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by clavalle 13y ago
I don't know. Law without principle seems hollow to me.
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by clavalle 13y ago
That flies in the face of the idea of a Democratic Republic where minorities Rights are protected from the whim of the majority. If the majority can simply redefine a Right, what is the point of elevating these things to the status of a Rig
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by clavalle 13y ago
>I don't want to live in a society where people have to fear for their jobs or a public mob action because they espoused an unpopular opinion. And I don't want to live in a society where we tacitly accept discrimination because
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by clavalle 13y ago
That suggests some authority is granting your Rights. What authority would that be?
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by clavalle 13y ago
I change my mind about things all of the time. While 'peer pressure' is seen as a negative, if you think yourself right while everyone else is wrong on an issue it is a pretty good indicator that you should check your assumptions
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by clavalle 13y ago
So the majority can't discriminate against a minority? And those in other minority groups cannot discriminate against a minority? Is that your argument?
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by clavalle 13y ago
Except all of those people affected by Prop 8, but, you know aside from those, right?
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by clavalle 13y ago
Free speech doesn't mean no consequences for your speech -- it means the government cannot interfere with your speech (within reason). When you make political speech it is necessarily public not a privately held opinion. He made a pol
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by clavalle 13y ago
Rights are not granted. Laws merely define approach to Rights.
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by clavalle 13y ago
I don't think people are advocating for him to apologize while still believing he is correct. I think people are advocating that he reflect on his beliefs, come to a different conclusion than he's held, and then apologize for his
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by clavalle 13y ago
I do know a police officer multi-millionaire. And another that is a co-founder of a company he is doing on the side and seems to be finding some success. There are very few intellectual property clauses in their contract and it is a job th
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by clavalle 13y ago
I'm intrigued. This is a problem that many, many very smart people have spent careers on. Putting out a teaser post is brave and I have to believe you know what you are doing. I am looking forward to the first taste. Do you have an E
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by clavalle 13y ago
Do people not know about all of the 'off-SXSW' stuff going on? These days it doesn't even take knowing somebody to find out where the action is.
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by clavalle 13y ago
>And the dominant group in society is, pretty much by definition, the one whose judgement is most influential. Then what is the viable alternative to achieving merit in the judgement of that group?
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by clavalle 13y ago
So, is there any way to make an achievement or do something of merit outside of the dominant power group's judgement?
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by clavalle 13y ago
So, how does one tease apart what is meant by the original definition of merit, let's call it 'accomplishment', from these subjective definitions of success? Or is that even possible?
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by clavalle 13y ago
The assumption underlying this analysis is that no merit exists outside of subjective value judgement. Furthermore, subjective value judgments are biased in favor of the existing privileged groups. Do I have that about right?
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by clavalle 13y ago
You do remember they were hula hooping, right? That is not a typical example of office decorum. If they were spinning plates they'd probably gather a few looks as well.
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by clavalle 13y ago
I often wonder how much programmer time has been spent munging data into a form that insurance companies' archaic systems find palatable?
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by clavalle 13y ago
The material Barrett Brown linked to was millions of lines long. Only a handful had credit card numbers. Its not like he was out there trying to sell credit card numbers. He was trying do disseminate information for the public good and
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by clavalle 13y ago
Like not using any kind of VCS for the software which was the core of his business defies any reasonable explanation? Maybe he just wanted a quick payday and get out of the business? The guy doesn't seem to have a track record of makin
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by clavalle 13y ago
My cousin. I'll have to let him know he's on the front page. I'll say this: this is not a beginner book. Edit: So this is how I learn he is now Principal Scientist at Oculus VR. I need to go to more reunions.
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by clavalle 13y ago
What 22 year old plans for their parent's cancer? Or really has a solid idea of exactly what their future has in store? He was doing what people in their early 20s are supposed to do: take risks. He was probably involved in startups
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by clavalle 13y ago
Cancer, even late stage cancer, can be successfully treated.
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by clavalle 13y ago
I don't think anyone is denying the role of luck, but there is something to be said about not falling in love with 'making the start up scene' so to speak. For many people it is a colossal waste of time. I am trying to reign
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by clavalle 13y ago
It is not a cost/benefit analysis. It is an explosion of cost/benefit analysis. It is replacing a tree structure (government) with a directed graph with no further constraints (agreements between individuals and groups). Su
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by clavalle 13y ago
Bitcoins are made, literally, of nothing but tracability.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Great analogy, yes. 'On Data and Coding'?
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by clavalle 13y ago
There does seem to be a gap in programming education. Synthesis. Are there any resources that take someone from knowing the syntax of a language and into gradually larger and more complex projects? Not step-by-step walk-throughs but act
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by clavalle 13y ago
Well, I think there would be a level of interpersonal trust. That wouldn't go away. But there is much in day-to-day life that we all trust to at least a Lowest Common Level that would no longer exist in a Libertarian world. For exampl

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