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by avs733 5y ago
These arguments always attribute causality to someone with very little agency in those situations and minimize/victimize the actions of someone who did something problematic. Let’s walk through it… Person A says something bad (your ‘of
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by avs733 5y ago
I would argue that showing a dominant amount of force is the norm not an imperative. Police justify many actionsl/systems/norms based on the fact that their job is dangerous. However they have also, in doing so, created a situati
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by avs733 5y ago
I don’t see that as a counter to what I’m saying, that seems like part of the model of those other countries.
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by avs733 5y ago
Swatting only seems to exist in the us (afaik?) with a heavily militarized police force full of agro authoritarians trained to prioritize violence and force. All countries have idiot teenagers… Maybe we can take the model of other countries
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by avs733 5y ago
So you are suggesting that we cancel Twitter for cancelling people? Every time I see “cancel” used like this I feel compelled to remind that if this was a real issue preexisting terms indicative of bad behavior would be used…e.g., censorshi
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by avs733 5y ago
my boomer-aged mother is a PE teacher for K-6th graders in the US. She had to run Zoom PE classes for about six months...it was interesting to watch her learn a new competency. There are ways to do it, but the fear that she could potentiall
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by avs733 5y ago
I think you are on the right track here, and its important. In the context of work with developing nations, the defense of good intentions is increasingly dismissed out of hand. Good intentions are often deeply problematic and can cause mor
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by avs733 5y ago
Specifically argumentation related critical thinking ability … aka the ability to form and evaluate internally consistent arguments in favor of or against an idea. This is a very important “of course”. Conspiracy theories are reliant on bad
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by avs733 5y ago
to contextualize your response, I think two links might help: 1) the discussion of political detox week from 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404 2) The 2019 new yorker profile on HN/dang/mod team
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by avs733 5y ago
I don't think that matters to the point of the article and I don't really see those as different. Abuse would, in this case, seem to be best defined as leveraging unintended consequences for personal gain?
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by avs733 5y ago
its almost like that is WHY the US taxes overseas citizens...they don't want freeloaders relying on the benefits of their citizenship without understanding how it is paid for.
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by avs733 5y ago
can you further explain why you find left leaning bias and HN front page connection funny? Thats the part of your comment I am confused by...
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by avs733 5y ago
that is handle-able as well https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-lega... you could also opt to make no money, that gets you out of taxes. It isn't 'fraud' or 'theft
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by avs733 5y ago
because the focus of the article is the social/societal context and impact of these rules not a technical description of how the wealthy use them. That is why negative semantic words are used as opposed to words that indicate a crime w
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by avs733 5y ago
ha! one of my favorite books...just made a slide for a workshop to help engineering academics understand the difference between legible and legitimate.
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by avs733 5y ago
yup! signs are one component of information that a self driving car needs to operate in an uncontrolled space. Even for a human, city/uncontrolled driving is hard mode. A self-driving car needs to read human body language...people do i
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by avs733 5y ago
this is an interesting and prescient comment for a couple reasons... 1) road sign standardization does exist, it is called the MUTCD [0] and SHOULD be highly usable for this type of training of image systems. I would be shocked (really shoc
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by avs733 5y ago
sure! lets have these people living at the absolute edge of their means take time, have the knowledge to find a good attorney, have transporation, and have the capital to pay a retainer...Meanwhile, not having access to their funds has seri
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by avs733 5y ago
It’s another method of cost transfer. Rather than pay drivers better or in a way that allows them to slow down you incentivize them doing hints that put others at risk. There’s a probability of an accident happening. And a probability of it
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by avs733 5y ago
And drive in ways that put the public at risk. Even if you lack empathy about the situation of the drivers, the choices Amazon makes can impact you or someone you love and care about very quickly.
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by avs733 5y ago
rationally, that would fall under 'sources and methods' which the DOD/DNI/TLA are not going to release. They care far less about the data than the system to get the data. Releasing it provides potential enemies informati
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by avs733 5y ago
by this definition of censorship, me asking a random person screaming in my house to please leave is censorship. Author bias, alternative perspectives, etc. can all be contributions to meaningful discourse when they bring evidence or some m
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by avs733 5y ago
calling out stupidity is not censorship. Removing stupidity from a conversation on a private website is not censorship. discussing 'agenda' is not a neutral comment or a meaningful contribution to discourse on this topic, it is st
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by avs733 5y ago
You just described Phrenology.
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by avs733 5y ago
>Well I feel that is a really really broad term to just ask for bias without really defining it but a couple off the top of my head are. I hope this doesn't come off as overtly pedantic, but of course it depends on how you define it
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it's telling that you think courts are objective...
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by avs733 5y ago
hey now...I liked the weather! I moved to AZ after college and would have traded weather in an instant
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by avs733 5y ago
hello fellow Tiger! ('08, '10) Besides Wegmans, I struggle to argue your point. I really keep hoping for change and feel like the opportunity to use the local Universities as a source of economic growth just continue to be missed.
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by avs733 5y ago
Most fatal car crashes are investigated, but by the police not engineering experts. The invetigational motivation is legal and liability focused not improvement focused. You sparked a happy delusion in my mind...training drivers to the same
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by avs733 5y ago
>What he's supposed to have done: “I was terrible to women. I preyed on them. I ceaselessly hit on them. I pressured them into sex. I got too drunk and did all manner of dumb things.” He could start by not posting a long diatribe ab

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