Reedx

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Next 48hrs could determine the fate of two of America's largest newspaper chains(niemanlab.org)
3 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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The Articles of Unity: A Patriotic Plan to Save Our Republic(medium.com)
6 points by Reedx 6y ago|1 comments
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Japan university awards first-ever ninja studies degree(japantimes.co.jp)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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The generational structure of status contests(akinokure.blogspot.com)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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The Four-Year Locusts(benlandautaylor.com)
2 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Wow, finally indeed. That's been a pain for the longest time. What was the holdup anyway?
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How to Fix Everything That's Wrong with the Internet(hackernoon.com)
2 points by Reedx 6y ago|1 comments
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West Coast Century(postapathy.substack.com)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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Mathematical Consciousness(blog.domenic.me)
2 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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Why Is There Something Instead of Nothing?(waitbutwhy.com)
3 points by Reedx 6y ago|1 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
If Facebook and Twitter wanted to make good on the mantra of "making the world a better place", they could do it today simply by disabling things that are reinforcing echo chambers, rewarding anger and generating outrage. e.g.,
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by Reedx 6y ago
Yeah, also as a teenager in the 90s I distinctly remember thinking that the internet was going to make everyone smarter. The world's information at our fingertips! It'll unlock a new golden age for the entire globe! Oh, how naive.
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by Reedx 6y ago
> This doesn't seem sustainable without outside sources of revenue. The reality for most creators, really. There's way more supply than demand and you have to contend with power laws. The top ~1% of books, movies, games, music,
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Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea a Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location(buzzfeednews.com)
93 points by Reedx 6y ago|2 comments
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140,000 Businesses Listed on Yelp Are Still Closed Because of Covid-19 Pandemic(wsj.com)
6 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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Singapore Is Failing at Digital Sovereignty(palladiummag.com)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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As MLK Jr. wrote, to confront racism we must find the strength to love(usatoday.com)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism (2006)(edge.org)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Absolutely. It would be amazing to see political debates (and discourse generally) where they're able to steelman each other's position and interact in good faith. That would have a profound effect on our democracy. Instead we get
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Why did the Washington Post get this woman fired?(nymag.com)
35 points by Reedx 6y ago|6 comments
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Writing, Reading, Writing(georgerrmartin.com)
13 points by Reedx 6y ago|24 comments
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How Hegemony Ends: The Unraveling of American Power(foreignaffairs.com)
3 points by Reedx 6y ago|2 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
Nice! Very usable, no nonsense. I hope Google sends you to the top for related search results.
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by Reedx 6y ago
Basically everything is neatly divided between the two political tribes now. If one says they're for X, the other is automatically against X. It's become comically predictable. The people endlessly fight amongst themselves as the
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by Reedx 6y ago
That mentality seems to mostly come from people who were born into wealth and had parents who gave them everything. They project that perspective onto the world. That was their reality after all, and probably their surrounding community. Th
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by Reedx 6y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23610416
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California’s bullet train project faces unprecedented woes(sfchronicle.com)
1 points by Reedx 6y ago|0 comments
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by Reedx 6y ago
That's something they've acknowledged too, and had planned on a "Bullshit of Bullshit" finale: "We promised to do a Penn & Teller: Bullshit of Bullshit! show as our last show in the series, but we walked away f
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by Reedx 6y ago
Even if safety has that magnitude of penalty, it doesn't explain years of delays and 2500% over budget. It would've been factored into the original timeline and budget. And surely after 80 years of improvements in technology, mate
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by Reedx 6y ago
How much room for improvement did you net out at? I wonder if there's a point where it'd be significant enough to make inroads... The recent rebuild of a section of the Bay Bridge took 11 years and went 2,500% over budget. Where

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