gotocake

27 ms·

271.
by gotocake 8y ago
Or they riot and rebel. The surest way to see how violent people can be is to offer them no choice in the matter. This is a country with a lot of guns, tons of space, and a poorly paid police and military. It’s not hard to imagine how the p
272.
by gotocake 8y ago
I think it's still reasonable to fear some ambient level of this stuff could do us harm over time despite being marketed as 'harmless'. See: asbestos. Or heroin, cocaine, morphine, OxyContin, radioactive drinking water, ble
273.
by gotocake 8y ago
I mean, you can solve that problem with robots and technology, too. Revolting mobs of socialists can be dealt with pretty easily. (If you’re going to start threatening murder as the premise of your theory of justice, you’d best make sure y
274.
by gotocake 8y ago
Wealth redistribution is a choice of ethics. If you study world history you’ll quickly realize that it’s ultimately the choice of the mob with the torches and pitchforks. You’d be amazed at how disinterested they are in moral relativism o
275.
The Silly Stereotypes That Elite-College Students Have About Other Campuses(theatlantic.com)
4 points by gotocake 8y ago|0 comments
276.
Volkswagen will use Tesla batteries at its charging stations(engadget.com)
1 points by gotocake 8y ago|0 comments
277.
by gotocake 8y ago
Yes, in the same way they had to bust Ma Bell for the same damned reasons we’re seeing again. Let the state be the dumb pipe or at least ensure that the pipes stay dumb. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than the alternative.
278.
by gotocake 8y ago
It’s important to note that in the UK a lot of people think the undercutting of the NHS by the Tories is privatization by the back door. For personal reasons (crony capitalism) and ideological reasons (small government has to be a crippled
279.
by gotocake 8y ago
Same experiences for me. I cut waaaaay down on news, cut out almost all TV news except for banal stuff, and in general stopped studying massively depressing topics that I was unsuited, unwilling, or unable to help solve. I’m still saddened
280.
by gotocake 8y ago
Did you sell the copy to the person who passed it off as an original? If so, you might be in real trouble, especially if it forms a pattern of behavior. If it was a gift and no form of remuneration was expected or received you’re going to b
281.
by gotocake 8y ago
MIT is also a university; the two elements of their existence are orthogonal, not mutually exclusive.
282.
Online Platforms Still Not Clear Enough About Hate Speech Takedowns: Ec(techcrunch.com)
2 points by gotocake 8y ago|0 comments
283.
by gotocake 8y ago
It’s not a new concept, and it applies to the difference between a painter copying a Van Gogh (acceptable) and trying to pass that work off as the genuine article (illegal). In short, it’s the line between creative expression and forgery.
284.
by gotocake 8y ago
The problem with that at present is our only way to detect neutrinos is by using loads of mass, usually ice, water, or xenon. It’s going to be tough to launch a glacier or a vast tank of xenon to make up the body of a detector. We’d need so
285.
by gotocake 8y ago
When people make critical observations about how my country is run and my government, I don’t assume they’re anti-American. Why would you assume that my critique of how a relative handful of elites run a country of over a billion translates
286.
by gotocake 8y ago
Some people and groups have quite the axe to grind, and the buzzword guaranteed to work in this crowd is “censorship” so that’s what they’re calling it. Never mind who is actually doing the censoring, or where censorship and curation part w
287.
by gotocake 8y ago
“Greedy inventors” Said the car company exec... Jesus what balls. Still, MIT isn’t exactly small and lacking funding, so I’d expect this to drag on until an inevitable undisclosed settlement.
288.
Saudi Arabia and UAE Test Cryptocurrency for Cross-Border Payments(engadget.com)
4 points by gotocake 8y ago|0 comments
289.
by gotocake 8y ago
You’re on the money, and it’s the result of things like coal and dams facing inherent technical challenges to safety and externalities, versus nuclear which primarily faces political challenges. Keeping waste rods on-site is stupid and dang
290.
by gotocake 8y ago
Ding “Gilgamesh liked this.”
291.
by gotocake 8y ago
The "old people should not be able to vote" argument should die already. If anything, the weight of the vote of someone who's spent his entire life living in a place and paying taxes should be higher. I didn’t make that arg
292.
by gotocake 8y ago
People who voted leave probably still feel that way, but given the demographics of the vote many of them will have died, just as many people who were below voting age no longer are.
293.
by gotocake 8y ago
This isn’t about fusion, but fission. I would assume that Gates being a famously bright man, understands that none of us are seeing fusion power in our lifetimes. Of course Gates is backing an extremely challenging form of breeder reactor c
294.
by gotocake 8y ago
This argument would call for an end to the distinction between manslaughter and honicide, as an example. Corporations should probably not enjoy that distinction in the same way that people do. The sooner we dispense with the harmful ficti
295.
by gotocake 8y ago
Even though in this case the jobs went to The Netherlands, the Irish are probably best positioned to benefit from this act of economic suicide England is engaging in. They’re close to the UK and mainland Europe, they’re building a reputatio
296.
by gotocake 8y ago
I don’t live or work in CA, so that would be quite a feat for me wouldn’t it.
297.
by gotocake 8y ago
Ok, that’s a good question to raise, but maybe you should move beyond asking the question and try answering it. You could learn about how different shipping methods are used, how they interact, and just how extensive a rail network a countr
298.
by gotocake 8y ago
Practically speaking you’d be shifting the burden from the people who can afford it, to people who can’t. I see similar arguments from people who resent paying into social security and other things. It seems to be a combination of ideologic
299.
by gotocake 8y ago
That’s not an argument for Mars, it’s an argument for living somewhere other than just Earth. A distant, low-g, airless, wasteland seems like an odd choice for that. If we’re going to have to terraform, at least Venus has an atmosphere and
300.
by gotocake 8y ago
This could lead to a scenario with what happened when there was aristocracy. Land was a major necessary means of production and was overwhelmingly owned by the aristocracy, it was guarded since they had no reason to sell it and could rent-

More ›