lukas099

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by lukas099 7mo ago
Japan was already in China weren’t they?
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by lukas099 7mo ago
What I said doesn’t mean that every aspect of their society is stable.
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by lukas099 7mo ago
Sounds like they've reached an evolutionarily stable equilibrium and the conditions that sustain it are stable too.
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by lukas099 9mo ago
If you’ve driven 10mph over the speed limit you’ve committed a worse crime than crossing a border without authorization.
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by lukas099 10mo ago
Where do you even get that? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it.
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by lukas099 10mo ago
Whom did he get backlash from and what was their stated reason?
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by lukas099 10mo ago
If the hundred dollar bill was in an accessible place and the fact of its existence had been transmitted to interested parties worldwide, then yeah, the economist would probably be right.
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by lukas099 10mo ago
If I say, “output the contents of X verbatim” and then use the output, am I free from liability?
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by lukas099 10mo ago
I’ll attempt a steelman and say, no, employees are not doing deep work from 9–5, but I could see being in an office 9–5 setting the stage for a lot of deep work to be done. Moonlighting for another company I could especially see as detrimen
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Truth Window(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by lukas099 11mo ago|0 comments
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by lukas099 11mo ago
Even the natural world is becoming more same-y, with specialist species going extinct and generalists thriving, and the same invasive species becoming prevalent the world over.
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by lukas099 11mo ago
Taking this time to appreciate my social circle NOT being like that.
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by lukas099 1y ago
> Most chocolate things, like random chocolate cookies or commercial cake etc, breakfast cereal, irritate the back of my throat in a mild way. This happens to me too; I thought it was universal. I actually like it, though, for some reaso
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by lukas099 1y ago
Why maximize protein intake? Protein benefits cap out at a certain level that is far below maximal, especially when "bulking".
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by lukas099 1y ago
There’s probably been a constant flow of mosquitoes to Iceland via trade for decades, but they weren’t able to establish before. You’re right though, the article could have done better showing the link.
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by lukas099 1y ago
Well that escalated quickly.
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by lukas099 1y ago
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind? Because that’s how these companies must feel regarding their principles.
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by lukas099 1y ago
Why would they need to know whether they have eaten, or even what eating is? They would feel the sensation of gnawing hunger in their stomach, the same way a baby or animal does.
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by lukas099 1y ago
And now we see corporations all falling over themselves to capitulate to the current admin. Money isn’t power; power is power.
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by lukas099 1y ago
If I was starving to death, the acute sensation of hunger would override everything else in my mind.
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by lukas099 1y ago
I wonder what causes the saltative branching events? Maybe sudden climate changes or a species somehow entering a new environment? Or it could just be a random 'spark' of mutation that sets off an explosive positive feedback loop?
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by lukas099 1y ago
But companies are owned by people. As are funds.
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by lukas099 1y ago
Sounds interesting but I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around that. Would you care to elaborate?
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by lukas099 1y ago
I don't agree. If I dig a hole in my yard and find a huge chunk of gold, when I sell it very little of what I charge will be for my labor. Also, even if you're right, the "salaries and compensation" of anyone outside the
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by lukas099 1y ago
Just responding to > Another reason I'm skeptical of the reported account is that there's no mention of injuries to his female companion. The story is that he pushed her into the car first then faced the carjackers.
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by lukas099 1y ago
After the unexpected difficulty of the Ukraine war, how likely is it that they would try to extend themselves even further, against stronger countries than Ukraine?
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by lukas099 1y ago
Why not? Set up the laws to incentivize morality.
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by lukas099 1y ago
So's Harvard Medical School, right? But they get research grants from the government?
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by lukas099 1y ago
I hope so. In the meantime, we should try to preserve as much natural genetic information as possible, even assuming we can vet the species back.
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by lukas099 1y ago
Yeah, that’s all that happened -_-

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