antibasilisk

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by antibasilisk 4y ago
By having an actual portfolio of work that demonstrates your ability. You don't need a PhD if you've actually done something valuable. The reason people don't do it because their parents told them to go to uni, because their
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>Except, crypto honestly seemed like it had utility but really didn't... But crypto does have utility, in countries like Lebanon and Iran, there are people who are only able to live comfortably thanks to their ability to receive Mon
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>Unless you're trying to convince someone else you did those things. This is very easy to do if you've actually done those things.
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>For better or worse, this exists in most cities Not to the same extent as SF, it's a disaster, I have quite literally been to cities in third world countries that are better. If I had to choose between London and a place that'
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There is very little difference between paying to read a book, listen to a lecture and occasionally take a test, and just reading a book & listening to a lecture. You don't even need it to get to know academics. I've been told
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by antibasilisk 4y ago
Visiting rich neighbourhoods and joining whatever it is they do. You just have to look the larp, and a bespoke suit and train ride is a much cheaper investment than three years at uni.
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There would, if not for the fact that who controls the US government doesn't really change. The president doesn't call the shots, the special interest groups, department heads and intelligence agencies do, and those are the same g
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I'm ok with accusing them of negligence, and I don't find it hard to believe given their recent pattern of behavior.
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> The label was created for organizations that are controlled or coerced by their governments so people could take what they say knowing it had potentially been crafted by that government. how exactly do you think that sort of stuff happ
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There are ways of obtaining social capital with a much better ROI
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A lack of people pursuing the option doesn't mean the option is any less viable. Nobody's stopping you from downloading a book on abstract algebra, or statistics, or lattices, or whatever it is that tickles your fancy.
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I'm guessing Twitter just hasn't gotten around to it/doesn't have much awareness of what's going on in the UK. BBC should definitely be classified as state-affiliated media.
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evidently, policy changed. I'm not sure about NPR but the BBC is most definitely not 'editorially independent'
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defames?
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>Smart kid, likes math and science? You used to be able to get into a university relatively easily, with decent but not top few percent grades. When you got there you wouldn't be saddled with huge debt. When you finished there was a
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A postal network is enough of a network
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Why's that?
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Bitcoin doesn't rely on the internet, it's a nice to have.
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>ChatGPT is just the current hotness and gets lots of submissions No, GPT, diffusion, etc are all content factories. It's not a fad, it's the way things are going to be going forward. Human generated content is going to be dwar
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>In real life, everyone seems to be craving human interaction. It’s sad sometimes. Being afraid to have small talk with people isn’t introversion, it’s a mental problem. It's often disturbing how obvious it is. I can tell when someo
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This mentality is exactly why the west will continue to face a worsening loneliness crisis and worsening social cohesion. The idea that developing relationships requires some kind of sacrifice and actual human interaction in the context of
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I had basically the same problem, and it doesn't help that I'm picky about the people whose company I enjoy, I found going to the mosque more helped me start developing an irl social circle again. If you're not religious mayb
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The west has fallen. Millions must fry.
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>I saw a bunch of stories recently about how social media has increased mental illness problems amongst our children, yet I don't see the same level of alarm about that wait til you see what AI will do to children's brains, onc
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that sounds awesome
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Nobody competes on merit, so this comment makes no sense.
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sounds like a really good way to destabilize an elderly person's understanding of reality and trigger some potential underlying mental issues.
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if a couple million teenagers need to die so that my life can be more convenient and my technophilia can be satiated so be it /s
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>They predicted them No, Steve Jobs cited Star Trek directly as inspiration for the iPhone and iPad.
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but think of all the benefits! now i can write emails faster, and have a custom novel written for me with any scenario i choose! /s people will call us 'AI doomers' and act like our perspective is completely unjustified, and

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