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by openknot 5y ago
Stoner is one of the best novels I've ever read. He dedicates almost his entire life toward studying literature because he had a passion for it in university, despite never achieving resounding success (not a spoiler, as this is reveal
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I didn't immediately understand the line "beware those who are always reading books." Perhaps the line means that people who read a lot are judgemental and likely to hate others. If that's the case, I don't really b
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by openknot 5y ago
It's not always true that a vendor receiving money will increase prices to pass the PayPal fees to the consumer. You can see that many checkouts offer multiple options (e.g. both PayPal, Stripe, and/or other methods), with the ite
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by openknot 5y ago
This is false. There is no fee when making a purchase in at least the US or Canada [0]. The exception is when there is a currency conversion involved (about a 4% fee). There are fees when receiving money as a result of selling a product or
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by openknot 5y ago
I also try to cover up logos when I can, but that's the thing: to many, it's not seen as an ad, but rather a form of expression. Having an expensive brand might signal to other cyclists that one is supposedly more experienced, or
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> their writings (in particular novels) clearly show that they were unable to publicly confront basic facts about human life. And that is not a good thing for a novel. Could you elaborate on this, especially with what basic facts are mis
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by openknot 5y ago
I'm not the same user, though I also prefer no/minimal logos on devices or clothing. The practical advantage of no logos is that this avoids judgement. People may look down on you for spending so much to get an item from a brand,
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by openknot 5y ago
Yep. It's more likely that [certain] studies show [a proportion of] people expect their break-ups to be longer and more painful than they actually are. I would have liked to see links to those studies in the article to evaluate them. I
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by openknot 5y ago
The original title is the "Eclipse of Rent-Sharing: The Effects of Managers’ Business Education on Wages and the Labor Share in the US and Denmark," to follow this site's guidelines. The current editorialized title (though it
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by openknot 5y ago
One of the most hardworking people I know, who is academically accomplished and had an extraordinarily high amount of research experience as an undergraduate, spent most of his free time on mindless reality TV. He told me that the idea was
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by openknot 5y ago
The pros of reading the news can outweigh the cons if you choose good sources. For example, a friend who is Chinese has become a lot more alert when going outdoors and taking public transit due to spikes in anti-Asian racism in many cities,
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by openknot 5y ago
This is an interesting thought to entertain, but it sounds like sampling bias [0]. It's less remarkable if a doctor tells a patient that she can't get pregnant, and she doesn't. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by openknot 5y ago
There's a strong resistance to paywalls on Hacker News and many subreddits (due to many newspapers historically having no paywalls in the earlier days of the internet), but in other communities, there is actually a broad acceptance for
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by openknot 5y ago
There is nuance in my view, as I believe that the action matters more than the intent. Putting spiders on people is immoral because it causes psychological distress and potential harm due to spider bites. However, other behaviors are far mo
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by openknot 5y ago
I'm sympathetic to this view, but from my experience living in a dense city, I'm effectively consenting to be randomly approached whenever I step outdoors to go in public. I may not like it, but people regularly approach to ask fo
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by openknot 5y ago
The best simulation activities would be to work in cold calls for a fundraising effort for a non-profit, or work as a journalist. This involves calling lots of strangers or semi-strangers to ask them for money in the former, and emailing lo
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by openknot 5y ago
I had a different impression about the magnitude of the requests from your comment than from the article. I pictured the "ice cream" request as asking a person with an ice cream code to let you have a taste, but there's a nua
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by openknot 5y ago
I initially had a similar feeling, but upon further reflection, I changed my mind by considering a wider timescale. In the long run, it's likely worse for society as a whole if people have social anxiety that could be treated. Left unt
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by openknot 5y ago
Eh, it seems pretty harmless (and overall beneficial, if it helps people treat a psychological issue). The reason is legitimately good, as it's indirectly helping a person overcome an issue. The favors seem harmless, with examples from
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This is an interesting perspective, though I would argue that the internet has created superior substitutes. It's hard for me to see random encounters as entry points to friendship, acquaintances, or romantic partners, though I speak w
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by openknot 5y ago
What do you propose? It's hard to ask a team of professional writers, editors, illustrators, graphic designers, and web developers to work for free. Payroll costs money, as well as web hosting.
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by openknot 5y ago
Instagram for Safari and Chrome works well for me. I speculate that Instagram's web development might be optimized for Chrome, but not Firefox (which other users in the comments are using and having problems with). I've also exper
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by openknot 5y ago
Anecdotally, I see FAAMG (dropping Netflix for Microsoft) more often, keeping Amazon and Apple.
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by openknot 5y ago
Your point, as written, was: "Marketing is a pox on the human mind that we’d all be better off without.” A reasonable response is that marketing has likely directly benefited your life.
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> “Companies survived for centuries without internet ads, tracking, targeting, etc.” As far back as ancient Rome, vendors still used advertising and marketing. This included word-of-mouth advertisements and billboards (such as in Pompeii
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>”Marketing is a pox on the human mind that we’d all be better off without.” If you work, marketing pays part of your salary. A company can’t survive without it. Marketing includes the “Who’s hiring?” threads on the front page; word of m
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by openknot 5y ago
From an older submission to Hacker News: "Appreciate marketing. It seems like bullshit, but it’s bullshit I don’t want to have to do. I’m glad someone else is doing it, I’m sincerely grateful for their efforts." [0] Software devel
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Though I see your point (that it's good practice to assess logical arguments independent of an author's credentials), brudgers's comment was still quite useful. I skimmed the comments before deciding to reading the article, a
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It's plausible that this represents a genuine change in public opinion. For historical precedent, after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, public opinion in the United States drastically changed from a split to a 91% approval for the
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>"Open source and/or free solutions had already gotten to parity with their core offering, and the ARM transition cemented their end. Their only real strategy at this point is to keep extracting money from their remaining custo

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