MFLoon

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by MFLoon 8y ago
As well as lubricating the wheels of executive recruitment, because what exec is going to want to work for a place known to fight outgoing execs over their severance.
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Because they were grouped together in the original article, as tactics Scott Alexander's detractors had employed against him in trying to silence the CW threads.
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Just to be clear: you're arguing in favor of doxing/no-platforming/otherwise suppressing people who espouse 'ridiculous, harmful, or "bad"' ideas? Leaving aside the issue of pre-judging which ideas fall in
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by MFLoon 8y ago
That's just not true. Corporations have been recognized as legal persons in the US for well over a century prior to Citizens United, in both judicial precedent and federal statutes. I agree with what I assume you believe - that this ou
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by MFLoon 8y ago
The Professional Pilots Rumor Network (PPRUNE) is a pretty awesome forum full of aviation professionals discussing aviation at a high level, I always go there for aviation news commentary. The thread on this isn't very extensive yet, b
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Just roll your window down first!
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by MFLoon 8y ago
I've at times felt resentment towards my baby boomer/hippy parents for spoiling me and failing to teach me discipline, which I've had to learn in adulthood at what I imagine is a steeper opportunity cost than if I had learned
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Most NYC residents don't have walkable commutes, especially those living in middle or lower income neighborhoods that are generally further from the city center. The city is too large, and not particularly pedestrian friendly in the ou
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by MFLoon 8y ago
>Betting someone clever on HN could invent a new signalling system for far less than $40 billion, perhaps $4 billion. Is this a satirical comment? It doesn't matter how easily a clever HN reader could devise a new, greenfield signal
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Any data to support those assertions? FWIW I think the reasons you point to are just as plausible contributing factors as the ones GP mentions, but there's no reason it can't be both. And dismissing the effects of machismo/t
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by MFLoon 8y ago
> The pyramid, for example, has killed literally million of people I actually think you're just reflecting the currently vogue "common sense" view of carbs as the worst macronutrient. Neither this view, nor the view which
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Even given the existence of research establishing statistically significant correlation, I don't buy that that means there should just be a blanket gag on writing about suicide in the news. Just because there's some second order e
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by MFLoon 8y ago
I don't buy that. This is a "slice of life" (slice of death?) piece telling a unglamorous but probably quite demographically representative about an older American getting pushed to their limit by a confluence of social facto
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by MFLoon 8y ago
Not to presume to know her mental state, but it strikes me as probable that she says "I don't want to go on" because she feels it's expected of her as a widow, even if it's not an accurate expression of her true men
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by MFLoon 8y ago
That's odd, I thought dollars were a unit of virtuousness. /s
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by MFLoon 8y ago
lol, nope. Like, what unit does one even measure corruption in? GP appears to be expressing a rote dislike of MS uncritically carried through from the 90s. Nowadays they're nowhere close to Google or FB in terms of EITHER anti-competit
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by MFLoon 8y ago
It turns out these are basically the only conditions for which medicinal use is roundly supported by the data. Everything else is basically "Well, weed makes lots of people feel good, couldn't hurt to use it for [pain/nausea&
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by MFLoon 8y ago
I mean, that's why the article is titled "America's Invisible Pot Addicts" (emphasis added). It's harder to quantify when the harms are mostly psychological/relating to QOL decreases, rather than explicitly m