Semirhage

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by Semirhage 8y ago
Look out, it’ll just be a guy in a shiny box who makes tutting sounds whenever someone uses the word “fuck” and they bill by the picosecond.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
This looks interesting, but in my cynical heart I’m afraid the issue isn’t the toolset, it’s the people.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Here’s the English version: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retronasal_smell
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Pretty much, and by manipulating society broadly you empower that society to add to the pressure exerted by the propaganda itself.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Let’s go back a bit. The US intervened in Afghanistan against the Soviets decades ago, training what would become Al Qaeda, which would later attack the US. In response the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraq (again) destabilizing the region an
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by Semirhage 8y ago
You do know that France is a nuclear power, right?
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by Semirhage 8y ago
There’s going to be miles of text on forums written about how to quickly ask a question or play a tone to test for humanity. It’s going to be a whole new dystopic layer to customer service! Fuuuuck.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Propaganda also acts by wearing you down, shaping your perceptions over time, and influencing so many people around you that you lose sight of where “real” is on the first place. Sometimes propaganda only seeks to demoralize you or disengag
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Ironic that this is getting so much traction on HN, where humor is actively crushed with downvotes and flags most of the time. I’m not even disagreeing with the rationale of keeping the site for intellectual inquiry rather than endlessly ne
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by Semirhage 8y ago
It really depends on the Westerners. If you mean Americans, then you’ll be right in regards to a large number of them. If you mean South and Central Americans, and many Europeans then you’re probably off base. “Westerner” is no more a usefu
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Too much of any food makes you fat, it’s right there in the label “too much” after all. The issue is to what degree you can use protein and fiber to suppress appetite, not whether it’s possible to overeat protein (it definitely is).
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by Semirhage 8y ago
I had this issue with a water delivery service when I lived on the East Coast US. In the end I sent an email saying that I was moving back to Italy, stopping any further charges from them on my CC, blocking them by email, and they could do
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Then in Europe, the US and Canada at least, they’ll be in violation of various laws and open to be sued.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Honestly if our animal-based foods looked more like the animal there would probably be more vegetarians :) I have a one word rebuttal: ribs. More broadly whole hog bbq, roast pig, whole fish, whole roast birds, etc. Stereotypes aside, a l
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by Semirhage 8y ago
I agree, unless this empowers anti-poachers to use lethal force more freely in the field, then I’m all for it. I realize that sadly, the poacher on the ground is the low man on the economic totem of poaching, but they’re also the sharp end
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Musty, and the bigger ones taste like what they eat. Grasshoppers have a strong chlorophyll flavor, and not in a good way. Personally if I need protein, I’d rather eat beans and lentils if I’m avoiding meat and fish. Bugs are never going to
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Any matter starts to resemble a nuclear detonation as you impact it approaching c. As your relative velocity becomes Relativistic in relation to the matter you’re impacting, the energy liberated increases in a non-linear scale. Grease, in
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by Semirhage 8y ago
People always talk about Orwell and 1984, but it was Huxley who really nailed it imo. I think he appreciated the degree to which a stable dystopia required the consent and participation- even enthusiasm- of the general populace.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
IIRC, it’s a matter-antimatter drive, and the dilithium crystals in some way help to catalyze the production of antimatter. As you say, fictional.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
People have a right to be illiberal, liberal, and everything in between. People have a right to hew to the thinking of Mill and Popper, or ignore it. That’s also an aspect of freedom of thought, and consequent expression. You’re also free n
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by Semirhage 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17420230 Aren’t you kind of the one lowering it?
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by Semirhage 8y ago
I’m no climber, but I have to imagine that the weight of knowing a mistake won’t in any way be mitigated by safety devices might actually make the activity harder. It seems like it would require another degree of concentration to shut out t
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Surely the solution then isn’t more housing for them, but more mental health services for them? Treating drug addiction as a health issue rather than a criminal one might not hurt either. From my time in America I was amazed to see how litt
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by Semirhage 8y ago
The shooting of the journalist at the rally or the shooting at the newspaper? It’s so hard to keep track of American shootings!
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by Semirhage 8y ago
When? Right now their “mainstream” $35k car is actually $55k+, with a backlog.
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Sometimes there’s a bit more nuance, but it does tend to come down to this. Often flagging mechanics are pointed to as censorship, or anything which falls short of engaging with someone in debate is censorship. In most cases there’s a lack
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Or don’t, and keep your immune system on its toes. Over-cleanliness is known to be problematic, and it’s why we have kids who can be taken out with a peanut. If dirt in a a particular regime is positively linked to illness (i.e. cross conta
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Ticketmaster Investigates Potential Data Breach(rte.ie)
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by Semirhage 8y ago
Most of us hang up on robots too though. Robocalls are a nightmare. The best argument against Duplex IMO is that it’s going to enable a new generation of hellish scams and robocalls, if it ever leaves Google. Presumably Google knows this an
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by Semirhage 8y ago
I’m not in the US, but I do remember. The thing is I remember other disasters relating to energy, including yearly deaths from pollution. It’s not as though gas, oil, and coal production or use are somehow safe, free from catastrophic failu

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