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by lkrubner 4y ago
"What would lead to better democracy is a populace that isnt informed by network TV and tabloids" Addressed in a previous essay: https://demodexio.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-democracy-empowe...
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by lkrubner 4y ago
From the essay, quoting Democracy For Realists: ---------------------- By Christopher H. Achen & Larry M. Bartels Page 110-111 Canes-Wrone, Herron, and Shotts’s analysis identifies the circumstances under which an incumbent may be tempt
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by lkrubner 4y ago
From the essay: "A final thought: the top judges in Britain are appointed for 18 years, which apparently is the length of time that Britain thinks offers the best balance of accountability and independence. So maybe our politicians sho
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by lkrubner 4y ago
This was covered in an earlier essay in the series: https://demodexio.substack.com/p/democracy-for-realists-part... """Again, the benefits of democracy have been well-documented. Amartya Sen (whose work
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by lkrubner 4y ago
It's worth comparing the way the Constitution is amended in Hungary and the USA. In Hungary the process is too fast, in the USA the process is too slow. There must be a sweet spot, in-between these two countries: https://dem
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by lkrubner 4y ago
From the essay: "Finally, I’ll add a different kind of example, an example we mentioned in an earlier essay: it is worth noting that during the debate over the Brexit treaty, from 2016-2020, the Tories in the House Of Lords were far mo
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by lkrubner 4y ago
From the essay: "We previously listed some of the most admired leaders of both the left and the right and we noted that all of them came from safe seats. In the case of someone like Margaret Thatcher, it was a deliberate choice to give
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Longer elected terms would lead to better government?(demodexio.substack.com)
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How to fix democracy: empower the best informed voters(demodexio.substack.com)
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Ask HN: Does Twitter ever talk about its Manhattan database?
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by lkrubner 4y ago
This is correct. When Hannah Arendt wrote "The Banality Of Evil" she was trying to communicate how ordinary and boring some of the monsters of history were. We might expect them to be dramatic figures like Darth Vader, but in real
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by lkrubner 4y ago
Most days I walk home from work. I'm up on 98th st, Upper West Side, work is down in Soho. It's about 8 kilometers direct, or I can go up the east side, then wander across Central Park, and make it 9 kilometers, or even 10 kilomet
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by lkrubner 4y ago
Most of my life-long friends come from either the summer camp that I went to as a kid (and later worked at) or I made friends at work. There are plenty of ways experiences you can commit to that will allow you to make friends, you just need
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by lkrubner 4y ago
For some years now, I've been a big proponent of the idea that, as a community, we should write about startups with more realism and with less hype. Especially for the sake of more junior people, we should try to illustrate what euphem
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by lkrubner 4y ago
What about things like Q-Anon? I don't understand the question. How does that relate to Russian history?
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What if legislators were elected monthly for terms of 11 years?(demodexio.substack.com)
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by lkrubner 4y ago
This feels like the heart of it: "Then the Romanov dynasty takes power and with the help of the Vatican and the Holy Roman Empire and the Protestant Reformation (??) writes a series of fake histories in the 17th and 18th centuries to h
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by lkrubner 4y ago
Europe is a very different system. Suppose I work freelance in New York City, so I make $20,000 a month. $8,000 -- city, state, and federal taxes take 40% $3,500 -- rent $1,500 -- health insurance $4,000 -- care for my elderly mom total: $1
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by lkrubner 4y ago
A lot of people on Hacker News are in the USA, so we see a lot of USA salaries posted here. Obviously you'll make a bit less in Europe, that is a different system, salaries are lower but social services are higher. And outside of the W
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by lkrubner 4y ago
A dish washing machine is useful. A clothes washing machine is useful. Christmas lights help celebrate a tradition that's important to billions of people, some of whom see deep religious meaning it. Cars are useful. Laptops are useful.
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by lkrubner 4y ago
I see that ytrytr's comment is now "dead" but I think they say what needs to be said, so I copy and paste it here: ------------------------ My favourite thing about Hackernews is this type of faux intellectualism that people
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by lkrubner 4y ago
Both crypto and VR have been thoroughly debunked, many, many times, and yet people like you keep bringing them up as if you have not read any of the previous criticism. I'm not sure if there is anything that can be said to you that wil
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by lkrubner 4y ago
"PHP used to be a very dynamic language, but has been moving away from that mindset for a while now." For gods sake, if I want a stricter language, then I will use a stricter language. I've used Java for many things, I'v
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by lkrubner 4y ago
I started using PHP in 1999 and it was my main language until 2011. But PHP no longer has the advantages that made it outstanding back in 1999. Other languages caught up and moved ahead. When I need a dynamic language, I'd rather progr
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by lkrubner 4y ago
That's a very good question. I think in the old days people would have said "Ruby offers the most flexible meta-programming available in a popular script language." Back around 2005 there was a major flamewar between Lisp adv
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by lkrubner 4y ago
It's important for marketing. Also, it can help get verified, which certainly helps if you have a book to sell, or you'd like to offer lectures, or you'd like to become a "thought leader."
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by lkrubner 4y ago
"Facilitate wellbeing" This seems like a reasonable goal, but it is not actionable advice. "Prefer one on one meetings" is actionable, and it tends to enable you, as a manager, to facilitate wellbeing. Forgive me for quo
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by lkrubner 4y ago
At this point I think it is worthwhile to contrast Ruby against Rails. Ruby has fallen behind, if you want great meta programming, you can get all the joy, plus much better speed, by using something like Clojure. That also gives you access
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by lkrubner 5y ago
"Using JIT compilers for long running processes (either the usual OpenJDK’s hotspot or Graal’s JIT compiler) will very likely beat the AOT compiled version for long running processes." I didn't know this. Why is this?
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by lkrubner 5y ago
How To Destroy A Tech Startup In Three Easy Steps. See my profile page.

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