LLWM

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by LLWM 12y ago
You could seduce and marry an American.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Then society benefits because those products are produced more efficiently.
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by LLWM 12y ago
You can also use google to find "evidence" that vaccines cause autism. Just because information is indexed by google doesn't make it true.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Maybe he means "move to Canada first"?
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by LLWM 12y ago
Yes, it is. Isn't that obvious from my tone?
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by LLWM 12y ago
Because you could buy drugs with it conveniently and in relative safety.
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by LLWM 12y ago
It's so obviously wrong, in fact, that suggesting this is the level of stupidity things would actually be implemented with is a bit of a strawman. A false positive rate of 99.99% isn't useful to anybody. You'd also monitor th
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by LLWM 12y ago
How do you do it?
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by LLWM 12y ago
How is that ironic?
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by LLWM 12y ago
Why not? The alternative isn't a more equal distribution of wealth, it's less total wealth.
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by LLWM 12y ago
They also have lower costs so their lower wages go further. They might be slightly worse off on the balance, but it's outweighed by the benefits those lower costs bring to everyone else. It also frees them up for other pursuits. It&#x2
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by LLWM 12y ago
A race to the bottom means a race towards efficiency. This is a net benefit to society. Sure, selfish people might stand in its way, and if you sympathize with them, that's your choice, but don't pretend it's something admira
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by LLWM 12y ago
It's a bit sad that you see competition on a global scale as "being fucked over". If someone else can do the same job just as well as you, you think employers should be forced to hire you instead just because you happened to
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by LLWM 12y ago
Sure. But in the end, what do you care about more? Better results? Or personal responsibility for those results? It's the same argument as self-driving cars.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Put your.. that! Y.. your load generator! To my.. my... HERE! My application! And j.. j.. JAM IT IN!
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by LLWM 12y ago
Then those universities should try to produce prosperous alumni who will donate to them. Harvard is getting this because Ballmer recognizes their contributions to his success. Rewarding poor performers only incentivizes mediocrity.
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by LLWM 12y ago
There's more to it than just hope. With sufficient surveillance and recording, you will know you are getting another Stalin or Hitler long before he takes power.
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by LLWM 12y ago
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
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by LLWM 12y ago
Yes, the Nazis were bad. How insightful.
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by LLWM 12y ago
I thought your whole objection was that these acts were not crimes, but should be.
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by LLWM 12y ago
You will die of old age long before this society is even possible.
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by LLWM 12y ago
The level at which the public good being served does not outweigh the psychological damage done to citizens.
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by LLWM 12y ago
Yes, I'm talking about the world that we should work towards realizing. Wasn't that the entire point of this discussion? Obviously it will take some time. Even if we recorded everything everyone ever did starting 50 years from now
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by LLWM 12y ago
Sure they can. They might choose not to out of paranoia or cowardice, but that already happens today. Chilling effects are the result of vague laws and inconsistent enforcement. Universal surveillance solves that problem, it doesn't ex
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by LLWM 12y ago
If making mistakes means you are stupid then your definition is so skewed it is useless.
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by LLWM 12y ago
And if the records had been complete video of those peoples' everyday lives, those Nazis might have felt some empathy for the people they were exterminating, and reconsidered their positions. Anyone can make up whatever arguments they
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by LLWM 12y ago
How stupid do you think judges are?
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by LLWM 12y ago
You're looking at it the wrong way. It's not a matter of abusing power or not. That power is destroyed when people realize that privacy doesn't exist. You are worried that someone will record you picking your nose? Instead of
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by LLWM 12y ago
Surely you can recognize that being able to go back and review records taken before the report happened is more effective. Arguing that another "less effective but possibly still okay" solution only makes sense if you present a re
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by LLWM 12y ago
Of course I won't. However, I recognize that repealing bad laws is the right solution to bad laws, not an indiscriminate weakening of all law enforcement.

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