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by ewzimm 9y ago
Of course I’m not promoting orthodox Marxism here, but it was generally his view that capitalism’s purpose was to catalyze the development of the means of production in preparation for socialism. If that’s the case, we can argue about when
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From the Communist Manifesto: >The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to the other working-class parties. They have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat as a whole. They do not set up any sectarian
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by ewzimm 9y ago
This is on the front page now right next to a story about how hostile and ad-ridden most commercial websites have become. Thank you for helping keep the original spirit of the web alive on onion space.
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Yes, there are important differences, and I don’t think Ethereum will fill the various needs, which is why I said “something like Ethereum.” With all the differences in nation-states, we have come to a kind of equilibrium today where each o
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by ewzimm 9y ago
That's because I'm a different person! You're right that conservatives generally don't like Musk. His main attraction is his advocacy of the potential of technology to create a better future. Conservatives are generally
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I agree with you. I'd even bet that in 10-20 years, the primary purpose of nation-states will be technology management, if that isn't already the case. Administration by software seems inevitable, with the main problem being ensur
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by ewzimm 9y ago
This also shows that if we care about the preservation of privacy, we can't depend on technology to solve the problem on its own. No matter how well-engineered software might be, it's ultimately subordiate to national and internat
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by ewzimm 9y ago
Here's the problem. Ron Paul made an attribution error. This error is being used to discredit anyone who is critical of SpaceX's role. This same error was not repeated by all the news outlets listed. One person's mistake does
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The most interesting part is that they're redefining what "Edge" means. I appreciate the coherent philosophy of working with the OS rather than against it. Edge isn't a particular browser anymore, it's the edge betw
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Ants and children are a good comparison. Individually, the ants are much smaller than the child, but the total biomass of ants and humans is roughly equal. With vastly different abilities, ants and humans are roughly equally successful at m
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If small businesses can’t compete, it’s time for them to get creative and adjust their business models to become relevant again. There are all sorts of negative externalities involved in everyone just doing business as usual. No business ha
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by ewzimm 9y ago
I'm curious about your opinion here. I haven't seen this idea that countries shouldn't try to influence each other's politics until last Fall. Not saying the idea wasn't out there, just never encountered it. I'
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More precisely: Oxygen deprivation, low air pressure, and low humidity can alter your mood.
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You have a good point, but the next sentence clearly states the metric: "Or at least they are not equal in preparing people to be productive in an advanced economy." It's not a statement about the artistic or spritual value o
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As you might have guessed, my password hash is password.
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Fortunately that kind of abuse of power has been around for thousands of years. People have interpreted it as damage and routed around it. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, but perpetually. Some of the most established organizations
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by ewzimm 9y ago
When you put it that way, it sounds surprising, but of course Google won't block their own ads, so you could say "the first mainstream browser to block other companies' ads by default" and it would sound less strange. No
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by ewzimm 10y ago
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about the Gaia hypothesis here. This might be a reaction to some people using it to support the idea of something like a planetary consciousness, but this is like calling quantum physics pseudosci
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by ewzimm 10y ago
I'm mentioning it because it was explicitly stated by the White House as the justification for temporary travel ban. They also said that Muslims as well as members of other religions who were at risk of religious persecution because th
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by ewzimm 10y ago
To use a tech analogy, this is basically the same situation that comes up with rogue certificate authorities. Security is based on trust, and if browser vendors discover that a certificate authority is not verifying the identity of the part
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by ewzimm 10y ago
I just don't want to say that people are inevitably going to be addicted to justify monetizing addiction, but the fact that relatively harmless addictive products are available might serve a purpose.
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I know people who replaced drug addiction with video game addiction. It's impossible to know how things would have gone if they didn't get involved with one or the other, but I wonder if some people are vulnerable to addiction thr
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by ewzimm 10y ago
He said clearly that he wasn't talking about the entire press, just the people who lie to to the public. If he's the liar, he's ironically talking about himself. If the mainstream media is intentionally lying to deceive peopl
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by ewzimm 10y ago
He made a big point of complaining about this characterization at CPAC. He says he loves the media, welcomes criticism, isn't against negative stories, but is against fake news, making up sources, making up stories. You don't have
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by ewzimm 10y ago
Might be titled, "Sketchy Sounding iOS apps confirmed Sketchy."
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One answer would be a collaboration source that was independently edited by ideologically diverse organizations and then compiled into a single publication that reflected multiple viewpoints. Of course, we have the capability to do that wit
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Or you could be 100% satisfied with what's around you and still see a need for maintenance. Or you could be satisfied with the constant state of change things tend to be in and continue to contribute to that change. Or could see tenden
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by ewzimm 10y ago
I'm not making any kind of argument for proof of this idea, just stating that the idea of creationism on Earth doesn't reduce the probability of evolution to 0. Some religions even make the claim that God is an alien.
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There's the possibility that God created life on Earth but it has evolved naturally elsewhere through the same processes by which our created version of life mutates. I haven't seen this argument much, but I could imagine it becom
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Much of the experience comes from teams of people who can move on to work for others. I'd be interested to see examples of important progress made by people who had been in power for decades which could not have been reasonably achieve

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