abenga

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by abenga 1y ago
Those aspects are mostly irrelevant if half of people who are born die before they enjoy them. More time in nature => this is neutral, not necessarily a positive, depends if you like that. Less technology => definitely a negative, I k
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by abenga 2y ago
46% of children didn't see their 5th birthday in the early 1800s. It had gone down by 1890, but still in the mid thirties. Romanticizing those days is extremely silly.
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by abenga 2y ago
You (the ostensible writer or publisher) have to lie forever for me to continue reading your content in this case. Immediately it comes out that any of the writing from an author/outlet is AI generated, I will blacklist them from my re
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by abenga 2y ago
This is like that old adage about conservatism.
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by abenga 2y ago
> But that doesn't change the fact that there are good people in the US. That doesn't matter when the bad people are running the border crossing and could ruin your life on a whim.
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by abenga 2y ago
Humans with any amount of self awareness can say "I came to this incorrect conclusion because I believed these incorrect facts."
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by abenga 2y ago
Cow? Seriously?
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by abenga 2y ago
Whatsapp has absolutely taken over communication in the world (aside from the US for some reason)? Funerals, trips, fund-raisers, even interacting with businesses is now done on WhatsApp in my country. When briefly I decided to try to de-Me
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by abenga 2y ago
If someone can't be bothered to write something, I can't be arsed to read it. I am not here to consume strings of text, but to interact with other people.
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by abenga 2y ago
Presumably. We wouldn't know until it's too late.
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by abenga 2y ago
Skill issue. Easily overcome.
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by abenga 2y ago
You are not a trusted authority relied on by millions and expected to make decisions for them, and you could choose not to say something you aren't sure that you know.
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by abenga 2y ago
I never ask a typical human for help with my work, why should that be my benchmark for using an information tool? Afaik, most people do not write about what they don't know, and if one made a habit of it, they would be found and filter
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by abenga 2y ago
I really don't understand how replacing writing N lines of code by reading N lines of code reduces mental load. Reading and understanding code is generally harder than writing equivalent code.
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by abenga 2y ago
Africa's fertility rate is rapidly reducing as well, should be 2.6 by 2050.
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by abenga 2y ago
The world seems to be moving straight towards the opposite problem (not enough young people) before it would ever hit "overpopulation catastrophe".
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by abenga 2y ago
It is possible for luxuries to become easier to have, but still have entire generations unable to buy homes or retire.
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by abenga 2y ago
You are discussing government waste. Hard to imagine anything more political.
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by abenga 2y ago
For channels I already subbed to, I forgive that if the quality remains consistent. PBS Space Time's videos have remained stellar, as always.
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by abenga 2y ago
Are those the only other options to being a quant? That's a false dichotomy if I ever saw one.
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by abenga 2y ago
People who call CPS just because children are outside unaccompanied? It's obvious taking children away from the parent is a possibility when one makes that call.
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by abenga 2y ago
> I. Do. Not. Get. The Russia fetish. It's not a Russia fetish. It's a Strongman fetish.
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by abenga 2y ago
Those look like mostly nonsense tweaks to put a "paywall"/"sign-in wall" on content. They have mostly made the service less useful to the world.
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by abenga 2y ago
The country on their passport.
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by abenga 2y ago
Starlink would probably continue to sell because there are no reasonably priced alternatives where it make sense (in the boonies).
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by abenga 2y ago
When people were told they could smoke from candy-flavored USB-charged devices they jumped back on the train. Education didn't do anything, and no facts are obvious in this new world.
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by abenga 2y ago
Is it only released for specific regions? Not available for me.
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by abenga 2y ago
Which "one entity" is funding climate change research?
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by abenga 2y ago
> massive ecological consequences As opposed to the minimal ecological consequences continuing to burn fossil fuels are currently yielding you mean?
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by abenga 2y ago
Programming Rust is the best beginner Rust programming book in my opinion, followed by the official book. It has more detail and better examples.

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