Toine

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by Toine 7y ago
You could argue that America is unregulating itself to death.
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How do you feel now ? 10% better? 50%? 200%?
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by Toine 7y ago
Prepare for a generation of desperate people when they figure out that they actually wanted to have kids but it's too late.
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by Toine 7y ago
I wish I could upvote a 100 times.
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by Toine 7y ago
I'll put in out there (at the risk of being downvoted) : an extremely destructive/insensitive world around a developing child, as a fetus or later, is to me one of the root causes of autism. See Bruno Bettleheim's theories (r
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by Toine 7y ago
Mimetic theory explains why
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by Toine 7y ago
Thank you for giving me a really good laugh.
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As the saying goes, "life is what happens when you're busy making other plans".
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I would upvote you 10 times if I could. The premise that private corporations will solve every problem by giving citizens what they want/need is a MYTH. Markets and democracy go hand in hand. Markets need democracy (ie a government) to
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by Toine 7y ago
From the signup page : > What are your preferred pronouns? (optional) So this is actually happening ?
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by Toine 7y ago
> please excuse if I’m not able to go too far into details like our piping and instrumentation design, or other really specific things we wouldn’t want to help competitors with. "I'll save the planet and my children only if we
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by Toine 7y ago
Thanks for sharing, didn't know the story. Absolutely astonishing.
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by Toine 7y ago
Agreed completely, don't know why you're getting downvoted...
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European here, you nailed it. I stopped reading because of this, unfortunately. Americans, why does everything have to sound like a cheap TV commercial from the 90s ?
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by Toine 8y ago
I'm astonished by the reaction of some people here. They seem to live in a alternate reality where every CEO is kind, doesn't try to reduce labor costs at every opportunity, doesn't treat his employees like cattle, etc. 20th
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by Toine 8y ago
Networking.
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by Toine 8y ago
You just proved my point.
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> But after 2016, we both realized we had too much important work to do to improve our products for society "Primum non nocere." I cannot help but laugh at this statement. I think Facebook has done, and is still doing, way more
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by Toine 8y ago
Correct. One of the first great truly world power, between the 6th and 11th century, was a port in Indonesia (surprisingly). After that, Europe took the lead, with Bruges, Venice, Anvers, Genoa, Amsterdam, London. US came after that with Bo
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by Toine 8y ago
California is almost as big as my own country (France) and yet when people use the word it's a synonym for the bay area. Seems crazy from that perspective.
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by Toine 8y ago
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World - René Girard
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by Toine 8y ago
I'm not sure I can summarize such a global theory in a comment, but basically, he started from a simple truth : the mimetic nature of humans. You want what you want, not because of the intrinsic qualities of objects, but because you&#x
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by Toine 8y ago
This is just one more "proof" of René Girard's mimetic theory. The scapegoat mechanism at the core of all human societies was heavily explained and documented 50 years ago. René Girard, whose theories heavily influenced the w
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by Toine 8y ago
René Girard would approve
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I don't understand this trend on HN lately. "In other news, fire burns"
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by Toine 8y ago
In the constant pursuit of better opportunities, better jobs, perfect place for ME, real social circles (family, local friendships, local communities) are slowly fading away. Unfortunately I don't see them coming back in the near futur
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by Toine 8y ago
There have been many, many articles like this, and I think they have little value except the glorification of psychopaths. The term "psychopath" is fascinating to many, due to the cultural references linked to it. However psychopa
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by Toine 8y ago
You buy your Bitcoins in US dollars, that's all that matters. As long as people, companies and organizations do their business in dollars, cryptocurrencies will be ignored. If someday a large chunk of the economy is done using them, th
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by Toine 8y ago
My advice : abort everything. You seem to need mental support and that's ok, everybody does at some point. Go back to a place where you feel secure and have family/friends/anything that can help you. Throwing 50k USD into a c
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Most "cryptocurrency zealots" don't know shit about crypto or currencies.

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