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by andriesm 10y ago
I think everyone "assumes" basic income grants, when the robots make say upwards of 50 percent of people redundant. I myself remain sceptical. If you low-medium skilled you should be able to find work from the people made richer b
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by andriesm 10y ago
How about we just read the paper on its own merits? More import than related people's political ideology, must surely be the methodology used, and whether others can confirm the data and methods used as correct.... Science is not racis
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by andriesm 10y ago
Amazingly how much emphasis is placed on stories (anecdote) and 'I feel that' when this person has no personal experience with the subject. It looks like it has become too popular to write stories about how women are oppressed.
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by andriesm 10y ago
Peter Thiel remains an epic and inspirational figure, brave enough to zag when others zig. And become a billionaire by doing this. A real hero to me.
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by andriesm 10y ago
Jeff makes the point that we are on the verge of a Nuclear DOOMSDAY - Common be serious. Don't make such extraordinary claims without providing extraordinary evidence. Ridiculous.
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by andriesm 10y ago
Denial and cognitive dissonance like a mofo... Healthy at 250 pounds, and we're not talking muscles here.... Just ask your GP.... Defies common sense.
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by andriesm 10y ago
I agree, wired is atrocious these days. The whole article is an attempt at manipulation using rather cheap tricks.
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by andriesm 10y ago
"Eighty-two percent of women said sexism was a problem in society today, and 41 percent of women said they had felt unequal because of their gender." Why the big disparity? question: Does this indicate that women feel more discrim
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by andriesm 10y ago
A clean cut is certainly in both sides best interest, and the UK is clear they want that, but EU is not so clear about it, because they depend on implied threats to keep some of the other members from leaving too. Free trade is fantastic, b
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by andriesm 10y ago
Was there placebo control? Pain is a notoriously good responder to suggestion.
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by andriesm 10y ago
This tells something about usability... I remember we tried some automated testing, got it going but it sure aint anywhere near as intuitive as it could and should be...
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by andriesm 10y ago
another +1 for speedy doggy that title will definitely catch my eye a lot more just make sure it achieves 5 stars next to it's name too ... good luck!
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by andriesm 10y ago
"the Human Trafficking Prevention Act would require manufacturers or sellers to install digital blocking capabilities on computers and other devices that access the internet to prevent the viewing of obscene content." What does pl
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by andriesm 10y ago
According to a NASA page I read, we are roughly 300 years away from cataclysmic climate change - in 50 years - science will have capabilities we cannot even begin to imagine today. Everyone is already aware of the issues involved - so alarm
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by andriesm 10y ago
I'm 39, ageism is real, but I'm gonna tell you to quit whining grow a pair, and what the hell is wrong with you if you cannot sell your strengths, wisdom and experience? (BTW: just so it's clear I apply this same rule to ever
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by andriesm 10y ago
Some of the conclusions are wonky, but the line of reasoning is not that far off, and the facts he references correspond reasonably with discoveries in the field of evolutionary psychology. I also can relate to the implied personal narrativ
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by andriesm 10y ago
I see they have pretty tricky exchange controls, that restricts how you can bring money in and out of Thailand... http://www.doingbusinessthailand.com/blog-thailand/doing-bus...
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by andriesm 10y ago
Why did they neglect to name this "conspiracy"? For those curious, google or youtube search pizzagate. You need a strong stomach! It sounds very conspiracy, but some of the facts uncovered, although circumstantial is "very in
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by andriesm 10y ago
"I don’t believe Facebook is responsible for the election." What is wrong with the election? I'm not an American but Donald Trump had done everything he can to reconcile and bring people together since he won.
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by andriesm 10y ago
Why is this article even on the front page of hackernews?
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by andriesm 10y ago
Those Evil men who don't want to conform to expectations!
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by andriesm 10y ago
toggl has very nice desktop,mobile and web apps, reporting, tagging, simple and easy to use, team mode etc. You get a lot out of the free version. Recommended
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by andriesm 10y ago
"A number of scholars have argued that all people are capable of learning mathematics, to high levels." How on earth is that even possible. Toddlers can't solve complex differential equations. So clearly not all people are ca
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by andriesm 10y ago
Oh no, the social justice warriors have invaded Microsoft!!! (Double speak, meaningless sentences abound - that if you were to strip them from the article no meaning would be lost.)
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by andriesm 10y ago
"However, officials said those attempts could not be directly linked to the Russian government." Clearly this article is a hit job. But why?
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by andriesm 10y ago
Why not just pay out excess money to the members? Or to non-claimers to encourage good risk behavior?
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by andriesm 10y ago
We make use of right-clicks EXTENSIVELY, almost any and everything in TaskPutty.com is clickable. Of course our app is designed to make every single widget or thing user modifiable and configurable.
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by andriesm 10y ago
10 times more government as a percentage of GDP compared to a century ago. Wow. We certainly are having a lot of government in our lives and livelihood.
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by andriesm 10y ago
I wonder if their deplatforming of several well known but controversial public figures played any role in the fall of twitter. If you say something unpopular or un-pc we'll ban you. Note how reddit almost went into a similar death spi
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by andriesm 10y ago
No scent of bias against either Trump or Thiel in this article ;-)

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