SantalBlush

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by SantalBlush 1y ago
You have it backward. I pointed out that your reasoning for categorizing genocides is arbitrary. This wasn't about proving to you that a certain genocide is real, only pointing out your faulty reasoning. You are free to believe what
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
I'll tell you what: if you prove to me that the Nazis committed genocide against the Jews and others--that is, if you win me over--then I promise I will prove to you that the Israelis are committing genocide against Palestinians. If y
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Exactly. Arbitrary. You haven't laid out your personal methodology for determining whether something is a genocide, so you can give ad hoc reasons--like you just did--for why you made the judgement that you did. In one case, naming t
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
If you wouldn't deny the holocaust based on the same evidence you just gave for denying the Palestinian genocide, that suggests the evidence you gave was never valid for denying a genocide in the first place. Your reasoning is arbitra
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
God forbid.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
If you suggest an answer to your own question, it could be disputed. Better to make a coy comment and expect others to take that risk.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Because they have an opinion on it, but want to appear even-handed.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Thanks again. I do know all of this, and I've read quite a few of his works. I was hoping someone who has formally studied philosophy or the history of philosophy could give an in-depth take.
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Thank you. I guess by 'method of analysis', I meant the way he refined definitions in an attempt to make them logically consistent, not his use of dialogue necessarily. I'm just a layman, but it seemed to me like that was w
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
My understanding is that Plato's major contribution to philosophy was his method of analysis, and not his specific ideas. Is that on the right track?
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Oh, I'm not here to indulge you in some petty argument. I was just pointing out that the comment about Australia wasn't the slam dunk you made it out to be. By all means, believe whatever you want. I doesn't bother me one b
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
The discussion was explicitly about American anti-authoritarianism, so countering with evidence of perceived government overreach in Australia is a laughably bad approach--no special pleading is required. It's a complete shifting of t
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by SantalBlush 1y ago
Comment one: "It bothers me a great deal as an American to see this anti-authoritarian thread of American identity...." Comment two: "When Americans were “resisting authority” by not wearing masks... did you feel the same pri
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
Their grievances begin with Reaganomics, then NAFTA, then the war in Afghanistan. All Republican projects. Now, instead of directing the blame where it belongs, they've adopted an even more 'enlightened' and destructive for
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
Billionaires are transnational; they can live wherever they want. The only thing tying them to a particular country is that country's restrictions on their capital flows. They don't really care if it's a liberal democracy o
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
And bureaucracy isn't always bad. State and federal bureaucracies are probably largely responsible for protecting the 2020 US election from fraud and interference.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
He may think this position will help him take Greenland, among other (terrible) reasons. "Make Annexing Great Again"
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
That's terrible, because taking someone's private data without permission and misusing it is wrong.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
I think in order to have a productive discussion about morals and rights, it is essential that those two terms are defined precisely up front. Otherwise, it just leads to everyone talking in circles, because they have different ideas of
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
If you're having trouble finding CS masters grads who can't write a fizzbuzz, your salary band is too low. Full stop. Which pretty much confirms my point. Stop complaining, stop blaming schools, and start paying more.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
I think certification institutions--from universities to bootcamps--have found that it's more profitable to focus on quantity over quality. They are producing dollar store products because the market has shown that employers are dolla
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
>Some will find a job before they finish you interview process. It sounds like a different company was able to find and hire talent faster, to their benefit. So the solution is to be more like them.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
So you want universities to act as your vocational training program for free? No thanks. If you want to make demands about college curriculum, you can start paying up. Until then, universities owe employers nothing. Employers have alread
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
The modern application process is a spammer's dream. It works like Google search: optimize based on keywords to drive your resume 'page' to the top. People mastered the SEO game a long time ago, so it should be no surprise
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
I asked a friend who left OpenAI about their experience working there. They said, "I can't complain."
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
The real idea is to get the public acclimated to police drone use by first using them in some mostly-innocuous way. Then in 10 years, they find some other pretense to start attaching weapons. For your protection, of course.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
This reminds me of an article from Maddox in 2007 about how the Nokia E70 is better than the iPhone because he can use the terminal on it. [0] Time may have proven him right. [0] http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cg
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
Any American who likes Tom Petty.
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
>Most companies are desperate for good, motivated, easy to work with engineers. Is there currently a shortage of good, motivated, easy to work with engineers in this job market? It was my understanding that we are in an employer's
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by SantalBlush 2y ago
This is a textbook example of poisoning the well. [0] We see it used in every discussion about pros and cons of a language on HN. It's some variation of "People who like this language can't handle criticism/are part of

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