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by namlem 5y ago
They do, but the F-150 Lightning is going to challenge that. Right now there are very few serious competitors in the EV space, but it's clear that Ford is now taking EVs very seriously. It seems like Volkwagen is doing the same, though
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by namlem 5y ago
Mindfulness is a category of meditation, which has been somewhat bastardized in the West. Most Buddhist practices incorporate both mindfulness and focus-oriented types of meditation.
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by namlem 5y ago
There's one in Delray Beach, FL that I've been to. It's pretty cool.
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by namlem 5y ago
It doesn't matter if they have a significant level of intelligence or desire to better their country. That's the beauty of the system. If you have a large enough sample and a well-designed deliberative structure, even a group of a
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by namlem 5y ago
Exactly. If anything, we need to transition to a democratic model based at least in part on sortition. Randomly selected citizens assemblies have already shown promise in Ireland, France, and elsewhere.
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by namlem 5y ago
To clarify, I belive that the marketplace of ideas is still a useful principle, and I absolutely am worried about censorship in certain domains. However, like any market, the marketplace of ideas is vulnerable to market failures. The idea
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by namlem 5y ago
There is certainly an argument to be made against arbitrary removals of content. I agree that perhaps there should be limits on networks above a certain size. However, Twitter banning Trump was anything but arbitrary. The fact that they did
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by namlem 5y ago
>you're gonna end up with grouping all people who think like that in a community That's exactly what not banning them is doing! Not that I think flat earth content should be banned, as it seems to be mostly harmless. Before the
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by namlem 5y ago
The quality decline from mainstreaming isn't due to censorship, it's due to the increased presence of normies and children. Meanwhile the heavy-handed censorship of subreddits like AskHistorians has resulted in the preservation of
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by namlem 5y ago
Comments can and do get removed for violating the rules here. As they should.
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by namlem 5y ago
Oh really? Then why is the number of people who believe the earth is flat on the rise? Why do people still believe in ancient mythologies that contradict scientific knowledge that has been available for centuries? Maybe on the scale of mill
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by namlem 5y ago
I don't see why Trump should be above the terms of service that all other users have to abide by.
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by namlem 5y ago
The "marketplace of ideas" is a fiction that has long since been debunked. The best ideas arent the ones that win out, it's the loudest ones and the ones that appeal to our most base emotions that win. Only a small percentage
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by namlem 5y ago
You would never want to use a big platform that had no moderation, the quality would be shit. For a small, niche platform, it's fine, but as platforms grow they get filled with 13 year-olds posting garbage, which someone has to clean u
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by namlem 5y ago
So users who troll and harass other users, spam, post hateful content, etc. should never be banned? That's just leads to a precipitous decline in quality and drives other users away. Why would I want to spend my leisure time on a platf
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by namlem 5y ago
The first Adpocalypse preceded that. Rather, it was part of an internal drive to focus on more "family-friendly" content. Iirc, it was actually the presence of Islamic State propaganda on the site that was part of the motivation.
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by namlem 5y ago
The article was sparse on the details, does the Flux helmet not use OPM-based MEG? I agree that it is by far the most promising technology for neuroimaging, though I wasn't aware of anyone working on it aside from a couple of universit
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by namlem 5y ago
It's not that easy. A startup tried to build a smart gun with aim assist, but couldn't keep it calibrated for more than a couple shots and eventually went under.
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by namlem 5y ago
Nope. We need autonomous underwater attack vehicles if we are to defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion.
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by namlem 5y ago
If you live somewhere that uses reservoir water rather than groundwater maybe. Groundwater tastes like shit.
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by namlem 6y ago
Race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation are protected classes. Anything that is not a protected class is fair game.
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by namlem 6y ago
Such as?
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by namlem 7y ago
In terms of production, Tesla is definitely making moves to get to a mass production position. With their recent price drops, the Model 3 is actually pretty affordable. Tesla's big problem now is with marketing. Making money selling th
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by namlem 7y ago
But we can edit genes related to other traits as well, such as charisma or emotional resilience.
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by namlem 7y ago
The analysis assumes the energy used for battery production is typical grid energy, whereas in reality the Gigafactory where they are made is mostly solar-powered.
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by namlem 8y ago
Are civil cases not based on preponderance of evidence in Austria? It seem like a fuck up of the court than a problem of internet anonymity.
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by namlem 8y ago
Glen Weyl's RadicalXChange movement is the most sensible alternative to capitalism out there, imo. The Herberger tax/COST and liberal radicalism are great ideas.
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by namlem 8y ago
Ok but have any of these falsely accused actually had their account removed?
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by namlem 8y ago
Who even still pirates music? And why would high speeds enable piracy of tiny audio files that were easy to pirate even on an 800 kbps kbps connection.
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by namlem 8y ago
That's not going to work until there are all-electric dealerships. Dealers don't like to sell EVs because they require much less service.

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