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by kartan 7y ago
> Do I have to Ph.D in every medical science to make sure my kids get a treatment what they deserve? When you live in a society you have duties and rights. We count on each other. Some people gets an education with help and resources of
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by kartan 7y ago
I guess that we both agree that you need resources to create wealth. Without resources, wealth cannot be created. I guess, that we both agree that you need education, knowledge and science to use that resources in an efficient way. That tec
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by kartan 7y ago
> Is mung beans, rice, and a shared room in a house "living" enough or does everyone need their full maximized-carbon-footprint atomized solo lifestyle in order to "live"? That is the straw man fallacy. You moved the
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by kartan 7y ago
If the spirit interacts with the brain, then a spirit is a phisical thing that can be measured and is in the realm of science. If the spirit does not interact with the brain, then its existence does not have any effect and it is irrelevant
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by kartan 7y ago
> I guess all that growth must come from countries that recently got into Facebook. I have worked for companies with big, really big, user bases. As time passes companies get way better at getting more value from each user. They have mor
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by kartan 7y ago
> That’s a fallacy. I agree. Not my comment. I was just quoting.
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by kartan 7y ago
> Fresh paint on old tale. There is a lot of true in what you say. But, part of the problem is the level of efficiency. Where you needed before a chain of managers doing the dirty job and creating inefficiencies. An algorithm does not sl
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by kartan 7y ago
> we'll never be able to make it so that the delivery driver and the corporate executive have the same standard of living, unless that standard is consuming gruel in a formless concrete cube somewhere. You moved the post from &quot
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by kartan 7y ago
You are describing an authentic dystopia. Technology promise was to work for humans. Now we are working for algorithms that push us to our human limits. It needs to change as it is nos sustainable in the long term. It just produces big prof
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by kartan 7y ago
> People don't realize how much maintenance sewers need. What can do about it? I think that education is at fault. Most people in big cities does not realize how costly and important are jobs like sewer maintenance, garbage collecto
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by kartan 7y ago
There is a little more info in https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a284720... The ship used is the Seabed Constructor: https://www.swireseabed.com/assets/vessels/seabed-c
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by kartan 7y ago
Yes. Over-engineering is a thing. Also, there are problems that cannot be simplified (e.g. Implementing a Calendar class http://yourcalendricalfallacyis.com/ ) I agree with other comments that Spaghetti Code is not the righ
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by kartan 7y ago
> How could tax evasion not be correlated to the rate? To make such a statement you need data. I can argue for the opposite to be true and an inverse relationship exists. Look for countries with very low taxes (like South Africa) and the
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by kartan 7y ago
Bulgaria underground economy was the highest of the EU27. Is it possible that low/high taxes has no correlation with tax evasion? A good tax office, effective laws and public awareness seems more important than how high or low are taxe
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by kartan 7y ago
> then you should not buy a car How then they go to work? I understand that in the USA public transportation is quite lacking except for a few big cities.
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by kartan 7y ago
> Some 40% of Americans would struggle to come up with $400 for an unexpected expense. Would you say that they are in that 40%? Or is it a different case?
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by kartan 7y ago
> For instance, dev teams of 20+ where one person is the absolute backbone of the team and churning out features faster than the rest of the team put together. I also have seen that. And, when that person leaves is another one from the g
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by kartan 7y ago
> It’s kind of interesting- the asymmetry of moral expectations and entitlement. First, there is an asymmetry in power too. Amazon can afford to double check or triple check everything if it makes economic sense. Secondly, companies doe
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by kartan 7y ago
> where every sentence is a new paragraph? Probably because of blog software. Word Press does this by default. https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-editor/
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by kartan 7y ago
> people "these days" don't care about each other, society is falling apart etc. Interesting point.It was 1964. The same people that complain about the current generation. I think that it's great that this myth of deb
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by kartan 7y ago
extremism /ɪkˈstriːmɪz(ə)m,ɛkˈstriːmɪz(ə)m/ noun the holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism. Update: My point is that you are redefining what "extremism" means. e.g. The far-right is extremism. To th
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by kartan 7y ago
> Four billion years from now, the increase in the Earth's surface temperature will cause a runaway greenhouse effect, heating the surface enough to melt it. By that point, all life on the Earth will be extinct. 4 billion years from
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by kartan 7y ago
> "what maximum level of crime can we accept?" I agree with you. Said that way seems that you are given up. I think that it can be better to say "do you prefer to catch 0.5% more criminals or to reduce 0.4% deaths by cance
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by kartan 7y ago
> since 1999 That is really impressive. I purchased my first domain around that year. But, I failed to keep it up to date. I have moved 4 times to different domains. And, it has been the last one that I have updated for the past 5 years
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by kartan 7y ago
This is a problem with big cities. There are no public spaces. Even less private spaces for free. Recently, I was in Barcelona and was surprised to see a bunch of teenagers cramped together sitting on the pavement in a shopping mall. At fir
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by kartan 7y ago
> we agree cryptocurrency can be an amazing idea Do we? We all agree that currency can be just a pyramidal scheme.
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by kartan 7y ago
> Except for a small window around the peak Most people bought during the peak, that's why it was a peak. As any other pyramidal Scheme the only way to win is to be there first. Later on you are just trying to put other people into
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by kartan 7y ago
> and there is no way in hell I'm risking that. Yes. You need to keep a good balance in your social credit.
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by kartan 7y ago
> Also extremely intrusive urban planning I agree partly. In most European cities there is a lot of planning and regulations to follow. Barcelona Example ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eixample ) is an example of 19t
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by kartan 7y ago
> My old house was 900sf, perfect for 1 to 2 people That is 80m2. I grew up in a 75m2 apartment (810sf) with my parents and two brothers. I guess that "cramped" is a matter of perspective. :) > Not sure about other large cit

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