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by metaphorm 9y ago
trends that began years ago have been intensifying recently
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by metaphorm 9y ago
why is the sidebar on the left half the width of the page? I can hardly read the main content crammed into the right half.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I don't think its hyperbole. This is deeply concerning. We're entering a new era of authoritarianism.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I think the product is exactly what the users want, actually, though it seems to generally result in a toxic shithole of all-against-all. I think the business model problem is a direct consequence of the product succeeding at being what it
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by metaphorm 9y ago
because last time they tried that it didn't even work?
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by metaphorm 9y ago
my ancestors? no, I'm sorry, I'm quite sure my ancestors were living in shtetls in Eastern Europe and had nothing whatever to do with the Atlantic Slave Trade. "white" as a category is just as non-sensical as "black
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by metaphorm 9y ago
what makes you think we pay to receive calls? there are different service plans but the vast majority of them are either flat-fee unlimited calling, or they bill you to make calls (prepaid minutes, for example).
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by metaphorm 9y ago
he's a right wing libertarian and has been involved in some controversies. when someone says right wing extremist I think of the neo-Nazi's in Charlottesville, not some blogger with anti-authoritarian views.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
remember I was speaking in Damore's hypothetical voice. The program is typically called "unconscious bias awareness training" as well as "diversity training". But yes, he was sent to a training program that irritate
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by metaphorm 9y ago
Stefan Molyneux and Jordan Peterson are just right-of-center. They aren't hate groups or extremists. Peterson in particular is emphatically reasonable and moderate, if a bit disagreeable.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I think his motivation was much closer to "I feel irritated because I was just forced to attend a feminist indoctrination program and I want to let management know I disagree with this kind of thing". And then he proceeded to make
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by metaphorm 9y ago
the unbelievable irony of a a fake letter dressing down someone for "motivated reasoning" by explicitly using motivated reasoning.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
this seems off, based on my observed and experienced reality. the incredible lack of empathy for the neuro-diverse is one of the most shocking failures of the diversity movement.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I'm so so so so so so glad I left academia before getting to this point. Every single person I met in a doctoral program was as unhappy as I've ever seen any person who is not otherwise dealing with some serious shit (deaths in th
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by metaphorm 9y ago
these ships can't use the Suez canal in peace-time under the currently negotiated treaties. if they really truly must go through the canal, who's gonna stop them?
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I think it's more like learning to express yourself in a different style, rather than learning an entirely different language. The style we are accustomed to allows for an interlocutor with significant ability to fill in the gaps in wh
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by metaphorm 9y ago
there's a far greater diversity of Libertarian thought than you seem to be assuming, and ultra laissez-faire capitalist ideology is a very very narrow slice of it that I think is a position discussed loudly by undergrads and dismissed
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by metaphorm 9y ago
UBI isn't a lefty idea at all actually. It's probably most popular with right-leaning Libertarians.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
it's a lot. most restaurants will deliver for free (if you're in their radius, and order above a minimum $ threshold) and you can optionally tip the driver a buck or two if you feel like it. $5 is a lot considering the competitors
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by metaphorm 9y ago
because that is nearly a synonym for sharding? or did you mean just use a large capacity RAID setup? that will probably work fine for a lot of situations but it can expensive and introduce more latency for certain types of operations (but t
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I used to work in the real estate tech industry. The vast majority of companies in that space view brokerages as their primary revenue source and develop software designed to give brokers more structural advantages to extract middle-man pro
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by metaphorm 9y ago
thanks for linking that. yes indeed Liberalism (capital L) is the best technology yet invented for preventing civil war, which is otherwise the more-or-less inevitable outcome of tribal politics. the most important methodology of Liberalism
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I believe that "tribeless" politics is the only kind that can actually yield effective solutions, and that the tribal manifestions of political behavior are primarily focused on dividing into in-group/out-group and enriching
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by metaphorm 9y ago
This is the chilliest I've yet felt the chilling effect.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
I would imagine that they know exactly what they are doing and feel very conflicted about it, but they're weighing their options in the prevailing political climate and choose the least bad one. It's still very very bad though.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
we have laws that govern employment and we don't have laws that govern friendship. these two relationships are not morally or legally equivalent.
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by metaphorm 9y ago
the 1st amendment of the constitution is a prohibition of the federal government enacting a law that limits freedom of religion, expression, or association. freedom of speech is a far more general moral principle and social norm. we ought n
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by metaphorm 9y ago
> Are art history programs different I think everything in the humanities is substantially different than anything in STEM
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by metaphorm 9y ago
this makes me feel ridiculously vindicated for dropping out of my PhD track in philosophy and starting over in Computer Science
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by metaphorm 9y ago
the only right way to answer that question involves a 10000 word history of the politics of the MTA, the finances of NY state and NY city, bankruptcies, budget shortfalls, political corruption and misdirection, very messy labor union politi

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