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by shaftoe 3y ago
Can you name a US ally with food shortages?
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by shaftoe 3y ago
This must be why I've known several people who emigrated out of Canada before having a liquidity event.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Correct. Many people have an expectation that boyfriend/girlfriend status is essentially a trial period for marriage. If it's not "going anywhere" it's a waste of time. As people age, if they have this perspective,
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by shaftoe 4y ago
This resonates with me and I'm in a similar stage. I'd like something between hooking up with a stranger and recreating my life (again) around a new person. It's hard to do that once you're older and I'm actively a
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by shaftoe 4y ago
There are three guarantees in life, no matter what you do or attain. Pain, uncertainty, and constant work. Make peace with that and you'll find these are the spices that make life much richer.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
I like this. I counterbalance it by asking myself, "what makes you think you know how to do it right, yet?"
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but who is an unperson here?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
"The effects of [X] are too subtle and too powerful to leave it to individuals to make their own choices about a healthy level of [X]. Moreover, most people already agree that [X] are not really healthy." I wholeheartedly disagree
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Don't you mean Fall: Dodge in Hell?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Both rhymed with the modern word TIER. Choir would have sounded similar to queer. Remember this is from middle English before the vowel shift.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
PowerBuilder?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Sounds interesting. What's the game?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
It's hard not to write this entire exercise off as a dumb game of woke semantics.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Seriously. A well documented history of the lisp machines would be at the top of my Christmas list.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
> YouGov survey in 2020 of adults in the United States found that, of those who are in a relationship, more than a quarter are non-monogamous. This seems remarkably high. Is this including "cheating", the very name of which im
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by shaftoe 4y ago
You sound depressed. I speak from experience. You're making the mistake of trying to rationalize a feeling. For non-depressed people, doing something that qualifies as "touching grass" brings joy, regardless of rationalizat
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by shaftoe 4y ago
No. It can say otherwise in your employee handbook.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Is this like people who wear $500 jeans? Only they can tell the difference.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Kickstarter for government projects?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
I'm curious how this can work. What you're describing sounds impossible. You go to a restaurant: how do you have any kind off conversation beyond maybe a joke to someone in a line? My impression is that people are friendly but n
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Oh great, another fake holiday to give us yet another social obligation to pay lip service to.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
The ACLU has increasingly become exactly what he seeks to avoid. https://reason.com/2022/08/31/the-student-loan-debate-shows-... I would support a truly civil-liberties-only ACLU, but not what they currently
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by shaftoe 4y ago
If you can tell me that I cannot do something with my property, and I want the freedom to tell you to take a hike, I don't see how that makes me a fascist.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Fascists believe in a strong authority. This article is arguing to have less of one, inherently more laisse faire. Democracy doesn't mean freedom. What you're describing is the modern face of communism. I know you're not sup
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Can you recommend any specific hardcore survival courses for people not in military or similar roles?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
This works well for problems like the one described: blameless and fixable in short order. The people helping can come in, help for a period of time, and leave feeling good. The person getting help likely feels no shame in the situation. W
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Are there a lot of people using screen readers who also use or care about Instagram? Seems incompatible.
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by shaftoe 4y ago
Wait, so it's not "Berm-uh" and "My-ahn-mar" ?
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by shaftoe 4y ago
I think it's similarly fair to question whether it is a good idea to let governments make decisions and expect them to be optimal, or whether optimizing for equity in outcome is inherently good.
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by shaftoe 5y ago
I think a better way to phrase his point is that responsibility rolls upward. You cannot delegate responsibility for an outcome, though you can share it.

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