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by nielsbot 1y ago
> And I’d argue the consequences aren’t that different. This is wrong. (Systemic) racism (still) exists. Someone who has natural advantages in society (white men) does not suffer the same consequences of the events you listed: - "
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by nielsbot 1y ago
> And you don’t argue when a woman tells you she’s only making 80 cents to your dollar. I think it's misleading to group these you-should-not-argue about statements together. They're not the same. Can you explain why someone wo
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Hateful against who?
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Ok, can you help me understand what he's saying? I don't get it.
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by nielsbot 1y ago
You have to go one level deeper. Not all racism has equal consequences and white people enjoy a privileged position in our society. Focusing on anti-white racism while we still have an overwhelming problem of racism against non-white people
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by nielsbot 1y ago
I was thinking more of a one or two story house :-)
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by nielsbot 1y ago
thanks for the thoughtful response
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by nielsbot 1y ago
There might be something patented in the modern production process. Or, alternatively, they could release the recipe as something "open source" and also potentially provide "pre-mixed concrete as a service"...
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Is it reasonable to build concrete structures today without using rebar? And is it true that rebar actually makes concrete structures less durable over longer time scales? I've long been attracted to the idea of building a building wit
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White House announces AI data campus partnership with the UAE(cnbc.com)
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by nielsbot 1y ago
HN hug of death?
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by nielsbot 1y ago
> Of course if they set higher bonuses for hiring white people Are you saying that (straight) (white) (men) have not had (nor continue to enjoy) unfair advantages in our society? And is that not an injustice? Saying "racism is bad&q
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by nielsbot 1y ago
The pillars of fascist takeover are: 1. destroy free press 2. destroy liberal education 3. destroy the administrative state (watchdogs, rule makers, rule enforcers) Once that's done, resistance is diminished or destroyed and you can th
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by nielsbot 1y ago
the goal is to destroy the administrative state, not do research. it’s ideological. https://www.propublica.org/article/video-donald-trump-russ-v...
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Wonder if ML could help automate merging of duplicate (or similar topic) threads? (I don't know much about ML)
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by nielsbot 1y ago
I just assume the threat of jail would be pretty coercive. And a trial would help figure out who is at fault and what penalty they pay? (IANAL)
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by nielsbot 1y ago
I suspect, however, that a programming language is a much more limited domain than a human language. I often tell people it's not that learning a language is hard, is learning that language's software library... and learning a sof
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by nielsbot 1y ago
they already do that. (free to download, in app purchases after)
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Or jail time for those responsible.
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Is that you, GPT?
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by nielsbot 1y ago
Related, Apple has a safer C variant they use to build firmware: https://saaramar.github.io/iBoot_firebloom/
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by nielsbot 2y ago
If you’re looking for icons http://thenounproject.com (no affiliation) has a huge collection.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
They could tho? thinking face
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Do you think we should do something about that?
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by nielsbot 2y ago
Reading a bit of the first paper... In a Libertarian system what the remedy is for people whose lands have been polluted? And what about CO2 pollution the affects everyone everywhere, not just the local river? What's the remedy then? A
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by nielsbot 2y ago
*than
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by nielsbot 2y ago
I thought solar + battery was cheaper the nat gas now. https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/lcoe-and-valu... (If not it soon will be.)
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by nielsbot 2y ago
> despise the self-righteousness of people who think a social contract overrides personal liberty my reply to this bit is: Take your personal liberty to Libertarian Island.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
common decency? mutual respect? live and let live? the government has a role in doing the most good for the most people. for example, keeping companies from dumping poison into rivers.
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by nielsbot 2y ago
what are those?

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