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by deogeo 7y ago
> the philistine indifference to Modernism in interwar Britain [..] Tom Wolfe’s ignorant anti-Modernist diatribe From Bauhaus to Our House (1981) If only people weren't such ignorant philistines , they would like the blocky, steril
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by deogeo 7y ago
For those who won't/can't watch a video: He says the videos aren't just demonetized, but also don't show up in recommendations. He's a bit unclear on this, but I think he also says that many of his videos keep
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'm not so sure. I heard (second-hand anecdote, sources welcome) that primary education in the US is of poor quality - that seems like a more likely cause. Unless we blame anti-intellectualism for that poor quality. Edit: dlp211 inspir
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The surprising racial and gender bias in ‘Law and Order’ (2017)(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by deogeo 7y ago|0 comments
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by deogeo 7y ago
> (This info wasn't redacted so I assume it's safe to mention it here) By redacted, I assume you're referring to the EU right to be forgotten? Surely that's not so broad as to forbid the mention of information suppres
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by deogeo 7y ago
When someone gets punched in the face, do you also point out that they, too, have wronged others in the past, so they shouldn't put their guard up?
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by deogeo 7y ago
Evidence that IQ is mostly inherited, is evidence against it being explained by population genetics? Please explain how.
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by deogeo 7y ago
Second paragraph of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ : "The heritability of IQ for adults is between 57% and 73% with some more-recent estimates as high as 80% and 86%."
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by deogeo 7y ago
> I didn't expect you to "fall to [your] knees" Your entire post is a long complaint that I did not display enough contrition when citing uncomfortable facts. Not fringe facts - mainstream media/science acknowledged
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by deogeo 7y ago
Labeling factual statements (well sourced, from mainstream publications) as "justifications for white supremacy" is nothing but a convenient way to avoid having to dispute them. You accused me of white supremacy, of "spouting
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by deogeo 7y ago
> That is just old fashioned white supremacy and anti-semitism. I will concede the anti-semitism point. But the opinion on IQ is consistent with mainstream psychology [1] - it is, to the best of our knowledge, accurate . Of course you d
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by deogeo 7y ago
Explaining the success of other groups by invoking racial superiority is rarely received well. Usually 'privilege' is blamed instead.
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by deogeo 7y ago
I encourage you to correct any inaccuracies you find in the linked post. Edit: I very deliberately linked to a specific post, and do not endorse, nor did I even bother to read, the site as a whole. If the best retort you can muster is att
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by deogeo 7y ago
Sorry, I didn't mean to say that US culture is too prominent in Hollywood movies, but that the US culture itself is greatly skewed by the lens of Hollywood. There are exceptions, but it usually hammers on a handful of themes, and rarel
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by deogeo 7y ago
I've always found Hollywood to be ideologically mostly one-note, and a very disproportionate representation of US culture, as informed by its owners [1]. It was no bastion of free expression, even before China's influence. [1] ht
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by deogeo 7y ago
This could be something akin to breach of fiduciary duty or self-dealing [1]. And if you have any record of the agreement that you're to have the same salary, that could potentially carry some legal weight. Note that I have no experien
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'm not saying that, because capital makes a lot of money, they should be charged more. I'm saying that labor and capital should be allowed to play by the same rules. If you want to limit unionization only to jobs that are "b
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by deogeo 7y ago
Compared to labor, they are: https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/ But that's besides the point - regardless of how high their profits are, they try to increase them further. Unlike labor, they're not ask
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by deogeo 7y ago
Ignoring for the moment the non-salary benefits of a union: Look at it this way - aren't corporate profits quite high already? Yet they still merge and consolidate and cut costs and try to increase them further. Why should labor not do
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Ask HN: Avoid ReCAPTCHA on Login Through Tor
2 points by deogeo 7y ago|1 comments
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by deogeo 7y ago
Duplicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20971190
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by deogeo 7y ago
A source for the heritability claim, to allay your scepticism: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/06/heritability-... It shows the heritability of intelligence at age 26 as 88%. Perhaps you're o
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by deogeo 7y ago
Paying helps, but is no guarantee that you're not the product.
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by deogeo 7y ago
You conflate allowing something to happen, with endorsing it.
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by deogeo 7y ago
My argument was that while you can improve the state of the art, rarely do software patents incentivize you to do so.
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by deogeo 7y ago
> Open source has resulted in a world where you can’t make money just selling software, you have to lock people into ecosystems and services to monetize your work. Microsoft made a lot of money selling Windows and their Office suite prec
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by deogeo 7y ago
> You might not be able to use it because of the original patent, but you can absolutely file one. That is precisely my point.
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by deogeo 7y ago
A very nice, very theoretical answer. But how are software patents actually used in practice? As drivers of innovation, or as a way to use not-too-clever-but-essential ideas as a moat to keep out competitors?
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by deogeo 7y ago
I spent a long time writing advanced code as part of a PhD as well. It relied heavily on existing FOSS code and patent-free work, and would never have been possible if I had had to seek permission for each patentable element used. There is
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by deogeo 7y ago
I'll repeat my other comment: Just the general impression I got from the developer community, and articles such as https://www.infoworld.com/article/2619609/why-software-paten...

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