balhbloo

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by balhbloo 6y ago
Of course the first HN comment has to be something negative, derisive and lacking in compassion. When there's blood in the water the sharks come, but when people are being vulnerable and exposing themselves (by saying something that&#x
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by balhbloo 6y ago
This is fascinating. Where can I read more to learn more about how to think about economics like you?
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Hey, where are you sourcing these? Reach out to me: reverse ('ef7sirc') on outlook
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by balhbloo 6y ago
I'm asking them to. Let's see if they do :)
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by balhbloo 6y ago
I suppose I'm idealistic to think that paying people more (what I think of as) fairly will better motivate them retain them and lead to better productivity. And also we'll be able to attract better people everywhere to produce bet
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Hahaha thanks. I'm not smart enough to consider second order effects at this point. It's more of a personal crusade that I know is right so I'll just have to do it see what happens .
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Companies have no business telling me how much they think my life should cost nor how I should spend my money. If they're paying "lifestyle" choices, based on bullshit cost of living make believe metrics, they should reward m
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Intelligence collection / surveillance net tax?
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Ask HN: Is snoozing an email to infinity the same as archiving it?
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Three-Letter.agency(three-letter.agency)
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by balhbloo 6y ago
how can you provide feedback on how to make the point clearer if you don't understand what the point is? So I think you probably do understand it. There's no need to pretend you don't just because you disagree and you're
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by balhbloo 6y ago
no. I think the turing thing is very important. Because just like Galileo it's a culturally normative thing to hate on gay sex back then just like hating on solar centrism was. And I think a lot of the other prejudices against far out
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Hard to disagree with that. Where does that term crank even come from? I think science theories wrt to public belief have both high false positive and negative rates. A lot of people believe stuff to be true that isn't (that climate ch
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Just because someone has some highly imaginative hopes and theories that you may personally find distasteful, does not a crank make, nor does it tarnish other stuff they've done, of course. Unless you're comfortable with Newton be
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by balhbloo 6y ago
Ignoring conflict evidence, ie, confirmation bias, sounds like just about every human I've ever seen. Especially scientists with their pet theories. I suppose it comes down to how people weight the evidence, they're definitely bia
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Diagnose Covid from Your Smartphone(luminostics.com)
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