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by netcan 5y ago
>>The current rules are quite clear Somehow, this is a statement that is always said, despite clear evidence to the contrary. If the rules are clear, why did it take six years for a court to act?
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by netcan 5y ago
There's a yiddish version of that, but I don't remember exactly. Alte smatesh, noy-something. I have to disagree though. Not that I think you're incorrect. It's neither correct not incorrect. It's a reduction, or es
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by netcan 5y ago
Because uber, deliveroo and such aren't a veneer. They're an actual mode of labour. You can find analogies in the past. Some might even be close. But, the scale, implications and context is not the same. Labour law related to the
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by netcan 5y ago
I think it's hard to understand a public discourse from that long ago. From here, most of it seems like cliche contest, but that's because the debates became cliched in the proceeding decades. In many sense, Huxley pioneered it.
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by netcan 5y ago
If it's a "fight over and over" situation, the ratcheting dynamics are important. IE, "we" need to walk away from a win with something more than "status quo defended." Otherwise, the situation is "hol
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by netcan 5y ago
Well here's my insight of the day! Thanks Foo, this was the phrasing I was looking for. Courts embrace whataboutism officially, as legal doctrine. Precedents, common law and such. But beyond courts, I think the avoidance of naked decis
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by netcan 5y ago
I suppose you could argue either way and its opposite in the abstract. IRL however, I think that official/administrative/political decisions are usually presented as non decisions. Maybe a decisions is cloaked "decisive evide
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by netcan 5y ago
Surprisingly concise and clear. Metapoint, but wtf... I'm always surprised at the extent to which courts, legislators, regulators and such prefer to decide by analogy. Determining that that X is fundamentally like Y and therefore Y rul
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by netcan 5y ago
Yes, but I also think that betting on aligned interests isn't great either... beyond the short term. A Google, FB or Tesla just isn't structurally built for that.
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To take a contradicting pov... I think this sort of expectation/ideal has done us more harm than helped. As advocates, companies are fickle and unreliable. Presenting as advocates, companies always stress how aligned their interests ar
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by netcan 5y ago
Precisely. OP has his finger in some of the right places, but is overly broad about both learning methods and objects. If you're listening to conference keynotes @ 3X... that might be fine. A tutorial probably requires multiple listens
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by netcan 5y ago
I think part of the problem is that the "quarrel" is with the CCP itself. Students get into a political argument. Maybe it went over a line, into harassment. The point at which it becomes beyond the pale, as Kong himself stated&qu
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by netcan 5y ago
Different but also not always so different. American alarmism over communism has, at times, led them down a similar pathway.
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Because the most intimidating part is arranging a secret police visit to his parents. Students arguing politics, even if uncivil, isn't something you want to be "no tolerance" about. There are lines though, and this is one.
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The student has stated (on reddit) that he has identities and proof at ready for police and/or the university.
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by netcan 5y ago
I understand. Still, this is a state effort. The state/ccp made of people. The other students, the chinese officers.. the parents who got a visit in China. This is not all that different from how college "censorship" works in
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by netcan 5y ago
" Those seeking to deny those rights " are not, in the sense that matters, individual students. This is a state pursuit, a state seeking to... Chinese points of priority are going to continue increasing in relevance. " Is the
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by netcan 5y ago
I agree, but I think this kind of "ad absurdum" endpoint is principally an organisational problem. Companies are hard. They have histories. Different people with opposing ideas. Dissonance between how the company operates and how
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by netcan 5y ago
I disagree. >>If prices don't sink further because demand elasticity is maxed out it has to be the result of some form of market failure The "normal/natural" state is that prices do not simply continue dropping alw
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by netcan 5y ago
>> A 600-fold increase in battery production made batteries much cheaper. >> Economists have found that manufacturing costs often decline at a predictable rate. In a model known as an experience curve, costs fall by the same pe
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by netcan 5y ago
There can be cultural moments, relationship moments, etc. where the exact same thing may register as a lame " can't wait to tell you how little I care " or a much needed bit of stridency... a la chuck berry, john lennon or co
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by netcan 5y ago
Sure, yes... Diogenes (the character) was a famous, upper class dude. Lifelong poverty wasn't a trap he couldn't escape. Also I didn't mean to be too harsh. The " can't wait to tell you how little I care " trop
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by netcan 5y ago
OK. I think this comment is a good example of a type of cynicism that we're discussing, probably the type that most instinctively jumps out as "cynical." Like pessimism and optimism, cynicism often boils down to a bias. The k
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by netcan 5y ago
So, assuming this isn't just a rumour spread by Diogenes himself.... Diogenes' barrel was in the middle of Corinth, where he could be seen & talked about. Where he could be vocally cynical of other people, etc. If Diogenes rea
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Rats tend to be more clever, and harder to trap than mice
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Definitely. Bullet & Streaming have changed everything. Every day we have world class GMs (including Magnus) playing online, streaming play, commentary & such. It's put a real buzz into the game. A lot of it has to do with the
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by netcan 5y ago
I disagree. OP is correct. Utility is a rhetorical construct. Sometimes it works well for describing morality, decisions, etc. Sometimes it's crammed in. Using it to describe the two sons decisions is cramming it in.
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Inane, perhaps. I don't think these ideas can be separated from their time and place. Like most philosophical/intellectual movements, a lot of what they are is objections, dialogue and alternatives to previous ideas or competing i
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Have you ever paid for a sandwich with pre-paid phone credit? In places where it's used, it's surprisingly usable.
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So.... Ask contributors to any given group project what their contribution was. The total will almost always be >100%. Ask about share of blame, I reckon it will always be <100%. Organisational culture and group psychology tend to pro

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