javajosh

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by javajosh 4y ago
Indeed. I find myself alarmed that in the 21st century so many adult minds have been captured by churches that claim to speak for God, and extract a heavy cost from their membership, and justify it in every way, eventually arguing that prof
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by javajosh 4y ago
It's probably good to go into a post like this with some basic assumptions about the context: works in/around/with SV "good new boys" network, easy 6-figure software jobs and weird jockeying around securing vast sum
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by javajosh 4y ago
Hooked up with both a few times but I'm definitely more into logic. Logic is so cold, so...unforgiving. And fair, so fair. Logic is the fairest of them all.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Moreover it's worrisome that someone who knows Witten and Tao personally doesn't have even grade-school media literacy.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Calling for more empathy has nothing to do with empathy. It has to do with status.
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by javajosh 4y ago
"I think you could do a better job of trying to empathise with people who are not like yourself and who do not conform to the norms of your social class." This statement is extremely ironic. You are scolding someone about not empa
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by javajosh 4y ago
Out of curiosity, how does one get an account banned?
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by javajosh 4y ago
You are the second person in a month on HN I've found utterly indecipherable. This despite having sentences that sound like they should have some sort of meaning. Your sentences read like they've been frankensteined together by a
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by javajosh 4y ago
I find a charge of nihilism with no coherent support rather tedious. At worst this is a bad take. Good heavens, why would a nihilist even bother writing such a piece? The author struck me as someone genuinely concerned about a pattern he&#x
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by javajosh 4y ago
I suspect the term "priest" was used metaphorically. It describes anyone who assumes the authority of God's Voice. If granted, this authority is absolute, brooks no disagreement. It leaves no room for "pluralism".
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by javajosh 4y ago
It's clear enough who owns a speech, and like the OP I'm in favor of hosting your own speeches (and essays). But who owns a conversation? Does this rugged individualist approach to hosting one's own work end the possibility o
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by javajosh 4y ago
Life is too short to read articles titled "x-based y could signal z paradigm shift" from phys.org.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Is there demand for a service that simply shows you the things the people you follow wrote? (It would be up to you not follow so many people that you can't keep up.)
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by javajosh 4y ago
History is littered with great software that died because no-one used it because the business model was terrible. Capturing $1B of value is better than 0, and everyone understands this. And who cares what history thinks anyway? OpenAI has s
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by javajosh 4y ago
That's a negative, good buddy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism
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by javajosh 4y ago
Yes. When you join the force, the deal should be made clear: you get extra physical power over the people around you. In return, they get to hold you to a higher standard of conduct. Now the deal is: you get extra physical power over the pe
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by javajosh 4y ago
Yes. In theory justice checks the police. But if the DA and/or judge goes after the police, then the police stop cooperating with them on cases. Even good police in the department who want change will get no leverage that way. I'd
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by javajosh 4y ago
They also regularly use their lights and sirens just to get through traffic. Those constant little violations of the law have a cumulative effect, like how broken windows and other minor violations make a neighborhood feel less safe.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Perhaps you missed the /s or didn't know it means "I am being sarcastic." A terrible argument made sarcastically is a good argument.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Yes. I was shocked at how much a good grinder improved my coffee. I thought it might be a slight improvement, and I felt potentially stupid spending the money. But it was a 2x or 3x improvement. The only other variable that has a similar im
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by javajosh 4y ago
It is not possible to have an intuition about 1 solar mass, by easily 10 OOM. Adding OOM can't make it less comprehensible.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Oh yeah I know somebody who makes 2 million and disagrees. And he's twice as correct as your guy.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Yes, you must protect Italy's famous indigenous foods, especially tomatoes.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Forced arbitration clauses should be illegal just as indentured servitude should be illegal, and for similar reasons.
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by javajosh 4y ago
I'd be curious to know what happens if you sue them in small claims court. Jurisdiction may be an issue, but if they stole from you while you were home, then I'd argue your hometown is the proper jurisdiction. Note: IANAL. I&#x27
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by javajosh 4y ago
installing chargers on light poles. That seems like a reasonable idea. Almost...too reasonable.
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by javajosh 4y ago
Yep. I've been playing with it only in a Stack Overflow way for this reason. I would certainly not mention my personal proclivities or ask it to generate a new password for me. That might be appropriate for a locally hosted model, de
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by javajosh 4y ago
Media exposure is not the same as loss of privacy. Fox "News" hosts have a ton of exposure. But they also have a ton of privacy. We know this because it was noticable when they lost their privacy in the Dominion lawsuit discove
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by javajosh 4y ago
You say this in jest, but it's a good idea. The more power you have, the less privacy you should have. This would be an appealing catch-up mechanic in society. I would vote yes.
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by javajosh 4y ago
>He is not a player in the industry, and cannot stand it. He's running out of people to fire.

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