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by memexy 6y ago
Why is it laughable? I have already said several times what was uncivil about it. If I was a psychologist who read the comments of my posts I would have realize that subtle suggestions can be blown out of proportions and I would be very car
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by memexy 6y ago
Where was I "un"-civil by your definition and conception of civility? Again, you [mst] are making vague provocations and insinuations and continuing to carry the conversation into a direction that is unproductive and trying to p
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by memexy 6y ago
I did not [demand] that anyone do anything. I stated an opinion and backed it up with reasoning about why I believed what I believed. It's silly to jump from what I actually said to what you inferred. > You're demanding that he
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by memexy 6y ago
I was making the point and deleted it because of the kind of misrepresentation that you just made. I was making a point about vague and emotionally charged language and you took it in a negative direction. So I deleted the message to preven
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by memexy 6y ago
If you really wanted people to read the whole thread you would not have shortcircuited the process and replied upstream. That is what I mean by sophistic and deceptive. It was disingenuous of you to assume I would approve. You should have a
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by memexy 6y ago
His suggestion wasn't civil and I already wrote why so I'm just going to quote the answer I already gave > I don't think his words were polite, in fact I think it was quite the opposite. If I wanted a civil discussion I wo
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by memexy 6y ago
I did not make such a concession and I'm quoting you so the record is clear (quote is from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23786584 ) > I [mst] am entirely fine with you [memexy] believing that there are b
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by memexy 6y ago
Yes, and you provided an example of such associations with "youth", "stupidity", "anger", "fear", "transphobia", "homophobia", "atrocity", "anger at others", &q
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by memexy 6y ago
Which of my points is unfalsifiable? And where did I try to write like him?
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by memexy 6y ago
Which counterpoint? Several such points have been made already. Do you have a specific one in mind?
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by memexy 6y ago
What was my original position? More precisely, what did you think was my original position?
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by memexy 6y ago
Then there are better ways to make those arguments. Recounting stories about being "young and stupid" is not one of those ways.
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by memexy 6y ago
> If you think your rewrite was the same exact content, then I'm afraid I don't think you understood what he was saying at all. Bingo! He's obviously not a very good writer. I don't need to argue for freedom of speech
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by memexy 6y ago
Yes. I was aware of my characterization and the word peackocking (to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock) was used before it was co-opted by PUA community ( https://www.dictionary.com/browse/peacocking ). L
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GPT-3: An AI that’s eerily good at writing almost anything(arr.am)
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Create a Zettelkasten for Your Notes to Improve Thinking and Writing (2013)(zettelkasten.de)
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by memexy 6y ago
andrewprock already found an example and I agree with his assessment. If you have snippets that you think are worthwhile then feel free to post them. Associating assassination with people, even as a question, is sinister. A polite and kind
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by memexy 6y ago
> Popular consensus believes 100% X, and absolutely 0% Y. He already starts off with antagonism. Where is the data for this? How does he know what the popular consensus is? Why is he drawing such a sharp delineation between "popular
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by memexy 6y ago
I didn't take very good notes but if you want to point me to the archive and posts you think are good I will be happy to go through them and outline what associations are being made and why. I stopped reading SSC after I noticed certai
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by memexy 6y ago
We are all entitled to our beliefs. I merely outlined an argument for why I think how I do. Maybe Scott is a perfectly nice person but his writing is full of associations that say otherwise. I did not know anything about SSC when someone fi
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by memexy 6y ago
I don't think his words were polite, in fact I think it was quite the opposite. If I wanted a civil discussion I would not have listed any contact information about anyone. I would have said, "I am archiving the blog until further
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by memexy 6y ago
I appreciate your response as well. I deleted the original comments not because of the downvotes but because I noticed I was attracting discussions I did not want to participate in. I think your interpretation is valid but I still think his
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by memexy 6y ago
There is always subtext. There is no need for mystical allusions. You are welcome to go back and re-read his writing with a more critical eye and decide for yourself what you notice.
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by memexy 6y ago
Suppose I have a big following. Suppose I know that some of those followers are prone to exaggerating some things that I "suggest". If you know those two facts, would you have written the same letter? I'm not saying your inte
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by memexy 6y ago
It's hard to explain but his intention in much of his writing was coded. He would consistently use certain keywords and phrases to make certain associations and when you follow through the logic it becomes very sinister (in fact the co
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by memexy 6y ago
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by memexy 6y ago
Yes, it is. But it makes a valid point about HN and the elevation of technical prowess over other concerns. It points out the danger of using an echo chamber as a gauge for reality. I don't use technical recommendations from HN users b
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by memexy 6y ago
So how would having view statistics helped? Would you have curated your GitHub account differently if you knew who was visiting your profile?
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by memexy 6y ago
I actually don't pay any attention to what HN considers technically valid. Collective opinion among HNers is often very skewed from the actual reality. Here is a comment from 9 years ago. It sounds like parody to me and demonstrates ho
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by memexy 6y ago
Have you ever gotten a job because of your GitHub profile?

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