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by dogruck 9y ago
I think by the standards of history, that letter would be deemed kind. Keep in mind that often times wives were essentially viewed as property, and subject to extreme (physical) abuse. And of course that hasn't stopped. I'm not su
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by dogruck 9y ago
For much of history, men's relationships with wives and children was not held to the modern loving standards. Isn't this analogous to noting that "founding fathers owned slaves!"
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by dogruck 9y ago
Nice rant, but I think it would be stronger if it did more to consider the counter arguments. I see it as: * perhaps AI will someday rule the world -- in which case there's nothing more to discuss * if humans do still have a role, then
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by dogruck 9y ago
Self-replying since I have many down-votes and a long multitude of replies. A few rebuttals: * it's not sufficient to evaluate the quality of service -- e.g. look at this nice public bus service -- you must consider QoS/Cost * you
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by dogruck 9y ago
I agree with your first statement, but not the followip. Public transportation systems are woefully inefficient. If we made them operate more like private corporations, I would agree more.
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by dogruck 9y ago
As I said in my comment, the market might revert. Do you think that in Bill Clinton's second term "everything was crazy?"
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, it's far too easy to get caught up in the hysteria of media, internet comments and tweet storms. Not to say the market won't revert. But it feels hysterical to declare that "everything is crazy." For comparison, we
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by dogruck 9y ago
Reminds me of furniture.com's high profile failure -- worth reading about. In addition to the dot com madness, furniture is expensive to warehouse and ship.
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by dogruck 9y ago
You might be imparting human perceptions onto other species. Fun to think about though.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Domesticated dogs co-evolved with humans. They're born to be our companions.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yeah, this app strikes me as "who should be prom queen."
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by dogruck 9y ago
Humans never cease to amaze. I'm anxious about an event tomorrow, and this put me at ease. Then again, I have a spleen...
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by dogruck 9y ago
That's a horrible story that made me feel sad.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I agree with you -- I don't see the connection between the research paper about DNA and the other claims in the linked HN piece.
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by dogruck 9y ago
That's truly a brilliant variant of "What will it take to succeed in this role?" Fantastic!
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by dogruck 9y ago
I suspect we could brainstorm a long list of things that Twitter should be doing, but isn't. Since I've never personally tried to solve any of the problems on that imaginary list, it's tough for me to discern between: 1. It&#
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by dogruck 9y ago
I disagree with your statement that "we should be doing the same." That said, I think it's possible that we actually are doing the same thing.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I suppose my question is illformed. And perhaps it's not possible to make my question properly-formed. I mean very similar to Twitter, in that it's a centralized service. But, they'd do a better job of protecting users when
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by dogruck 9y ago
Speaking of onboading -- why doesn't someone build "Just like Twitter minus everything everyone dislikes about Twitter"? Is it due to the challenge of building critical mass?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Does your logic also apply to the millions of people living in slavery and profound poverty today? I concede that people adjust their expectations to norms that surround them. But I also feel there are certain floors in the human condition
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by dogruck 9y ago
Losing many of my children, wives, and loved ones sure would make me sad.
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by dogruck 9y ago
If you're genuinely curious in reading a refutation, then you should read through the 10-year-old HN discussion linked above. Or, try googling. For example, here is a relevant discussion on NPR: http://www.npr.org/sect
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by dogruck 9y ago
Would be fun to do a serious analysis of HN discussion, on the same topic, separated by 10 years. I don't mean identifying the occurrence -- I mean various characteristics of the discussion. For example, perhaps certain facts have bee
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by dogruck 9y ago
I'm not convinced by that call to authority. For example, what about Larry Summers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers Do you dispute his position on women in science? Or, should we take his posit
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by dogruck 9y ago
Doesn't look too happy to me -- maybe because I'm over 30 and would be dead. Also, I loved my mother (who is dead) -- but at least she didn't die in childbirth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expec
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by dogruck 9y ago
Weak effort of combining "is true" with "don't have a source."
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by dogruck 9y ago
Jared Diamond is not an expert. He's a pop culture writer. If you want to explore the other side to that old essay, try this: https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Worst+Mistake+in+the+His...
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by dogruck 9y ago
Well said. By "nothing" I should've said what you did.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Hunter gatherer times were certainly not superior to today. That's a pervasive myth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_savage
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by dogruck 9y ago
Reminds me of this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0217krj

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