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by jdtang13 9y ago
I'm not saying it was developed for Zuck in the last few days. Yeah, I think it was definitely an internal tool or secret ability before. But one could easily imagine that they really were going to roll it out to public users sometime
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by jdtang13 9y ago
It probably looks that way, but I don't think Facebook would just up and announce a new feature to save some face. My guess is that they really were going to make un-sending into a real public-facing feature, and they made a premature
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by jdtang13 9y ago
I think it's a little funny but I wouldn't call it deceptive. If you delete your local copy of a text message, that doesn't remove it from the other person's phone. Same thing with messages on AIM and IRC. So un-sending
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by jdtang13 9y ago
I was about to comment this, nice link! I did not know it was advised to face away from qiblah.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
In those idyllic societies that you mention, there are still teachers, senators, merchants, and diplomats who have to do work. The only people I can think of who don't do "work" in ancient history are religious monks and rich
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Yes, that's a very good point. Work has always been part of the human condition, and middle class people in the first world are enjoying much, much more comfortable working conditions than their ancestors did. I think we should all be
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Wow, I am trying this now. This is very strange. It definitely makes flashing red notification badges easier to avoid. But the lack of color diversity makes it hard for me to navigate certain apps. Very weird.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
> Being a good scientist requires, among other things, to accept nothing without supporting data - which is the opposite of faith. An important caveat is this: a modern scientist accepts nothing without supporting evidence except, of cou
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by jdtang13 9y ago
> the soviet union was at the forefront of the lgbt right's movement No way. Source? I am almost certain this is wrong.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
These alchemical principles you mention are probably derived from the Neoplatonic philosophy of Plotinus and Proclus, which is a pretty fascinating school of metaphysics with a significant mystical component. These Platonic influences are h
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by jdtang13 9y ago
You may be interested in authors like Pseudo-Dionysius the Areophagite and Origen, who were extremely, extremely intellectual in their approach to reading Christian scriptures.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Really brilliant and well-written article. The analysis of the uniqueness of American society is really well-done as well. American hyper-individualism, work ethic, and atomic self-oriented lifestyle leads people to seek their own meanings,
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by jdtang13 9y ago
It does sound right-wing, but I think it's definitely possible to be left-wing and to want to avoid being a "baizuo". The biggest thing that caught my eye was about "pitying the rest of the world" and thinking that
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by jdtang13 9y ago
> This would only be a valid comparison if you saved exactly $0 each year. Sounds like me. Just kidding, this is a really valid point, and I never thought about this missing variable.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
I came to this article to read about snakes, not about an old romance. Edit: OMG, even the original article is titled poorly with some clickbait.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Lame and not very elegant at all. Better authors have said this in more concise and interesting ways.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Looks like Hinduism has a precedent for dwarves, and it's not a trivial mention either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamana
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Lol, wish I could see this ancient race of dwarves
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Paypal steak does not sound like it would taste good
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Here are some examples: This entire comments section is extremely middle class. Including my own comment. But particularly all the questions.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
I only mention this quote because it sheds some light on how a very privileged person might still legitimately think of themselves as struggling and suffering when making a startup.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
I attended a talk hosted by a wealthy founder who was born into privilege, and he said something like this: "Startups are really hard. You need to use every card that you've been dealt in order to succeed."
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by jdtang13 9y ago
This is true for many statistical analyses as well. The worst is when people smuggle in their non-quantifiable base assumptions and pretend like the resulting inference is some objectively true reality.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
You're projecting and not seeing the big picture. Cheap, high-quality, and healthy food delivery would be beneficial to all Americans, especially the working class and especially fledgling restauranteurs. Just because you live a life o
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Scary. I am not going to try this. Seems like if you try it once, you acquire the sense for some time.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Everything is humanities, even economics.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Yeah, it would be like having an article titled "The Trail of Tears in Silicon Valley Investment Failures" or something.
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by jdtang13 9y ago
LinkedIn's product design is generally pretty backwards and delusional from my experience. The latest "redesign" only made the app worse, which I had previously thought impossible. It sucks since the core product is theoretic
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by jdtang13 9y ago
Any tl;dr's or good insights for a lazy non-video watcher?
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by jdtang13 9y ago
> My personal opinion is that the NHS is critically underfunded at the moment and that should be fixed first. Sounds wrong to me, but I know nothing about mental health in the UK. It's really hard to fix corrupted institutions witho

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