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by mercer 6y ago
which is exactly why we should try and make sure that we don't have in-groups that have too much wealth or power.
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by mercer 6y ago
Love how the repair guy didn't respond to the guy's confusion over it being Windows 7 and him only having like five windows open at a time. After years of helping people with 'computery' stuff, I've just stopped exp
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by mercer 6y ago
Interesting. One thing to keep in mind that being in the bottom 10% might be a lot better in one country over another though. I'm trying to think of what kind of statistic would show this. Something concerning "Quality of Life&quo
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by mercer 6y ago
I can sort of see how post-9/11 'kids' who grew up in a society that sees terrorism everywhere might think that it's odd to assume it was just a plane crash. As a teen, I also thought it was just a crash. I was at school
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by mercer 6y ago
It can also be a nice bit of information for people to look into further, though :).
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by mercer 6y ago
To me it seems that's what the discussion boils down to. I agree that words cannot 'control' thoughts fully, but I also agree that Ursula Le Guin didn't argue this at all but rather that the /way/ we use words
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by mercer 6y ago
While personally I applaud this new-found freedom for women, and while I hope we'll figure out ways to adapt, I do share your fear to a slight degree. Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I really think we can adapt. I think most of my w
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by mercer 6y ago
punching into the jar's bottom with a flat hand (90 degrees from the arm, palm facing outward) has always worked for me.
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by mercer 6y ago
Interesting. In The Netherlands we still learned writing with fountain pens and 'curly writing' well into the eighties and possibly nineties. (As a leftie, I was not too happy with that. Switched to a ballpoint whenever I wasn&#x2
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by mercer 6y ago
I think I mostly agree with you, but two nitpicks: 1. Allowing anti-vaxxers to have and discuss their ideas should be (and is?) allowed. But perhaps the risk to society is high enough that vaccination should be mandatory. I don't know
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Bank of England 'ready to act' as economy shrinks record 20%(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by mercer 6y ago|0 comments
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by mercer 6y ago
I remember quite a few concerned discussions by the adults about how playing Wolfenstein could mess up your balance permanently. Well, and about how the violence would destroy society.
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by mercer 6y ago
Hey, it's a bit of a head-scratcher why I made a note (well, username tag) of this, but according to it, it's your birthday today or tomorrow. Might as well put the info to good use, so if correct: happy birthday! (I suspect this
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by mercer 6y ago
I suppose part of the reason why current systems don't do this is because I imagine it'd be quite a bit heavier on the servers to calculate these things for every individual user...
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by mercer 6y ago
As others are saying: it depends. Without knowing more about your situation and its context within the larger org, it's difficult to make any judgments. All I'll say is that I've internalized all these best practices and yet
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by mercer 6y ago
I can't vouch for this particular study, but my experience in college has been that possible differences between 'subset of psych majors' and the rest of the population are among the earliest considerations to, well, consider
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The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next? – The Correspondent(thecorrespondent.com)
5 points by mercer 6y ago|0 comments
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by mercer 6y ago
The dictionary !=== truth. At best it's truthy. Wikipedia probably even less so when it comes to political stuff. I know a number of people in various countries who participate in Antifa action and who, while definitely left of center,
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by mercer 6y ago
> Both the police and the protesters has bad people in them and good people, you only need to look at the individual level. A crucial difference is that the police is an actual entity/organization, and one that is entirely responsib
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by mercer 6y ago
In addition to what sdkjfhskjfh says, Antifa is not exclusively (or even primarily) anarchists. I've met quite a number of people who participate in Antifa counter-protests who are not anarchists at all.
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by mercer 6y ago
BetterTouchTool is amazing. Here's how I've got my touch bar set up (from left to right): - a dock for quick task switching (as well as seeing what apps are running that I can shutdown when I'm on battery) - a music/spot
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by mercer 6y ago
> Untrained cop on a power trip using improper technique to subdue a person for a fucking forever and a half is a recipe for disaster. What makes you assume the cop wasn't deliberately trying to murder? Or did you mean it more as an
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by mercer 6y ago
> If you look harder for crime from certain demographics, you'll find more crime from them. Not just that: if you look harder for crime in certain areas, you'll find more (and this leads to more potential for escalation).
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by mercer 6y ago
Surely you're aware that we are at the end of history, and the current system is the best we can hope for or aspire to!
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by mercer 6y ago
Plus, Macs are far from a rare sight in 'Europe'...
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by mercer 6y ago
While perhaps not directly relevant to you questions, your comment made me think of a book I read a while ago called The Information ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Information:_A_History,_a_... ). It's well wor
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by mercer 6y ago
You're not wrong about the importance of taking personal responsibility, but I do think there's an important distinction between 'white/black' and 'cops/republicans'. The former is just what you are,
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by mercer 6y ago
I quite liked The Changelog's interview with him too: https://changelog.com/podcast/201
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by mercer 6y ago
You don't attack non-violent protestors or bystanders. You use proportional violence and only as a last resort. But more importantly, you avoid these kinds of situations by not being an absolutely inhumane and racist police force that
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by mercer 6y ago
Well we're not gonna get to Mars with that attitude!

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