lonely_wanderer

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by lonely_wanderer 3mo ago
In for a penny, in for a pound. Unless you are extremely crafty, you don’t get to retire from this sort of criminality. Everyone who enabled you wants more and you have a semi-permanent metaphorical sword hanging over your head.
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by lonely_wanderer 3mo ago
Despite the person you responded to playing the fool, I found this discussion very interesting. I had never thought about a built in queue as a solution here.
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by lonely_wanderer 3mo ago
Erotica is a whole separate class of smut than porn (in the cultural sense, that we understand the term “porn”). It’s literally like calling a book a movie. It’s also, on the whole, a much more ethical and engaging form of smut. I don’t rea
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by lonely_wanderer 3mo ago
I have thought about your position more and I realize I basically agree. More data isn’t strictly good, but in the right hands it is useful, and that choice should be left to individuals. Also, it makes sense to me that, as technology impro
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by lonely_wanderer 3mo ago
That’s funny, I thought you were referring to the Shaw quote [1], I had never heard that one from Heinlein. [1] “Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”
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by lonely_wanderer 4mo ago
I think there’s actually a difference between getting a battery of tests from a set of doctors (overseen by the government) tailored to your risk factors and a company trying to sell a fully body scan which they think you should casually ge
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by lonely_wanderer 4mo ago
A counter point: a fixation on medical diagnoses can be counterproductive to living a good, happy, and healthy life. My implication is that data will lead to self-diagnosis, when maybe it’s not necessary. There’s a reason most people don’t
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by lonely_wanderer 4mo ago
The article contrasts it with a manufacturing process known as “shark skin.” I wonder if it’s entirely identical to the skin of a shark or a marketing term?
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by lonely_wanderer 5mo ago
I am not saying the gambit is correct. I am purely trying to reason about what those in charge may believe. If you know your enemy’s position strengthens with time while your position weakens with time, under a certain mentality, you attack
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by lonely_wanderer 5mo ago
That scraggly tag team of allies, the US, China, Russia, and India. I can only see two natural allies here (US and India) and clear reasons why Russia and China benefit from the current order, or at least are harmed less than the US.
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by lonely_wanderer 5mo ago
I don’t think this argument really makes sense tbh. When you own the justice department and congress, what matter does it make? Epstein stuff was going to to stale regardless, as much as I hate that fact.
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by lonely_wanderer 5mo ago
I vacillate between two potential rationales: - there is a concerted effort to target and topple oil producers which China relies on as a form of containment of the Chinese economy. Venezuela, Iran, eventually Russia in a more direct way. T
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by lonely_wanderer 5mo ago
I understand the point you make but I would counter that being happy doesn’t mean you aren’t aware of the world and injustice around you. It doesn’t mean that you condone it, think it’s good, etc. It does mean you probably avoid self-destru
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by lonely_wanderer 5y ago
I think the first step is admitting that, even with any incidental value you get out of these services, it is an addiction and you are addicted. I don’t say this with negative connotation to your character. Digital media has made me realize