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>But I've also seen dozens of friends get stuck in their emotional (and educational) development for years because of weed. Weed has different effects on different people. Assuming that weed will have the same effect on everyone is
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Consumption taxes are also regressive in that in the lower your income, the harder those taxes become to pay. I would prefer a tax scheme in which you're ability to pay the tax is proportional to the taxes you owe.
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>Most open-source developers are motivated by exposure. The independent ones can often parlay their open-source contributions into a better job or higher salary; "I wrote Pandas" looks great on a resume That's a pretty bol
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Based on the content of this comment, it looks like you're comparing rail and highway passenger miles only. The major use of rail in the US is not passenger service, but freight. Freight is also obviously common on the highways. My
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Are you asking theoretically or empirically? Because using actual events from history, it's true that printing money may not cause inflation. When theory fails to describe reality, the failure is in the theory, not reality.
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You always have control over your own actions, including your reaction when someone takes offence to something you say or do. I've found that if someone is offended, if you react with openness and a willingness to listen to what they a
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It's not too difficult to test the accuracy under more rigorous conditions. Make sure you record the predictions ahead of time. Decide ahead of time what would need to happen in order to consider the predictions 'accurate.' W
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It's bullshit to say that only individuals can makes things "with soul." Why is having multiple people polishing and examining details a weakness? Marvel did disrupt the industry when the MCU came out. Look at how many cine
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Why would you assume that buying software gives you the right to free upgrades as new OS versions are released? Traditionally when you 'buy' it gives you access to upgrades and support for a period of time. For me, that is much pr
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I wish I could help, but it sounds like I misread in the other direction! I have not actually tried it out, it's on my list of todos. Good luck!
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Do you need to scrape Mint when it's just using Plaid?
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The problem is as you state: discussions between ideology are not productive when at least one side is completely entrenched in that ideology. Instead of focusing on ideology, focus on specific problems, and don't let the discussion oc
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If you're looking to the media to provide a unified narrative on anything, you're on a fools errand. Fundamentally, the ability to understand the world involved critical thinking. The types of things we see from global warming de
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>This is why global warming deniers exist, because people make these types of stupid comments. Oh, this is why they exist? Or is this just a convenient excuse? Either way 'some people don't make sense when describing X' i
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>modern scientific metaphysics has no space for "miracles," so we don't have a coherent framework in which to talk about or even remind ourselves of this profound truth. I'm not sure that this is true. As my understa
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In practical matters, this is not quite true. If you ask 'will this program launch a toaster to orbit mars', you can usually answer that question with high confidence. The halting problem describes the situations where you can&#x
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Yes, it does get complicated. I love music, including the music of Wagner, who was an extremely shitty person on top of antisemitism. Once I learned about that, I re-examined my opinion of him, and my appreciation of his music changed, bu
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What exactly does 'politics' mean in this case? Any concerns that aren't related to code? Can you define it in simple terms that leaves no gray areas? Completely anonymous systems leads to abuse. This has been demonstrated
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>As long as it stays out of their code and their PR. That assumes that the only important thing about the ecosystem of a project is the code. The code is only going to be useful as long as there are people to continue building and maint
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>I do believe that there needs to be an honest discussion about the limits of rehabilitation. First I think we need to have an honest discussion about actually trying rehabilitation. The criminal justice system is more concerned with re
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This is likely a reaction to the lack of accountability for those in power. For most of these things, the court of public opinion is the only available option left for any hint of accountability. The courts cannot be counted on for it. T
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The world is a gigantic place. Boredom is never caused by not having things to do. It's caused by not wanting to do anything, and that is a very different problem.
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Given an unrelated choice, they have unchosen and unwanted consequences of having to deal with an asshole. Play word games all you want, but the average person understands the meaning here. They do not want to deal with the asshole. That&
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I can't tell if you're trying to make a joke or make a serious point. If you want to believe you're a brain in a vat, that's your choice. If in practice you accept that other people exist, then you should also recognize
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Yes, dealing with assholes is an important life skill, and it takes time to learn. I don't see how that relates to my point. They have to be dealt with one way or another, I don't think we should just accept their presence as ine
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It takes a particularly simplistic view of the world to have a response like this. For many in the tech world, getting a new job is straight forward, but that is not the norm. It is stressful. It might require moving to a new location. i
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>I can't imagine why on Earth anyone would want to bring such a personal topic into the workplace. As a matter of fact, it kind of disturbs the integrity of a professional environment to have these kinds of discussions during workin
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This seems to be the perfect example of extrapolating generalities from personal experience alone. I don't know if there is a cognitive bias that describes this, but if not, there really should be. The world is much more complex than
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>What a Scientist derives from their observations has nothing -- zero, nothing -- to do with how they approach the world and others in the way of morality, pursuit of contented life, etc. Again self-reports are not to be trusted here. Wh
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>What if the evidence is deemed offensive by a mob because they don’t like the scientific findings? This is pretty much the history of science. It is full of instances where new findings were rejected by society at large. I get the impr

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