misslibby

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by misslibby 4y ago
I really don't get why people are happy about Bitcoin crashing. It is the only hope for freedom. What do you mean by "exchanging money in good faith"? So being able to prove transactions are valid is a bad thing in your opini
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by misslibby 4y ago
Decentralized exchanges exist, but they can't trade with fiat money. One of the reasons why stablecoins exist.
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by misslibby 4y ago
Could it just be dryness of the eyes?
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by misslibby 4y ago
The question was in reply to the argument that maths should be abolished or toned down because it makes kids miserable. So if that is the criterion, what about all the other subjects that make kids miserable. I personally enjoyed maths, but
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by misslibby 4y ago
But not very specific so far. We only have some anecdotes from that article writer about 8th grade maths. To start, I think everybody should be able to do financial calculations (like compounding interest), and be able to decipher the chart
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by misslibby 4y ago
They also had a lot of pseudo science going on in Nazi Germany. I don't claim simply learning maths is sufficient - I mean math in the form of what is a proof, statistical reasoning, things like that. In general I don't think we e
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by misslibby 4y ago
But isn't that what is already supposed to happen? Presumably school authorities are trying to work out a useful curriculum, that they adjust from time to time? Maybe a more useful discussion would be how to measure success and how to
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by misslibby 4y ago
Other kid's lives are being made miserable for years by other subjects. So what is the solution here? Only teach kids things they want to learn? I mean I personally think school is overrated, especially with high quality YouTube videos
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by misslibby 4y ago
Politics is increasingly driven by "studies" and calls to authority of assumed experts. "Listen to the scientists" is the demand by modern authoritarians, while huge chunks of science have a reproducibility issue, among
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by misslibby 4y ago
They could easily have asked him another question if they felt he was too quick with the solution for the first one. All good.
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by misslibby 4y ago
Very cool video, thanks for the link!
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by misslibby 4y ago
There were many claims that we would be suffering from extreme consequences by now already, zero of which have materialized. That is not to say that ALL predictions are necessarily wrong, but enough to be wary of the fear mongering. Especia
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by misslibby 4y ago
Kids should learn something tangible and useful, that could help them develop tools to meet the challenges of the future. Instead they are just constantly being told that they are doomed and in how many ways they could help by eschew consum
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by misslibby 4y ago
What exactly do you mean? Kids think they will die because of climate change, because that is what they are constantly being told, by the media and the school system, among other things.
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by misslibby 4y ago
Except you haven't really lived through anything serious at all, compared to previous generations. I find that kind of notion rather embarrassing.
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by misslibby 4y ago
Renewable energy IS big business, and most of the money comes from governments. I didn't even make such references, but your snark claiming renewable energy couldn't possibly have ulterior motives makes no sense. It is also not a
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by misslibby 4y ago
You mean about the relentless propaganda, or the kids living in fear? Not sure how you could not notice it so far? I have also seen articles citing a significant number of kids being psychologically impacted by it. Not sure how active for e
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by misslibby 4y ago
That is why I disapprove of all the fear-mongering. I lived through that as a teen, and it was very depressing. I honestly thought I would never see my 30ieth birthday, either because of nukes or because of the hole in the ozone layer.
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by misslibby 4y ago
A huge number thinks they will die because of global warming. Relentless propaganda aimed at kids takes its toll.
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by misslibby 4y ago
"doing fine" is a pretty bold claim. I doubt there is a healthcare system without issues. Germany is changing a lot, and not for the better, because the system was not really sustainable as it was.
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by misslibby 4y ago
I don't think there is a correlation between being allowed to run around without supervision and deaths of children. For example, if you build dangerous roads everywhere and lots of kids die in car accidents, maybe something could be d
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by misslibby 5y ago
Pregnancy and birth are work, and most importantly, only women can do it, and they can only do it once every 9 months. It is a skill that is highly in demand (male sperm not so much), so a woman could potentially get a lot more in exchange
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by misslibby 5y ago
"It is disturbing because it makes a number of assumptions, which seem skewed from reality." The underlying biological reality is that making children is more costly for women than for men. The rest follows from that. I think ther
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by misslibby 5y ago
Really doubtful about these claims. I know gender studies has generated tons of studies like that, but the quality is low. And in these examples, what would be the repercussions for being perceived as lazy? If he wants a family, the problem
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by misslibby 5y ago
How is anybody penalized for "deviating from those tendencies" these days?
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by misslibby 5y ago
Feminists claim going to work is the privilege, and staying home with children is the chore. The opposite is true. People are being "liberated from gender roles" merely by technological progress: washing machines and the likes mak
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by misslibby 5y ago
What about it is disturbing? And it is not ideology, but biology.
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by misslibby 5y ago
Thanks! I started the mood tutorial and was a bit surprised by the YouTube video, but overall it seems good. I am not really the target group atm, either.
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by misslibby 5y ago
This German law sucks, Germany simply doesn't like independent people. It is also not "contracting", but contracting. Ultimately, once again, the government is telling me how I have to work or run my business. I didn't a
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by misslibby 5y ago
But it was not the company asking for more hours from the contractor, but the other way round. If they need to work more because they need the money, maybe it would be better to let them?

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