Erik816

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by Erik816 5y ago
That is not how ethics and laws interact. The law sets a minimum standard that can be enforced by the government with a penalty. No matter what Facebook does, they are not deciding what is or is not legal. Ethically, you often have an oblig
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by Erik816 5y ago
I have no idea. I'm also not a firefighter. As electric cars become more common, we'll need to have a solution that is not "spend 4 hours trying and then call the manufacturer."
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by Erik816 5y ago
Fire departments are going to need to learn how to put out battery fires and have the relevant equipment available. If they are in the profession of putting out fires, at some point it's on them to know how to not waste 32,000 gallons
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by Erik816 6y ago
If only there were some kind of federal agency, maybe a "trade commission" that could have blocked these mergers when they originally happened ....
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by Erik816 6y ago
People not agreeing with you is not censorship, or at least not the kind anyone should worry about. Let us know if the government has restricted your speech in any way.
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by Erik816 6y ago
And part of US Defense spending helps defend countries like Switzerland. Maybe we still spend too much, but we also "defend" a lot more countries than ourselves, and a lot more territory than Switzerland.
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by Erik816 6y ago
You may want to read Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. That's basically the plot.
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by Erik816 7y ago
If your prose is obtuse enough in just the right way, you can come off as profound and let people read all kinds of things into your words that are not really there.
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by Erik816 7y ago
Look at the chart. There are now a lot more women in the labor force than there were in the 1940s. Back then, they were staying home with the kids. Now, women are having children later and often working (at least part time) once they have t
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by Erik816 7y ago
Almost every resource is limited. That doesn't mean they are public goods.
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by Erik816 7y ago
The entire first section of the article is about how good the author was at pretending to be happy. Since projecting a happy image is also the main point of Instagram for most people, I'd be hesitant to assume everything is fine based
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by Erik816 7y ago
Probably not. But there is always going to be a spectrum of variously qualified college students, and they are going to sort into a hierarchy of colleges. That will be true even if every college graduate has a life that would be considered
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by Erik816 7y ago
If every college is excellent, none of them are. I get that we should be raising standards across the board whenever possible. Education is extremely valuable and I'd like more people to be more educated. But there is always going to b
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by Erik816 7y ago
So he tried to match with every girl before he knew how to use the app?
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by Erik816 7y ago
In that hypothetical, it would definitely be a breach of contract. If you paid for an ad during the Super Bowl expecting it to be run, and then it wasn't, that's a breach. Refunding your money may or may not make you whole. What i
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by Erik816 7y ago
I think beer should be considered food, but otherwise I can get on board with this.
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by Erik816 7y ago
I was under the impression that a !g search was somehow anonymized. Was that just wishful thinking?
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by Erik816 7y ago
No, because people can't agree on the source of the problem. It's complicated.
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by Erik816 7y ago
I get where you are coming from, but mental state is an element of just about every criminal law I can think of. You need to prove both that someone committed an act and had a certain "mens rea." That doesn't mean you can&#x2
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by Erik816 7y ago
Or intentionally don't watch what you say and stop giving this kind of system any power. If you run for office in 20 years planning to hide what you think now, or apologize for it, then you're in for a losing battle. Say what you
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by Erik816 7y ago
If you slow down construction, you are inherently making it more expensive.
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by Erik816 7y ago
That's about 20 minutes too much if you're exhausted by politics in my opinion. Do you get any value out of it? If not, just stop watching.
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by Erik816 7y ago
There is certainly a brand of atheist who is really only the flipside of a fundamentalist. One reads scripture literally in order to find it infallible, the other reads scripture literally in order to find it impossible.
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by Erik816 7y ago
Good point. Although maybe a good percentage of people can imagine finding a social group at one or the other, noting that not all churches are evangelical in either theology or culture. Meaningful shared group experiences are important.
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by Erik816 7y ago
Seems like he was both.
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by Erik816 7y ago
Yes, because intelligent parents tend to make more money. And their children tend to be more intelligent as well.
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by Erik816 7y ago
That is false. The government still has the burden of proof, although in some states it is quite low (preponderance of the evidence). That you need to appear in court does not mean you have the burden to prove your innocence.
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by Erik816 7y ago
I don't believe you can get a restraining order against a company (just an actual person). You would ask for injunctive relief, which is basically the court telling the company not to do something, in this case, tracking you online. I&
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by Erik816 7y ago
Agreed, people are very hung up on the mind/body problem. It's a pretty interesting philosophical question, but not that relevant to helping truly sick people get better.
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by Erik816 7y ago
CEOs can sell stock, they just have to do it on a set schedule. So yes, it's good to incentivize their performance based on how the company performs, but it's not like it's pretend money they can't use. It's a real

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