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by bumby 2y ago
Of course that’s possible, but unless we know them personally, there only information we have is from their portrait. That’s also why I said they are “red flags” and not definitive conclusions.
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by bumby 2y ago
What do you mean by "flim-flam"?
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by bumby 2y ago
To me, it raises red flags of status-seeking behavior (ie, extrinsic motivation). I read the OP as saying the person was looking to check resume boxes rather than achieve something great. There's almost a template of what the stereotyp
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by bumby 2y ago
I don’t deny that, I’m just clarifying the OP that relates the issue we’re seeing “now” to the invention of fentanyl. It’s more complicated than the presence of the drug, like you said it relates to the changes in usage, irrespective of whe
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by bumby 2y ago
Fentanyl is not a new invention, it’s been around for decades.
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by bumby 2y ago
Speculation here, but there seems to have been an overall increase in homelessness and less willingness by some communities to police the problem. Anecdotally, when I moved about 10 years ago, it was uncommon to see homeless downtown. Then
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by bumby 2y ago
> People who live in Western cities have no fucking clue what fruits and vegetables are supposed to taste like. You really have to define what you mean by "supposed to taste like." As in "supposed to taste like what occur
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by bumby 2y ago
> FORTRAN just isn't the tool for the job anymore. This underscores the problem with generalities. I know of some applications that would be considered high-speed (both literally and figuratively, since they are related to rocket t
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by bumby 2y ago
Please elaborate on how you define what “actually matters.” It seems to me that subjective experience is one of those things, if you value experience at all. If you don’t, I’m not sure anything matters. And there’s plenty both within and wi
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by bumby 2y ago
> normal scientific claims that govern all parts of the rest of the world. Isn’t is possible that the problem can’t be answered by science? E.g., if their central question is about consciousness, science may not be equipped to answer it
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by bumby 2y ago
Is this different than asking if AI has a theory of mind?
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by bumby 2y ago
The hard part is finding the right balance between security and freedom, no?
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by bumby 2y ago
I maybe be misremembering, but I think one of Carl Sagan’s characters in the book Contact was asked what she would want to ask extra terrestrials if given the opportunity. Her answer was along the lines of “how did you manage to survive t
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by bumby 3y ago
It seems like you're making a distinction between types of work. For hobby or artisanal pursuits, homogeneity isn't the goal. Often the uniqueness is a feature. But for mass production or large coordinated efforts, uniqueness is a
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by bumby 3y ago
> Daring to work at place that does not suck is not the worst offender But there is something to be said that some people are born into situations that force them to adopt a very risk adverse posture. If you don’t have any safety net, “
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by bumby 3y ago
So what do you think the non-monetary realized cost is? And that cost compare to the benefit of a more educated populace? At least with your patent example, we can measure it in economic terms, since patents are a commercial protection. Onc
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by bumby 3y ago
> Why do you bring up...unregulated drugs? Because it illustrates the problems of scale. Much of commerce is regulated at the federal level because crossing state lines makes the complexity of the problem much harder to manage. UCC is n
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by bumby 3y ago
I'm talking about real costs. The government doesn't lose money by guaranteeing loans (in fact they make money, which is a totally different — but reasonable —argument against the current setup). I assume you mean opportunity cost
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by bumby 3y ago
I agree that's the theory, I disagree that it actually is what would happen in practice. E.g., if the government stops guaranteeing the loans I seriously doubt banks will accept "future earning potential" as collateral. So I
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by bumby 3y ago
> whatever the cost to subsidise education (including subsidised student loans) right now It sounds like you may not understand how the system works. It doesn’t cost the government anything, with the exception of the loan repayment paus
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by bumby 3y ago
I do not disagree, I’m just curious what ideas are out there to manage the unintended consequences.
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by bumby 3y ago
I think your response is overly cynical. As the Oscar Wilde quote goes, a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. The FDA is far from perfect, but I have much more confidence buying a drug regulated by t
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by bumby 3y ago
I don’t think that’s correct. You can’t put up “future earning potential” as collateral while simultaneously allowing for discharge of debt in bankruptcy. That results in an incentive to incur as much debt as possible and then declare bankr
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by bumby 3y ago
> I think some inefficiencies are important To add a bit, the importance of some inefficiencies are lost when viewed strictly through an investor lens. E.g., investigative journalism is expensive and largely inefficient regarding the pr
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by bumby 3y ago
I’m not against that, but I do think just getting rid of federally backed loans previously causes more problems. (Ie it’s one of those simple cures that may ignore blowback) Do you think there is an opportunity gap to be closed? If so, how
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by bumby 3y ago
I think we actually agree largely on the education piece, that’s why I gave the parenthetical. I don't get the impression you really think a more educated populace is worse, but we may disagree on how one gets educated. There are many
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by bumby 3y ago
We are to judge because we are the taxpayers who guarantee the vast majority of those loans. That’s the mail reason I said “collateral-free.” Most of those loans would not happen in a private market because teenagers, in general, do not hav
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by bumby 3y ago
I do agree that when you subsidize something you get more of it. So there’s a case that in some instances like education, it’s a good thing. Most people probably agree that a more educated society is better than a less educated one (althoug
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by bumby 3y ago
I think more thoughtful limits would be a good idea. I also think the reduction of aid money has been part of the problem. I just don't know where the money comes from to shore up that problem. I have seen other pilot programs. I think
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by bumby 3y ago
I think that's a potential part, but to play devil's advocate: don't you think this may exacerbate the opportunity gap? I.e., those who are the best bets (in terms of not defaulting) are also those who come from well-off back

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