aiperson

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   by aiperson 4y ago

   They should ban unpaid non-compete clauses above 6 months. I wouldn't want them to go further than that. A half-year paid vacation is a pretty good thing for almost all workers.
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   by aiperson 4y ago

   The underlying reality doesn't depend on the society you're in, just the categories and definitions of words that we create to make sense of reality and chunk that reality into digestible abstractions. So it's weak social con
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   by aiperson 4y ago

   Black-American, like Irish-American or Italian-American, are seen as a unique, somewhat homogeneous identity and culture. White-American isn't. So they decided not to capitalize it on that basis.
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   by aiperson 4y ago

   Yes, even gender. Gender is just another subjectively chosen category, which points to objective reality. In this case, it points to internal brain states, instead of sex chromosomes. It's like the word "Belieber". That'
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   by aiperson 4y ago

   That's not how categories and social constructs work. These categories (age, sex, gender) are words that are subjectively defined by us based on utility and common consensus, but nevertheless refer to hard objective reality. Someone wi
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   by aiperson 4y ago

   Eh, if you're competent, then sure. But some people have obvious code smells. You'd be surprised. A quick glance and it's obvious they're not competent. 6 layers of inheritance. Composition loops everywhere (A is in B, B