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by chasing 4y ago
I’ll point out that saying true statements but framing them in a racist or sexist way is an extremely common tactic. In fact, it’s the preferred tactic of many bad actors because it’s very easy to hide behind the “but it’s true!” defence. S
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by chasing 4y ago
Actually, if you work in tech it's kinda tough. Especially when he buys a large stake in a company whose services you consider valuable and then starts bleating out erratic trollish(?) hot takes. I ignore him on Twitter and then they t
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by chasing 4y ago
Unfortunately we're forced into this obnoxious situation where people have to spend a fair amount of time and energy parsing out these "jokes" because they're made by someone with an extreme amount of wealth and power. T
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by chasing 5y ago
Sometimes that's all it takes, man. Although I suspect there was a little more to it. Regardless, we're not celebrating the effort — many things take harder work to accomplish — we're celebrating the effect, which has been wo
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by chasing 5y ago
You’re wading into epistemology, a topic that’s been discussed and debated for millennia. Which maybe relates to my larger point that the concept of “consciousness” quickly gets out of hand to the point where it seems to me a little silly t
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by chasing 5y ago
Of course it can. Your laptop “knows” all sorts of stuff about itself and has all sorts of self-reflective processes that trigger without your specific input. Mine gives me warnings when my hard drive is almost full without me having to ask
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by chasing 5y ago
I’m saying there’s nothing you can measure to say anything — even another human — has the same sort of subjective experience (consciousness, a soul, whatever) that you’re experiencing right now, as you read this comment from inside your own
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by chasing 5y ago
There are actual living things we have difficulty proving are "conscious" and you get into really tricky territory trying to establish what might be "conscious" (or even "alive") in the world even without bring
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by chasing 5y ago
Summary: "I knew the money was stolen, and all I wanted to do was press 'reset' and keep all of it. But they wouldn't let me. I didn't like giving the money back, but I did learn a valuable lesson about how I enjoye
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by chasing 5y ago
I loved it when the web looked like that. Like a giant art project made by people just having a fun time being expressive.
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by chasing 5y ago
I have some issues with Legos, but a lot of these criticisms do not at all match my experience. For example, there are a crazy number of Lego shapes these days, but the degree to which they fit together satisfyingly — even in unexpected way
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by chasing 5y ago
Both Clinton and Trump have discussed UFOs in recent memory, so not that remarkable. But, anyway, I guess I prefer listening to people with a greater than 0.1% accuracy rate.
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by chasing 5y ago
Obama said there are things in the sky we can't fully explain, to which: "no shit." He kind of jazzed it up because he was on The Late Show. So if you're claiming that Obama said aliens are visiting Earth and this valida
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by chasing 5y ago
Then maybe Joe Rogan shouldn’t have sold his podcast for a large pile of money. Because in doing so he let someone else have control over his speech. If this is a battle you want to fight, I might suggest starting with the book banning effo
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by chasing 5y ago
Always fascinating to me that being interested in fringe science and history always seems to mean listening to people who have no idea what they’re talking about instead of finding the actual fringes and edges of legitimate research and und
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by chasing 5y ago
I find a lot of their content quite good and am more than happy to pay for it. And a quick googlin' indicates it wasn't a marketing department that came up with "the paper of record" but librarians. But to be Fair and Ba
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by chasing 5y ago
Easier things are easier, it's true.
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by chasing 5y ago
Your point that government is bad at deploying capital, as evidenced by the fact that SpaceX accomplished something entirely unrelated during the delays on an incredibly ambitious project that no organization has ever undertaken?
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by chasing 5y ago
SpaceX put a telescope with a mirror 10x the size of Hubble's at the Sun-Earth L2 point? I missed that bit of news, but impressive!
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by chasing 5y ago
The idea of paying taxes to help support the people around them truly drives some people nuts. It’s a shame.
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by chasing 5y ago
Apparently I’m not learned enough to know to avoid debating random doofuses on the internet. I’ll give you that.
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by chasing 5y ago
I am, relatively speaking, wealthy. And, yes, I do think my taxes should be higher so other Americans can have access to basic resources like food, shelter, healthcare, and education. I’m sorry this idea angers you. Nothing else in your com
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by chasing 5y ago
Alternate plan: Raise taxes on the wealthy. Use that money to fund the University of California. Spend money on dorms that actually adhere to modern standards and are designed by actual experts and innovators in architecture. Frustrating th
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by chasing 5y ago
I disagree completely. I use dark mode on my devices because I don't like glaring bright screens and light-on-dark text is easier for me to read. I'm happy when sites honor this choice without me having to fiddle with a bunch of s
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by chasing 5y ago
Sounds like a business opportunity...
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by chasing 5y ago
A legend.
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by chasing 5y ago
He uses money, it’s just other people’s.
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by chasing 5y ago
This is, uh, not the way to reply to such accusations.
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by chasing 5y ago
A job interview is also you judging the company and people you’re applying to join. If you feel the team lead can’t handle you answering questions honestly because it might reveal one of his or her blind spots, that’s not a great sign.
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by chasing 5y ago
There are exactly 1,837 real numbers and anyone who tells you any different is just trying to sell you something.

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