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Enabling Serverless Applications at Square(developer.squareup.com)
3 points by dereferenceddev 6y ago|0 comments
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
It is very apparent that Facebook is wanting to avoid appearing to be an "editor" of content in almost any shape or form in an effort to reduce their chances of being regulated by the government.
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
Do you not see the irony of then taking the position that my tactics are “cheap”? Having read the same article, my takeaway from their characterization of thought experiments was that they misunderstood their real purpose. To pose thought e
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
Touche
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
I was trying to be silly in pointing out the real reason why the trolley car experiment is supposed to have some challenge to it.
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
I've rarely heard someone make the counter-point that a fetus is technically half "you", which really does fundamentally change the violinist example. The violinist experiment does have a lot of holes it it, but I think that
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
If you train a chicken to pull a trolley lever, does it weigh on the conscious of the chicken whether they killed 1 chicken vs 5 chickens? I'm not a chicken so I don't really know.
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
You're totally striking on exactly how I would frame thought experiments. They're a tool that helps further a conversation and discussion, to challenge what might be a preconceived notion. Once you shake out enough thoughts from t
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by dereferenceddev 6y ago
There just seems to be a misunderstanding on the intention of a though experiment here. There is a subtle implication that because the thought experiment is "contrived" that its less valuable. When thinking about philosophy, a cor
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What is the point? ideas free of authority(dereferenced.dev)
3 points by dereferenceddev 6y ago|0 comments