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331.
by growlist 7y ago
'should'? It'll be a cold day in hell before I take any advice whatsoever from the BBC.
332.
by growlist 7y ago
From my admittedly completely uninformed position, this looks so much like academics searching for some profound insight that will win a Nobel prize (or perhaps just guarantee a tasty stream of research grants) when in reality the truth cou
333.
by growlist 7y ago
> Men don't have the same issues of unpractical clothing and being judged on their appearance You missed the incessant satire of Trump's appearance then?
334.
by growlist 7y ago
Where this falls down is that there were other capitalist countries that didn't do the bad things you describe. I challenge you to name a single experiment in communism that didn't lead to worse outcomes.
335.
by growlist 7y ago
Well ish - but I'd still prefer to learn something that will still be relevant in future, given the chance.
336.
by growlist 7y ago
'Damn those dastardly Capitalists, underhandedly delivering superior living standards!'
337.
by growlist 7y ago
I'm a fan of Hayek on this - I believe the market is one of the most incredible things every created by humanity, phenomenally complex and information rich, and it stands to reason that there is no way a group of people can ever hope t
338.
by growlist 7y ago
The sad thing is that with a few changes (swap the top tier for politburo, next tier for the communist party, etc.) a similar pyramid applies to communism.
339.
by growlist 7y ago
Again, plenty of men want to work like dogs. Some of these provisions now have an element of coercing men not to work as hard. Punishing ambition is now ok?
340.
by growlist 7y ago
> and two dozen open source frameworks and libraries that can do 90% of the work for you. You have GitHub, Wikipedia, Stack Overflow, and the whole of the Internet. And this is part of the problem for me - there is simply too much happen
341.
by growlist 7y ago
> And that aside, what’s the alternative? Relegate women to work only as teachers and secretaries because some of them want to be stay at home moms? I was just pointing out that along with the women who cannot wait to get back to work th
342.
by growlist 7y ago
But hang on - you painted a picture of the burnt out tired mother that can't wait to get back to work, away from the drudgery of motherhood. I'm saying that's not a fair representation of many womens' priorities. I could
343.
by growlist 7y ago
I think it's worth pointing out that in the midst of this brave new world - where every woman is supposedly a kick-ass world-beating entrepreneur if only the damned patriarchy would get off her back - there are plenty of women that hav
344.
by growlist 7y ago
I think the moralizing is useful if it means future generations aren't going to pay the price for today's profligacy.
345.
by growlist 7y ago
I think the title is appropriate. I read more and more content (in what used to be considered the more intelligent news sources) that I could pull to shreds line-by-line, yet the publications are successful and apparently this content is be
346.
by growlist 7y ago
Not much more than 100 years ago, 40% of world trade passed through Liverpool: 40% ! It's staggering how quickly things can turn around, and I find it just unfathomable how the wealth somehow just leached away to other places over tim
347.
by growlist 7y ago
> Amazon makes it really easy to accidentally resubscribe to prime, as well as accidentally subscribe to random products that have a subscription option. The dark patterns are such a turnoff. True. I ended up with a Prime Music subscript
348.
by growlist 7y ago
I have the complete opposite experience, but perhaps it depends on what one buys.
349.
by growlist 7y ago
It's the speed that's as good as the cost. Often I'll order things that arrive at my door less than 24 hours later - it's harder to find that with non-Prime items.
350.
by growlist 7y ago
Orwell: 'men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them.'
351.
by growlist 7y ago
If we don't defend ourselves, we might accidentally cede the world to people that have no regard for the environment whatsoever.
352.
by growlist 7y ago
? The original poster said 'how do we stop toxicity', and I am saying how can we tell the toxicity isn't at least somewhat down to bots and shills, the presence of either of which is hardly controversial, is it? I mean we&#x2
353.
by growlist 7y ago
But the iPhone was only commercially innovative really - as I understand there was prior art for all the critical parts of it including adding a touchscreen to a phone, going back quite a long way. American automotive engineering has until
354.
by growlist 7y ago
But this is possibly a kind of a fallacy in itself: it's possible that there is bad behaviour out there, and that it's associated with one particular group as opposed to another; there's points to be scored by pushing a parti
355.
by growlist 7y ago
> A good example of a person who knows exactly how TV audience and social media audience will behave in a predictable way, and took advantage of that, is President Trump. Trump wasn't the first though, and contrast the coverage: Oba
356.
by growlist 7y ago
> people who disagreed would usually leave it at that and walk away respectfully. Now, it seems like everyone treats everything as an argument or debate to be won at all costs. Even niche sites like HN are not immune. You seem to be assu
357.
by growlist 7y ago
> It is also why you really don't see any actual innovation come out of Europe. ...as opposed to I suppose the amazing 'innovations' coming out of the US, such as shiny overpriced phones with overpriced proprietary cables,
358.
by growlist 7y ago
> In colonial times, the British military used general warrants to search through houses and seize property. This practice was part of what fueled the American Revolution, and formed the basis for the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constituti
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by growlist 7y ago
> I am in the same boat but that’s why we (and a lot of other people) will never make that money. This gets repeated fairly often and intuitively it makes sense. I'd love to hear a counterexample though - of a naturally lazy person
360.
by growlist 7y ago
It would be nice to have some kind of impenetrable bubble to make certain works happen regardless of protest. Some people just want to frustrate any progress.

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