SantalBlush

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by SantalBlush 24d ago
Malice is not required, which is precisely why I added, "in effect". If the effect is the same as data laundering, that is reason enough to encourage the practice, regardless of the original motives (and I'm sure there are p
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by SantalBlush 25d ago
This sounds like data laundering in effect.
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by SantalBlush 8mo ago
I can certainly do that, and I can see how my comment came across as unnecessarily harsh. I just want to be clear that my issue was with the reasoning, not the position, and not the individual.
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by SantalBlush 8mo ago
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by SantalBlush 9mo ago
Not to mention, as has been said many times before, there isn't much incentive to build out manufacturing in the US when its trade policy is constantly shifting at the whims of one person. Businesses need stability, and this President
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by SantalBlush 9mo ago
It gives a few reasons why you're still not getting that industrial base back, even after tariffs.
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by SantalBlush 9mo ago
I think this is an uncharitable interpretation.
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by SantalBlush 10mo ago
On the contrary, you haven't explained why discoverability matters, or why any of us should care. You just take it as a given that it justifies the means. I believe that is what the poster above is pointing out.
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by SantalBlush 11mo ago
This accurately describes the front page of reddit, too.
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by SantalBlush 11mo ago
"Foreman says, 'These jobs are going, boys, and they ain't coming back'" -Bruce Springsteen (1984)
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
This makes as much sense as the notion of "crony communism," which is to say, it doesn't. Ignoring the harmful side effects of an economic system makes one an ideologue.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Blue collar workers have understood this for a long time, and even occasionally took up arms against their employers. It's the white collar folks who are just starting to figure this out.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
I think this bubble makes sense. Any investor who believes AI is the future--that is, that AI will disrupt entire industries and replace labor in quite a few ways-- must have a slice of the AI pie. They know full well that most of their
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
You didn't learn that in civics/history class; you made it up.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Are you in favor of HN allowing advertisements, shilling, or spam in these threads? Because those things are free speech. Would you like to allow comments about generic ED pills? I simply don't believe people who say they want to sup
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
The "malice" part of the razor is bait. People typically act out of self-interest, not malice. That's why anyone who parrots Hanlon's Razor has already lost; they fell for the false dichotomy between malice and incompe
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Yep, "Hanlon's Razor" is pseudo-intellectual nonsense. It sets up a false dichotomy between two characteristics, neither of which is usually sufficient to explain a bad action.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
They will think this right up until these things affect them or their community. Then it will be someone else's fault--someone outside of their tribe--that it happened.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
This offers nothing insightful or useful, and doesn't even address a fundamental problem. It's the sort of thing someone says when they don't understand a topic well enough to weigh in, but they still feel impelled to weigh
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
It could be stable in the US. The basic idea behind Keynesian economics is: during contractions, decrease taxes and increase spending; during expansions, increase taxes and decrease spending. Doing this helps smooth out business cycles, p
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
A lot of people don't understand that collecting data is actually expensive and difficult when it doesn't involve surreptitiously stealing it via some piece of tech.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
If only you were just giving them your own data. In reality, you're giving them data about your friends, relatives, and coworkers without their consent. Let's stop pretending there is any way to opt out by simply not using these
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
That will be quietly removed later.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
>If you lived in these communities, unless you are neurodivergent, you would be doing the same thing. As someone who grew up in one of these communities, this has not been my experience. Many, many people move away, and for varied reaso
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
They will listen to anyone who tells them what they like to hear. They will not listen to anyone who tells them what they don't like to hear. They shop around for truths they prefer like they're items at Costco.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Personal responsibility applies to improving and maintaining one's own intellect, and not relying on others to do it.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
No, the dips resulted in government interventions--like the Fed raising liquidity or Trump removing some tariffs--which then caused stocks to rally again. The term "Fed put" is decades old.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
I feel like my understanding of politics dramatically improved once I considered that some voters are malevolent. Some voters consciously support inhumane policies, but due to social pressure, they feel that they can't be truthful abo
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
I sometimes wonder if a section of the public just wants plausible deniability for committing atrocities, and their government is happy to provide that for them.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
It's no problem! I felt that you weren't really engaging in a reasoned discussion, which is why I commented in the first place--that is what I was pointing out. Maybe that will serve to improve future discussions.

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