ineptech

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by ineptech 5y ago
The anti-crypto case is not that it's "worse" than some other speculative investment asset (gold, comic books, etc), it's that crypto is a speculative asset, as opposed to the things it's sometimes claimed to be (
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by ineptech 5y ago
> That's how inflation works. May I recommend https://www.lynalden.com/quantitative-easing-mmt-inflation/
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by ineptech 5y ago
Sure, but central banks do influence how much banks can borrow, and hence how fast the currency supply grows. Even someone whose understanding of monetary policy is limited to "The Fed has a big meeting each year to decide what the in
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by ineptech 5y ago
Right, but it's not. The idea that inflation "dilutes" wealth and is therefore bad for rich people is not true.
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by ineptech 5y ago
...and fake edit to add, part of the great thing about the 90s and early 2000s online communities is how unfiltered they were. A forum devoted to politics is a terrible place to discuss politics; the battle lines are already drawn and ther
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by ineptech 5y ago
I think you're right and prescient, and I'm sad that it's happening now that I'm old. In my 20s I had hours and hours and hours to burn on forums and BBSes and muds and such, and found my way in to some cool communities
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by ineptech 5y ago
Jesus Christ! Even for M$, this is beyond the pale - combining pseudo-monopoly power, dark UX patterns, and high-interest credit. What's next, will airlines start dropping adverts for payday loans when their flight path goes over a p
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by ineptech 5y ago
> The plaintiffs, a group of more than 30 professors and scientists from universities including Yale, Harvard, UCLA and Brown, filed suit in September in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, seeking expedited access to
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by ineptech 5y ago
I didn't admonish you, I explained why you were getting downvoted and flagged. And you told me I was racist. What more is there to say?
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by ineptech 5y ago
> Your position is that it’s impolite to bring up a writer’s body of work No, just that one topic. It has this uncanny ability to produce unconstructive discussions where people talk past each other and accuse each other of all manner of
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by ineptech 5y ago
My thoughts on the whole race/IQ debate: it's more or less a perma-banned topic on most forums where constructive debate takes place, and your comment is an excellent example of why.
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by ineptech 5y ago
> People are entitled All of them? Every single one? Wow, harsh. I kid, of course; my point in taking your words of context is to say that context always matters. People may be "entitled" to form a negative opinion of you ba
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by ineptech 5y ago
I'm no expert, but is extending broadband to the areas that have none really more important than or offering competition in areas that have one? Won't this bring the ability to wfh to areas where people who need to wfh have alrea
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by ineptech 5y ago
Ahhh thank you this makes a lot more sense - the law doesn't need to define "contact" very closely, if there is a review board that decides whether to fine, rather than an automatic fine.
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by ineptech 5y ago
Thank you, I guess I just naively assumed the law would be more specific or would define the term more narrowly; but I suppose the courts will do that.
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by ineptech 5y ago
Thanks! That sure sounds overbroad - would it include, say, "Can y'all take a look at the XYZ server tomorrow" being posted in a team's slack channel? Also, is it just limited to the supervisor, or is it any work-relat
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by ineptech 5y ago
I tried to answer my own question, but can't find any specifics. CNN says "phone, message or email", AP says "contact", thehill says "email". None of them have a link to more details or the text of the l
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by ineptech 5y ago
The article uses "text" and "call" and "contact" as if they're indistinguishable - what actually got banned here? There's a huge difference between discussing a task for someone in a team channel and
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by ineptech 5y ago
Why do you want to "engineer your way to the fucking top" of a broken organization with a bunch of teams full of bad engineers managed by stuffed shirts who don't give a shit? You may think I sound naive; I think you sound bu
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by ineptech 5y ago
A couple of thoughts on this: * A powerful tool against Pattern 2 (Complexity-related Learned Helplessness) is just cataloguing and quantifying things that cause wasted effort, i.e. a waste snake. Make a channel for it and encourage people
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by ineptech 5y ago
I don't know if that was intended to be snarky, but yes, that's exactly what you should do, and people do in fact do that, and it often does work (although probably not as quickly as you'd like). How else am I supposed to kno
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by ineptech 5y ago
He's talking about small retail businesses, like furniture stores. Who on earth is out there talking about socializing retail furniture? I have a high general opinion of the author, but this essay is on the level of, "Capitalism
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by ineptech 5y ago
First of all, I know a lot of people disagree with lesswrong's consensus opinions on some contentious topics, but comparing it to a UFO site is a stretch. Second, when you dislike a website but see an essay hosted on it get highly upv
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by ineptech 5y ago
It seems likely that that was shorthand for "I failed the interview because I was unsuitable for the role, due to the effect described in this essay, as pithily illustrated by a particular exchange which helped us both realize that thi
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by ineptech 5y ago
For violence? Really? When was the last time you found yourself defending a coworker who beat someone up in the workplace?
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by ineptech 5y ago
Every profession has abusive people; it's a structural issue when a profession can't or won't weed them out.
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by ineptech 5y ago
a) there's a big prominent link at the top to the author's blog with her credentials b) "The effect is small and I'm not convinced" is not a reason to doubt the conclusion, it is the conclusion c) "I don&#x27
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by ineptech 5y ago
It was extensively cited, and written by a professional researcher using their real name who has no particular axe to grind - what more could you possibly ask for?
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by ineptech 5y ago
I gather it's better now, but flying in to LA in the 90s was similar. It felt like visiting God's ashtray.
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by ineptech 5y ago
Not sure why this was flagged? It's taking a position on a somewhat controversial subject, but it's not needlessly inflammatory, and it seems like the main points are supported with a lot of sources.

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