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by idrios 6y ago
I think it actually is more helpful to the business to get a loan instead of a donation. With a huge donation you can do whatever you want with it and may overinvest or spend wastefully, until the cash reserves run out. A loan means that th
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by idrios 6y ago
Took me a while to get around to reading & finishing this, but this is a phenomenal article that could have exactly predicted what happened with Parler, and describes the current polarization in the US far better than I could. Thank you
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by idrios 6y ago
Tbf, I don't think Parler ever saw itself as extremist. Obviously it was used by extremists, but as I've seen mentioned in other threads lately: When you create an alternative platform from the mainstream, the people who join it a
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by idrios 6y ago
But this actually brings up a good question about the role of unions to begin with. Everything you just said could be equally said about worker's unions, so why do we have worker's unions either instead of just using the governmen
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by idrios 6y ago
Wouldn't the platform be protected by section 230? I imagine a large part of the reason Parler even exists is to abuse section 230, or get section 230 removed so they can then go after big tech, or call people hypocrites when only thei
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by idrios 6y ago
There was a really cool article a few months ago that tried to model polarization on the political spectrum [1] -- on the premise that most people will start off moderate on issues and then update their weakly-held views to align with peopl
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by idrios 6y ago
I don't know a solution but lately I've been struggling with the concept of freedom of speech. With absolute free speech, taken to the extreme, you get the mess the US has right now. Without, also taken to the extreme, you get sta
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by idrios 6y ago
The CCP is caught in its own version of purgatory through paranoia. When the great famine happened under Mao, it was because Mao had surrounded himself by yes-men who were competing to be the most loyal. When the famine hit, the provinces a
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by idrios 6y ago
It sounds like that was his takeaway, except that for him it was coming from a place of empathy and not anger.
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by idrios 6y ago
Then no bills would ever get passed again
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by idrios 6y ago
My take on it is this. As a whole, there are fewer jobs to be had because we've really upped efficiency by magnitudes. Things like coal mining used to be done by teams of people (it's what my grandpa did) but now can be mostly don
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by idrios 6y ago
Personally, much more left leaning than right. My biggest concern about the future right now is the economy. I think we've made great progress in the last several decades breaking glass ceilings for women and minorities in the workforc
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by idrios 6y ago
Not offended. In fact your response like this is exactly what I was asking for in my comment. You are right, the "at least hear me out" argument is often used as defense to say something very questionable. The reason I phrased it
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by idrios 6y ago
Disappointed you're being downvoted. Everybody seems to have taken an "if you're not with us you're against us" approach. The left appeals to your sense of morality ("you're evil if you support this presid
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by idrios 6y ago
Because the ban is an admission of the influence that a company with nothing but troves of data can have, and thus is a step towards actually addressing the issues of Facebook, Google and the like. But what we really need is a US version of
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by idrios 6y ago
The future is now. Already my local gas station has a screen that starts playing ads the moment you start pumping gas. The mute button on it is broken from being pushed too many times, too hard. Last year my parents rented a room at a 5 sta
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by idrios 6y ago
This is awesome. So it errs on the side of hiding good content that you would want to see, while YouTube's algorithm errs on the side of showing you clickbait. I would absolutely love this as a browser add-on. My current approach to av
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by idrios 6y ago
Depends on the medium. Don't ever say anything against the grain on Twitter (or really any medium that encourages media to go viral). But at least HN is (usually) a good, moderated forum where opposing viewpoints can be heard with judg
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by idrios 6y ago
Morality != Legality! No sane person is advocating for ex post facto laws but it's wrong even if it's not illegal. He's been given every opportunity in life, accrued a net worth equal to the sum of 140,000 median Americans, t
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by idrios 6y ago
Agreed, very interested to see how this plays out as well.
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by idrios 6y ago
Ah, gotcha. Then I did miss the point. I do think it's benefited other nations, but -- getting more into personal opinion -- I also think the "help other nations" argument is mostly used to justify cheapening wages. If compan
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by idrios 6y ago
It makes their lives worse because it puts the workers in competition with workers in those other countries. Since you asked for metrics, here is a site for working remotely as a freelancer [1]. You'll quickly notice the pay rates are
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by idrios 6y ago
Still puts the onus on the wrong party. The videos in question had 10's of thousands of views but were produced in such large quantity that the sum of all videos was in the millions of views. By law of large numbers even if you educate
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by idrios 6y ago
Sure you get more practice but what you're getting practice with is online dating, not dating in general. If you're a man who's not in top 10% of most desirable, it's a barren wasteland. Your best hope becomes to attempt
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by idrios 6y ago
> improvements in prosperity come quickly [...] has historically almost never been the case But I don't think the parent was far off with what they said. The advantage of the authoritarian is that there's no red tape for them,
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by idrios 6y ago
It's not that rare. I was talking less about people who are Facebook employees and more about people who are Accenture / Cognizant / Infosys / etc employees or contractors, who get subcontracted to do work at Facebook or
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by idrios 6y ago
Or, quite possibly, they have no other choice. Some devs have the freedom to walk away from a job that they find morally detestable. But many can't refuse or leave because they're under contract and can't afford the break-con
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by idrios 6y ago
> You're clearly talking out of ignorance based on your own interpretation of how policing is done I am someone who knows someone who was convicted over purely circumstantial evidence, and I am only making the claim that we've
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by idrios 6y ago
Personally, I really do think medical licenses are too restrictive. I think a lot of very talented people who could have made great doctors end up pursuing other careers, because they weren't willing to commit to a pre-med undergrad
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by idrios 6y ago
I think he was just saying "this is what's expected" not "this is fine"

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