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by drb91 8y ago
Yes, this can make jobs, and also some individuals very wealthy, but this is a net loss for the users of the internet: just another channel controlled by profit-seeking corporate motives.
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by drb91 8y ago
As always, this depends on your workload.
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by drb91 8y ago
There is a symbiotic relation between “terrorists” and the politicians that use this fear to get elected.
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by drb91 8y ago
Seems like a toxic work place.
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by drb91 8y ago
I’m a little less worried about “life” and more worried about “human life”. > We need to get out shit together and stop feeling guilty about burning all the oil. It’s the results that concern me.... anyway, this attitude is disgusting. A
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by drb91 8y ago
God forbid politics actually be discussed!
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by drb91 8y ago
Well, if our the earth hasn’t already been irreversibly destroyed already, it will be extremely soon. Now might be a good time to end observation.
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by drb91 8y ago
> Would you consider drones and smart bombs bad when the alternative is carpet bombing? That’s a false dichotomy. You could do neither.
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by drb91 8y ago
> Note that all economic systems are concerned with distribution of resources so the idea of distributing capital is not unique to a "welfare state". That may be true, but doing it well certainly does imply a welfare state.
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by drb91 8y ago
> It's not up to the company to protect civil rights through limiting the use of their product -- that's the job of the government. ...and the employees, and the members of the board, and shareholders.
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by drb91 8y ago
This seems like the natural conclusion of a welfare state, not a capitalist society.
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by drb91 8y ago
A) the US is not a democracy: see the senate. B) this is not an excuse for the consistent course towards militaristic, authoritarian state fueled by fear.
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by drb91 8y ago
Or, apply bat to camera.
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by drb91 8y ago
Using a cookie for non-essential functionality would be enough.
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by drb91 8y ago
> People, including professors, understandably react poorly to other people trying to end their careers. Ironic given that this is the primary power of being a thesis advisor.
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by drb91 8y ago
I actually haven’t found NN to be framed in terms of censorship at all. In addition, the version of censorship people find evil is state censorship. I’ve found this to be a relatively easy thing to agree on in western society. In terms of n
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by drb91 8y ago
This seems to be a different conception of net neutrality than we have in the US where registrars have a right to terminate service at will.
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by drb91 8y ago
Thank you, very helpful :)
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by drb91 8y ago
I totally agree, but you at least need a clear fermi approximation to compare. I don't agree off the cuff that renting and buying have equivalent value.
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by drb91 8y ago
This is true. However, it does not point to an immediate solution.
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by drb91 8y ago
To state the obvious, I can't download—"You caught it before the launch. :)" That said, I really, really appreciate the native client here and I'm excited to try it out.
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by drb91 8y ago
At this point the car centric nature of the city and relatively poor public transit are far bigger barriers to growth.
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by drb91 8y ago
I think I misunderstood. Why would having a mortgage make it desirable to stop others from getting one? Surely you want to fill the neighborhood as much as possible and create public services—this increases the value of everything. NIMBY on
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by drb91 8y ago
Hmm, that relies on reasoning that necessarily pegs mortgage above rent by a large margin. That’s a difficult sell.
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by drb91 8y ago
I mean they could accept my cash instead of offering a service paid for with your information. Oh that’s right, they’ll never give the consumer power over their data because that’s google’s entire value proposition.
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by drb91 8y ago
Do grad students have any leverage over their advisors? Surely there must be some incentive to root out professors that degrade the reputation of the school. Public shame? Accusations of fraud? There are more options here than students admi
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by drb91 8y ago
Well you still own the house after 25 years....
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by drb91 8y ago
There are millions of empty houses. We need remote work more than anything.
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by drb91 8y ago
Wanting to live in your house is not (just, or even primarily) an economic interest. EDIT: clarification
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by drb91 8y ago
Why do you see this as a mess?

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