Joe-Z

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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I guess the little less cynical interpretation would be that privilege is the kind of luck that you should be thankful for having :) This was an interesting discussion. Thank you and have a nice weekend!
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Thanks for the tip, going to order one now. Have a nice weekend!
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
But what about the distinction between luck and privilege? Aren‘t circumstances like country of origin, financial situation of one‘s parents or genetic disposition more commonly referred to as privilege?
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Well, I guess you could always define it as the events outside of the agent’s control that unfolded after she’s decided on and taken the first step towards her goal This way a casino player would still be lucky if she wins (but not in the
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
The kind that doesn't try to undermine every successful person born in a developed country ever? I do believe that luck plays a huge role[0], but I get GP's point and I think it's fair. [0] I think what really drives it home
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
To me "life's not fair" reads as a contradiction to the cited statement. As I understand it GP's argument was that, yes it may have been luck to meet the right people at the right time, but that a lot of conscious decisi
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I'm so excited right now! I have the same issue as you with falling asleep. Is this what you're talking about?: https://amzn.to/2qZ372D I hope posting a link to amazon doesn't violate any site guidelines, but
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I attended a game development program at the college I went to and we had pretty nifty computer graphics classes. Basically you learn how graphics work on a computer first. There's a lot of tutorials out there and some pretty easy to l
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
It's very easy to imagine the opposite being true and Cortez' troops falling into despair as their leader supposedly turned insane and ordered them to destroy their most valuable assets. Goes for your example too: Maybe not all pe
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Well if they literally said that, then I'm sure you can copy + paste said portion. Because even upon re-reading the comment, I can't find this statement.
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Yes, but these 'real news' as we could call them, will probably have a legal requirement to be posted on a government-owned source also (and I'm assuming this source would be free of twisted profit incentives). So, still not
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I've done exactly the same and have the complete opposite feeling of you. Why not 'be ignorant'? What are you really ignorant towards when ignoring the news? Most of its use, it seems to me, is to have something to talk about
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
It's ego-centric behaviour which leaves everbody worse off. Thank god it's only a Twitter account name! (...and not global politics governed by old farts out of touch with reality, which is another area where this behaviour is ram
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
To me it didn't sound like they linked this dead account anywhere. They literally just squatted a name to never use for anything. Real class move btw, I hope GPs account gets deleted soon. (And then the flood of people having nothing b
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
That's exactly how I would have played it. Another dream scenario would be to one day be some 'forgotten employee' of a giant company. You know, maybe your project got cancelled, your colleagues were moved elsewhere and you j
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Then it seems you'll stay in this depressed state for a while longer. I agree 100% with what OP said, having experienced the benefits for myself. I never actually 'quit fb' or whatever, I just lost interest after realizing ho
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
To add to your point of why violence might be less censored: It might also be, because it's just so much easier to engage in violence that it is to engage in sex. Like, I could go out in the street and punch anybody in the face (if I d
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I find an _average_ of 40 hours to be quite extrem also. I've been at a new 40-hour job for 1 1/2 years now, after working 26/30 hours week for the 3 years prior. My impression is that 30 hours a week might be a realistic av
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Okay, I see your point with the competition and you‘re right (the coworking example really drove that home). Still what you describe would fall under the principle of charity for me as well. To build on your example: You‘d patch up the flaw
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I'm not convinced. To me it seems more ego-centered to not even let the argument of the person you are arguing with stand on its own but make up your own version - which you deem better than theirs - and argue against that. Kind of lik
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Seems patronizing
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
I think the 'steel man' idea is more commonly known as the 'Principle of charity'?[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Alternatively, if you aren't an orphan, you can produce an antique weapon emanating a faint humming noise which your father never allowed you to hold, but when you did sneakily one time its blade started to glow!
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
This is great! I wasn‘t sure if I should try it again after getting hooked in my teens. But now I think I will just sell it as a mental health exercise to myself :D But jokes aside, good to hear you‘re feeling better. I can definitely see h
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
That piece of trivia was more interesting than the article to me. Thank you! :)
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
That‘s an environmentalism article luring you in with how single player games have developed in the last 10 years. Nothing against environmentalism but I was hoping to read more about how actual game development will change and not the same
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Great post! The general point of „being honest with yourself and the people around you“ is something much more people should take to heart, regardless of any existing medical conditions. It makes life so much easier and once you have a clea
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
But Elon does reflect on things. Part of his motivation for starting this company was to give humanity the possibility to interface with powerful AIs, which he fears will „leave us behind“. So yes, it might change the definition of humanity
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Who says we can‘t have both? Of course the latter will only be accessible to a wealthy elite still glad they managed to escape the woes of socialism.
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by Joe-Z 7y ago
Maybe he got that from combining it with the following statements: " he had received two previous “conduct warnings” from the foundation’s Trust and Safety Council for his incivil style toward other Wikipedians " " In 2017, a

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