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by netcan 6y ago
I'm not saying that wikipedia is equivalent in every way to twitter, vis-a-vis the public square concept. It is a very important media though, and faces a lot of the same issues. Whatever issues social media has encountered around poli
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by netcan 6y ago
Twitter set out to be the public square, the place where matters of importance are discussed by the people. I think JD was serious about that, still is. The problem is that Twitter is a private public square. That contradiction is not s
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by netcan 6y ago
I think this is a little pedantic. "Not a law" is strictly tue, but the "law" idiom is totally in-line with "law of supply and demand," "law of diminishing returns," etc. The tautology problem is not
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by netcan 6y ago
I agree, but that doesn't make the "old data" problem go away. It's worth noticing that in the first part (Paul Saffo forecasting), the problem is all in one head. Saffo recognizes an unintuitive methodology: strong opin
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by netcan 6y ago
Some realities manifest at different scales. Once you're in the largest tier, the "where is the money" reality affects things. Large corporations are the larger, wealthier segment. A big chunk of "startup business strate
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by netcan 6y ago
I'll bet a fiver it will.
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There are services that take delivery in newry (northern ireland) and deliver to dublin. Presumably, they'll still work. Shipping to ireland often costs more anyway, and not everything ships outside the UK.
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by netcan 6y ago
Nothing, at the particular level. Maybe nothing generally, unless you have issues with industrial consolidation. Either way, you now have a more concentrated industry, with a larger share of resources in non innovative hands. Also, don&#x27
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by netcan 6y ago
bombshell = big news
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by netcan 6y ago
Bombshell in the context of that website's subject/audience. Not a bombshell to the UK or world generally.
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by netcan 6y ago
So... to my perspective, monolatry is the point. Monotheism is a good enough approximation in practice though. Also, it's not the idea of monolatry or monotheism that matters... it's the development of a religious culture than is
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by netcan 6y ago
Yes. I meant statuary, obviously. I also meant it as a joke.
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by netcan 6y ago
This is apropos but... Sewage, or rather, highly accurate analysis of sewage... can yield all sorts of data. Theoretically, you could probably determine the number of contributors with genetic analysis. Consumption levels of drugs and such.
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by netcan 6y ago
I think this whole line of thinking is wrong. People are incredible hunters, those that specialize in hunting. Crafty, dangerous, innovative. We have plenty of modern examples of people hunting dangerous animals with very basic tools. An av
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by netcan 6y ago
I disagree. Corporations, in practice, aren't that. They are not disposable in practice. Large companies dominate their markets, expect to live forever, etc. Innovations that don't happen within Google, microsoft, etc... those inn
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by netcan 6y ago
Those things are never, arguably. The problem is that once they exist, they serve whatever purposes whoever controls them wants. If they want NIMBY stuff, they can be used for this purpose. I think addressing NIMBY at this level is a fools
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by netcan 6y ago
The self learning market is completely disconnected from the formal parts of the market. There's very little substitution between them, in terms of money
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by netcan 6y ago
Not all evolution depends on mutation. Genes can exist in a gene pool, but be rare. Selection can change that pretty quickly. Multiple genes can interact to affect traits. etc. You can go from average dog, to a distinct breed of dog (behavi
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by netcan 6y ago
The education market is such a conundrum. On one hand it's enormous, clearly suboptimal, and clearly in need of change. OTOH, anything outside of institutional norms is relegated to extremely small niches... with self learning being th
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Short & medium term effects on real estate prices is only part of the issue. Ultimately, NIMBYism exists for a bunch of reasons... and the reasons don't matter much. Once you have actual organized NIMBYism, you are selling to exist
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by netcan 6y ago
This is the premise. It's not intended to prove the point widely, just in high price/demand markets. Given low inventory and high prices in these tight markets, we set out to uncover how much homeowners really have to fear.
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Isn't it though?
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by netcan 6y ago
My interpretation is more banal. The borrowings are more superficial. We know that language and style used to describe kings, emperors, and gods are very similar. The "I am Sargon, King of Kings" style occurs in political and reli
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by netcan 6y ago
If you are interested in this subject, look into samaritans. They are a closely related group to jews, but probably had less Babylonian & Persian influence. Their version of the Torah ends with Solomon. To this day, they maintain a reli
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by netcan 6y ago
Reading your comment, I realized how squarely I fall into the grumpy group. Grudgingly agreed to the first part, the second part made me giggle.
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by netcan 6y ago
Sure. I didn't mean to draw a hard line. The monarchic period, even David and Solomon, reads a lot more political writing. The region enters into a historical period. The biblical stories start to relate more definitely to known histor
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by netcan 6y ago
There is lots of evidence of semitic people in egypt over various periods. Also egyptian conquests & long lived administrations in these regions. "Semitic," as a language group is pretty big. There are also semitic languages s
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>I'm not sure I'm identifying the race they are referring to correctly (too many History Channel documentaries maybe). For example, I don't think the Hebrews are supposed to have had a homeland at that point in history. Th
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I see.
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realize that over tracking and retargeting are just ways of parting them with their money but doesn't increase conversions. This is naive. There are plenty of real world examples of generic advertising "stock," without targ

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