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by alentist 5y ago
SI units are now defined directly in terms of physical laws (no prototypes needed). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_redefinition_of_the_SI_ba...
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by alentist 5y ago
Yes it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Zimbabwe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation_in_Venezuela
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by alentist 5y ago
Yeah, that worked great for my home country. https://www.cato.org/cato-journal/fall-2019/modern-monetary-...
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by alentist 5y ago
> USD-denominated debt is free because you can print the dollars to pay it back at any time Are you aware of this thing called "inflation"? Do you understand that printing more dollars dilutes the real value of a dollar?
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by alentist 5y ago
Great. Then you should have no trouble convincing people to fund this voluntarily, right? Personally, I don't consider forcing people to work for others who are able but unwilling to work "looking out for each other". I cal
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by alentist 5y ago
> there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism What do you mean by that?
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by alentist 5y ago
Can you explain why you think this is a "100% contradictory source to my claims"? > A note that... By that logic, I'll note that your link is to the CBPP, a left-wing think tank.
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by alentist 5y ago
> The expansion you're talking about is true, of course. It's just true of, say, ... It's also true of the welfare state, contrary to what you're dishonestly insinuating. > any shred of help for the poor, the unedu
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by alentist 6y ago
So motte-and-bailey. Here are more examples: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/how-i-beca... https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2021/02/12/We-Actually-Mean-Abo
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by alentist 6y ago
What really undermines the conversation is twisting the meaning of words, saying what you (supposedly) don’t really mean, and then blaming people for interpreting them correctly. Here are more examples: https://www.theatlantic.co
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by alentist 6y ago
...and what? What do you expect that to do?
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by alentist 6y ago
“Misunderstood”? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abol...
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by alentist 6y ago
What do you disagree with? Your comment, as it stands, says nothing substantive.
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by alentist 6y ago
> selling your nintendo switch to somebody in venezuela does not count How about buying food and paying bills? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25797143 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25889590
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by alentist 6y ago
> Denying them employment in the future was classic vengeful pettiness which would have made Donald Trump proud. https://www.ft.com/content/d73b9541-f91c-4423-9353-1f6606f31... But the consolidation, even expansion
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by alentist 6y ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/education-31751672 Teachers are more lenient in their marking of girls' schoolwork, according to an international study. An OECD report on gender in education, across more than 60 count
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by alentist 6y ago
They literally admitted to it themselves: we believe the essay does not align with Chicago Review’s editorial and political agenda
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by alentist 6y ago
I should've been clearer: Your comment implies the author "just learned" what pen names are. What makes you think that?
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by alentist 6y ago
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by alentist 6y ago
> I believe the stated purpose of the list was to have a set of people that allies could engage with constructively if they wanted to. In other words, it was a list of people whom might be good to engage in verbal discussions with. Is th
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by alentist 6y ago
I'll help you out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26370780
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by alentist 6y ago
> Am I? Yes, you are. > Your other reply... Needs some citations Done.
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by alentist 6y ago
https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Figure1-... https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/med1.jpg https://www.aei.org/wp-content
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by alentist 6y ago
> Sanity check → Quick check, confidence check, coherence check > Crazy → Unexpected, surprising, puzzling > Dummy value → Placeholder value, sample value They're getting more and more ridiculous with this Newspeak nonsense.
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by alentist 6y ago
Why are you equating a human being with a "history" because of their skin color? And see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26364968 .
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by alentist 6y ago
> "Prejudice + institutional power" is another framing where "racism against white people" is somewhat nonsensical. Nonsense. A white student is four times less likely to be admitted to a top university than a black s
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by alentist 6y ago
> I don’t think any one is harmed by that shorthand. Of course they are. Why play this game of pretend? And in what world is it "harmful" to "pretend" something true , namely that "white" is no shorthand (l
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by alentist 6y ago
> ‘white’ could be seen as shorthand for that Are you merely pretending to not see the problem?
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by alentist 6y ago
> Yes and the person living in my shadow didn't get a sunburn as a result. Zero sum. Are your comments meant to be some kind of elaborate satire?
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by alentist 6y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1282404647160942598.html

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