sisu2019

10 ms·

31.
by sisu2019 8y ago
Sorry, I don't believe that our perspective on this is especially valuable or insightful. Everyone with an average IQ can explain in 5 sentences what went wrong with this plane. Yes new engines didn't fit the plane, fixed with sof
32.
by sisu2019 8y ago
it's a well-known christian cathedral. It's a pretty big deal, sure. It's a big church so it's a place of worship. What else is it?
33.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I am not saying islamists did this thing but are you really saying that it doesn't make sense for them to destroy places of worship of other relgions? In Indonesia and other places they sure think differently.
34.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> executable-program-as-config I learned to hate in the JVM world I don't understand how anyone who ever used gradle or even maven and went somewhere else can actually say that Gradle is simply amazing and literally don't know
35.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> parsing xml may cause random random network requests (firewall issues) inability to properly use a library should not count against it
36.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> single most effective interventions for homeless people who take drugs is to give them a place to live Have a fun citation for me on that? Is it effective in absolute terms or just "most effective"? > unhealthy coping mec
37.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> without self-censorship, negative remarks, feeling out of place, their vocation and/or skills being continuously challenged randomly This is the life of all men in competence hierachies. All of these things happend to me within th
38.
by sisu2019 8y ago
Yes, they absolutely do. How is this even a question? You don't cure a drug habit by giving the person more money cause they'll just buy more drugs. You don't cure a reckless driver by given them a faster car. You don't
39.
by sisu2019 8y ago
It's not made up. You misunderstood about the developmental delays: she gave birth to her son, refused to nurse him, refused to even have him close to her. She did not go outside with him or interact with him in any way beyond what&#x2
40.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> Would they work fast food for as many hours? You don't fully understand how these "next door millionaire" types operate. They don't look at something and say "that's fast food work". They work at what
41.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> Impoverished people aren't poor because they occasionally buy coffee Impoverished people might be poor because they take everything literally and can't see the big picture though. Yes, frivolous spending absolutely has someth
42.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> Everything adds up very quickly and the coffee is just one example Exactly. It's kind of painful to see that the author of the article is simply not mentally equipped to have this conversation yet they have a blog and enough pull
43.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> Dropping $5 you don't have on overpriced coffee is proving that it has no power over you. Buying overpriced stuff you don't really need with money you don't have has to be somewhere in the definition of "money has p
44.
by sisu2019 8y ago
this is an example of a poverty mindset: spend the future today and then hope that some windfall will make up for it. Sure, this can work, it might also fail spectacularly.
45.
by sisu2019 8y ago
However bad the system is, frivolous spending will not help things. However good the system is, it could never bear everyone spending frivolously forever. So there is really no point to complaining, just aim for a frugal life style because
46.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I think the extremeness of content is just another anti-free speech talking point. I'm sure there is vile stuff on youtube but if it actually comes down in these threads are are videos by Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan and Tim
47.
by sisu2019 8y ago
that's exactly it, well said.
48.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I wasn't talking about mob rule. I was talking about an orthodoxy that's ruthlessly enforced by those in power. Cause that's what it was before. "Freedom of speech" is not an accident. Enlightenment thinkers have be
49.
by sisu2019 8y ago
this is what the free market would do but I thought we don't want that because 'everyone should have affordable healthcare'. Isn't an antivaxer 'everyone'? It's kind of spooky, progressives convince themse
50.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> Through all of mankind we had strong mechanisms to form consensus, including social repercussions. This is a dangerous, dangerous path to go down to if you belong to any kind of enlightment inspired ideology. What kind of things were s
51.
by sisu2019 8y ago
you are a complaining about your ideology being ridiculed because its bad and leads to awful results, your interlocutor complains about not being able to voice his opinion without actual persecution.
52.
by sisu2019 8y ago
you say that as if we didn't just have two years of progressives and media smearing people they disagree with as alt-right. Doesn't matter what they believe or say: Sam Harris? Alt-right. Tim Poole? Alt-right. Jordan Peterson? Alt
53.
by sisu2019 8y ago
Do nothing and let the market sort it out. It's time to try some actual laissez fair now that intervention has failed, as was predicted by most economists. Minimal zoning, minimal taxes, minimal codes. Just boil it down to the raw esse
54.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I am so frustrated at the slow pace of java but then I remember that for some reason everyone is using JS now and laugh in at-least-some-semblance-of-typesafety (also stacktraces, a module system not invented by a SF hobo, a real compiler a
55.
by sisu2019 8y ago
> I'm reasonably happy the EU is interested in shifting profits back away from big tech This is not going to happen. Regulations are very likely to favor incumbents as their high rate of profit can more easily accommodate them. Inci
56.
by sisu2019 8y ago
Local parliaments are closer and have more contact with their constituents so they'll automatically be more transparent and if my local government becomes unbearable I can move 200 KM and be free of it but if the EU becomes unbearable
57.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I didn't say it's the only one, but I do think it's big factor in the west's success. And that's what we want: successful problem solving in the space of media consumption for kids and for adults. Parents absolutely
58.
by sisu2019 8y ago
As far as this is concerned children are an extension of their parents. What makes individual liberty such a powerful force is that different paradigms can compete peacefully in the same society and everyone can then see what works and what
59.
by sisu2019 8y ago
I find that the opposite is the case, the slopes are so slippery that I don't think slippery slope is a real fallacy anymore. Three examples: * In the UK and other CW countries the police now come to talk to you about your tweets or ev
60.
by sisu2019 8y ago
You probably could. Windows 10 and XBOX have a family thing where you can set times and block applications. There is an app for android called screentime that does a similar thing. You can also set time limits on PS4 accounts (they have to

More ›