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by pc2g4d 5y ago
I see it differently: when the distinction is between friend and enemy, there can be no politics, only war.
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
ZipSlack took forever to download, but opened my eyes to a whole new world. Glad to see Slackware is still going. Thanks for your pioneering work.
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
Perhaps that is true. Or perhaps having an ideal of objectivity can increase objectivity, and abandoning such an ideal dooms us to exactly what you are describing.
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
The belief that politics is primarily a contest for power is a very limited view of politics. Politics is also a means for idea exchange, collective weighing of priorities, debate, the proposal and then choice between competing visions, etc
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
I've been curious for a while whether attempts have been made to simulate exactly this sort of evolutionary bootstrapping. It would make the theory much more plausible if under certain simulated conditions we could see life emerge. But
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
The general concept seems good (mutually agreed reductions in defense spending) but the massive UN slush fund seems like a minus.
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
Well that was sobering. To bad we never did that pivot to Asia... Taiwan does seem like issue that could unify the American left and right.
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
If participating in a society-wide delusion is killing your soul, then refusing to participate in it is spiritual life. Giving your energy to a system you abhor, to sustain values you reject, to benefit people you oppose, for many people be
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
Meanwhile, women's labor participation rate hits a 33-year low... https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/womens-labor-force-participa...
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Ask HN: Whole genome sequencing without ending up in a database
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
I hate this bug so much. Do the devs/designers not use the product?
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
Is Ethereum not this?
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
A month after Chuck Geshke's passing....
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by pc2g4d 5y ago
Make an entire wall out of this, now you are virtually colocated.
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
The need for motivating belief structures, community, ethical guidance, and so on aren't going anywhere. At the same time we see the rise in tribal hyperpartisanship where the political ideology functions much like a religion.
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
If you feel that way it may be a sign that you are too far into your own "filter bubble". I'm not saying those views are reasonable, but they are easier to contemplate if you swim in a sea of right-wing viewpoints, some of wh
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
Most people seem to have missed that this association of experts in _sleep_ are saying it is better for us to have solar noon and official noon more closely aligned. It's not a popular position, but overall I think it would be better f
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
Article really goes out of its way to let you know why you're supposed to hate Joe Rogan... I think it's probably a good move for his bank account but will piss off a lot of his fans. I casually follow him on Youtube, just watchin
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
The norm of private property rights gives citizens a powerful tool against government overreach. Norms alter how power is legitimized and as such make new things possible---it's not just about pointy sticks.
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by pc2g4d 6y ago
"The Masque of the Red Death" for a weird 1960's horror take on quarantine. Vincent Price. Adapted (substantially) from the Edgar Alan Poe story which is itself perfect reading for the occasion.
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
"The small towns of Faulkner, the paranoid communities of Pynchon, the tangled but discrete “cases” of Raymond Chandler, all reflect beyond themselves onto the guilt, corruption, and greed that power our national political “progress” a
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
The trouble with realpolitik is when you get more cynical than reality itself. Instead of a binary---either the morality of chemical weapons caused their ban, or their uselessness in battle did---why not take a supply/demand, cost&#x2F
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
I've also felt very encouraged by this. To see my own town almost completely shut down before any legal order even required it shows me that people will still voluntarily make sacrifices for the benefit of the whole. Everyone I know is
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
We should also have a voluntary charitable UBI. Encourage a culture where everybody contributes what they can to the fund, and then all donations are split equally among all citizens. That money won't be subject to the same political p
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
For the most part, I think we should trust people's instinct to secure resources for themselves in expectation of upcoming hard times. I live in Seattle. Due to the minimal testing that has occurred, we are just now learning of multipl
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
There is evidence of undetected transmission in Washington State: https://bedford.io/blog/ncov-cryptic-transmission/
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
They're all elderly---another part of the vulnerable population.
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
I think they're assessing how universally applicable Bayesian reasoning is, and think they're seeing a limit in the quantum realm.
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
"kept it for themselves"---it still belongs to the church. I thought everybody assumed, since the church so frequently taught its members about prudent financial management, that the church itself was doing the same thing. I'
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by pc2g4d 7y ago
It varies incredibly from family to family. The negative version of the story is all too common, though.

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