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by antidesitter 7y ago
That argument doesn’t really make sense.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
RationalWiki is not a credible source.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> the end result is the same Not even close. In China, you cannot even talk about politically-sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre. I don’t think you appreciate the massive chilling effect of its policies, and the streng
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by antidesitter 7y ago
It is a worthwhile comment because some people in this thread (including you) are pushing for collective punishment.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Legal responsibility for murder is apportioned to individuals, not “communities”. And that’s a very good thing.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> At some point in time I don't think it's worth picking apart that nuance anymore. Good thing you have nothing to do with the justice system, then.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
A permissive license doesn’t grant “the right to deny others” a so-called “right” it doesn’t define or even refer to.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> the right to enjoy future improvements to the code Why is that a “right”?
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by antidesitter 7y ago
The comment they’re replying to said “I don't think it's a viable business model for all of us,” not that it’s not a viable model for any of us.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> Is that not worth fixing or not one of the better uses of resources? At all costs? No. Otherwise? It depends . You said it yourself: Some people are dealt terrible cards, and that can include (as yet) unfixable aspects of brain functi
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by antidesitter 7y ago
We can’t be above nature because we are part of nature. And some things are not fixable at all or even worth fixing without diverting significant resources away from better uses.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
You assume rehabilitation is always possible or cost-effective. From a utilitarian viewpoint, it might be best to simply rid society of some people forever. I’m not arguing for or against that view, but it’s a possibility. The issue of “fre
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> I mean that I consider cryptocurrency scene to be net social negative This sounds like nonsense. Cryptocurrencies allow people to perform secure financial transactions without relying on central banking systems, and to use the blockcha
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> don't know, #cryptowinter makes me feel warm inside, and for Uber I only wish it happened sooner :) What did you mean by this?
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Where did you get that number?
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> The notion that "people" aren't "able to make money" with FLOSS is just a fallacy Which fallacy?
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by antidesitter 7y ago
What does “economic”, in opposition to “social”, mean in this context?
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by antidesitter 7y ago
The article has an image illustrating the no-boundary proposal.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Countered the downvote because I’m interested in this line of reasoning. Could you expand on that? Why do you think having no memory of “waking up” to existence makes it less meaningful? I'm reminded of the following quote by Alan Watt
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by antidesitter 7y ago
According to some theories, space and time arise from causality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_sets
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Boltzmann brains may not occur after all [0], which is reassuring [2]. See De Sitter Space Without Dynamical Quantum Fluctuations [1]. [0] http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2014/05/05/squelchi...
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Energy conservation is a consequence of time-translation symmetry (by Noether’s theorem), which is broken in general relativity. Hence, broadly speaking, energy is not conserved in general relativity. https://www.preposterousuniv
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> Have the net founders in that list discussed the topic recently? I only see results from 2007 You must not have searched very thoroughly. Here’s the first article that came up when I searched “David Farber net neutrality”: https:&#x2F
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> Point is people who understand NN support it. Absolutely wrong. Among people who understand NN and oppose it are people like Bob Kahn, Marc Andreessen, David Farber, David Clark, Louis Pouzin, and Jeff Pulver, not to mention numerous
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> Mastodon is a cesspit Explain what you mean.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
That’s just a contextual multi-armed bandit.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
How exactly are you measuring “concentration of wealth”? And why do you think high values of that measure are “detrimental to society as a whole”? Take note of the difference between cause and effect.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
> So in a free society, power should be given out according to the whims of the already powerful? It depends on what you mean by “power”. If by “power” you mean money then the answer is yes, if it’s their money. The same applies for the
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by antidesitter 7y ago
Wealthy people invest their money. It doesn’t “stagnate”.
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by antidesitter 7y ago
But you just said “the overall benefit I receive from increased contribution greatly outweighs having that money in my bank account”. The marginal utility to the government of your cheque only decreases if more people do the same.

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