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by etangent 5y ago
The next step isn't "forced farm labor," that would indeed be a non-sequitur. A most likely next step is putting someone in jail over a tweet (already happening in the United Kingdom). It takes three or four more steps to get
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by etangent 5y ago
How do you open a grid with 6 files using keyboard only in your IDE? I assume it's possible.
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by etangent 5y ago
It's not that nerds do not respond to marketing -- everyone does -- it's that they respond to a different type of marketing than those who don't consider themselves nerds. Some here say that the difference lies in rational
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by etangent 5y ago
where do rain droplets come from?
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by etangent 5y ago
This is an extraordinary comment. To follow up, however, wouldn't suppressing talking about this stuff provide even more validation?
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by etangent 5y ago
A lot of people have horrible ethics in the sense that the issues they strongly believe in end up having a net negative impact on the world.
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by etangent 5y ago
ah that makes sense, ty very much
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by etangent 5y ago
wouldn't this be something already arbed out? Dividend dates are known -- one can make a quick buck shorting if one knows for sure the price will change.
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by etangent 5y ago
"or change the world" "change the world for the better, right? right?"
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by etangent 5y ago
your hunch is correct
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by etangent 5y ago
Yeah, we won't accidentally stumble upon it---we will painstakingly create one, with our best intentions in mind and while receiving accolades for it.
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by etangent 5y ago
Imagine looking at this from the modern "therapeutic" perspective that aims to eliminate suffering -- rather than seeing it as integral part of nature and world around us. Alternatively: imagine being unhappy that life exists arou
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by etangent 5y ago
> I’d personally hypothesize that yawns, like almost all other emotional displays are simple pre-language communications The trouble with that hypothesis that even very primitive vertebrates that have or have had almost no social history
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by etangent 6y ago
Switzerland has 2 million privately owned guns per 8 million inhabitants, but AFAIK their murder rate is not stellar high.
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by etangent 6y ago
It's a failure of "eugenics": aggressive artificial selection amplifies trade-offs, and by the time the market picks up on the fact that trade-offs exit (in the case of Red Delicious, mostly having to do with taste of the fru
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by etangent 6y ago
"Disinformation" is a thoroughly Soviet word; as an immigrant from an ex-Soviet country, I was beyond surprised to see it become widely adopted by the Acela corridor/NYT columnist class.
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by etangent 6y ago
The political philosophers got there before social psychologists https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schmitt/ “the specific political distinction … is that between friend and enemy.”
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by etangent 6y ago
that's because victim/oppressor is a false dichotomy. the true dichotomy is friend/enemy
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by etangent 6y ago
> I genuinely believe that free speech should have limits in order to maintain the cohesion of our societies and protect people from mob Imagine saying this in June 2020
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by etangent 6y ago
> noone is obese from eating too many potatoes You get obese from eating too many calories, source is irrelevant. Sugars and refined foods are dangerous because they are particularly addictive. But if you crave carbs, and think potatoes
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by etangent 6y ago
You are inches away from grasping my point, which is that almost anything is a good diet as long as it is consumed in moderation and combined with regular exercise.
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by etangent 6y ago
> You have some weird unhealthy vendetta against potatoes going on here This is the funniest thing---I absolutely don't! I love mashed potatoes. I am just pointing out they are not the healthiest food. It's okay to like foods t
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by etangent 6y ago
When you say "quite rich," that means very little. Quite rich compared to what? Certainly not to any green leafy vegetable you find on a supermarket shelf. Potatoes are typically boiled for a long time before eating. Boiling dest
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by etangent 6y ago
Unlike broccoli or kale, potatoes have way lower vitamin and fiber content. Unlike chickpeas, potatoes have way lower protein content. I feel like I'm in some kind of twilight zone with fifteen HNers attacking me for saying a prett
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by etangent 6y ago
I was saying exactly the opposite of what you thought I was saying! We agree!
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by etangent 6y ago
Fat is indeed quite healthy as long as its calorie count does not exceed daily recommended, which is extremely easy to do with fat as its energy rich.
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by etangent 6y ago
Have you tried subsisting on potatoes? I literally grew up in EE and that was my food for breakfast, dinner, and supper. It's insane how many people in these comments are chiming in "OH ACTUALLY they are great food if consumed pro
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by etangent 6y ago
They are 60-80% starch (carbs) by dry weight. They have a bad reputation for a reason.
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by etangent 6y ago
Potatoes contain 60-80% starch. They are generally low in other nutrients, especially protein. Then you say "however they're often consumed with excess fat" --- yes that's the only way they can be reasonably consumed b
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by etangent 6y ago
You are looking at wet weight, which is highly misleading. You should be looking at dry weight. > In general terms fresh potatoes contain ~20% dry matter (DM) of which 60–80% is starch That's 60-80% by dry weight. I assure you t

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