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by jadedhacker 8y ago
If Google employees strike over this, we must find ways to show solidarity with them. An end to the war machine is within our power!
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
You're right. That's why we need stronger medicine. Anti-monopoly sentiment is rising quickly.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Thank you for having the moral courage to call things that are wrong wrong and taking action. The world needs more people like you.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
War has been forever, but you have to ask in service of what? For the US, it appears to be in favor of world dominion. The words empire and constitutional government don't really go together very well. Project Maven helps the drone pro
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I mean, it's undeniable that the rich create luxury goods that are often aesthetically pleasing, but they are items that are enjoyed almost exclusively by the rich. At most, the average person might observe one of these on the street.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
For now.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
> Class differentiation is the central meaning of life. This is patently not true. We overthrew kings, introduced democracy, and eliminated slavery. Every time we have made people more equal, our society has become more open and less mor
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
The is great and all, but it requires individual action on the part of the consumer. I'd like to see a US version of GDPR and soon.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
NYT trying to inculcate a philosophy of non-critical thinking in a time when there is so little. They're hoping that your valid overstressing concerns will translate into forgiveness for your national identity as well. They're als
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Link to the original essay: https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/
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Right wing mindset. Inborn attributes should be promoted and the unlucky discarded. Also, ascribe many things to inborn attributes that are actually the result of the environment.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Yes and no. Check out Foucault. He was a radical philosopher that discussed the treatment of mental health and was a critic of institutionalization. I don't know enough about him to agree or disagree with him, but he is an influential
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Hate to be that guy, but while people being somewhat shittier anonymously is a real thing, there are whole cadres of incredibly horrible people that will post horrible stuff under their real names and be proud of it. Losing anonymity means
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
If they have your voice, they can identify you regardless of metadata can't they?
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I feel creeped out by these home listening devices and I don't own one, but don't our phones already have this capability? You can turn "Ok Google" on on an android phone. I sometimes record audio, and the mic is incredi
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Also minimalists.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Megan McArdle is a hardened libertarian sophist that blames poor people that die in fires for their own victimhood. https://theoutline.com/post/2303/megan-mcardle-has-a-lot-of-... However, to answer some of these
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
The outlay for infrastructure. Previously you had to own your own hardware, get a business class line, maintain it, etc. Now you just rent servers from AWS or another provider. I like to think of it like a ski rental. They build a few extra
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I have a feeling this idea is deceptive. Renting equipment has existed time immemorial.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Don't despair comrade, the revolution is coming (we must hope). Trump and Sanders both showed that the citizenry are restless and are ready to demand (some kind of) change.
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I am a firm believer in corporate consolidation, so yes, those smoke filled rooms do exist. However, you can consider this a systemic critique of capitalism which systemically concentrates wealth. The intention doesn't matter if the s
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
This is a concept I haven't yet seen a good definition for though I know it is rigorously defined. What is the difference between the bourgeoisie and the petit bourgeoisie ?
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
The piece you're missing is that none of this is a mistake, the entire economy is designed to do this. Apathy and hoping it'll get better will if anything make it worse (not that I'm implying that's your position). The o
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
Society has to fight hard and endure a long time for every % of return. Investors on the other hand will never be satisfied with their piece, they will always need more, and sooner not later. Or as Adam Smith put it: "All for ourselves
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I don't think this is a good take. Firstly, we're discussing climate, not weather, which is easier to predict than chaotic swirling fluids. Secondly, if we were basing a practical decision off this information, then we should appl
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I agree with you. I think his style of leadership is as a movement leader, not a corporate leader. Whether he is effective as a movement leader is a question, but I think he is starting to be more relevant again with the kinds of questions
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by jadedhacker 8y ago
I have been coming around on RMS. When I was younger I thought he was awesome, then I started to think he was unrealistic, now I'm coming back to awesome (if extremely cantankerous).
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"We" are heterogeneous, but we are also united by our membership in the working class. We can't ignore our brothers and sisters that share your class interests and should fight for them together.
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For what it's worth, the actual structure of the brain starts off with way too many neurons and connections and starts paring them down. Learning is creation, but it is also destruction. Removing useless connections is valuable. A lot
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Possible, but unlikely. Single nucleotide changes to DNA are very common. Every single person born has multiple altered base pairs ("SNPs") and acquires more throughout their life (this is in part how cancer develops). DNA is pret

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