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by arrrg 9y ago
Slippery slope arguments are not particularly convincing. You need strong argumentative support to make it plausible and work. Just saying “A may be harmless but will lead to the unintended consequence of B” is just not at all convincing, a
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by arrrg 9y ago
Fraunhofer never said that. Not in the press release, no anywhere.
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by arrrg 9y ago
Exactly, Fraunhofer is blameless in this. They did in no way even suggest that MP3 was dead. Maybe the press release was a bit lacking in detail so that complete doofuses with no knowledge of the matter could misinterpret it, but that’s mor
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by arrrg 9y ago
I'm not the grandparent, but yes, a senseless destruction of lives that doesn't serve some extremely important purpose is barbaric and evil. As such any imprisonment beyond ensuring suitable deterrence (which would certainly be th
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by arrrg 9y ago
I assume by “pods” you refer to the small personal spaces with the two tables? I’m not quite clear on the terminology myself, but it seems to me that the pods are actually a collection of those small personal spaces plus the shared social s
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by arrrg 9y ago
The personal spaces inside the pods seem to provide space for at most two people if they were working there constantly (two tables on either side). There are walls on three sides and a glass wall with door on the fourth. So that’s not reall
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by arrrg 10y ago
The argument here was about not needing the money in the US (but possibly investing it elsewhere on the planet), not not needing it in general.
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by arrrg 10y ago
If it’s saying that and only that then that’s obviously fine. However, if that knowledge is then applied in any other way, then that’s problematic.
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by arrrg 10y ago
Yes, the road is now a dead end.
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by arrrg 10y ago
Our first stop in Munich was the Olympic Park and we were quite surprised how beautiful and alive the place was. Entering the swimming hall we immediately wanted to go swimming (but sadly didn’t have the proper gear with us). When you enter
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by arrrg 10y ago
Most blind people can still see something.
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by arrrg 10y ago
I usually just reserve a table a couple of days in advance … (Germany) Being able to talk and enjoy your time even after you’ve finished your meal is a feature, not a bug. (But there are tips in Germany, though the average tip is probably w
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by arrrg 10y ago
Why is that a relevant measuring stick? Doesn’t it only matter if the film is worthwhile (however you may define that)? And why would that be defined by its closeness to the short story? That should be wholly irrelevant. If you know somethi
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by arrrg 10y ago
That depends on how binding the referendum is. (It is not some sort of universal truth that a referendum has to be some sort of absolute thing that has to be followed.) I would guess it also depends on how detailed and clear the referendum
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by arrrg 10y ago
That’s not political polarization, that’s nation states being egoistical dicks (as they frequently are). At any rate, it's completely unrelated to the topic at hand and not remotely an example of anything that was discussed.
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by arrrg 10y ago
Hm … I flew pretty much exactly two weeks ago in a couple Airbus A320 every damn airline seems to use to fly across Europe (I flew e.g. Amsterdam to Frankfurt). I wonder if that’s a recent change (to no longer mention the Note) or they just
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by arrrg 10y ago
It’s the same thing in Europe, Lufthansa, Easyjet, …
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by arrrg 10y ago
We are fighting asymmetric wars where one side frequently doesn't have the resources or knowledge to use robots. These robots will make it easier to kill people by reducing your own risk. I doubt they will reduce the amount of lives lo
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by arrrg 10y ago
Huh? I’m in no way mentally prepared to be a nurse. That is something I suspect I would never ever be able to do. That has to do with skills (especially hard to learn skills, like interacting with people properly), it also has to do with be
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by arrrg 10y ago
Aka a creative subversion of expectations. There are more than one ways to view this. Also, to me something is not clickbait if the actual content might be different from what I expected, but just as interesting or maybe even more interesti
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by arrrg 10y ago
And that’s a problem … because? I get that clarity can be a goal, but it’s not the only goal worth achieving. Clear and unambiguous titles aren’t some self-evidently true virtue, especially not in a medium like podcasts, especially not with
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by arrrg 10y ago
I think people should make diverse aesthetically pleasing things (even if only some people find some of those things to be aesthetically pleasing). The world needs diverse things and something for all tastes. What I dislike very much, howev
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by arrrg 10y ago
I would guess that stationery is not extremely globalized as of yet. I’m honestly not sure why, though. It seems easy enough to mass produce and export everywhere. Maybe historic standards (different paper formats, different rulings) have c
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by arrrg 10y ago
It’s not that important a point, but legal pads are a very US phenomena. I’m German and I have never ever seen a yellow pad like that in person. The current notes icon (with white paper) is much more in line with the note pads you would enc
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by arrrg 10y ago
Weren’t they? Honest question! They are both definitely recent enough that a use case like that must have been considered during their design. I don’t know whether that was considered, but you seem quite sure about that and I don’t know whe
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by arrrg 10y ago
That’s not what listen and believe means, you know …
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by arrrg 10y ago
Super zoom cameras are an interesting category. You can do lots of cool things with small sensors and you get a lot of reach with a very compact lens. (If you only have to focus the image on a very small area you don’t need a lot of glass t
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by arrrg 10y ago
Which social regulations are you talking about?
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by arrrg 10y ago
Your read on the EU's reaction seems weird. (Probably a result of the demonization of Juncker. I mean, I don't like juncker, too, but he is no monster. He is a bog-standard terribly unexciting politician.) You seem to see aggressi
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by arrrg 10y ago
Members of parliament? Plus, commissioners are appointed by the member state governments, so indirectly you can vote for those, too. There are no kings or queens running the EU, nor do people just randomly show up and get power. Everyone wh

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