alephx

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by alephx 7y ago
Science, Politics and Gnosticism: Two essays by Eric Voegelin, https://www.amazon.com/Science-Politics-Gnosticism-Two-Essay... I found it to be a very interesting and deep take on the philosophical and historical origins of
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by alephx 7y ago
Hey I suggest you try installing it on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). I tried it just last week to do some hacking different from my usual C#/Visual Studio development and was pleasantly surprised it mostly worked out of the box. T
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by alephx 7y ago
Isn't MCT saturated?
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by alephx 7y ago
Tell me about it, I had a 2007 1 series BMW and its transmission computer became dead. Now, I was quoted 4000USD at the dealership (the car was worth about 5000 at that point). I went to a third party specializing in automatic transmission
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by alephx 8y ago
Yes, I was thinking it also on the other side? Why are minorities withdrawing (pretty much the opposite attitude they took in the 60's no?)?
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by alephx 8y ago
Isn't that trend a bit worrying? I'm not an American but it reminded me of (the little I know about) the segregationist policies before the Civil rights movement.
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by alephx 8y ago
Yes, but then they probably use the trimmings to make cord, other materials, if not feed it to the dogs. Trimmings and their processing sounds disgusting, of dubious nutritional value and untransparent in how it is hidden from customers. An
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by alephx 8y ago
Oooh, those companies will build the superyachts of the future! Or alternatively we create a policy that: 1) no superspacecrafts are allowed. Not one 2) no individual owners are allowed? Oh no what if the Walton's bought their own? Now
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by alephx 8y ago
Wealth IS the accumulation of resources and it is naturally unequally distributed. From Oxford's Dictionary: "1 An abundance of valuable possessions or money." "1.1 The state of being rich; material prosperity." Onl
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by alephx 8y ago
Totally agree, the problem with that kind of thinking is that it ignores the creation of wealth. A world without superyachts would probably be a world where they did not exist i.e. two hundred years ago (guess). Wealth is always distributed
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by alephx 8y ago
As I Mexican I am only surprised by how building a wall came to be this hate crime by the USA. The majority of Mexicans support building a wall on our southern border and the distrust of immigrants is highly warranted. I can only see that
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by alephx 8y ago
Life is too short to read 99% books.
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by alephx 8y ago
This is the most racist thing I have read today. Different races come from different backgrounds and have different ideas of reality? I think you meant different cultures which is a VERY different thing from race. Either way, why use a prox
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by alephx 8y ago
Hey, as a Mexican I am offended that you think this is good for the emerging world. I prefer to live in a world dominated by the US (as my country's has been almost since our independence) than one dominated by China (or the EU or Russ