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by philipov 3y ago
It's not an epistemological crisis, but it does expose a blind-spot in not understanding the principle of Uneven and Combined Development ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uneven_and_combined_developmen... ). It assum
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by philipov 3y ago
I don't think it's that clear cut. Another interpretation is that someone could afford to be "looking for work" for longer while supported by their partner's income. People would be able to afford to shop around for
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by philipov 3y ago
> None of which is intended to let Facebook off the hook. There are better ways of doing this that don’t involve banning people for life without explaining (clearly) but I at least do understand how we got to this ridiculous state of af
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by philipov 3y ago
That's what trade schools are for.
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Although, be careful about that one, because a lot of the claims Diamond makes are to be taken with a grain of salt. I would suggest the works of Richard Bulliet such as "Cotton, Climate, and Camels" and "Hunters, Herders, an
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by philipov 3y ago
As a kid? I'd probably name "Goedel, Escher, Bach" and "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language" as the two that had the biggest impact on me while I was in high school.
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At first, I thought you meant you could no longer agree with this.
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Anyone got a link that doesn't involve the company formerly known as Twitter?
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by philipov 3y ago
To be fair, finding a good printer is hard. Mid-range enterprise printers manufactured before 2006 are in great demand, because of the progress of enshittification by the industry.
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by philipov 3y ago
When C was declared to be "high level", there did not exist a level higher than C. Now that there are more levels above C, it is not the highest level language out there, which makes it low level compared to them. It is not the l
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Bethesda has been synonymous with janky game launches for decades. They practically invented it.
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From an old fortune message: Q: "So, why did you get into Artificial Intelligence?" A: "It made sense: I didn't have any real intelligence." Sums up the benefit nicely.
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Sure, you can get the teeth, but how do you get them to stay in your mouth?
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by philipov 3y ago
Thanks for introducing me to Williams v Walker-Thomas . In the ocean of Paywalled Law School Study Guide SEO, I can't find anywhere that tells the last chapter of the story. In light of Wright's decision, how did the lower court
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by philipov 3y ago
We'll just have to wait and see, remain vigilant, and become organized.
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I contend that even if he is a scapegoat, this should be considered a good thing. It's not enough to let them off the hook, but I don't think anything would be. However, needing to scapegoat someone is a materialized cost to a ver
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by philipov 3y ago
I prefer "The company formerly known as Twitter" or "That wretched place". Xitter is a bit twee for my taste.
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by philipov 3y ago
"does the same thing better" It's that one. You may have your views about which is better, or by which criteria we should evaluate better, but that's just like your opinion, man.
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by philipov 3y ago
That's how competition is supposed to work.
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When he writes: "X is a bit toxic. What should we do? ..." I really feel like he's talking about the company formerly known as Twitter.
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by philipov 3y ago
Does Google use carbon swaps to conceal their emissions? Maybe that's how they reconcile the difference. A quick search turned up this: https://www.greencentury.com/google-parent-alphabet-pledges-... Looks like a possi
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by philipov 3y ago
I recall an anecdote by a mathematician about his approach to peer-reviewing proofs of theorems. He said he glosses over most of it, but very thoroughly checks anything the author claims to be "obvious" because it's the thing
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by philipov 3y ago
I frequently encounter software that doesn't let me reuse my password. It is not an excuse. The company should be held accountable that it allowed clients to reuse their passwords; allowing it is negligence. Intent is not a sufficient
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by philipov 3y ago
If you need slack on your phone, your company should be providing you a work phone too. This is standard procedure in some industries, like Finance. You should never be using your personal phone for business communications.
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by philipov 3y ago
Yes, radiation from uranium is real even if you don't realize it, because it causes measurable impact on our world. The definition of real I'm working with is an attempt to synthesize the demands of empiricist and rationalist epis
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by philipov 3y ago
I have no idea what "another dimension" means if we're not talking about degrees of freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORYO0atB6g
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Amazon doesn't need charity; they can afford to pay.
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by philipov 3y ago
Anyone here ever use a language called COSY Infinity? https://www.bmtdynamics.org/cosy/ I remember helping my mother program some of these things for her thesis. It's for doing beam physics simulations, but I woul
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by philipov 3y ago
They're using the typical symbols for denoting those sets, which are fancier than the symbols used for mere variables. One only resorts to using basic letters if the usual symbols aren't available. https://en.wikipedia.
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Ah! I see I've found a cosmologist!

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