ajamesm

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by ajamesm 10y ago
There's no reason American men can't see this project as a success and an inspiration, instead of some kind of indictment on their gender or whatever.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Also, there is no such thing as farming, because the terrestrial carbon cycle is zero-sum
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Maybe not IBM :o) I think they learned their lesson last time they sold tech to help doorkickers round up undesirables
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Seconded! Loved this book.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Listen to what users are overwhelmingly saying: actually fix harassment/spam/bots. Fix the opaque, unaccountable useless support processes. Twitter is fine for what it is, and all it needs to do is stay consistent, not suck, not
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Run the Jewels just released their latest album entirely for free, and hit #1 in sales anyway, so
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by ajamesm 10y ago
OK, somewhat less skeptical now. I'll read up on this. Thanks.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
I wasn't interested in whether you're using them, I just want to know if you can define the term. Or, if you'd care to share any interesting papers or resources related to the cryptography you've implemented!
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Can you tell me what a homomorphism is? Not for my own enlightenment, I just want to know if I should hold my breath for your eventual open-sourcing.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
if you think communism is political, but capitalism isn't, you're an ideologue, full stop.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
> McCarthyism was political, nothing to do with economics. McCarthy hunted down communists (supposed and actual). > The whole idea of capitalism is that people join together in free association to trade for mutual benefit. The respons
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by ajamesm 10y ago
If capitalism is not political because it's just a system of economic organization, then it's not political to dismantle capitalism and institute a socialist economy. Economic systems are SO radically political that people used &#
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by ajamesm 10y ago
I don't think there's any neutrality in the process and we shouldn't pretend there is. Participating in YC is assenting to American capitalism and working to enrich YC investors, which is a political act. Cooperating with Pe
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by ajamesm 10y ago
In tandem with the gag order, though, there's the angle of entirely halting the work of government agencies. 'Virtue signaling' is a criticism of people who put social approval before productive work. Someone who 'virtu
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by ajamesm 10y ago
The ACLU, in the past week, received as much $ in online donation as it has over the past six years. Cash talks and bullshit walks. Tell me, if you're a free-market conservative, why YC or the ACLU should disregard such a resonating a
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by ajamesm 10y ago
seems like the meaning is shifting from "non-sacrificial action taken solely to signify virtue" with "any action taken in the name of virtues I don't embrace"
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by ajamesm 10y ago
uh, going outside? I thought that was a 'sky is blue' level of common knowledge.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Yes. That's because Uber ISN'T a neutral platform for ride sharing, it's a taxi service with employees.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
What 'Godwin' himself had to say: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/... First, let me get this Donald Trump issue out of the way: If you’re thoughtful about
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Yup, that's the short-term drawback. You correctly identified it. Now, contrast it with the long-term drawbacks of not organizing at all.
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by ajamesm 10y ago
You know, you can participate in these protests and help steer their direction. It's not like planning committees get together and grep HN comments; you gotta show up. If you're "turned off" by how activism is going, Fr
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Hoffa is directly collaborating with Trump. You can see for yourself how the left is reacting to union organizers pulling for right-wingers. (In this case, they dislike Hoffa's collaboration, but nobody started calling for the dissolu
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by ajamesm 10y ago
How does it feel, knowing people with the mentality of 6 year olds are doing more to affect change than you are?
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by ajamesm 10y ago
I would expect Uber to ensure drivers are organized and informed about strikes and empowered to join them, if they were truly a neutral ride-sharing platform. Really, they're just a business that employs people whom they don't wan
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by ajamesm 10y ago
> The taxi drivers' strike was in poor taste anyway. Most taxi drivers are immigrants and many are refugees, whose families are directly affected by this ban; I'm sure your own personal notion of good taste was far from their m
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by ajamesm 10y ago
> When you start a startup, you get pushed off the side of a cliff with a bag of aerospace parts. Here's a pain point for someone to solve: why the fuck does the VC process necessitate pushing unequipped people off cliffs?
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by ajamesm 10y ago
Local and grassroots orgs! You can do a TON just by helping with the basics: - Streamlining & securing data entry. - Website maintenance, CMS configuration. - Procurement & cost savings (helping people get cheap, reliable laptops)
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by ajamesm 10y ago
I'm not offering a moral judgment, or making a statement about the efficacy of those tactics. I'm saying it's nothing new. (On a related note, there are some regulations around mass layoffs: https://www.doleta.gov
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by ajamesm 10y ago
How many companies donate to super-PACs, the DNC, RNC, etc.? In this case, the mechanism of political action is constricting the labor supply instead of giving cash to politicians. It seems crazy for a company to force workers to join a pro
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by ajamesm 10y ago
By choosing the right half to piss off.

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