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by gretch 3y ago
I agree “don’t be evil” is pretty naive, as if the world were so black and white. Do you believe the current state is problematic though? I don’t see what’s so wrong with showing each country their preferred map, as regulated. Who is being
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by gretch 3y ago
I would support this, assuming ratio is ~1:1. It’s much bette than the alternative today where people pump oil and don’t put anything back. Quote from your link > “The project is expected to inject a net 18 million ton CO2“
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by gretch 3y ago
Parking is a subset of transportation and transportation is a core competency of a city administration. There needs to be deeper questions asked of why can't Chicago fulfill one of it's core competencies. And why is that that a ou
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by gretch 3y ago
Any government based contract that is 75 year is unethical in my opinion. 75 years is something like ~3 human generation. 3 whole generations that don’t get to decide how to govern themselves because their grandparents signed away their fut
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by gretch 3y ago
I think the problem is that people tend to see the genetic factor as the predominant factor, and conclude that some kids aren’t worth the effort. The balance between nature and nurture is tbd, but what we’ve seen is that humans have a lot o
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by gretch 3y ago
Okay, if we worked with each other in real life, I would accept that and I guess never speak to you that way. Since this is a discussion of communication theory, I have to say, it’s crazy to me that you read it as passive aggressive. Like w
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by gretch 3y ago
> I would like people to be straight with me But you understand that people can genuinely like you right? Perhaps that person is trying to not throw the baby out with the bath water. “Hey I’m glad you patched the bug, but can you give th
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by gretch 3y ago
Well, only if it is a lie. The example is a hypothetical story so we can read into it whatever we want. There are ways to like someone’s work, even if you don’t think it’s complete or optimal. For example, I think a huge part of getting a j
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by gretch 3y ago
Ah yeah. I love maker faire but I don’t think I can stomach the 2 hour trip (and then back) to get there. Hope everyone has a great time tho, and if it goes well maybe they can bring it to the peninsula in the future
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by gretch 3y ago
> The USPS is actually pretty good at it too. In my opinion, the USPS is mostly an advertisement delivery system, and every once in a while they deliver a very important letter from the IRS so that you have to look through all of it. I d
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by gretch 3y ago
> you move to a cheap place, some time later its value increases and now you have to pay more tax, why? This is already true for most implementations of property tax (at least in the US). You get reassessed and then pay tax based on the
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by gretch 3y ago
I guess that's one way to look at it. Are you down that there's no flying cars? I'm pretty happy with it tbh. edit: btw, I'd like to add that from a design perspective, humans kind of have a crappy form, which is perhaps
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by gretch 3y ago
I think people want different things in life and I don’t think different leisure pastimes are inherently better. Like in the previous example, I don’t see how a marathon isn’t also a colossal waste of time. You spend half a day running the
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by gretch 3y ago
> You clearly need both? I don't think you "need" either. It's just a conversation about what the market will reward. > Humanoid robots would just replace the work that humans are doing assuming they have access to
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by gretch 3y ago
To me, humanoid robotics seems to be the 'flying cars' of our era. They seem cool and futuristic at a glance, but upon close inspection, they are kinda not pragmatic at all, and there are simpler, cheaper solutions that will beat
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by gretch 3y ago
> It's not 'special' like it used to be. Isn't this true for nearly everything in life? E.g. when I won my first marathon, I was ecstatic. Now after winning 20 of them, my happiness is much more muted. You can even sa
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by gretch 3y ago
Perhaps also get some screens for windows. Very common in the US even in areas with low mosquitos
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by gretch 3y ago
> The government is paternalistic by nature I think this is your perspective on what the government should be, and it is not "by nature". I myself have the view that the government serves the people. For example, one of the res
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by gretch 3y ago
> the people who, in the end, decide what HN is I don’t agree with this position. There is a place for administrators to shape the place they want to build for the world and have it be differentiated from other places. As a thought exper
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by gretch 3y ago
We don't actually know if this behavior is rewarded or not. Possibly they succeed despite this behavior - some other part of the company is carrying the weight. I have Google Fi (on the tmobile network) and I will say, my cell phone pl
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by gretch 3y ago
> work on a startup, I would THINK they would care about that The decision is not made based on whether the work is a "startup" or not. It's not even clear what a startup is - some companies that are worth more than $1 Bil
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by gretch 3y ago
source: I work at G There's a process where you declare this work. And if it gets approved, you have ammunition to back you in a court case if it ends up going to such lengths. I have had projects approved - questions that get asked ar
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by gretch 3y ago
> I'm a little confused as to why anyone is still using it, why people are still defending it Coca Cola is also bad for you but most people will still drink one at a picnic. If you drink coke everyday, that’s probably bad for you, b
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by gretch 3y ago
It also doesn’t make sense because meat eaters don’t eat the pork bones, so it’s not as if anyone feels like they are missing out on edible bones and want to substitute for this.
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by gretch 3y ago
> But when doing much better looks like that, what even is the point? Cupertino is an hour away Santa Cruz beaches. 3 hours away from skiing (or boating) at lake tahoe. 1 hour away from one of the best NBA teams (GSW). 30 minutes away fr
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by gretch 3y ago
If you care about achieving a particular mission, you could view joining a large funded organization as an opportunity to achieve that mission with higher likelihood or speed. For example, if you had an idea about planting trees via drones
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by gretch 3y ago
> I wish they took the French and German (and elsewhere approach) where they use some of the revenue to identify the driver and fine them + penalize their license. I don't think this is really necessary if implemented in california.
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by gretch 3y ago
No one's making that comparison? The whole article is only talking about public employees. There's no mention of anything private sector.
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by gretch 3y ago
I agree with this, but I think you also have to ready to document the course of events and (in the most diplomatically possible way) say “I told you so”. Otherwise the people who are accountable for the failure will say “oh who could have s
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by gretch 3y ago
Yes well unfortunately that author decided to over generalize their own argument into “Access to knowledge is a human right.” That indeed is the “specific topic” isn’t it?

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