TheMoonToMyLeft

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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
I don't see why this is hard to understand. If you're spending so much on childcare that it eats up the majority of one parent's salary, that parent might as well stay home. The problem is that it's the usually the woman
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
If we're going to have trickle-up economics, where money inevitably ends up in the hands of the richest among us because large amounts of capital in one place seem to exert an almost gravitational pull, then I think it makes sense to u
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
> it really sticks out to me that your comment may well be based on wrong assumptions about the afterlife My assumption, if you can call it that, is that the only afterlife for which we have any empirical evidence is fame . If there&#x2
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
My retirement plan is my grandfather's M1911. All I've got to do is pull the trigger and the nightmare stops. Knowing I can opt out at any time helps me get through a lot of bad shit.
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
So, the future is a command-line that uses natural language instead of a shell with commands one must learn separately from one's own language? OK, but what about shell scripting? Will thus NL CLI be scriptable, or will we still want P
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
What about the chains of capital? Nothing is going to change as long as the powers that be can profit from the way things are.
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
At this point I'm no longer willing to deal with job postings because I can't trust anything I see on the internet. I'd rather just put up a "situation wanted" post with a "principals only" warning and s
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
Haven't been able to find one that will give entry/work visas to self-taught techies without university degrees.
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
No, but without a CEO there's no one to hold the bag if everything goes to hell. You can't say "I was just following orders" if there's nobody to issue the orders.
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
Sure, let's automate the CEO. Right after we automate middle management, police, state legislatures, and Congress.
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
> I am sure to handle users' information with care and respect their privacy. How? Is this data end-to-end encrypted? How long do you retain it? What will you do if a government shows up with a warrant or subpoena?
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
Is UTC the only valid timezone in Markwhen? Also, is there any way to discover feeds in the works, or should I hope to come across feeds linked on people's websites?
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
I'm not clear on why I should provide an email address to access a chatbot. I think I'll stick with the one that comes with GNU Emacs (M-x doctor).
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
As a man, talk therapy has never worked for me. CBT helps me cope with negative emotions, but doesn't fix their cause (life under "capitalism" in the US). What's worked for me has been physical activity that doesn't
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by TheMoonToMyLeft 4y ago
You haven't said anything about other emotions, so I've got to ask: do you let yourself feel anything ? Not just joy, but sadness, disappointment, anger, or even outright hatred? Or are you so out of touch with your emotions (as