LordFast

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by LordFast 6y ago
Yeah, not a fan of sitting in traffic (commuting is actually entirely fine if not for the traffic), but I LOVE my car- it allows me to go anywhere I want whenever I want, and it allows me to make forward progress by leaving the past behind
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by LordFast 6y ago
I see, that makes sense. Kind of a "eat your vegetables" type of situation. I really hope we can learn and get to a better place from here, but I'm not holding my breath. The way I see it, there's a good chance that the
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by LordFast 6y ago
You are right. I will do better.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Is there any way to realistically and gradually reduce the prevalence and thickness of these filter bubbles, so that people can be encouraged to practice critical thinking in a sustainable way? Will this have to necessarily be a governmenta
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by LordFast 6y ago
Huh, never thought about the math like that. It makes a lot of sense, thanks for sharing. P.S. Before the age of social media, was there not the same level of risk of induced ignorance through traditional media campaigns and propaganda? If
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by LordFast 6y ago
What a big boss man, strutting around stopping the great evil empire from screwing America.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Actually that is exactly how it's playing out these days. The "circular firing squad" has now been taken to the international stage.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Selling paranoia is good business these days.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Overly optimistic about the past gone by, overly pessimistic about the present and future. This does seem to reflect a big part of the American psyche as it stands today. It was likely neither that good nor this bad. Moving away from such a
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by LordFast 6y ago
Yep, there are always trade-offs. The current remote work paradigm is benefitting folks who are more senior, more capable of getting more done with more focused time at the expense of younger, single folks who have a lot more to gain from h
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by LordFast 6y ago
If many people find agreements with a person's notions of conformity, by the evidence of the popularity of their writings, does that make these people conformists, and therefore engenders conformist attitudes towards the author's
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by LordFast 6y ago
I have witnessed that the opposite also holds true: less enjoyable coworkers are now less irritating simply because of the added distance and buffer room, making them easier to tolerate* than when having to deal with in person on a daily ba
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by LordFast 6y ago
As is the case with any job, be good enough, be amenable enough, and work hard enough. Nobody wants to pay an idiot who's hard to deal with and holds entitled beliefs. Not sure about this situation here with the DD, but I'm sure y
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by LordFast 6y ago
Interesting. I haven't thought too much about C2H in particular, but it seems like it might just kick the can down the road instead of solving the root problem; The root problem is human nature.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Elementary school politics. This would be a hilarious sitcom if it weren't for all the thousands of people getting hurt by this dysfunctional joke of a government.
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by LordFast 6y ago
There's no need to go to war with a country if you can plant the seeds of a toxic mindset, and then watch them tear themselves apart instead.
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by LordFast 6y ago
There's no need to go to war with someone if you can plant the seeds of a toxic mindset, and then watch them tear themselves apart instead.
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by LordFast 6y ago
There's no need to go to war with someone if you can plant the seeds of a toxic mindset, and then watch them tear themselves apart instead.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Looks like it's removed as of 10.15.5
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by LordFast 6y ago
Scrolling back to top like an animal? No thanks, I just refresh the page instead as a civilized person would do.
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by LordFast 6y ago
I've written this type of notes to myself in years past. Almost painfully similar. Looking back on them now, it was basically: "I'm not happy and I want to change things." Everything else was more or less tangential and
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by LordFast 6y ago
One thing that seems clear is that the hyper-connected world makes the minority look like the majority, and vice versa. In all aspects of society.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Facts are facts, but I do think the underlying dynamics are more complicated than what you laid out. The way people are being exposed to sexuality growing up is also changing, and that plays a big part in behavioral patterns. One thing I su
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by LordFast 6y ago
Good on you. Keep letting people know.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Uhh, isn't this dead obvious?
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by LordFast 6y ago
> A lot of my advice here is to just relax, but I hate relaxing. Hit the nail on the head with that one.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Does Catalina have more security issues? Or are we just talking about them more than before?
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by LordFast 6y ago
Good point, and I used to actually hold a stronger belief in things like that because to me they represent a larger-picture type of work that seemed more interesting. BUT, ever since I exited out of that game to start my own business, my be
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by LordFast 6y ago
How does it help the left and hurt the right? Serious question.
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by LordFast 6y ago
Social media is an addictive substance and should be controlled. End of story.

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