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by ausbah 6y ago
like others have said, I think this rests strongly on the assumption that immortal humans would act like old people today. I imagine if biological immortality is solved than "solving" such biases exhibited by older populations (wh
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by ausbah 6y ago
a small piece of good news coming from the Trump administration, but still far too little to be meaningful
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by ausbah 6y ago
but life and religion change overtime, so there isn't any single instance of "life" or "religion" you can point that is trying to survive - other than the whole concept of "life" and "religion" w
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by ausbah 6y ago
I would like to see Kotlin get more love, but that's just a personal wish
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by ausbah 6y ago
like others have said, the goal of the YouTube algorithm is to get people to watch YouTube. this set of incentives is similar but still very different than maximizing "worthwhile" content (however you may define that)
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by ausbah 6y ago
I know the bot is spewing nonsense when it starts insulting Queen, Van Halen, and Electric Light Orchestra very funny to get roasted by a machine though!
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Reddit Community Points(reddit.com)
3 points by ausbah 6y ago|1 comments
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by ausbah 6y ago
banking on computers to automate human reasoning anytime in the near future is laughable at best, utter naivety at worst
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by ausbah 6y ago
police don't nor should get to brutalize civilians just because they don't like being called out for the corruption and abuse of power rampant in their profession
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by ausbah 6y ago
a free, professional, and trustworthy press is vital for any functioning democracy. through all the rightful and wrongful critiques people have given the press over the past 5 years, I wish more people would understand this I unfortunately
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by ausbah 6y ago
journalists and other reporting figures usually have a lanyard saying "Press" I believe? totally anecdotal, but I've seen more than few instances of police brutalizing press members like other protesters unfortunately. I thin
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by ausbah 6y ago
maybe you don't need to tell the difference, you only need the platform to adapt to whatever you think a man, woman, or other gender is - which probably just further I grains troublesome gender roles even more
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by ausbah 6y ago
the simplest answer is they probably get their fulfillment from elsewhere
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by ausbah 6y ago
tech making it easier to manipulate people isn't anything new
735.
by ausbah 6y ago
definitely some good ideas in there, I'll probably snatch a few!
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by ausbah 6y ago
did the misspellings make it harder to crack the code? or was this known from previous cracked ciphers?
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Show HN: ArXivist, search and store papers from a command line(github.com)
32 points by ausbah 6y ago|2 comments
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by ausbah 6y ago
until PornHub does something about the absolute oceans of child porn, rape content, and content from sex traffickers - this is good
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by ausbah 6y ago
/r/algo trading has always had good content to me
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by ausbah 6y ago
seems like police unions would be more fitting if my memory of history serves me right
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by ausbah 6y ago
isn't this just something people unconsciously do all the time?
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by ausbah 6y ago
I think that view of victimhood is a very toxic view to hold. Of course innocent until proven guilty is a tenant to uphold, but extreme skepticism to the stories of real victims are why things like sexual assault cases are so under reported
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by ausbah 6y ago
people have been saying that about "SJWs" for >5 years now, maybe there's more to it then "it's just trendy"
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by ausbah 6y ago
frankly its a little surprising to me how quickly some people in this comment section are to instantly dismiss the experiences of the people in this article yes the truth is shades of gray that article doesn't really give any answers t
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by ausbah 6y ago
I meant to add finance as a good example of what I meant, including HFT. basically just saying that while individually people benefit from working in these schemes, the broader economy arguably benefits little to even negatively
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by ausbah 6y ago
economists happy? I'd argue it's just normal business incentives
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by ausbah 6y ago
economically unproductive I think is what they meant, you could say society is a lot when their talents are used for gambling vs something like scientific research
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by ausbah 6y ago
Sandler can play serious roles very well, check out Uncut Gems
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by ausbah 6y ago
this just reads like another plausible-sounding-yet-still-wrong conspiracy theory peddled by a unhinged libertarian to promote their worldview
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by ausbah 6y ago
giving everyone a platform is a noble goal from some perspectives, but is it also what makes up the worse parts of platforms like Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube. suddenly every crackpot and grifter has been given room to spread their garbage

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