jpttsn

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by jpttsn 13y ago
I think you're right about the outrage that would follow a registry of drinkers. However, the degree of outrage something causes is not decided only by how sensible or not it is. We tend to compare new developments with the status quo.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
You're saying it's hypocritical to oppose the independence of Scotland, because there are examples of countries who have done well after their independence?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
You could use offensive , as is commonly done. Some ban offensive speech etc. I incidentally disagree with you completely. The blame is rightly on the victim. What offends is usually personal, vague and often illogical. It's not reaso
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I'd say something that uses a USB connector but violates the standard is an example of non-standard. A Lightning plug that doesn't work according to spec might also be non-standard. Lightning is probably standardized by some reaso
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by jpttsn 13y ago
The alluded-to scandal is that devices shipped with a not-open-standard connector?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I'll bite. What's wrong with the connector?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I had the same feeling. I already know my username, and if there's a directory name before my prompt the "in" is implicit.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> The old U.S. ruling class had plenty of problems. But are we really better off with a country run by the self-involved, over-schooled products of modern meritocracy? Being vague is sorta almost as fun as doing this other thing. I think
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by jpttsn 13y ago
And in astronomy, to possibilities beyond the geocentric universe. Alternative theories can be wrong or right. Don't oppose them because they're alternative: oppose them where the evidence compels you to.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> it is quite convenient already today with the currencies we have. That's ridiculous. The friction or transferring money is a huge problem across the world. Developing nations are left out, governments shut down payments on a whim,
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by jpttsn 13y ago
That proves itself: A deflationary currency can't replace the dollar, because the dollar isn't deflationary. However, the present system is perhaps not the only possible system. Some alternative schools of thought in economics s
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I'm not actually stupid/suggesting a ban on new words. I argue the new word should be accepted once it's proven useful. That doesn't start with the dictionary. I don't think it's a matter of time or bandwidth;
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by jpttsn 13y ago
The idea is that secret voting rules out anyone being individually held liable for how they choose to vote. The sort of pressure OP is talking about is more vague: the pressure of having some skin in the game. I can't imagine what elec
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by jpttsn 13y ago
I don't know much about Marxism. Here, it's just a token -ism, as an example. Context matters of course; even so many -isms are ambiguous and should be avoided.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Oh, surely. But as democratic thinkers, we don't trust the public by reason of their good decision making.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Let the author present it however he wants. Wait for it to get traction before using his personal vocabulary on Wikipedia.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Right. Pressure, though, doesn't invalidate their decision. Cfr. how a purchase is valid even if you saw an ad for the product.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Perhaps; it seems obvious. I'm not debating that point. The premise of democracy is that the will of the governed gives legitimacy to power. This (I argue) doesn't presuppose that the governed have security of income, a positive v
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by jpttsn 13y ago
If I say Marxism, I can skip the explanation. People know what Marxism is. It enhances communication. If I say Inverted Totalitarianism, I have to explain what I mean by that. Based on that, Wikipedia should not be the second step after an
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Interesting. I'd question the "totalizing dynamics" part. In my view Wolin couples two arguments unnecessarily tightly: * Today's govt. marketing makes it seem more legitimate than it is. Democracy is vulnerable to a pan
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by jpttsn 13y ago
While all "isms" are ideas, the interesting ones are shared by enough people to enhance communication. Inventing new "isms" to market fringe ideas should be discouraged on this basis; it makes things harder to understan
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by jpttsn 13y ago
> The question - and only question - should be what David Simon asks: are we all in this together or are we not? I don't understand: Do you mean that to be a rhetorical question, or do you actually want to debate whether we're
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Great work. That said, the guide mixes personal preferences eg. using Chrome and Alfred with things that are indubitably essentials like git, making "definitive" a stretch. Perhaps this could be separated into sections?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Does this go for the locks on your front door as well? As in "nobody should have front door locks that aren't 100% secure even against eg. terrorists"?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
What did he claim?
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Right, don't attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence. The problem is that when it's the NSA et. al, the spies, incompetence is treated as less likely than manipulation. I really don't know whether t
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by jpttsn 13y ago
This may not be key to your argument, but keep in mind that there's no working definition of terrorism. Different nations, even different bodies of the US military use semantically different definitions. Resolutions to decide on a work
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by jpttsn 13y ago
Simple not easy.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
This list contains eg. both #sex and #thesexpistols. It seems more likely that anything containing the substring "sex" is banned. The list, then, is just examples, rather than some exhaustive, official blacklist.
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by jpttsn 13y ago
(I know this is dragging on) > You see a little girl running toward a minefield, you jump and save her, there is no reasoning. You see a little girl standing on top of a tall building, a crowd gathered below. You grow frustrated, tension

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