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by shswkna 2y ago
Please, could you elaborate how it has worked for you? Specifically how do the productivity gains balance out all the available distractions? Or are you just particularly talented at singleminded focus?
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by shswkna 2y ago
Everyone needs money, it doesn’t matter who you are and what your circumstances are. So to bring this up as an argument against someone is kind of pointless. But someone needing money still needs to motivate the reasons-for to the money-g
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by shswkna 2y ago
That is the “popularised” and one-sided view of reality I was referring to. A full set of experiences will give you a more nuanced view.
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by shswkna 2y ago
There are many advantages to having employees own shares in a company. However, I would add that it depends on the industry, type of company and other circumstances. These are factors that play a role and should add to a more nuanced discus
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by shswkna 2y ago
The parent poster was being sarcastic. ;-)
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by shswkna 2y ago
This is an ever recurring theme in the human condition. McDonald’s loyalty was not beholden to his bosses, or what society or the country wanted at that moment in time. He knew a certain truth, based on facts he was aware of, and stuck by t
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by shswkna 2y ago
As a counter argument, every mammal born outside of a domesticated setting/structure is quite wild. Horses may seem wild because they are fast movers. Sheep and Cows will also act wild if not domesticated; they are just not fast by nat
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by shswkna 2y ago
You are right, but the very need to do the hard work of informing yourself, to the point of becoming a semi expert in sofa construction and what to look for, reduces the value of what the sofa-seller is offering. The point of an economy whe
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by shswkna 2y ago
Note that the Scandinavian and Baltic countries do have an active tech startup scene.
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by shswkna 2y ago
Aiming our goals and dreams towards the lowest common denominator, will not result in successfully reaching them. Aim higher and higher, so you pull everything else up in your wake. Even more so if your intentions are pure.
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by shswkna 2y ago
We start aging, i.e. heading for death, the moment we are born. And with every breath henceforth. Some faster, some slower. So it is relative, in every sense.
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by shswkna 3y ago
I disagree strongly. Safety should be adhered to and reminding him/her even once too many times is the right thing to do. BUT a lot of things are dangerous, and we can become proficient at it. Driving a car is helluva dangerous but we
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by shswkna 3y ago
PDFs are doing a pretty good job of bridging the gap between the real world (paper formats) and the digital world. The whole point is that they are not dynamic.
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by shswkna 3y ago
It boggles my mind how a pattern that every (capable) engineer can spot a mile away and know for a fact that a disaster is waiting to happen, can persist. It seems to be a human condition that we sleepwalk into disaster regularly.
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by shswkna 3y ago
This is a great analysis of the American, if not world economy, which engineers can relate to. It discusses the issues and circumstances in a non-judgemental way that is refreshing and interesting. It is very long, but there is so much inte
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by shswkna 3y ago
While this is a common attitude in western society, it does not make sense if you zoom out. Acting morally/ethically and being successful are not mutually exclusive. But it is more difficult, and it might require a more careful assessm
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by shswkna 3y ago
IMO you are only partly right. It will have to be a mix until storage can scale to the level nuclear can provide cleanly. I say this because there is a category of power consumers that is often forgotten by us mere mortals: industry. To pro
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by shswkna 3y ago
Germany is not a good benchmark. Germany is scared of exploring the future.
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by shswkna 3y ago
I have heard that angle of argument recently (that distribution/diversity for the sake of it is not inherently better) and must concede it is worth considering. But in this case, it is about actual companies that have been successful a
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by shswkna 3y ago
I detect a veiled authoritarian tendency in your posts, or I may be reading it wrongly. What I read between the lines is that cooperation and coordination on topics such as global warming are only possible with a dominant west? As a person
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by shswkna 3y ago
There is a correct way to address this by slapping him with a hefty fine. But having someone so clearly misuse laws meant to protect vulnerable persons, should not evoke sympathy. She should be thrown out of the place quite literally.
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by shswkna 3y ago
The fog of confusion has already descended on the traditional media in a different way. Modern economic pressures and incentives, as well as political ones, have made traditional media subservient to those, instead of the original ideal of
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by shswkna 3y ago
I believe that most people that make decisions that impact a large number of people the world over, simply have a too narrow experience of the world, and of other people’s situations. They know their own reality and think that this is how o
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by shswkna 3y ago
Humans built this wonderful common structure, where we can all communicate boundlessly. The huge benefits only last briefly for humanity, until our inherent nature causes it to degenerate into a mess. Everybody goes back to doing their own
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by shswkna 3y ago
What‘s incredible to me is how humans [in this case Sam Altman] have that tendency to fulfil their given role [CEO of OpenAI] with such a singleminded purpose, that they are able to block out the bigger picture entirely and rationalise away
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by shswkna 3y ago
It seems those that have a fundamental problem with cheating are in the minority. Reading through the comments leaves me only sad. Based on how I believe the world works, and on larger patterns at play here, this general cultural trend (if
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by shswkna 3y ago
This perspective or line of argumentation does strike an intuitive chord with me. There is a difference between being able to leverage AI to accomplish more than without it, and merely outsourcing intelligence and knowledge to the AI and ef
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by shswkna 3y ago
My sister had RA in her early twenties. For years no treatment was able to restore a reasonable quality of life. There were many side effects which needed treatment as well. She went from doctor to doctor, while she lost the best parts of h
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by shswkna 3y ago
You can also see it this way: Its a symbiosis, and without our gut bacteria we would not be able to exist. We are more than the sum of our parts, but each part has to be in good health for us to be prosperous. Maybe its depressing, but mayb
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by shswkna 3y ago
> Any intelligent machine of the sort he describes would not be humankind's "tool" -- any more than humans are the tools of rabbits or robins or chimpanzees Cats would disagree :) Maybe there would be an analogous strategy

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