istinetz

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by istinetz 4y ago
I have defined for myself what are the higher purposes I want to follow. It's not an issue of them existing or not, for me the issue is that I am naturally lazy and I do naturally gravitate towards random bullshit, contrary to what
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by istinetz 4y ago
I know and agree that there are lessons to be learned from civ and dota. I never said it was a complete waste of time, but it is an addiction that takes over your life. Tiktok, reddit, binging netflix, in contrast are probably directly ha
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by istinetz 4y ago
Cool. I'm not the one making sweeping generalizations, OP is.
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by istinetz 4y ago
>Except that you're talking about a game hyper-optimized to be addictive When I stopped playing dota, civ took it's place, then reddit, then tiktok, etc. I've resorted to hard blocking a long list of apps and websites. I&#
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by istinetz 4y ago
I strongly disagree with the author. What brings me pleasure is playing strategic computer games. I was addicted to playing dota. I was playing 12-16 hours a day, which left no place for socializing, career, family, even basic self-maintena
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by istinetz 4y ago
He's referring to, and quoting, a very popular self-help book titled "Eat the frog". The book itself is probably a wink to that Mark Twain quote.
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by istinetz 4y ago
>There was no government involved, so it's not a "free speech" issue. Strong disagree. Free speech is a central tenet for the entire modern society. Without it, there is no scientific revolution, no Enlightenment. Accept c
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by istinetz 4y ago
>Sure, you allow them to speak, in that you don't respond to that speech with violence or prosecution. But you don't have to make room for it. >"Sit down, and don't open your mouth again while I'm here."
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by istinetz 4y ago
>Mentally ill people exist, and they are more than happy to use these forums, and they are often used in these forums as tools. I can say literally the exact same thing about twitter. This is extremely high bar you're setting for th
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by istinetz 4y ago
>In what forum are you asking your questions? ... They who? Over email and linkedin. I selected a random sample of solo animators, established animators, biz dev people in animation studios. >Do you have a MVP? A pretotype? What are y
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by istinetz 4y ago
No, we shouldn't. It's possible and desirable to air your political grievances in a civilized manner, without stealing sneakers.
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by istinetz 4y ago
I've been to those protests. 3 hours of football hooligans and extreme nationalists cannot compare to however many months BLM was. I wouldn't call it rioting and there definitely wasn't any looting or burning buildings. So do
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by istinetz 4y ago
>It's simply that you've grown up in a society where white people are literally considered superior. The white supremacy is all around you. You don't notice it in the same way you don't notice the air you breathe. Whe
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And don't forget, they are also extremely politically invested. Many sociologists get into the field explicitly to "fight racism" or what have you, and the vast majority of the field is very left-leaning.
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by istinetz 4y ago
I have seen several videos of entirely black crowds looting stores. How is this Trump's fault? How is this "pure white supremacy"?
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by istinetz 4y ago
yeah, my bad
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by istinetz 4y ago
I don't want to read the times article, it's just going to be more accusations and conjecture without proof And even if I did, and decided I don't want to let my daughter near him based on the rumours, I would certainly not
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by istinetz 4y ago
>If we were a strictly rational utilitarian society he'd be in prison for 220 years I don't think you understand how risk works. You cannot judge him only on the downside, without considering the upside that could have been. If
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by istinetz 4y ago
^ the definition of whataboutism
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by istinetz 4y ago
yes! Let's do it
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by istinetz 4y ago
She systematically and intentionally defrauded investors. His startup turned out to not be as good as valued. Caveat emptor applies.
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by istinetz 4y ago
tl;dr author was rejected from a publisher for being a white male, then writes a book in which a character is also rejected for being a white male, and has a bunch of interactions with crazy woke people. Therefore outrage? Why am I supposed
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by istinetz 4y ago
>Assume the 297 million people all make $100k. That's $29.7 million. Now have the 33 million make an even $1 million. That's $33 million. That's 10% of the population making over 50% of the income. Altogether, that's
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by istinetz 4y ago
>Don't even look at GDP, look at happiness of people instead. "What is love? What is creation? What is longing? What is a star?" -- so asks the Last Man, and blinks. The earth has become small, and on it hops the Last Man,
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by istinetz 4y ago
>I've experienced about 40 different psychoactive drugs That is insane How is your brain not fried
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by istinetz 4y ago
Why would it be unconstitutional? Is there any mention of porn in the US constitution at all?
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at least some biases we can avoid. We can scrub the training data from mentioning gender or race. We can not include photos of people, to avoid the attractiveness halo effect.
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>If I was guaranteed max bandwidth on 5G all the time on my cellular plan, I'd pay a lot more than $40/month. Okay, so the ISP expects that people won't use what they're sold. That sounds like their problem and the
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by istinetz 4y ago
> such a literal interpretation attempts to create and exploit a loophole for one's own benefit at extreme cost to the provider, by refusing a common sense interpretation of 'Unlimited within reason'. It's not a &quot

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