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by mikkergp 4y ago
I'm not confident that censorship is the right answer, but it also seems anti-intellectual to deny that information flows through complex systems in viral and unexpected ways and assume the best outcomes will occur naturally when power
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Is the wikipedia article actually more accurate though? https://www.healthline.com/health/tea-tree-oil-for-nail-fung... "Results of a 1994 studyTrusted Source found pure tea tree oil was equally as effective as th
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by mikkergp 4y ago
This focus on other people "earning it" almost seems religious to me at this point in our evolution, especially as we look forward towards automation potentially creating plenty. If we need people to work jobs, great, but why con
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I just read the essential oils article and it doesn’t seem that bad? They recommend lavender for sleep, aromatherapy for stress reduction and tea tree oils for foot fungus. It’s not great, but as far as trying to be objective goes, it’s n
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by mikkergp 4y ago
But what does losing 1-2 weeks of life really mean. It's a phrasing with intentionally reduced emotional impact. Let's say I was willing to sacrifice 3 months of my life to have avoided COVID lockdowns. Reverse engineering that
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Yeah, this is one of those cases where mean is really deceptive, almost to the point of shadowing the veracity of the rest of the paper, I wonder if they chose it because other numbers are just nearly impossible to grasp emotionally. It’s
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by mikkergp 4y ago
This seems like an example of something similar to the no true scotsman fallacy. (it's inverse) These ideas are supposed to be aspirational, akin to asking "is it a true democracy" or "is it really capitalism". I do
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by mikkergp 4y ago
While I get the underlying argument you are trying to make, there are definitely still sysadmins in the world who see their job as administering systems, and refuse to look at anything resembling automation.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
> However, the next step would be to go where your ideas can be heard. And if the idea is good enough, people will listen I don't see how your point is in conflict with my point. You originally said that "no door will remain s
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I don't think your comment is in conflict with the other's points, but Magnus Carlsen seems to be arguing that he wants to be the .9th best basketball player in the world rather than the 1st best basketball player in the world.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
> If you create something like what Dijkstra created back in 56' (undeniable innovation), then no door will remain shut. That's the beauty of Math, CompSci, or STEM as a whole. Don’t get me wrong, this seems like a nice idea, I
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by mikkergp 4y ago
They’re not just not dumb, they are intentionally disempowered, you’re not talking to a person, you’re talking to the willfull ignorance of an MBA intentionally limiting contact to reduce interaction time, drop the 5% or so tail of expensiv
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by mikkergp 4y ago
The problem is that so many of the operational concerns has to do with the code. I’m on the OPS side and I’m trying to find the right balance but it’s so much more work for me to the work if I don’t have the context, not to mention the fac
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by mikkergp 4y ago
> given the univeral perception of society The responses to this thread should easily show this is in fact not a universal perception.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
"as a chaotic and rudderless company beset by infighting," Sounds like a match made in heaven for "government agencies, heads of state and other influential public figures."
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by mikkergp 4y ago
If the only reason a person is having a conversation with me is so they can be a better conversationalist tomorrow, than they can fuck off. I worked out today, I ate healthy today, I worked hard and did chores for my family, and praticed m
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Wouldn't this create a weird incentive to create coops to try and bankrupt small lenders by collectively refusing to pay your mortgage?
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by mikkergp 4y ago
This is ultimately the question. What's the theory, They're making too much money targeting ads to child predators? Don't want to piss off that constituency? Too cheap to hire more moderators? I guess it's so bad it
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by mikkergp 4y ago
No one is saying it's not a story, they're saying an increased quantity of coverage by an outlet above a certain baseline is not done for the purposes of informing the public, it's done for an emotional response.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
CNN covering fentanyl this year: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/health/fentanyl-fatal-overdos... https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/health/overdose-deaths-record... http
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by mikkergp 4y ago
1. They only covered a week. 2. I think the notion of "X didn't cover something" is heavily biased, maybe not in this case where they're looking at data, but I have a very news-angry friend who sends me stuff like that a
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Yeah, reading his statement again, I realize he's not saying Republicans are people too, or businesses shouldn't discriminate, or any of another positive things he could say that I think others are reading into, he's basicall
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I mean, at least at the highest level, businesses have to be political in their areas right? Internet companies should be involved in SOPA, car companies should be involved in emissions regulation, food companies should be involved in FDA
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Shoe production would be pretty dependent on trade policy right? Which different politicians support in different ways.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Is this ever really true in a capitalist system where causes are constantly competing for dollars?
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by mikkergp 4y ago
If your statement is true, it sounds like it was for sure correlated.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I think it gets the gnarliest in conversations about discrimination. We have notions of "protected classes" and "non-protected classes", and the recent discussions about caste discrimination are pretty exemplary. And s
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by mikkergp 4y ago
How are you defining the word “signaling?” Are you being as definitive as you sound when you say serves no other purpose, or do you mean few other purposes? Some would say that celebrities have influence they can use to champion causes
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by mikkergp 4y ago
Yeah I guess “has a 1420mAh battery instead of 1200 mAh” battery would be statement of “better” if you didn’t want to get overly pedantic.
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by mikkergp 4y ago
I guess, which in your mind would be a statement on utility and which would be values? They both seem like they could be.

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