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Bill Gates warns Silicon Valley not to be the new Microsoft(qz.com)
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by elipsey 9y ago
I occasionally post this way when I realize part way through the original article that I have wasted my time reading an unsubstantiated diatribe that starts out sort of stealth-ed as a reasonably objective article (I don’t post this way abo
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by elipsey 9y ago
I believe you are begging the question. I don't use it either, but apparently lots of people still do. It seems like you're proposing that we should, in aggregate, spontaneously become more virtuous. How?
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by elipsey 9y ago
I think the pervasive availability and highly engineered and data driven optimization for engagement that are possible with phones and social media create a novel condition. You couldn’t play Everquest on the bus, in the toilet, in class, a
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by elipsey 9y ago
I highly recommend the two part Freakonomics episode "Why Hate the Koch Brothers?" which includes lengthy interviews with Charles Koch. He seemed to me a well meaning but somewhat naive libertarian.
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by elipsey 9y ago
Up vote for "science-heave", did you say that on purpose? "What happens when one scientist goes head to head with EXTREME SHARK ATTACKS!!!11???" heave Am I the only one who thinks pop-science shows have gone down hill
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by elipsey 9y ago
"Exploitation and inequality is innate to the industrial-capitalist system; a fact well-known at least since the time of Marx." Citation needed?
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by elipsey 9y ago
Do these products have a planned lifespan? Perhaps the objects is to recoup fixed development costs before the scheduled end of the product's life. Also, it seems like once the manufacturer knows there is a problem based on real failur
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by elipsey 9y ago
It’s weird how much this is not my experience with academia. I spent _way_ too long getting my BS at a state school, then I worked for Cornell as a programmer in an engineering grad school for several years, and now all my friends are grad
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by elipsey 9y ago
Good metaphore, great essay. TY. Missed it while I was on a "no media" diet during school, but we do seem to watch the same channels.
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by elipsey 9y ago
> Hacking used to mean something specific: it meant you were free of channels Can you explain in greater detail what you mean by this?
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by elipsey 9y ago
Funny, but slighly off topic; I just had a long conversation about the opportunity cost of teaching penmanship in public schools. If my friend and I had worked harder at penmanship, and less hard at optional studies in AP/STEM stuff, w
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by elipsey 9y ago
Sorry, what I meant was: that's not happening because the status quo is better for the people who make the rules. :)
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by elipsey 9y ago
Requiring better proof of identity would create friction to consumer credit transactions.
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Anyone know if there's a way to get your free credit report if you can't answer the questions for the free one? The computer says no, and the phone number just sends a letter that says no. I tried to to buy one from my bank, but a
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by elipsey 9y ago
TFA: "Under federal law and Federal Election Commission regulations, both foreign nationals and foreign governments are prohibited from making contributions or spending money to influence a federal, state or local election in the Unite
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by elipsey 9y ago
Not asking for a ban on anything, just want people to be aware of the issue. Sorry, can't find a proper scholarly source right now, but in the past I have seen estimates that conservatively place the occurance rate of pet allergy at ar
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by elipsey 9y ago
Didn't ask for service dogs to be banned. Just asking folks to keep in mind that some people have pet allergies when they are deciding whether to take their _pets_ to work or school. We have to go to those places and if people do that
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by elipsey 9y ago
Public service announcement: around a couple percent of people, including me, have pet allergies. These are of varying severity. Mine are apparently worse then average. The consequences of a severe exposure are unpredictable, but can be clo
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by elipsey 9y ago
Some of the issues discussed in this thread evolve quickly, or may be highly situational. As a consequence, problems that appear to result from negligence may be difficult even for reasonably conscientious people to avoid. For example, over
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by elipsey 9y ago
Yeah, I also misunderstood this at first. The article begins by _rebutting_ the claim that automation did not cause changes in the employment market that were disruptive and destabilizing. The thesis seems to be that we should consult histo
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by elipsey 9y ago
I’m not sure whether this is a good description of Russian culture in general nor how to objectively evaluate such a thing, but as an American I found it very entertaining to hear a German author make the attempt at comparative cultural eva
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by elipsey 9y ago
Thanks for this. I can see where I'm making some unconsidered assumptions about what a trade (or profession) is. Also, I guess I could probably have shaved off a few months by skipping music appreciation, and so on. :)
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by elipsey 9y ago
Some of the ideas referenced in this article seem kind of weird to me, like that coding is “the next big blue collar job.” Is this a profession or a trade? Is “Software Engineering” a euphemism that exaggerates our jobs? Did I waste my time
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by elipsey 9y ago
I thought that was a considered a feature, not a bug....
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by elipsey 9y ago
Beautiful and so accesible, really want to try this. Also it amuses me that the aluminum is etched with Coke. Polar bears shouldn't give that to their babies!
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by elipsey 9y ago
maybe the luxury prepper buisiness will stimulate demand, and thereby prevent doomsday.
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by elipsey 9y ago
Reminds me of what Rostand said about murder: "Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god." Sell one oxycontin and you're drug dealer; sell a million
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by elipsey 9y ago
You can get Gb internet for $100 per month, and you think this is normal in the United States? Speculum comunications charges $95/mo. for a (theoretical) 20/1Mb connection and they're the only game in town. This is normal for
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There are a couple of things about this study that are puzzling to me. First, I'm a little confused about how to interpret the finding that hypertension related deaths increased, but not stroke or heart attack; I have not been aware o

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