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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> Why is there so much aversion to proving one's abilities? Some people complain that the questions and exercises being asked are silly. And most people are bitter about a rejection and want to vent.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> It's pretty hard to complain as I watch working class people around me struggle to get by, or get sick working in "essential" industries. Now think about the places in the world where a developer gets paid 40k/y or
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
A mixture of 1984 (e.g. the endless war) and Brave New World (e.g. hype and propaganda).
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> It's also bizarre to watch Silicon Valley engineers complain about taking a 10% salary cut with their 35% cost of living cut. Greed is irrational. If you consider the time saved by not having to go to work and all the benefits of
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Thanks for this! Unfortunately the shipping is "strangely" expensive. Even if I was to buy 10 CHIP they would still cost 15 euro each with shipping included.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Not to mention the employees being able to pay rent and so on.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> But technology should be about the code Science does not get a special exception to turn off one's moral compass and ignore the ethical impact of research and publication.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Excellent point. There's hundreds of comments here falling for the "two sides" fallacy and few asking what's the real point.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Why the downvotes? I'm asking for a clarification.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> You were clearly against the people defending themselves in your original reply No, don't twist my words: I'm against the culture of pushing the burden of defending oneself onto the victim. Because it's literally victim
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Once again you kept assuming that I support the zero tolerance policy, to then even accusing me of trolling. > If the zero tolerance policy isn't the school policy you were speaking about, then what is? There is extensive literature
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> if zero tolerance policies punish the aggressor and victim equally I never said that. Please don't make up strawmans. > And by your reasoning, then bullying shouldn't exist today because the school policies should prevent
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> I can tell you it does stop it quite efficiently. Please avoid the patronizing tone. Your experience is not universal. I've personally witnessed victims escalating the conflict into much worse situations.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
"except fascists"?
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
You are mixing 2 different topics. Ramping authoritarianism and policing is one problem. > "allowed to defend themselves" > "punching my bully" ...and this is what most bullies would say. No, bullying cannot be sol
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
It's pretty dishonest to put all kinds of video games in the same bucket and then make sweeping generalizations about their health impact.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Any link to credible meta-studies please?
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It reminds me of "numbers don't lie but liars use numbers"
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> You can do the dumbest things and it still works out. Your computer will never go up in flames even in the most bug ridden C code base. ...and that, unfortunately, explains the quality of a lot of software and the low entry bar for the
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> I guess it seems completely unremarkable that someone would have useful things to say in one regard while having less useful things to say in another. No, he has a long established pattern of attracting a crowd by talking about basic s
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
The whole threads critical of him are now flagged and grayed out...
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Taxing unoccupied homes lower rents, obviously. Also taxing income progressively discourages landlordism. On top of that, taxing income in order to build public public housing lowers rents even more.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Netherlands had laws discouraging speculators and hoarders from keeping empty homes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting_in_the_Netherlands
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
WARNING: IEM seal the ear canal causing a build up of moisture and ear wax that can lead to infection in some people.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
If you add all the dog whistles he's even worse than that. He's good at manipulating the crowds - the amount of downvotes that you are getting say a lot.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> Does statistical causal analysis work when there are this many variables? Yes, that's the whole point. It works when you can "simulate" experiments by looking at a large number of events. E.g. DNA evolution in genetics,
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
Not at all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_(computing)
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
...the all software in the world is a form of "remote control" on the initial installation.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
"Handshake uses proof-of-work mining, as it is currently the most reliable way to do compact light client proofs. Proof of work uses computational power, a lot of it." No thanks.
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by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
> ACLU is neutral as in pro-democracy and pro-human rights. Changing political landscapes being for or against what the ACLU stands for has nothing to do with it suddenly not being neutral. You described the incredible shrinking and shif

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