jozo

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by jozo 16y ago
In Sweden you can vote for whatever you want. It's quite humorous to read the results of these votes after the election, when they are published online. Normally this would be used by new parties who can't afford distributing printed ballot
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by jozo 16y ago
You must understand that other people don't necessarily share your idea of what's important. To me it seems you are saying that people shouldn't vote unless they know these subjects from this particular viewpoint and in extension therefor a
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by jozo 16y ago
I think you should vote, even if you don't seem to understand what representation[1] means. You also seem to only refer to liberals, but at the same time you say people shouldn't vote? I thought individual freedom and equal rights was a cor
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by jozo 16y ago
I'm sorry but I frankly don't get what you are saying. Democracies are generally based on representation, where you elect someone to represent your values and what's important to you. I don't know how you would do this without taking your p
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by jozo 16y ago
I clarified a bit what I meant in my post before I realized you had replied. I'm not talking about asking your friends what they want, but representing your perspective based on your situation, education, background etc. As an example, most
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by jozo 16y ago
Your vote rarely matter from an individual perspective, but there are still reasons for voting. 1. You vote out of solidarity to the people in a similar situation as you are and to represent that perspective on issues. If you feel strongly
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by jozo 16y ago
I'm not surprised he makes that argument. A higher voter turnout generally benefits the left, as the poor are less frequent voters. Everyone has the right to vote, informed or not, and I don't think anyone should undermine that right. There
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by jozo 16y ago
Agree. This guy seem to have a bad case of confirmation bias (1). The question was "What role did the Internet campaign play _in convincing you_ to hold this rally? Don't pander " (2), not if it helped to make it possible. (1) http://en
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by jozo 16y ago
It seems to me that many of the 'bad' comments come from users who has a strong feeling on a subject and therefor posts many comments on story, where one might get upvoted early on. I think it could be a good idea to account for the consist
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by jozo 16y ago
I think a big problem with a "harsh debate climate" is that the people who can provide real value with experience, knowledge and insight will stay away. For different reasons like personal, professional or just disinterest. That will in tur
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by jozo 16y ago
I've also gone to counseling and thought it was great. Tough situations affect people and makes it hard to think rational. All the social stigma is pretty much bullshit. People need to swallow some of their irrational pride and focus on wha
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by jozo 16y ago
I don't get why we need ten line Q&A simplifications on hacker news, other than using theories for justifying opinions. Economic theory is already generalized and simplified enough as is. There's plenty of better source for information
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Stop Learning From Your Failures(youtube.com)
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by jozo 16y ago
The situation in the US now and in Portugal then is very different. Everything from the culture and structure of society, to the motivations behind the reform and the actual reform itself are different. The decision by the socialist governm
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by jozo 16y ago
Even if it requires work, I'd rather be in an environment where I don't perceive it as such. This is actually a continuous goal I have in life. Some wise words from Max Levchin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDMaLgT7is#t=4m35s
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by jozo 16y ago
The climbers are only a small part of an expedition. I would imagine this will benefit the locals, who works with the expeditions but can't afford much access to a satellite phone. The project is part of a larger one to provide mobile cover
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by jozo 16y ago
Also readable online at http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/main.htm... I would assume this is where the 70% came from: "[...] As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5°C, model projections suggest signific
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by jozo 16y ago
You should note that firesheep, besides sniffing packets, also lets you use other peoples sessions. Which probably has other legal implications.
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by jozo 16y ago
While it's nice that this gets some attention and not very nice of facebook to automatically revert you back to an unencrypted connection, this is not a facebook specific problem. Anytime you use a wireless network, where you don't have con
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by jozo 16y ago
I think you should weight his argument by the quality of the argument itself. While I respect John Carmack as a computer programmer, I also know that computer programming is very different from macroeconomics. I personally don't think his r