LeroyRaz

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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I don't think rebellion has anything to do with why kids use Tiktok. Nor do I think the US has any interest in forcing kids to use social media...
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Robert Lang and the Global Reach of Origami(apjjf.org)
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"When your market was determined by geography, you had to be neutral. But publishing online enabled — in fact probably forced — newspapers to switch to serving markets defined by ideology instead of geography" is interesting! I&#x
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I think the term woke is a clear and unambiguous term. I find it surprising people consider it a slur / empty insult. I consider it a substantive characterization of people and acts that reflects a genuine disagreement. To me, as the r
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Why and how is labelling unlikable behaviour as woke bad faith. As I understand the right using the term, they use it consistently to refer to a very specific type of behaviour they see as bad (one core aspect is prioritising signalling bei
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Could you expand on why this article makes you believe his mind has "become filled with mush." What points is he making (if you consider him to be making clear points), how do you think those points are flawed, etc..
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
How is the quote false?
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Providing community notes and overt information seems far far better than covert censoring. The problem with covert censoring is twofold: a) people get an insanely distorted perception of what average people think and b) sometimes the peopl
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Why not just wear gloves with embedded magnets? I don't understand the benefit of implanting the magnet. Implanting seems to come with several drawbacks: infection risk, difficulty of removal if undergoing an MRI, and difficulty passin
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
It's hard to know how worrying or damning this usage pattern is. Speaking personally, I never did any homework, as I found it incredibly dull. So I don't really find it that worrying someone shirking their homework. The replacemen
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Why do you prefer paper to a word processor or latex?
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How is it sensitive or even reasonable that all fantasy species are equally capable? That just seems bizarre. It's core to fantasy tropes that Elves are long lived, magical and intelligent. And that Orcs are stronger than humans. Absol
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Your claim that media outlets are no longer factual because they can't afford paying to be factual seems specious. They often make egregious errors that take a 5 minute Google to correct. Instead of facts being unaffordable, it seems t
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Why do they not capitalize the pronoun I?
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Yawn. This post is all old hat. Richard Dawkins made the same point about humans being roughly between polyamory and monogamy 20 years ago in the Ancestors Tale (and others likely made the points before that). And the evo-psy people have be
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
As described, the research sounds weak. They have a hypothesis: "laws are written that way due to style imitation." And their proof of that hypnosis is to weakly reject an entirely different hypothesis "the magic spell hypoth
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Good article. This is the clearest explaination I've read of how and why Ada was meaningfully innovative, and worthy of her recognition.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Is there an issue with limiting use to those who are 18+?
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
I mean, the Royal Society has always been crazy, and full of provocative and crazy people. I'm not sure how you can have a group of geniuses without that. Famously Newton was a complete and utter egomaniac nut job, as well as being one
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Hamilton (the founding father) considered political science a science, and explicitly argues in the federalist papers how it has the equivalent of axioms that one can build and reason from
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
How is a starship in anyway like an ICBM? ICBMs are weapons, and are dangerous because you target them at specific targets and they explode. How is starship coming down significantly more dangerous than a plane? If they can demonstrate simi
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
Subsidy does not solely refer to direct payment. It can also refer to not taxing certain goods. By that standard definition, it is literally a subsidy to not tax carbon (as in a just market it would be taxed). Quoting Wikipedia "Subsid
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
But the international monitary fund is talking to economists who will understand how not having a carbon tax meets the definition of being a subsidy. There is no misuse or twisting of definition. It is an economic term being accurately used
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
It's not redefining the word. It literally is a subsidy to not tax carbon, according to core mainstream accepted economic principles. Whether you agree or disagree with carbon taxes, it is simply true that not having them is a subsidy.
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
A small niggle: I think the author misses the point on carbon tax. Not having a carbon tax literally acts as subsidy. It is not a metaphor. In polluting, you are exploiting a resource you do not own, and not paying for that exploitation is
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
To those talking about the gun: The gun is almost completely irrelevant, because if you are intent on killing yourself there are many accessible options. For example, almost anyone can kill themselves (including gun-less 14 year olds) by ju
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I don't know what your source for "by most metrics" is? As I understand it, the US is abysmal by many metrics (and also exceptional by others). E.g., murder rated and prison rates are exceptionally high in the US compared to
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The state has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the whole country (28%). To me, that implies they have some issue of governance. Source: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/us-literacy... To be fair i
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
To everyone saying "oh, the astronauts like having to be up there. It is an opportunity." You get that they have no choice, right? And that for multiple reasons they are going to put the best spin on the event. For one, for their
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by LeroyRaz 2y ago
You make a good point (imo) but you end on such a grim mixed metaphor!

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