king_panic

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by king_panic 8y ago
Even if it were beneficial (argument in itself), Big Government is unequipped to handle the break-up of these companies in way that protects their value to consumers.
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by king_panic 8y ago
You do not understand the distinction between insulting someone and offending someone.
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by king_panic 8y ago
I didn't need to look it up to know what it meant. Although I can easily see the author didn't mean to insult, it's offensive.
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by king_panic 8y ago
I'll let you make my case: Do you make a decision before or after you gather and interpret information?
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by king_panic 8y ago
"Motivated reasoning" is the product of confirmation bias. That's where the distinction ends.
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by king_panic 8y ago
Simple explanation for why we think we're right even when we're wrong: we perceive what we believe. Not the other way around. Even when we're dead wrong. In psych they call this confirmation bias. https://en.wikipe
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by king_panic 8y ago
Not for long (fingers crossed) https://www.statnews.com/2019/02/12/depression-drug-related-...
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by king_panic 8y ago
"e.g. any time you mention the word "cloud" the C-level folks yell "but HIPAA!" I worked for a former healthcare project manager in a completely unrelated industry and I would say 80% of her time was spend worrying
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by king_panic 8y ago
Wow, the patronization just drips off this comment.
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by king_panic 8y ago
Consider that most, if not all, of these developed nations can afford the services you listed because America has vowed to protect them with it's military power. We spend on military force so they don't have to. The money they sav
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by king_panic 8y ago
Would you have travelled to Portland for the "country's best burger" if the price tag was $15 instead of $10? How about $20? How about $25?
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by king_panic 8y ago
Unpopular opinion: Good at cooking, bad at business.
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by king_panic 8y ago
People with severe autoimmune conditions have had success treating them with a carnivore diet. I'm not recommending it, just introducing information. Jordan Peterson's daughter suffered severe juvenile arthritis (replacements of a
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by king_panic 8y ago
+1 from personal experience using such forums/support groups
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by king_panic 8y ago
VICE's "Raised in the System" feature on juvenile prisioners shows how detrimental sending kids away to juvenile detention centers is. They are 30 times more likely to be sent to prisons as adults, completely unequipped to in
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Data guru living with ALS modernizes industries by typing with his eyes(news.microsoft.com)
1 points by king_panic 8y ago|0 comments
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by king_panic 8y ago
2012: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536340/
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by king_panic 8y ago
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker I was not prepared to read this book when I did, and its ideas have haunted me since. They have kept me awake many a night.
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by king_panic 8y ago
He reframes religion (specifically Christianity and the Bible) as a symbolic guide to living as opposed to a historical text that should be taken at face value. i.e. God is a symbol for the greatest good. Christ is a symbol for the human id
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Ray Dalio – Great Investor and Early Adopter(boulderequityanalytics.com)
1 points by king_panic 9y ago|0 comments
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by king_panic 9y ago
did anyone else notice this blog post is on site that sells hot sauce?
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Uber Ordered to Return Documents in Self-Driving Fight with Waymo(wsj.com)
3 points by king_panic 9y ago|0 comments
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by king_panic 10y ago
The book is entirely first person. The more I read from Patrick Bateman's point of view the more I related to him in a deep and horrifying way. I've heard the unthinkable gore in the book described as 'language as violence&#x
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by king_panic 10y ago
Amazing book that seems more relevant as time passes. It's absurdly hilarious and profound. The movie captures the former, but not the latter.
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by king_panic 10y ago
Elementary math skills, which many of us reading and writing on Hacker News know, would change the lives of many millions of people in ways we take for granted.