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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Sounds like you think I'm trying to argue that most people on earth in 2022 are still nomads? Really, this was about anthropological (and, unstated, evolutionary) averages. Nomad's evolutionary and genetic inheritance is our own,
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Not true in nomadic societies (too many predators.) Four or five year olds could tail along with older brothers when I was young.
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Putin assassinated by suitcase-size nuclear weapon in February (many of these are missing in Russia.) War continues. Second similar explosion removes the General first replacing him within a month. War continues but Russia commits less to t
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
That counts, but parents spend most of their time with their kids. Moms gather and the kids come along and help to an extent. If you can take your children to work and interact with them while you're working, that's huge. The upsh
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Recently a study evaluated one Canadian city's strong efforts to build housing. It was found that prices didn't go down because the builders colluded to build far less housing in the surrounding area, keeping overall supply down,
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
The vast majority of new businesses fail. Always have. Using the "E" word doesn't change that. SO don't start a business that isn't really worth the risk; have a Why, have some special sauce that nobody else has (su
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
The lifetime of a galaxy isn't that much different than 80 years, right? Right? As Lincoln said, everyone's legs are long enough to reach the ground; but even so, mine are short compared to his.
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Yet there is a very large societal problem here worth pointing at. Parental time with children in this society is bizarrely low by anthropological standards. You can get a look at the stark difference by reading the book "The Old Way,&
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As the unit cost of destruction constantly decreases, logarithmically; we might guess instead that keeping the mental attitudes of individual actors in line is more important as tech surges forward. If you have a better method than religion
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
But hold on - do you really want to be significantly slower on your way to the hospital or doctor, for symptoms that you didn't think merited an ambulance; but actually do? This isn't an uncommon kind of trip, it's a pretty c
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Narcissism is caring about how you appear (to others)- remember he's looking at himself reflected in the lake? It's caring about appearances and others opinions. That's face, precisely. Selfishness is a different word entirel
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This is the great danger of having a single person making all the decisions for everybody; decision-making has to be more spread out. The initial decision worked; but then assuming it always would and not going out and getting better vaccin
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I was okay 'till I donated and got thoroughly spammed by them after that. Not okay with donating there now.
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Maybe before calling someone a liar next time; do a little googling. There are literally decades of studies here. Start with this one, and it's bibliography: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Very, very sorry to say this is where we are in Canada, and have been for some time. Very often brain damage (of whatever kind) is precisely what prevents people from realizing they have brain damage, and addressing that (in whatever way.)
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
This is gonna seem weird - you're forewarned - but here goes. Kinda the equivalent of flipping a coin, but no coin (and just maybe better.) There used to be a hippie-dippie belief that holding, say, a food in your hand and then pressin
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
In a podcast interview the writer of the film (who was a war reporter I think) said he was writing from experience; this had actually happened to him after returning from a war. He hesitated before including this scene, thinking it might be
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
Right. Satisficing. Lovely Walmart example. Works for getting rid of stuff (decluttering) too. I've downsized my belongings 90% by weight and have only had to rebuy a couple or three things (there's almost always more than one way
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
I don't recommend the hard drive slot solution though, I've lost a few hard drives along the way; too easy to short 'em out accidentally I would guess.
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The research seems to show that those who seem to have self-control are actually just good at creating an environment with fewer temptations. Air gapping works for me, although it's now 2PM and was 'sposed to have switched to my o
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
You don't think the bandage is quite perfectly made; I adore that he put it on just the right place of just the right wound.
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CBC radio (Ideas program) did a podcast recently on Ernest K. Gann's book "Fate is the Hunter," the safety biography of an old pilot of rough and ready passenger planes from the 1930s on, who concluded at the end he hadn&#x27
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
I can't help thinking that a cultural problem is being described. The original culture was badly constructed due to ignorance, but now it's being perpetuated by inertia. If breaking a downtube meant an automatic $1,000 fine and a
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When Amazon moved Canadian kindle customers to its new Canadian site - it wiped out all owned copies of magazines and newspapers. I'd purchased a fair number but had read few; all gone forever no apology, no refund.
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Not quite true re the Titanic, but the rich did do much better: https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/Titanic-100-Years-Later-... Musk isn't being smooth, but he may yet find his way. Here's hoping.
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by Nomentatus 4y ago
You're right, about the previous Twitter administration and how it worked. Take away this (big) pinch and Twitter can be a real improvement on the last version. I have trouble swallowing this abuse of market power because the courts an
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Twitter has very considerable market power. That's the term in law, not "dominant force on the Web" or monopoly. No-one can use market power to extend or preserve market power. That's precisely what's happened.
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Agreed, well said. Elon's had a busy productive life, and my take on my University friends who've had busy productive lives is that they now have the self-insight of a baked potato, roughly. No doubt because they haven't had
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Worth pointing to but in this case it's not a disagreement over X, it's Elon breaking the law.
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I'm in the same position as Paul Graham. Happy to support Elon... until he flagrantly broke the law. My twitter tabs are closed, when Twitter reverses I'll open them again. I was having fun. IANAL but: You can't use market po

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