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by perfmode 8y ago
On the surface, Tesla's statement is authentic. It's just that Tesla has a financial incentive to be disingenuous about this... and it's hard to ignore the profit motive.
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by perfmode 8y ago
and a bit sad to note we haven't made much progress since then
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by perfmode 8y ago
are prescription lenses not priced along the lines of the fashion lines?
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by perfmode 8y ago
> So actually it was !qaz@wsx (I just put the Dvorak version on top of the comment to give you the same unknown feeling for the password which I had back then.) Great narrative trick. Bravo, Keyzer Soze.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Given the state of activism and rebellion brewing in China, I am doubtful. From what I've learned about censorship in china in 2019, i am convinced we are on the same side.
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by perfmode 8y ago
what causes are just? when is it okay to protest? are there any cases, either in the past or present, that you consider worthwhile and in good faith?
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by perfmode 8y ago
Indeed. Either they will take over the Democratic Party or they’ll form a third and leave the old one to rot. Since there are probably thousands of DB tables with dem and republican hardcoded, my money is on take over.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Google is the one that matters. Priorities. Given infinite time and resources, by all means: pursue infinite objectives. Given finite resources, sort in impact-priority order. search engines aren’t like weeds
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by perfmode 8y ago
Are you being descriptive or normative?
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by perfmode 8y ago
Well said.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Plottable?
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by perfmode 8y ago
I was with you until the last sentence. Furthermore, in the United States, what we have doesnt even resemble a free market.
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Ask HN: friend is being sexually harassed over SMS. How to identify the sender?
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by perfmode 8y ago
I’ve found it to be closer to 10:1. 15g truffles felt like 1.5g.
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by perfmode 8y ago
This is helpful.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Is it smarter to buy with cash or with the loan?
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by perfmode 8y ago
It doesn’t _need_ to be constantly. The important part is that it is done _deliberately_ to understand what happens when failures occur.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Server crashes happen. This forces you to deal with them instead of pretending they won’t.
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by perfmode 8y ago
That’s a shitty situation. Sorry to hear that. You were doing the lords work. did you ever consider saying that you work at Wikipedia?
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by perfmode 8y ago
Humans _are_ extra-logical. The world is what is the case. We humans are often interested in something else.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Indeed. These are completely out of context.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Godel, Wittgenstein, etc. Results in mathematics, logic, and philosophy have provided undisputed evidence that you can’t reason formally about human ethics. You’re responding to someone who is correct but made the assumption that you’d be f
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by perfmode 8y ago
> Esp. if you choose the "right" half of people who are least essential for the global economy? Could you clarify what you mean by “least essential for the global economy”
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by perfmode 8y ago
Not the case in the US.
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by perfmode 8y ago
The Uni Moke is a bike that GM should pay close attention to: https://urbandrivestyle.com/products/unimoke-urban-utlity-el...
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by perfmode 8y ago
What’s behind the growing ceo to employee income ratio?
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by perfmode 8y ago
understanding and accepting is empowering.
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by perfmode 8y ago
white collar and blue collar are awful terms. can we just accept the fact that we are all laborers... and look after our interests, together as one.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Cuaron and Lubezski are two of the best to ever do it.
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by perfmode 8y ago
Film is an art like any other. Why spend time working on a painting? Or a song? Or a book? Or a video game?

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