ElFitz

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by ElFitz 6y ago
It’s true that I lived there in the second half of the 90s and a lot (and not really much. It’s weird) has happened since. I have often indeed been told that the younger (my?) generation is quite different on numerous aspects from the previ
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by ElFitz 6y ago
On the racism part... People trying to assimilate in Japan... most of them will always remain foreigners in the eyes of their new country and fellow citizens. No matter what they do. Simply because they don’t look the part. Regarding their
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Being an atheist doesn’t imply belief in the Big Bang, evolutionism or any way of life. One could be an atheist convinced that dinosaurs are a fabrication, nothing more than funny looking rocks some weird junkie decided to give some absurd
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by ElFitz 6y ago
That's what we have here in France, which led to a right vs far-right second round in 2002, from which the traditional left never really recovered.
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Very true. It's also why an argument, or a policy that fails to take emotions into account, may have even more chances of falling flat on it's face. Isn't it the whole point of Behavioral Economics?
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Quite an interesting article about the false reason / emotions dichotomy: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2014/09... > It’s true, as I wrote about last week, that emotions can bi
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by ElFitz 6y ago
> The entire purpose of emotions is that they are they only place where human motivation comes from. Trying to separate "logic" vs. "emotion" when dealing with humans is a fools' game in my opinion. Not only that
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Heck, I once bought two folding cushion "stools" that could be unfolded into "ground sofas" (for lack of a better word) from IKEA. Delivered by "Trusk". They were left with the building caretaker who just signe
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by ElFitz 6y ago
There was a nice story that made me realize that in John Brooks' "Business Adventures" The one about electric companies colluding, where the execs kept telling their subordinates not to collude with competitors, while said su
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Also, it wasn't "broadcast radio" but more like ham radio, offering a level of interactivity most internet connections at the time couldn't offer. When I heard of it, in the 1990s, most internet connections were still di
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by ElFitz 6y ago
You will love these four strips: http://www.geeksworld.org/strip_981.html http://www.geeksworld.org/strip_982.html http://www.geeksworld.org/strip_983.html http://www.geeksworld.
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by ElFitz 6y ago
> this is still exciting given how anemic advancement in the fusion space has been for 50+ years. "Nuclear fusion. 30 years away since 1950" Joking aside. I too am glad to see some progress of any kind, and new (seemingly credi
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Edit: TDLR - There are many affirmations, assumptions, and a lot of confidence in those in many of the responses here. And I seriously doubt most of them are supported by anything more than gut feelings and certainties of unknown origins. -
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by ElFitz 6y ago
> I don't think this rebuttal holds much water. I don't know if it does. But I surely ain't convinced by gp. > Humans are capable of doing things that our bodies cannot. We domesticated beasts of burden in order to move
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by ElFitz 6y ago
And how are crows supposed to defend wounded fellows from coyotes? Or carry them to safety? How about the fact they can apparently build compound tools from parts? Your example isn't just about brains. It requires both proper bodies an
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Perhaps intelligent animals are just too well adapted to their world and don't feel the needs we do. Or perhaps crows only have two claws that also serve as feet and a beak, making it harder to fashion tools? Perhaps living underwater,
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by ElFitz 6y ago
I guess the advantage over a dog is that, should it indeed have a detectable effect, and a sufficiently noticeable one, one could fly a drone (even, perhaps, a Global Hawk; I don't know how precise the pictures it takes are), and just
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by ElFitz 6y ago
This realization you mention is extremely odd and bizarre, yet so true. Another thing I've come to understand is how many things I do today will, over time and through cumulative effects, have long lasting, some irreversible, effects o
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Lazy so-called journalist, I'd like to present to you... drums rolling... Ben Thompson of Stratechery[1]! Followed by.... rolling drums... John Gruber of Daring Fireball[2]! And quite frankly, these two are just the ones I thought
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by ElFitz 6y ago
If you want to nonetheless do it serverless, you should look into either AWS Amplify or Firebase
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by ElFitz 6y ago
See Amazon Go No need to even put things on a counter
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Well, I hope you aren't right. But I have to admit you might be. How do we figure it out? What data do you have? If none, or if it isn't statistically significant, where or how do we find it?
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Well then, considering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23916076 , it'd seem we are on the same page!
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Then we agree. I'd add a matter of means to the duration. Simply having someone fill out a form and wait 2, 3, 5 or 10 years isn't enough. There needs to be an actual process, with the intention and means to help figure out what o
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Some situations are indeed intractable. That's why, for the physical ones, we have things like palliative care. I don't know what can be for psychological issues. However, had you read the article, you would have noticed this shor
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by ElFitz 6y ago
I don't know how things work where you are, but I tend to reason based on the context and environment I know. Over here, we have a universal social security. While imperfect, incredibly bureaucratic, and hard to navigate at times, it e
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Totally. Also, wether it's psychological issues or terminal physical illness, most people don't know what else can be done. For example, palliative care, properly done, can be incredible.
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Yes! It seems intended. And I thought it would convey my point in a striking and oddly lighthearted way better than my words ever could.
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by ElFitz 6y ago
I have been struggling with depression for 10 years. Diagnosed and all. I was a wreck. A total wreck. Now, I still don't know if I'm out of it. I don't' know that I ever will be. It's terrifying. I see patterns I wi
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by ElFitz 6y ago
Exactly! Thank you kind and understanding stranger!

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