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by otterley 3mo ago
> The reason this doesn't work in the US, is because they want mediocre children of rich parents to be pushed through, because college is a networking and social class-based finishing school, not a place for acquiring knowledge. Out
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by otterley 3mo ago
They're a customer in the same way that a martial arts student is a customer: getting your butt kicked is literally what you're paying for.
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by otterley 3mo ago
Tenure protects professors against students' complaints (often for the better, sometimes for the worse). Also, the administration already knows that students complain about professors who are tough, and don't typically pay heed to
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by otterley 3mo ago
Can you explain why? As I understand it, you're supposed to be able to talk about the work in which you already invested the mental energy to write. Writing involves much more "brain work" than speaking, so if you've tru
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by otterley 3mo ago
You're paying for Fubo, though, are you not? It's not a free service like OTA TV is.
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by otterley 3mo ago
There are stories you're telling yourself (especially the unfounded and frankly insulting belief that I'm "actively advocating for the harm of others"). Perhaps you should seek clarification instead of jumping to conclus
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by otterley 3mo ago
We agree that clean energy and social safety sets are worth demanding and preserving. Externalities are a real problem and yes, they need to be compensated for. > And frankly, I can't think of anything more deserving of contempt tha
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by otterley 3mo ago
When I look at issues like this, I balance benefits against costs, like any reasonable person should, and I try to do so as neutrally as I can. Using emotionally-charged verbiage like "chasing a shiny toy" and "deplorable&quo
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by otterley 3mo ago
> Dismissing them all as a single unified group of people opposed to all change is a disgusting contempt for everyone who disagrees with your comfort no matter what it may cost them personally. That may be your personal interpretation of
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by otterley 3mo ago
> Calling people with valid concerns insulting terms like nimby, and dismissing their reluctance to pay for your personal comfort is not well intentioned. NIMBYs often refuse to accept practically any change, regardless of the benefits.
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by otterley 3mo ago
Success doesn’t always look like lower rates, particularly when demand is ever-growing (even when there aren’t new data centers). Success looks like rates not going up faster than inflation, and reliable delivery. I remember well the rollin
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by otterley 3mo ago
We can generate more electricity, but NIMBY types don't want to approve projects that would add capacity, either.
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by otterley 3mo ago
That suggests the comparative bar should be "professional driver," which is perhaps somewhat higher than "average driver" (1.5x? 2x?) but not 10x higher.
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by otterley 3mo ago
We don't measure aggregate risk by discarding a part of the population, even if it's the poorer-performing part. Even today, you cannot fully avoid this risk: when you get into a vehicle driven by a stranger, you don't know
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by otterley 3mo ago
> Self driving cars need to be 10x the average driver. Why? So long as they're insured and their owners can be held criminally liable for injuries just as a human driver would be, why does the bar have to be higher?
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by otterley 3mo ago
These companies are taking a very long view (and are funded accordingly). The future vision is one in which cars with drivers just aren't a thing in cities anymore. Nobody owns a car to use in day-to-day intra-city journeys; instead, y
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by otterley 3mo ago
> He didn’t get the job because even though the technical attributes were all good, he should have pressured the customer. This is hearsay, and smells like bullshit to me. I've given dozens of interviews during my tenure at AWS (in
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by otterley 3mo ago
Boardman notified Apple’s legal team. At that point it was their decision to make. If they had told him to stop, that’d be one thing. But they didn’t, and it wasn’t up to Boardman to interpret the policy differently.
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by otterley 3mo ago
Hooray for their investors, I guess.
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by otterley 3mo ago
> And one of them is ease of discovery. GitHub make’s it really easy to do that. Same with contribution. At the end of the day, this seems to be the author's ultimate decision factor. None of the alternatives--open-source, self-host
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by otterley 3mo ago
They also didn't forbid slavery. It doesn't mean they were right.
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by otterley 3mo ago
> Most places restrict HOAs and apartment owners from ridiculous rules. That claim is too vague to evaluate. > For example, Utah, which was a balcony solar pioneer: [link omitted] The referenced Utah legislation (SB154) does not preve
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by otterley 3mo ago
So that's what an old-school infomercial translated to the Web looks like: "We pass the savings onto you! [Just pay $29/year membership fee!]" (Seriously, though. 180W? That's not a ton of "help" for a t
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by otterley 3mo ago
> why else would a ~billionair that could easily fund it himself pull in that many investors that early That was my question, too. Does Mitchell even need to take outside funding? I get why you would prefer to use others' poker ch
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by otterley 3mo ago
Does Mitchell even need to take outside funding?
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by otterley 3mo ago
And shouldn't be.
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by otterley 3mo ago
AI slop. The content might be valuable but the framing makes it too painful to read. Please, folks, write with your own voice -- especially if it's for your business blog . It's good for you as an author (practice makes perfect)
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by otterley 3mo ago
> Plato and Socrates who believed that only philosophers and those who sought wisdom should have a say in the affairs of the sate [sic] Plato and Socrates obviously weren’t democrats. Also, neither of them is still alive. > philosophy
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by otterley 3mo ago
> among the few countries where it has been tried would be Canada stripping Japanese of voting rights in WWII. Of course this was bad That's the point. > There's no possibility of free speech or free exchange of ideas so lon
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by otterley 3mo ago
The suggestion is inflammatory in and of itself. The right to vote is core to democracy. One should expect even the slightest suggestion of abrogating this right, even to a tiny minority, to be met with a vociferous allergic reaction. Strip

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