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by mmooss 8mo ago
What is that based on? The employer is making a profit; they can reduce those profits and pay employees more. It happens all the time in response to the labor market. If the labor market caused employees to be paid more, would the employer
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While I mostly agree, freedom as a universal right does exist; not everyone can exercise it, but that doesn't make it less of a right. And it is 'natural' in the sense that it is valued ~~ universally. I can't establish
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by mmooss 8mo ago
That's the argument of employers, who introduce that false choice. The option they don't mention is to pay them more.
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(2012) is incorrect: It includes later movies and a comment at the top from 2020.
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That's how exploitation works: The exploited don't have another choice. That doesn't make doing cruel things to them wrong and (hopefully) illegal. For example, someone could compel people who are starving to do all sorts of
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> naive Exactly the words used by the enemies of freedom: 'It's naive!' It's predictable. Nobody said anything about easy. Murdering civilians is easy, I suppose, but not a route to a solution nor an acceptable means.
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Note all the very similar grey comments at the bottom of the page.
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There were many disinformation research organizations in the US, including at major institutions such as Harvard and Stanford, that were forced to close by conservatives through lawfare or apparently through donor pressure. (It's inter
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Yes, that's all the more reason they need a real government that protects people's rights. The anti-freedom crowd always finds an excuse to disregard others' rights, liberty, and welfare, to impose what they want to do on oth
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People's rights are not luxuries, but the purpose of government: "... to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men ...". They are a necessity to achieve freedom and stability.
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Lots of places use direct voting on many issues, including Switzerland, California, ... > negotiations It doesn't seem hard to conceive of and it's widely done: The negotation is done by representatives, who bring the final agr
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by mmooss 8mo ago
> This is why the US didn't (and doesn't) have direct voting on war declaration No, it's because the US doesn't have direct voting on any national issue; there is no legal provision for it afaik. US citizens only elec
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by mmooss 8mo ago
You're arguing about categories and semantics now? I think you know what Mexican or Chinese restaurant means in NY or LA or Topeka or London, and they have vegan dishes. In fact, usually they are run by Mexican or Chinese immigrant
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by mmooss 8mo ago
You're right about her support, but white progressives are generally the biggest advocates of Diversity. IME minority groups are generally more conservative than progressives are (though of course we're talking about tens of milli
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by mmooss 8mo ago
Agreed. If the incumbent doesn't run (term limited or retires), the next nominee is almost always the VP if they want the job. Just look at the history: Roosevelt -> Truman (not Truman -> Barkley: the exception) Eisenhowe
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> the smart choice was to nominate Elizabeth Warren, who is a fantastic campaigner. But Harris was the choice to appease the identity activists. That's the reverse: Warren wasn't nominated because she's progressive and bel
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> I think a primary would have led to worse results for the Dems: candidates snipping at each on the eve of an elections is a gift to the opposing candidate Ironically, that is an anti-democracy talking point. Primaries and the included
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by mmooss 8mo ago
> Chinese and Latin American food is almost never vegan. I've seen plenty of vegan food in restaurants serving those cuisines, so that's not true. Why is it important to you to insist that vegan food is somehow difficult? If yo
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by mmooss 8mo ago
Wherever you are, the local Chinese food is an adaptation - there is Indian Chinese, for example. But tofu, for example, has a long history in China, and you can find vegan food in Chinese restaurants in many places. I expect most people on
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You're missing out on an infinity of great food - great for anyone, vegan or not. Just think of all the Chinese, Latin American, Indian, etc. food that is vegan. Think of many appetizers even in mostly-meat restaurants. And there are w
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If you make the AI software, then your software malfunctioned. If the laser printer screws up a page in the middle of the document, and the user doesn't catch it and includes it in the board of directors binder, the laser printer still
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> The marginal cost for publishing a study online at this point is essentially nil. The marginal cost for doing a study remains the same, which is quite a bit. Society doesn't have unlimited scientific talent or hours. Every year so
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Another solution - in addition or instead - is requiring LLM output to be labeled. The biggest danger of LLMs is impersonating humans. Obviously they have been carefully constructed to be socially appealing. Think of the motivation behind t
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> a fair portion of people couldn't type and typists would/could be hired for various tasks Was typing harder then than it is now for some reason? Or are you saying that editing now (compared to correcting ink typed onto paper)
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That is a very interesting theory!
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I agree that's the reality, but that VP will follow your example - as a leader, excellence is a performance, a superficial presentation for others, not something to do in private. Also, it's normal to not take your reportees serio
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by mmooss 8mo ago
Phones (really, the pocket/handheld form factor) are a necessity and are limited; I agree. We could deliver better text input interfaces for them. For heavy typers, physical keyboards in candybar phones (.e.g, old Blackberrys, etc.) an
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I generally agree in that I don't see them as particularly brilliant, though I think the average is higher and there is a much higher minimum in some capabilities. And corruption of power is the cause, I suspect. It has poisoned human
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> That's just how busy people type. You see it a lot if you communicate with upper managers/Csuite regularly. They don't have anyone to impress in private emails, as long as the message is communicated well enough. There i
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This could be read as a condemnation of the text input interfaces we've designed; the users are busy and have little choice. Typing on a phone still is awful: * Very time-consuming, especially for edits/corrections * Lacks functio

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