lunias

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by lunias 7y ago
I fail to see how overpopulation is a myth. While I believe that we could raise the bar for how many humans the Earth can support at one time; I also believe that it's difficult to argue that our current trajectory is sustainable witho
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by lunias 7y ago
Even if we currently have the greatest standard of living that does not mean that the rate of increase in quality of life hasn't slowed (or reversed) nor that our standards may soon see regression. It's not where you are, but wher
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by lunias 7y ago
I think that an elitist viewpoint is one that aligns with and supports curation. Marvel movies are the opposite of curated content. They're produced specifically to capitalize on the success of their predecessors by appealing to the wi
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by lunias 7y ago
Value is decided by the market. If Orion is leaving due to monetary reasons then it would seem that Orion has already been made aware of an opportunity which places a higher value on their work. In this example, there are two markets to con
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by lunias 7y ago
It took way longer than it should have, but recently it seems like companies have caught on. I've worked with more off-shore developers in the Dominican Republic / Belarus than India in the past 2 years. Never understood the need
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by lunias 7y ago
Totally valid point, but what I what ponder is the extent to which blockbuster movies (specifically the recent onslaught of sequels) consume the shared resources available to make quality films; i.e. talent (videographers, actors and actres
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by lunias 7y ago
Offering reasonable alternatives is impossible? Why can't we begin to restructure our society to be more like, in your example; Germany, so that it is possible? Just because there are steps to providing alternatives doesn't make t
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by lunias 7y ago
I think we'd see much greater reduction of serious injury and death by implementing stricter requirements and better training than simply doing our best after the fact to make sure everything is idiot-proof. A proactive approach rather
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by lunias 7y ago
I'm not intending to complain, just presenting a viewpoint that minimum requirements are okay when it comes to regulation of shared resources, like the road. I don't believe that the requirements should be lowered beyond a reasona
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by lunias 7y ago
I don't think that we have to assume competence when we have a system in place for issuing licenses, but you do have a point about people needing access to transportation. I do believe that any real solution would have to provide reaso
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by lunias 7y ago
If Tina is "not a CMS", then what does "cms" stand for in your domain. Do you have an alternate interpretation of that acronym?
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by lunias 7y ago
Seems like the only possible reason to me... sadly we live in a society that caters to the lowest common denominator rather than demanding and rewarding excellence. I worry for future generations. When I lived in Tucson AZ almost every ligh
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by lunias 7y ago
Agreed. The traffic light paradigm that I've seen popping up more often (which really bothers me) is the red left turn arrow. Light's green, no oncoming traffic; but can't make a very safe left because there's a red arro
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by lunias 7y ago
So, fake news will continue to flow all over the world, but if you (un)intentionally share it from an IP in California then you are subject to a fine? News media can continue to pump out fake news without recourse? Who comes up with this st
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by lunias 7y ago
I believe that we've reached an inflection point on the path to a utopian-esque society and it feels as though we're primed to backslide catastrophically. For a variety of reasons innumerable, but generally containing in my mind:
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by lunias 7y ago
Digital replication is easy and the mass adoption of digital mediums has rendered old business models ineffective. This is called progress. We've created something so great (computing, the internet) that its displaced much of what was
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by lunias 7y ago
"keep parts of the town alive" Which parts? The police force? Seems to me that if your city doesn't bring in enough tax revenue to support a police force then you'd opt to have a volunteer police force. What's the
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by lunias 7y ago
When I was about 14 (2002) my parents sat me down and explained that they'd be limiting my computer time to 4 hours on a school night and 8 hours on a weekend day. I cried. I contested, "What am I supposed to do with all of the ex
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by lunias 7y ago
I've been asked by architects to order JSON properties. It's fine until you depend on it. i.e. accessing a map as you would an array https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.3....
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by lunias 7y ago
Yes, but not because you'll never get it. It's just that at that moment the reality of your situation is different than what you expected (in a negative way).
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by lunias 7y ago
Just checked. Sadly, not available. I can have Comcast, Century Link (Century Link's maximum offering in my area is 1.5 Mbps), or satellite. I live 20 minutes outside of Minneapolis in the suburbs... If I lived 10 miles closer to the c
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by lunias 7y ago
PowerPoint is worse than useless or all presentation software is worse than useless? The argument seems to apply to the entire category of software; it appears unnecessary to single out or even mention PowerPoint at all. It's just a na
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by lunias 7y ago
I wish there was an alternate provider that I could switch to... without a massive reduction in throughput.
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by lunias 7y ago
Yes, but I interpret it as: you'd be content; no positive or negative change in happiness. Of course it's just a pseudo equation.
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by lunias 7y ago
Higher transfer rate, but since most plans are "unlimited" they're talking about charging for the total size of data transferred (on top of charging you more if you want it to happen faster)
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by lunias 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9f0W2KD5s Lots of relevant conversation within. There's a quote in there somewhere along the lines of: "we've built the computer from the starship enterprise, but we possess
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by lunias 7y ago
happiness = reality - expectations
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by lunias 7y ago
Modern expertise is deep and narrow; increasing the difficulty of aggregation and reconciliation of findings. Those nuanced and complex findings must then be disseminated to a population with no attention span; meanwhile the competition is
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by lunias 7y ago
Interesting... I can see video games getting banned on the basis of addiction, but not specifically because of the loot box mechanic; since it can be removed. Pinball on the other hand would have had to become free? I just hope that once so
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by lunias 7y ago
I agree that people need experience to become good at anything, but I actually see this as a sort of shortcoming which is attributable to education. i.e. the system will give you the building blocks of success without context and you can fu

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