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by disown 6y ago
Where did I said he didn't? My point was that it ( philosophy ) "... won't give you answers to "life's bigger questions". It'll give you tools to think about them and introduce you to what others think&#x2
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by disown 6y ago
Excellent point. And was Hindu or Islamic mathematics not modern? Did it only "emerge" as modern mathematics when it arrived in europe? I wish the article defined what their definition of "modern mathematics" is. It&#x27
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by disown 6y ago
Even better, since when did "the globe" use roman numerals to begin with? Did the chinese, indians, aztecs, persians, etc use roman numerals? When was there a "global" shift from roman numerals?
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by disown 6y ago
> Are there any books that are considered a must for someone new to the field of philosophy? > Mental models address a lot of 'practical' situations but I am realizing that they fall short when it comes to bigger questions o
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by disown 6y ago
Doesn't that go both ways? What about the actions that affect younger people? Seems like you virtue signal for one side while ignoring the suffering of others.
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by disown 6y ago
> Physicians are not scientists Neither are epidemiologists. > they aren't supposed to make policy decisions. Scientists don't make policy decisions either. Politicians do. > It goes to show how few people understand what
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by disown 6y ago
I think a lot of people here, including me, are mistaking teddit as an alternative to reddit. It is not. It's just an alternative "skin" for reddit. So if you are confused why it has AskReddit instead of AskTeddit, now you kn
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by disown 6y ago
It is nonsense. You can raise chicken on just grass/insects/leftovers. It's pretty much the most carbon neutral animal you can grow. Heck it's probably more carbon neutral than growing plants as you need fertilizer. It s
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by disown 6y ago
> I wonder where the stereotype of scantily-clad leather-fetish armor for barbarians actually comes from Hollywood and media. Most modern stereotypes around the world are created by hollywood and the media. Whether it is of the cowboy&#x
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by disown 6y ago
> And here is a perfect example of wumao propaganda. It's been my experience that people who use wumao, chinazi, xitler, etc are propagandists. You should really refrain using those obvious propaganda tells. It makes it impossible t
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by disown 6y ago
> I would classify myself as Boglehead and I believe in the fundamentals of investing in stocks If you are a boglehead, just stick to no-load, low fee diversified funds. It's the smart way to go for most people. If cryptos are wort
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by disown 6y ago
> US GDP is declining as a share of world GDP. That's pretty much because of china. Take china out of the equation and everything looks "normal". > The fact that the US has had an outlier position in terms of Geopolitic
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by disown 6y ago
Today it has a market cap of $918 million. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GRPN If google wants, they could buy it for a steep discount today.
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by disown 6y ago
> Any reason to believe countries “looking to industrialize” will opt for the more expensive fossil fuel option? Sure, it isn't cheaper or more economical. You are not going to industrialize with rooftop solar panels. Or wind farms
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by disown 6y ago
People seem to be missing the "data" portion of this move. This will boost subscriptions to hbo max which will increase revenue but also bring in data - capturing what,where,when,etc you and your children watch. AMC tried to captu
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by disown 6y ago
> I doubt this actually holds, because thermodynamics. I trust vegan thermodynamics as much as I trust vegan logic, vegan honesty or vegan diet. So if I am a bit skeptical, I hope you understand. > Since meat animals neither photosyn
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by disown 6y ago
> EIA projections are garbage and have been for years, go look at their own old projections if you want to verify this. Okay. > World coal consumption peaked in 2013, not sure why you believe it is coming back in 2050?! Because more t
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by disown 6y ago
Should use a more local source with actual video interview rather than a foreign source. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25285637
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by disown 6y ago
> I hope they (EIA) are off the mark. If the predictions from the EIA a will materialize, we’re going to have a huge carbon problem. The only way EIA will be off the mark is if we get something like fusion. Currently the major geopolitic
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by disown 6y ago
They are accusing FB of paying big/unrealistic premium to gain a monopoly position. "One allegation often made against Facebook is that it has strategically sought to buy small potential rivals, often at a big premium." An ex
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by disown 6y ago
> "The West wrecked the environment and everything else in the process of industrialization, so we [Chinese] are entitled to do it too," is a truly disturbing line and this isn't the first time I've actually heard bef
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by disown 6y ago
> It's inevitable; fossil fuels are on the way out. It's not on the way out. Fossil fuel use is increasing and projected to increase for the next 3 decades at least. solar/wind/etc account for pretty much nothing tod
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by disown 6y ago
> Please keep snarky agendas off of hacker news. So only agendas you support are allowed here? Who made you dictator? > Your comment adds nothing and misconstrues arguments for equal outcomes. The same goes for your comment. Instead
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> I myself drink milk and eat meat while acknowledging the obvious moral superiority of veganism. There's no moral superiority of veganism. Vegans eat more animals than someone drinking milk or eating a steak. They just eat parts sm
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by disown 6y ago
It really whips the llama's ass. Ah the nostalgia. I'd cycle through so many and get frustrated and go back to the classic winamp skin.
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100%
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> Government censorship is significantly more impactful than what companies can do. Maybe in the past. But not today. Pakistan is what 200 million people? FB has 2.2 billion people using its services. By any stretch of the imagination, I
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by disown 6y ago
That's easy. Go buy them credit card gift cards.
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> That is so amazingly blatant, they are not even trying to spin this. Their honesty is like a breath of fresh fair. If it was germany/europe or silicon valley, they would have rephrased "anti-state content" as "anti-
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by disown 6y ago
Firstly, it's not yoy. It's for one arbitrary month. It's not a trend. And it's insignificant. Suicides make up a tiny percentage of japan's death and population. Sure every suicide is tragic but it's really no

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