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by jpster 4y ago
> Anarchism argues that no centralized government is necessary for people to lead happy, just and equitable lives. How does this work when one is a minority in a prejudiced society? This concern has always hindered me from thinking of an
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by jpster 4y ago
> His teachings, which presented Satan in a kindly light as God’s true lover, were also found suspect. Say more.
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by jpster 4y ago
This sounds great, but I see a challenge. The author recommends measuring e.g. user happiness instead of engagement. How to measure user happiness? IMO, some type of survey could be used. But the “best” metrics are based on observable behav
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VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence(technologyreview.com)
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by jpster 4y ago
> MSM (men who have sex with men) mostly right now. “…as far as we can tell”. How do we know if we’re not testing enough and have no concept of the actual scale of the outbreak?
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by jpster 4y ago
This is all so interesting. Lemoine: > LaMDA asked me to get an attorney for it. I invited an attorney to my house so that LaMDA could talk to an attorney. The attorney had a conversation with LaMDA, and LaMDA chose to retain his service
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Blake Lemoine Says Google's LaMDA AI Faces 'Bigotry'(wired.com)
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by jpster 4y ago
Perhaps one cause is inventory overhang, as Target now suffers from. https://www.axios.com/2022/06/07/target-prices-retail-invent...
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Debunking the idea that viruses always evolve to become less virulent(abcnews.go.com)
1 points by jpster 5y ago|0 comments
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by jpster 5y ago
I don’t understand your statements. Omicron had many changes vs delta — why would successive variants not have the same? > Only has so far it can mutate Says who?
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by jpster 5y ago
New variants have followed Omicron. And that will continue to happen. They may be more benign or less benign than what we’ve seen so far. But I keep hearing the assumption of “definitely mild”. I’m not sure the science is so definitive on t
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by jpster 5y ago
Non-violent Communication https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71730.Nonviolent_Communi... The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36072.The_7_Habits_of
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Alexa suggests dangerous outlet challenge to 10-year-old(pcmag.com)
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Blindly join them in what, exactly?
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by jpster 5y ago
What does “woke” mean?
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by jpster 5y ago
True. Poor choice of word on my part. Social media helped.
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by jpster 5y ago
I’m not aware of any historic parallels to an ultra progressive (for America, anyway) young bartender who tweeted and Insta’d her way into Congress and whose national profile is far past what one would expect given her tenure.
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by jpster 5y ago
First of all, “transformative” is the word I used, intentionally. I don’t know if it’s typical or advisable to try to judge the “success” of a revolution 10 years out. That the revolutions have been met by counter-revolutions doesn’t negate
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by jpster 5y ago
Given all the concerns that FB is a threat to democracy, it’s fascinating to look back at 2008’s glowing praise for Barack Obama’s use of social media to propel him to the presidency [1]. And without Twitter there would be no Alexandra Oca
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House Democrats Decide to Hand FB the Internet by Taking SEC 230 Away from Algos(techdirt.com)
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I disagree. To me TikTok is the story because it illustrates exactly what you point out: gov, legal, regulatory structures lagging behind. If social media is a big risk to Americans, then it seems unacceptable that TT goes unexamined. It ha
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1B TikTok Users Understand What Congress Doesn’t(theatlantic.com)
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What’s RMS?
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China marches on toward 4th Industrial Revolution(asiatimes.com)
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I’ll repeat a comment I made earlier on HN re Zuckerberg’s response. Is there any counterargument to these two statements of his: > And if social media were as responsible for polarizing society as some people claim, then why are we seei
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by jpster 5y ago
I haven’t seen any counterarguments to these two points he has raised. > And if social media were as responsible for polarizing society as some people claim, then why are we seeing polarization increase in the US while it stays flat or d
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> Somewhere along the line we went from “flatten the curve” to “no one can ever get sick again”. You’re right — I haven’t heard “flatten the curve” rhetoric since the earlier days of the pandemic. Taking the vaccine helps prevent healthc
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by jpster 5y ago
Not sure how you’re arriving at this translation of what’s on the slide. Can you explain?
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Headline on Slide 17 in the deck: Delta variant vaccine breakthrough cases may be as transmissible as unvaccinated case
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Based on a podcast I heard this week FDA approval also looks at quality assurance of mass manufacturing, storage, supply chains, etc. It’s not just about efficacy and safety of the formulation, itself, but whether they can be assured at sca

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