postramus

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by postramus 9y ago
People dislike "liberty for me but not for thee" hypocrites, especially those with the means and willpower to act on that impulse. It's not complicated!
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by postramus 9y ago
I generally agree but I would have appreciated a more-direct response vis-a-vis Yandex. In re: your broader point I don’t think they are “that smart” per se; or perhaps better put, I think they are smart enough to be aware their platforms a
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by postramus 9y ago
Can you clarify something? You seem to be arguing two points without differentiating them clearly. One point is that it should be obvious where the money came from (etc); the other point is that that origin should not be cause for concern.
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by postramus 9y ago
Fair enough but on a site inhabited by intelligent, skeptical people it’s hard to follow those rules when the topic has become “was pg being disingenuous, willfully blind, or simply naive on that day, 6 years ago, when he announced partners
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by postramus 9y ago
Always a mistake to expect communicative rather than instrumental use of language!
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by postramus 9y ago
Without making any specific accusation I would simply point out that the user with whom you have been conversing is present in [1] and playing the “it’s no big deal” card even then.
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by postramus 9y ago
In the Information Age most people with an interest in an issue will have already heard “your” opinion on it, because most people have off-the-shelf opinions that have already been widely circulated. Until etiquette and discourse norms evol
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by postramus 9y ago
His earlier post (linked from this) has stronger reasons. I think it’s advisable to keep an open mind on the issue, and not simply on the actual question itself; it would not be surprising to me if the solution comes from something like ado
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by postramus 9y ago
Or, you know, a utility-maximizing actor found it utility-increasing to place certain words into certain sequences in certain contexts due to the expected effect said arrangement would have upon the expected audience? It's not terribly
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by postramus 9y ago
Silicon Valley will eventually be seen as yet another textbook case of a new industry getting away with externalization of costs initially unrecognized as such. Enjoy it while it lasts, I guess, but don’t expect to escape liability for the