Wissmania

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by Wissmania 7y ago
The photos are public too...
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by Wissmania 7y ago
I wonder how many people with a profile picture of their face on their Twitter/Facebook accounts are seriously concerned about this
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by Wissmania 7y ago
old man yells at cloud
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by Wissmania 8y ago
You just assume every Muslim in that region is a terrorist? Based on what exactly?
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by Wissmania 8y ago
I'm a similar age group / community and this sort of perspective is not at all uncommon, and it's legit. There is no "performative wokeness" going on in my experience.
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by Wissmania 8y ago
I was just making a general philosophical point. Whether Prop C specifically is a good idea depends on a lot of empirical information that I haven't researched.
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by Wissmania 8y ago
There is a pretty good Utilitarian case for taxing the rich to help the poor too. No sense of entitlement needed.
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by Wissmania 8y ago
Honestly pretty pathetic that investors hadn't priced in the existence of bots into their valuation of the company. Perhaps I expect too much.
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by Wissmania 8y ago
It is true that multiple parties (which first past the post prevents) would make forming coalitions around issues like this easier. Saying "this isn’t a conspiracy by one party or group" is pretty silly though. The economic polici
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by Wissmania 9y ago
I think this is just way too simplistic of a view of it. People won't just follow two exact patterns of behavior regardless of their environment. We all have, to varying extents, a proclivity to instant dopamine-based gratification. Th
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by Wissmania 9y ago
I agree with the authors points about blogging on facebook and having a decent logged out experience, but I want to push back against him lumping in anti-adblock pop overs. Every publisher of high quality content is dependent on advertising
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by Wissmania 9y ago
This is just semantics. You get to use Facebook in exchange for having the info you share there used for advertising, and having those ads show up on the side of the page. Who cares what you call it.
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by Wissmania 9y ago
"Philosophers, he posited, would be better off if they stopped trying to prove things like scientists, an impulse he believed led thinkers to overlook how philosophy might stimulate the ‘mind’s excitement and sensuality’. Rather, they
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by Wissmania 9y ago
Another thing: If Uber really wanted to charge their customers more, they could just raise their rates relative to distance (which would be identical to the user since they only see the final fare and not the components of it). I think they
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by Wissmania 9y ago
I am not sure about the legality here, but I will say that I see this arrangement as good for both the driver and the passenger. As a passenger I can know exactly what I'm paying ahead of time, and don't have to worry about my dri
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by Wissmania 10y ago
Just as a response to the first section, you can't say that Uber is subsidizing both customers and drivers like they are separate costs. There is some margin, which is the difference between what the customer pays and what the driver g
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by Wissmania 10y ago
One advantage of nuclear power relative to other renewable sources is that it that unlike wind/solar, it can provide consistent energy 24/7. Our energy storage solutions are simply not good enough to provide sufficient power in do
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by Wissmania 10y ago
There is so much irrationality in this thread and in public opinion in general... it makes we wish I could personally bet on Uber's future success. However, Uber is staying private, so they don't have to cater their long term plan
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Rich Hickey: Hammock Driven Development(youtube.com)
4 points by Wissmania 10y ago|0 comments
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Should Altruists Leverage Investments?(reducing-suffering.org)
1 points by Wissmania 10y ago|0 comments
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by Wissmania 10y ago
While it gives me hope that legislation is at least acknowledging that the suffering of animals is something we might care about, it still is sad to see the same arbitrary pet/livestock divide. Of course extending such legislation to f
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by Wissmania 10y ago
How would you handle the market that emerges between the two currencies? If Gresham Money is deemed less valuable, and some market exists between the two currencies, it seems that GD would just weaken relative to USD. I'm not sure how
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by Wissmania 11y ago
I don't see how someone can credibly argue that raising income tax rates discourages innovation. As if Zuck or Gates wouldn't have started their companies if they only would have made $25 billion instead of $50 billion. He even ar
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by Wissmania 12y ago
The rejection rate was for non-penn applicants. Any Penn student who wants to can attend.
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by Wissmania 12y ago
How is this supposed to be a scandal exactly? The issue seems to be that she could of hid something in her personal emails by not turning everything over. But couldn't any official have just used their gov email for "official busi
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by Wissmania 12y ago
It's actually featured on the front page! Looks like twitch is branching out.
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Watch the top 10 at PennApps and Mhacks live(twitch.tv)
4 points by Wissmania 12y ago|6 comments
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by Wissmania 12y ago
What was the previous best conversion rate? This doesn't get us all the way to electricity, so its not really interesting info without a point of reference.
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by Wissmania 12y ago
These critics overestimate the impact of Ebola. Even with this current weak system, the recent Ebola outbreak has had a death toll of 7,645 as of Dec 23. A million people die every year from Malaria, and some (optimistic) estimates say that
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by Wissmania 13y ago
I cannot recommend highcharts enough. The API is extremely easy to use, and the documentation is excellent. Basically, each time I was wondering whether I could customize some feature, not only was highcharts able to do it, but I found it i

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