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by lolsal 5y ago
If you have "good" genes, presumably you had two parents both with desirable genes. I would imagine the pride comes from being proud of your parents each finding a procreation partner that had "good" genes. Random chance
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by lolsal 5y ago
How about "security patch/fix/update"?
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I just can't believe any financial institution would underwrite a large business plan with no collateral but would not underwrite a mortgage for the same person when they could repo the house/property if the mortgage failed. I hav
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by lolsal 5y ago
People can't get mortgages; I am skeptical that college dropouts could literally take out billions to create a shipping startup which is already a crowded space, without offering a significant value add, with no collateral or experienc
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by lolsal 5y ago
Following traffic laws is not a nuisance. Period.
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by lolsal 5y ago
It sounds like you romanticized homestead life if you find that lifestyle "soul crushing". As with many things, it's about the journey, not the destination. If you expected to do homesteading stuff for a couple years and then
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by lolsal 5y ago
I agree with your sentiment - longtermism as a term needs to be tempered with a dose of reality. When does longtermism become another word for "fantasy"?
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by lolsal 5y ago
Imagine if your CLI tools did this.
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...so far.
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by lolsal 5y ago
> Lately I would rather have a scotch and 24 hour later have it out of my system, than live with a thin daily mental fog. This was absolutely my experience and resulting opinion as well. Ultimately weed is not as harsh in the short term
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by lolsal 5y ago
I am an ignorant American; can you elaborate?
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We're talking about paying rent online being a right or a privilege. It's not a natural right that should be protected or provided by the government. You are welcome to try to make a point again without twisting my words if you&#x
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by lolsal 5y ago
I know that you do not need an email for some of the things you mentioned. I doubt you need an email for the rest. I don't think the change we need to make here is "everyone should require email for everything, and therefore we ne
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by lolsal 5y ago
I imagine getting your representatives to author and pass legislation for this (which will include raising money to pay for it) will be met with more opposition than you think. I think this because I don't think it serves the public in
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by lolsal 5y ago
Roads serve the public interest and have been legislated into existence at the federal level[1]. Your turn. [1] - https://history.house.gov/Records-and-Research/Listing/lfp_0...
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by lolsal 5y ago
> The American government should provide their citizens with a small space of hosting to share their thoughts. ... why? What are you basing this on legally/morally other than your own want?
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by lolsal 5y ago
> Everyone deserves an e-mail address that cannot be taken away from them without a court order. Why?
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by lolsal 5y ago
Meta has a moral/ethical cost as well as a branding tax.
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by lolsal 5y ago
> Why is it that popular browsers do not allow users to manually disable the behaviour that necessitates this workaround. Probably the number of people that care about overriding this behavior could be counted on one hand. > Is this a
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by lolsal 5y ago
If you refuse to seek therapy, I would recommend reading about Mindfulness and practicing it.
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by lolsal 5y ago
> Pair programming or mobbing are a huge waste of resources. Likely for some, but not all cases. Pair programming at my shop had a weird positive multiplier effect on velocity/delivery. It was optional and about half the team did it
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by lolsal 5y ago
in a child comment: > Come on. Dismissing widespread problems as "not my problem, your problem" because it doesn't happen to affect you is so weak. I think I didn't articulate my last comment well because you seem to
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by lolsal 5y ago
> No, society's adoption created this problem, not an individual. I don't intend on dismissing your point with my next comment, only to offer it as an anecdotal data point: I don't have this problem, but I live in a societ
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by lolsal 5y ago
> Technology created this problem. ...No. Your adoption of technology/social media into every facet of your life created this problem. I work in tech and I am not available when I'm not working. I don't participate in soci
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by lolsal 5y ago
It's fine to lock down and dictate what a server can do. It's not fine to do that to free people in perpetuity. Constant boosters, lockdowns, etc are burning lots of good will offered by people who originally opted to compromise p
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by lolsal 5y ago
I don't think the parent is saying "what about sugar?", I think the parent is saying "why should we buy that this is consensus when consensus can be bought and paid for, as evidenced by this story about sugar and scienti
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by lolsal 5y ago
You don't need technology to solve this problem for you - you can choose not to be available.
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by lolsal 5y ago
Why is a nuanced perspective bullshit?
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Can you explain what you mean? The link you provided shows over 150k deaths in the UK alone.
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by lolsal 5y ago
I thought I was just imagining this behavior. Humans are bad at 'random', but I swear when I randomly play my 300+ song playlist, I tend to hear the same 20-40 songs over a couple hours.

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