 3y ago
As an aside both my parents are prominent economists, I myself have a degree in economics, and I have spent much of my life with a birds eye view of the economics profession and I can emphatically confirm that your feeling is correct.
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by CPLX 3y ago
What could possibly go wrong with this approach to drug distribution? It seems perfect from a policy perspective.
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by CPLX 3y ago
Or maybe it’ll come out of the executive golf budget. I’ve never understood why people always argue that we have to allow bullshit fees and overcharging “or else” when there’s clearly plenty of examples of existing waste and inefficiency in
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by CPLX 3y ago
If you want to get this effect quickly without spending any money at all, and you have a pro-type camera with a removable lens, you can get it by just holding the lens against the opening, and rocking it side to side a little. It's a p

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