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by drewrv 6y ago
I like to think about these issues as "website moderation policies" because that's all it boils down to. Almost all sites have moderation and for good reason. Besides all the spam and trolls good moderation helps build a comm
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It’s interesting to me that in these conversations, some people think it’s inevitable that intelligent life will want to colonize other systems (or die trying) while others think it’s impractical. But I think both of these opinions come fro
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I suspect solving those problems within a solar system will almost always be easier than traveling to other systems. Then again maybe travel to neighboring systems is easier in a denser neighborhood.
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I do think this idea answers the Fermi paradox. We are here early in the universe’s life. Especially considering it was mostly just hydrogen and helium for the first few billion years.
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Gaining the power to shut down businesses that are a public health threat? They already had that power and use it. Most people are glad restaurants are held to cleanliness standards and concert venues have capacity limits per fire code. Req
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Wealth begets power. We have checks in place for political power (term limits, separate branches of government). We have restrictions on arms (tanks, anti-aircraft guns).
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There are countless examples of wasteful or pointless government programs, and countless successes too. This article feels pretty specific to me though. It’s saying the federal stimulus in the spring was mostly successful, however the situa
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by drewrv 6y ago
This essay uses a weak straw-man: the only way to become a billionaire is by exploiting people I think the "principle of charity" or "steel-man" criticism of billionaires isn't that every single billionaire is dir
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Liquidity Is Coming(henrysward.medium.com)
129 points by drewrv 6y ago|65 comments
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Lots of people have jobs where they should be disruptive to other teams. Financial audits are disruptive to accounting. Legal can disrupt just about any team. HR can disrupt hiring decisions. Security disrupts my desire to move fast and bre
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by drewrv 6y ago
Damore was an engineer whose continued employment would open the company up to a risk of lawsuit. Gebru was an ethicist who was willing to resign over some deep concerns. Presumably ethical concerns. We don't know much more about Gebru
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by drewrv 6y ago
This is something I've wanted for a while, for personal use only. I wonder if their pricing and license will actually accommodate this kind of use case though.
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“ There is a secret message under Drumpf's 2016 square, which reveals a bonus trend: 'No nominee whose first name contains a 'K' has lost'.” https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_
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> It would hurt the current duopoly I get that this is conventional wisdom, and a lot of smaller parties support rank choice voting because they think it helps them. But neither of the major parties like "spoiler" candidates, i
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It's also possible he's a once great journalist who has gone off the rails. Which seems likely given the fact that the editors at a publication he founded refused to publish this piece.
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> There's no hard proof they're real Assertions made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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Lean to the left compared to what? I don't think there's an abstract platonic "center", rather the center is defined by the major institutions in a society. These institutions probably lean left of our national politics,
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Republicans have said the same thing about Hollywood, academics, journalists, and scientists. And they've cherry picked stories to "prove" it with those groups too.
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I'm genuinely curious what the republicans want here. I get that they're mad because they think big tech is out to get them. And I don't even expect a policy proposal or bill at this stage. But is there even a paper from a th
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If that's what people actually wanted, they wouldn't need to regulate it with zoning laws.
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I understand that people should evaluate products as they're delivered, vs promises of a vague wonderful future product. And Tesla has made some wild promises that they've taken payment for, but I really doubt they can fulfill. Th
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They don't need to claim any reason, they can take down any content they want for any reason. The only legal protection they have is not being held liable for the speech of their users. Newspapers don't have that because the write
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by drewrv 6y ago
From my understanding about section 230 (which mostly comes from the articles below), I'm not sure I understand what the republicans in this country want or expect from any of this. Removing immunity and treating social media companies
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by drewrv 6y ago
> When big tech platforms can amplify or decrease thoughts, sources, and even political candidates voices, they literally decide politics. That's been happening for some time now, by algorithms that are optimized for outrage, engage
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It's been argued time and again, from one side that Facebook and Twitter are private companies and that free speech doesn't apply on their sites, and from another side that what we're talking about is an abstract principal of
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by drewrv 6y ago
> Let's be honest, the only people screaming for censorship are firmly on the left. This year the president has sued to stop publication of two books because they embarrassed him, one from John Bolton and another from Mary Trump. Th
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It is really terrible. https://lifehacker.com/customer-service-chat-services-see-ev...
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PBS Spacetime did a great video on this topic back in June: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2JOQ7z5L0
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As a founder, self funding makes a lot of sense, as you avoid dilution and aren’t beholden to a group of people expecting 10x growth every year. But as a candidate I’d be cautious about taking a job at a self funded startup. They’re probabl
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by drewrv 6y ago
There's some misunderstandings in this comment. Liquidating only his gains would not mean he no longer owns any stake in Amazon. And while you're right that selling some of the gains might cause the share price to dip, there'

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