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by goblin89 6y ago
Suppressing symptoms doesn’t necessarily lead to understanding the root causes, and in fact may do the opposite as relieved symptoms leave the impression of successful treatment. Of course, to reiterate, in this case the ‘treatment’ is like
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by goblin89 6y ago
I like to ponder whether the territory is some giant graph of abstract conscious agents, and space-time as perceived is a simplified map of one’s adjacent nodes (connected agents). Of course, this puts conventional causality on its head and
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by goblin89 6y ago
Whoever expects a site to load in under 500 ms has only a vague idea about the real world, and probably never tried enabling connection throttling in developer tools. 3-4 sec TTI is to be expected from a fully static, server-rendered websit
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by goblin89 6y ago
I think a lot of measures are taken out of concern for optics and without consideration as to whether they are addressing the underlying causes or merely the symptoms. First there’s the pressure of “we have to do something now and it has
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by goblin89 6y ago
> When positive expressions were reduced, people produced fewer positive posts and more negative posts; when negative expressions were reduced, the opposite pattern occurred. More precisely, this research appears to show how emotions exp
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by goblin89 6y ago
So you want to address those fundamental behavorial pitfalls by coming up with a new system that places you in the small group of rich and in-control? If some individuals are incapable of seeing the world around them as anything other than
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by goblin89 6y ago
Whenever I come across the “hate the rich” sentiment (usually expressed in veiled forms, but sometimes not so much), I can’t help but read “I hate the rich and so-called successful people, because if I accept that system that would make me
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by goblin89 6y ago
Reports of harassment at Ubisoft include Hascoet’s actions and statements with witnesses, actions that his coworkers mimicked after him, and also matter of official record[0]. An “allegation” does not mean a groundless accusation. Any claim
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by goblin89 6y ago
It is oxymoronic, yes, and you are echoing my very concerns :)
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by goblin89 6y ago
Acknowledge this happened, clarify what changed, be honest if and how the new state of affairs compromises privacy and under which circumstances (if any) it affects E2E chats. Otherwise they’ll get rumours about “striking a deal” with the g
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by goblin89 6y ago
We disagree at the unfalsifiable “mind is the processes in the brain” conjecture that you stated as an axiom.
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by goblin89 6y ago
> We don’t know why the ban has been removed, and it’s definitely suspicious but other reasons are possible. Exactly that: we don’t. “Suspicious but possibly OK” is not good enough under sensitive circumstances, especially in addition to
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by goblin89 6y ago
You may have skipped the link in the first footnote in my top-level comment. In short: Russia has been blocking Telegram for over a year, demanding developers to compromise E2E encryption of chats. Last month Russia unblocked Telegram, and
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by goblin89 6y ago
Chinese hardware approved for and used in key Russian networking infrastructure[0], absence of trade/tariff war, joint large-scale strategic military drills past two years, adjacent geography, shared regime traits, etc. [0] https:&#x2
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by goblin89 6y ago
I respect Signal. My primary rationale is that I do not routinely meet people who use it. Coupled with the reports of subpar UI, so far I have chosen not to go through the friction of setting it up and converting my conversation partners to
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by goblin89 6y ago
Unlike Telegram, WhatsApp has no recorded history of agreeing to cooperate with a government and implying capabilities of censoring E2E content. Meanwhile, the government Telegram has apparently agreed to compromise E2E in favor of appear
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by goblin89 6y ago
Given the reputation of Telegram[0][1], I hope its popularity wanes among Hong Kong people whose mindset is not aligned with furthering CCP goals. WhatsApp with its E2E-encrypted-by-default chat built on Signal protocol is the lesser evil a
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by goblin89 6y ago
The assumption that most diseases are hardware is that, an assumption. Some may be, sure. But could it be that a blanket claim like that comes from us already knowing how to access the hardware, and being uncomfortable to wander out of that
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by goblin89 6y ago
> That's the beauty of this, though. You'd have monoclonal lines of decephalized humans. They're not snowflakes. Your approach does not duplicate the OS, only hardware wiring. Again, not to say fiddling with condensers and
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by goblin89 6y ago
> Right now we're attempting to fix issues in prod by looking at another company's software, decompiling it, bit fiddling a bit, then trying to hot patch it into our own production instance. The staging/prod analogy is fla
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by goblin89 6y ago
Websites that aim to help people become wealthier, and yet are sprinkled with ads, inevitably give an impression that their owners consider ad revenue a viable source of income. If that is so, I’d be reluctant to follow any advice given on
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by goblin89 6y ago
I don’t understand your point, or why you’re still making it. The language one uses cannot influence the mindset of another person? Providing avenues to advocate for certain behavior should not be expected to increase the incidence of that
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by goblin89 6y ago
There are communities in which it is considered normal and/or advocated. If you read the link, you would be astonished that such communities could be found as close as on Reddit until end of last year. In many (most?) parts of the worl
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by goblin89 6y ago
I like the distinction between a university and an institution focusing on practical higher education (German “Fachhochschule” seems to convey the concept). This should not be about difficulty and prestige, but one’s mindset and what they w
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by goblin89 6y ago
> Chinese culture uses strict liability. They don't accept excuses Daily life in mainland China or South Korea gives such a different impression. “Oops, I was late/bored/tired/on the phone and that’s why I drove on a
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by goblin89 6y ago
Sounds about right, good to rule out any sort of stroke… Though honestly that pulsating phase the article highlights was the least of my problems. For 10 minutes or so while it’s there you can at least tell something’s wrong, for the rest o
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by goblin89 6y ago
10+ years back a handful of times I suffered from (what I think were, but you’ve got me thinking) migraines that resulted in localized loss of visual perception. In my case the spot was right in the center of my field of vision. The loss ma
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by goblin89 6y ago
I've been curious how airspace between countries is handled in GA, especially with city-states like Singapore or Hong Kong. Can one freely file a plan that crosses to Malaysia or China without landing there? Does it require visas or sp
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by goblin89 6y ago
A somewhat unconventional UI for following content, which incidentally works with RSS Box, is Fraidycat[0]. It groups recent posts under “individuals” with a visualization of how much recent activity there is in a given feed, and allows to
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by goblin89 6y ago
TL;DR yes to your first sentence, pretty much? I believe that (A) discovering what is considered normal in one’s community influences what one thinks, and (B) what one thinks is not disconnected from what one does . The trap of entitleme

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