buth_lika

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by buth_lika 8y ago
Bush and Cheney promised war that would not end in our lifetime, or our children's lifetime, and I and many others took that to mean it's intended to be eternal. With varying intensity, but no moment of no war or potential externa
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Here's a book tip. > The type of personal integration we attain – or the effective lack thereof – depends on what possibilities our life situation offers us for the development of autonomy. It is a distorted development that is the
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by buth_lika 8y ago
How come others have to have "objective" morals, but for you "seems to me" is perfectly fine? Of course it's subjective, that doesn't take away from it at all, since any opinion that it being subjective is a pr
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> It's really unfortunate that abiding by local laws and regulations is considered unethical. It seems unfortunate to you, because you are not aware of the thought and research that went into this insight, and the roughly 100 millio
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Not partaking in evil IS the result. Any further ulitarian calculations are just rationalizations. You cannot predict the ultimate outcome of any course of action fully, but you can treat others like you want to be treated. If you wouldn&#x
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by buth_lika 8y ago
All these issues can also be overcome with a "live and let live" attitude, and expanding ones empathy beyond oneself, and tentatively even beyond the present. At least to me, the main difference between me living for 1000 years, a
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by buth_lika 8y ago
I considered all of these and more before making my comment, and still made it as I made it. It's still there for you to reply to, and then maybe I can entertain you.
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Even the quote itself just demonstrates the not seeing the woods for all the trees I mentioned... as if throwing a baby on the floor would make it grow up, instead of the other way around. But it doesn't stop there does it, and it&#x27
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Who is "we"?
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by buth_lika 8y ago
People can and do say that about any business or nation or whatever "specifically" being criticized. Why not criticize all of them? Because comments are limited in length, and because the subject at hand is cheapo PR for Google? E
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> No, surveillance and ads aren't "threats" in and of themselves. You're right, a threat is potential damage, these things are done damage.
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by buth_lika 8y ago
To me fear of death is a sign of not really having been born yet. If you can't make 50 years worthwhile, you can't make 50000 years worthwhile, and if you can't cope with being limited to 80 years or so, you will not be able
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> there have been many attacks, but not since Xinjiang turned into a total surveillance state It might seem that way when you ignore attacks on people by the surveillance state. From the invasion of privacy en masse, to people being di
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by buth_lika 8y ago
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/china-s-xinjiang-p... > When DER SPIEGEL visited Hotan in 2014, it was still possible to meet with a man who told us about the Chinese government's harsh measures
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by buth_lika 8y ago
The point of being a big company, not the point of running a research center.
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by buth_lika 8y ago
I'd like to see the studies about "conformist individualism and confirmation bias". Surely that wasn'n just a kneejerk "I know you are, but what am I" reaction.
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Maybe something like this? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/minority-report/2014... > in shame-based cultures, public humiliation, scorn, or censure are relied upon more heavily to keep individuals
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by buth_lika 8y ago
It's not in a vacuum though, other things multiply it. Radio was a phase shift and an important factor in enabling fascism along with industrialization. You can say WW2 and the Holocaust wasn't anything new because there's al
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Trust isn't even that hard to earn (though it takes time), but insofar as one depends on intellectual sloppyness or even outright dishonesty for "legitimate" aims" (just think marketing, elections, etc.), then you cann
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> Corporations' main motivation is profit, not improving human rights. You're not a corporation. Talk like the person you are, not like a corporation you are not, and which has no mouth and nothing to say.
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> Once people see the power they have when they act collectively Also, once people see things under the facade, such as > “Letting you ask that question is the voice that you have. Very few companies would allow you to do that.”
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> The Googler thingy a few months ago? Let us understand what that was. This is very recent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17682348 > “Everyone’s access to documents got turned off, and is being turned on [on a
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> After that do a tennis tournament. Compare two photos side by side. Pick a dinner. Delete the loser. Walk this down to 1 photo for that scene and be amazed at how much better that photos is than the one you thought you were going to ge
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> China is a sovereign nation and has every right to Govern itself the way it wants to. Yeah, or "the US government respected Germany’s right to govern its own citizens" as it says here: https://exhibitions.ushmm.org
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Pretending you're related to a school you're not affiliated with isn't neuromarketing, it's just lying to kids. Using big words for that doesn't make it bigger, and that it's not "unique" from the per
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Okay, but what about political dissidents, people in abusive relationships, people in backwards areas who aren't heterosexual, just play shy people, and many others? I don't have a clear cut answer myself, because on the other han
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by buth_lika 8y ago
I agree.. people can be dishonest and hurtful while being perfectly polite, just like they can be honest, kind and caring while swearing like sailors. That is the difference that matters. When you ignore that and just look at the form, you
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by buth_lika 8y ago
I think it will feel awful, but in ways people cannot articulate and will blame themselves for. A tiger born in a cage who experiences nothing but being fed every now will behave and feel very much worse than a free one. Children who were n
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by buth_lika 8y ago
Maybe one could start with making and painting things, while blasting super loud sound at them, and do it with a robot so the only difference is the sound. Then check if the difference between sounds and no sound can be detected in any way
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by buth_lika 8y ago
> your home wifi threat actor is your neighbors kid playing with aircrack. When working for an ISP it came up quite a few times that customers had extensive questions about security because they were genuinely worried about their ex-spou

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