hyperdunc

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by hyperdunc 6y ago
The big deal is what is now much more likely to happen in 10 years because of what just happened. People are inspired by a successful mission and that makes the possibility of future missions more real.
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by hyperdunc 6y ago
I find his heterodoxy refreshing, not selfish. We don't know how much worse things would have gotten without lockdown, but the negative consequences of lockdown are pretty bad too. As for corruption and misinformation being everywhere
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
We're usually not very proactive though. Although we adapt and evolve it's usually as a reaction to pressure that can't be ignored, and by that time the cost is high if we do adapt and higher if we don't. For those who m
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Difficult to replace a phrase that's already caught on. Good to know, though.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
"Social distancing" is such a weird and ambiguous phrase. Are we not socializing right now over the Internet while maintaining physical distance? Arguably, we're socially closer than before because of this crisis.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Then I guess the obvious question a non-physiologist would ask is, why don't all our muscles already have vast amounts of mitochondria? If it's that beneficial with no major downsides then surely evolution would have stumbled on t
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
We are not killing the planet, but we are putting ecosystems under pressure. And evolution has given us tastes for things that are highly nutritious but were difficult to come by. Shall we deny ourselves these pleasures because they become
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
To be clear, I didn't downvote - my first sentence was only pointing out the potential thought process of someone who might have. My opinion is that some level of payout is a good idea, but it should be balanced with one's own pre
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
That's a good point.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
A perceived sense of entitlement, perhaps? Do people have the right to maintain their lifestyles during tragedy at the expense of their fellow taxpayers? In some cases, maybe, but it also doesn't hurt to prepare so one can weather a cr
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Coffeescript was 'replaced' by ECMAScript 2015. Ember is fine but it's not the end of the line - it's been superseded' in most scenarios by React and Vue.js because those are generally better tools. JS technology ch
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
> The LGBT community comes with it's own shackles. They assume the only natural thing is for someone to structure their whole identity and lives around what might just be a developmental phase of their youth. People who are able to
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Women are more likely to want to be the primary caregiver to something that actually came out of them. It's biological and there's nothing sexist about it.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
There's no way you can know it was a conscious attempt to do anything. The most one can say is that it's a value judgement about Parisians now versus then - and there's nothing wrong with saying something about that.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
I think they're great. The issue is that most places don't have the infrastructure for them. Bicycles and scooters should have a dedicated path so people don't have to ride them either on the road or the footpath.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Some predictions are being met. The ones that aren't are generally forgotten.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Is it though? Some ideas are so obviously nonsense to most of us, whereas bad research can have a more robust veneer of legitimacy - which makes that research a potentially useful tool for bad actors. The internet is full of authoritative s
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
You need the containers extension. It's better than Chrome profiles.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
On Android, Firefox allows you to install extensions (such as an ad blocker).
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
What resources did you use to root and install open source software on your Roborock?
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
I did a nine day fast and the first three days were difficult. From day four I was not hungry at all but also felt noticeably weaker and couldn't do anything strenuous. After nine days I lost 10kg and six months later had only gained b
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Even better, I'd like to see them restored to their initial glory. Imagine visiting something like the Temple of Karnak as it was shortly after completion.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
You call nationalism a cult, I call it a grand narrative underpinned by shared values that allow people to more easily trust each other (and hence coexist). That just isn't going to happen globally.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
True kindness comes from a position of strength and fortitude. Otherwise it's just cowardice masquerading as kindness - and that's what I think you're saying we should avoid.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
A street camera probably can't identify you by your fingerprints.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
My neighbor is a wealthy white male and I'm willing to bet he's less like you than your female friends of color are. The problem with this kind of identity framing is that politics is central to it. One wrong step and your enemies
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
All government is authoritarian but not to an equivalent extent. From a liberal point of view the current Chinese government is relatively authoritarian, as evidenced by many things including recent examples of censorship.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Different forms and examples of government exhibit relatively different levels of authoritarianism. Communist governments are invariably more authoritarian than liberal democracies.
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
I've traveled throughout eastern China and I've encountered this indoctrination many times when talking to otherwise reasonable people. But despite the widespread nationalist zealotry, most ordinary folk still seem to enjoy bootle
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by hyperdunc 7y ago
Buzzfeed and Reveal are every bit as ideology-laden as Breitbart and InfoWars. I happily disregard most of what they all have to say.

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