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by rexpop 4y ago
Isn't it possible that some indigenous people "saw the writing on the wall," realized that "if you can't beat 'em, join em," and capitulated with the institutions of their own genocide more enthusiasticall
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by rexpop 4y ago
> It's traditional [that X], stands to reason that [X is] the best. Wow, I am simply horrified to see such medieval notions expressed in a technology forum. Even if it weren't a fallacy to conclude such, it's based on an a
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by rexpop 4y ago
You sure are! Presuming that this behavior can be "weeded out" because it's a fundamental attribute of the candidate, rather than a behavioral response to the working environment is a perfect example of the error.
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by rexpop 4y ago
Congratulations! You're committing the Fundamental Attribution Error[0]! Corporate meetings are traditionally structured to accommodate those who talk too much in meetings, but they could be structured differently. Deliberate facilitat
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by rexpop 4y ago
Nowhere in until actual UN report do the words "total societal collapse" appear.
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by rexpop 4y ago
> people asking you to justify your estimates aren't disrespectful In my experience, people are only _pretending_ to ask you to justify estimates. In reality, they are just angling for a discount and/or rush job. It's just
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by rexpop 4y ago
Dear God, please no! Why can't we just draw down our unsustainable industries and ramp up biological carbon sequestration? Space bubbles, atmospheric flak, or other irreversible, completely untestable and entirely unprecedented interve
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by rexpop 4y ago
> Now we finally understood Hacker News and its purpose. Rather bold of you to claim. Certainly subliminal product placement, aka the "submarine article,"[0] is not why I visit Hacker News. Many people write and post here to sa
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by rexpop 4y ago
A rejection of postmodernism sounds like reactionary conservatism.
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by rexpop 4y ago
> I've heard of strawmanning working as a sort of brain vaccine Where, and from whom?
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by rexpop 4y ago
> suits are fumbling around looking for a new shiny project that'll give them a sense of "legacy" and their fingerpints all over Why?
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by rexpop 4y ago
> disparage the institutions Can't we just call it post-structuralism or post-modernism?
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by rexpop 4y ago
Top 25 Most Dangerous Professions (Fatal Injury Rate per 100,000 Workers) 1 Logging workers (70) 2 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers (60) 3 Roofers (50) 4 Construction helpers (40) 5 Crossing guards (38) 6 Garbage collectors (31) 7 Farmi
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by rexpop 4y ago
Insofar as "Severance" is a metaphor for compartmentalization, yes: it's a ubiquitous reality.
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by rexpop 4y ago
I meant it in the sense of Ivan Illich's "Tools for Conviviality" [0], in which he addresses even your misunderstanding[1]. > My purpose is to lay down criteria by which the manipulation of people for the sake of their too
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by rexpop 4y ago
I don't understand what, in your perspective, would be the most convivial technology. Please elucidate?
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by rexpop 4y ago
You're responding to a comment which aims to make your same point.
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by rexpop 4y ago
There are no companies where union values are desired by management, and there are no companies where ethnic minorities are free from discrimination (although there's always nepotism, but that's hardly a sustainable economic pract
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by rexpop 4y ago
Certainly I can't bring up my penchant for unionization in a job interview, nor would I dare bring up my values as an ethnic minority: I don't want to face avoidable prejudice.
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by rexpop 4y ago
> win this argument Sounds like you've an abrasive personality. With emotional intelligence as lacking as yours, it's no wonder you think you've figured out the next three generations of cutting edge technology — you'
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by rexpop 4y ago
The average "member of the community" is a "corporate user." In my experience, OSS is frequently written in IC's on-the-clock discretionary time in an official, sponsored capacity. It might even be ticketed! And whe
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by rexpop 4y ago
If you're not considering bad faith opponents, I can't take you seriously in this area, sorry. It's true that people can be too quick to dismiss, but that's for good reason. Bad faith arguments are catastrophically commo
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by rexpop 4y ago
"A backend web and desktop application developer" whose "preferred frameworks are Django for Python and WPF for C#" has, unsurprisingly, a naive impression of what's needed out of a UI framework.
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by rexpop 4y ago
It's not necessarily about severance; could be keeping unemployment insurance premiums low, too.
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by rexpop 4y ago
By "hostile," do you mean "bad faith"?
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by rexpop 4y ago
It's your lecherous winking that's so pathetic.
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by rexpop 4y ago
> you need to weigh those risks against the enjoyment and psychological benefit The risks are massive, and the opportunity cost miniscule.
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by rexpop 4y ago
At first glance, the bill doesn't seem to say what this article says it does. I'm not sure to what passages they refer.
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by rexpop 4y ago
When am I able to check my messages, but unable to respond? If I don't have all the facts at my disposal, that's probably what I'll respond, but promptly acknowledging receipt is a core component of sustainable social relatio
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by rexpop 4y ago
Our society runs on people sending emails to each other, as it happens. What could have higher stakes?

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