jariel

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by jariel 6y ago
Google and Amazon unions represent quite fundamentally different kinds of organizing principles. The Amazon union is of the much more classical form, is well past due, it's not entirely necessary, but it would be beneficial. I don&#x27
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by jariel 6y ago
There's no reason ladies can't message first on Tinder. The mechanism is still there.
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by jariel 6y ago
The notion of some underlying thing, like Gold, to back a currency is largely a function of trust, in that, Gold cannot be created of magic air. (FYI currency debauching is a concept thousands of years old, nothing to do with the 'pape
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by jariel 6y ago
In some cases, and in a limited way, yes, but it's clearly not well integrated yet. Even the 'local' version of software development is a giant mess, we have not well thought out dependencies, tool chains etc..
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by jariel 6y ago
Those are basically standalone apps, not integrated into many of the other systems we use, which is the authors point.
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by jariel 6y ago
No, this is wrong, it has nothing to do with laziness. The author is very right to point out the fact that the browser in 2020 is still so fundamentally broken. Theoretically, tons of work should be facilitated in the cloud without having t
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by jariel 6y ago
Is this due to predicament or levels of conscientiousness? I've seen both, first-hand: working class people in more challenging scenarios, at the very same time almost a perfect correlation of 'risk aversion conscientiousness&#x27
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by jariel 6y ago
Mafia bosses don't order someone killed either. Nevertheless, there was an insurrection on Capitol Hill whereby a few thousand people did overrun with the intent to stop the electoral process (and with a few others planning much worse)
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by jariel 6y ago
"I don't think the parent meant any disparagement to actual primitive tribes. Why did you assume that?" Because all of these statements of ethnicity have to be contextualized. You can't just say 'Well White this, Bl
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by jariel 6y ago
Most of the protesters were just protesters. Some of them may have had quasi-violent intent, such as 'let's break in an make a point', but a very small few seemed to have some very dark intent. If you rile up enough people, t
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by jariel 6y ago
So first - the donation has nothing to do with anything really, it's kind of a side issue. Second, this is not the kind of 'influence peddling' organization you are thinking of. These kinds of orgs. are 'influentially be
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by jariel 6y ago
People protesting against authorities killing innocent people (ostensibly, at least partly the basis of racism), is altogether a different thing from people trying to stop the validation of an election, which is to say, overthrow the Republ
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by jariel 6y ago
There is obviously some legitimacy to the notion the rules are applied unfairly. It's invariably about 'fine lines' 'gray areas' and 'shifting sands of policy and situation'. In that context, I don't
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by jariel 6y ago
That's not 'scary' it's rational. What's 'scary' are the stakes involved. People in 'comfortable offices' are right now deciding who gets vaccines, and who will not until later. People are dying
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by jariel 6y ago
The Art of War, basically the first textbook ever written (and understandably so) is still relevant today. It's almost oddly metaphysical, and relevant in zero-sum games. Also: "evidence of how you have come to understand the barr
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by jariel 6y ago
"wouldn't buy the products the products enmass because they don't want to sit around drooping all day." Yes they would (!) and we already know why: it's extremely addictive . We have ample evidence from the ongoing
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by jariel 6y ago
So I think that the delineation between the scientist working with the content, and the Engineers who actually provide the mechanics for it is very fair. If there is a question mark here - it's really how much value are we deriving fro
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by jariel 6y ago
Ideologically far right doesn't mean 'racists take over capitol hill'. AOC could be considered fairly 'far left' she's not exactly a radical. To the OP's point, I think Parler was trying to legit be an alt
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by jariel 6y ago
The laws of supply and demand would indicate otherwise. If you make something easier to access - either by reduced price, more contact, reduced social stigma - people will consume more of it, straight up. Think of it like a social disease
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by jariel 6y ago
" I would say nearly all the harm comes from the fact it's not legal" Wow, you're not using your imagination well enough to recognize how ubiquitously widespread opioid addiction would be were it integrated into our coff
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by jariel 6y ago
? Companies have to make more money. Salaries will invariably follow because the pressures for talent become very obvious.
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by jariel 6y ago
The money came from Desjardins etc. because of the 'strategic' and 'nationalist' aspect of the investment. No VC - even American one's were going to invest in that kind of boondoggle up front at those valuations. So
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by jariel 6y ago
I fully respect that racism and sexism exist, that sometimes people and groups may not be fully aware of their insensitivity, and would never deny anyone's real material victimhood. However ... ... the default characterization of a sys
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by jariel 6y ago
Money is not usually the problem so 'subsidy' is not it. A good example is that European companies are not interested in dealing with little startups that are not powerful. They like to deal with 'big brands'. They are u
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by jariel 6y ago
" to let very different people "say" things like "Wow. I think you are stupid because I'm a racist/misogynist/classist asshole and the way you said it tells me you are the wrong color/a woman/poo
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by jariel 6y ago
"If there were a better product it would win" is really a little naive, it's like saying "if a startup just built a new Jumbo Jet, the would win that Trillion dollar market". Many industries have huge natural barrie
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by jariel 6y ago
Algorithms are not censorship - and - there isn't effective competition in search. I support Angela Merkel's view that these entities can't take decisions to censor information entirely upon their own volition. As the OP poin
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by jariel 6y ago
The double paradox is, despite my lack of faith in her democratic credentials, and that I often disagree with her ... for the most part I actually like her. I think she's actually well suited to the job - her handling of Brexit was rig
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by jariel 6y ago
This is valid, but in reality Apple wins because they are fundamentally better managed in most ways that most European companies, point blank. That's a hard pill to swallow because it doesn't boil down to simple things like R&
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by jariel 6y ago
Apple is owned or controlled by the US Government? Apple has the JP Morgan handing out cheap loans backed by the Fed to it's customers? Apple works in perfect sync with the US Government and execs 'disappear' when they don&#x

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