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by rrsmtz 5y ago
The author's previous series on Europa Universalis IV greatly emphasized that the game simulates a specific model of states, rather than trying to portray reality perfectly. This model is very similar to fields in Political Science suc
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by rrsmtz 6y ago
You would probably enjoy CGP Grey's video Rules for Rulers, which covers very reasonable arguments for why politicians don't enact "good" legislation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
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by rrsmtz 6y ago
Sometimes it's used by the state itself for cost savings, as in California under then-attorney general Kamala Harris (now Vice President): > “Extending 2-for-1 credits to all minimum custody inmates at this time would severely impac
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by rrsmtz 6y ago
Excellent point. This vote-mob isn't due to some extraneous BS like some other ones, it's a response to an unexpected and customer-hostile service restriction. I don't see how anyone could trust Robinhood with their money in
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by rrsmtz 6y ago
Twitter's owners seem to believe that their platform is an oligarchy of opinion leaders (celebrities, etc.), who influence the malleable minds of their aptly-named followers. And they're probably right that this is the overwhelmin
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by rrsmtz 6y ago
> it does not follow that by adopting the ethics, one is also adopting the religion Those ethics were created from within a theistic worldview, they weren't born from reason. Adopting the ethics of a religious culture while denying
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by rrsmtz 7y ago
RE: the appeal to history Things are different now. People consume much more media, which is much more diverse than ever before. Thank population growth and the iPhone. Today, there are YouTube channels that only write video essays about Th
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by rrsmtz 7y ago
Brave on iOS doesn’t do anything in response to clicking the test button, and I can’t decide if that’s encouraging or disappointing.
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by rrsmtz 7y ago
Creepy proof-of-concept. Are there devices which have been proven to capture image data when not in a camera mode, or is there an assumption that they're somehow doing it covertly?