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by smtddr 11y ago
>>"eat a reasonably varied diet that is calorie restricted?" Define "reasonably" and "restricted". Otherwise, you might as well say "If everyone just did the right thing, everything would be as it
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by smtddr 11y ago
Because you might find out tomorrow that the person you killed was actually innocent. In contrast, if someone is freed after wrongly imprisoned for 3 years... at least that person is now free and alive. Even if it's 1/3000 people
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by smtddr 11y ago
Wow, just like..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Pass
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by smtddr 11y ago
One possible argument would be that having a false sense of security is worse than no security at all.
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>"They provide food, clothing, shelter and medical care to millions and millions of people who would otherwise be out in the cold" That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that they entrap many people who don&
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>Nobody wants to be the parent of the most mentally stable Starbucks Barista... Get them into Stanford, then they have the rest of their life to "fail" What a terribly insulting thing to say. Arrogance at its peak.
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>The assumption that government should fix everything is selfish and lazy. It absolves us of personal responsibility. It's also unreasonable to think everyone that's in a difficult situation got there by their own mistake
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by smtddr 11y ago
Yes and no. The government is too bird's-eye-view to understand the details of different communities. I do think, however, the government should have some kind connection with a group of people in each state to get a status on things.
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by smtddr 11y ago
...well, the line between spreading the wealth and gentrification is a bit fuzzy. I'm not convinced what's happening in SF, and starting to happen in Oakland, is actually desirable by the residence that were there before tech peop
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by smtddr 11y ago
This is the most important part of the article: >>"We know much less for sure than we think, and recommendations that forcefully tell people exactly what and precisely how much they should or should not eat can be counterproduct
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by smtddr 11y ago
Count me as a Twitter-believer. I don't have facebook; too many social pressures & awkwardness with friends/family would occur if I did. Twitter is the place to be for me. I've always liked it and I like moments. But, in
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by smtddr 11y ago
Maybe... should have seen what happened when wikipedia disappeared for a day: http://laughingsquid.com/herpderpedia-a-collection-of-tweets...
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by smtddr 11y ago
Even anonymous-online-presence doesn't protect you from those people though. If you're a woman online trying to hide your gender from bigots/sexists/perverts, you have to make sure you don't say anything that'l
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by smtddr 11y ago
Similar, I was on a team designing a mobile app and we sometimes had confusing conversations with the project-manager, at some point he told us he was partially color-blind. Specifically in this image: http://i.imgur.com/jJ
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>All is not positive for the white man though. There is the 'white tax' where prices are instantly increased when a white person is the one shopping and people are always hitting them up for money because white people are
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by smtddr 11y ago
nah, I don't think of flag/vouch as the same as upvote/downvote. Regardless of the constant arguments around it, I use upvote/downvote on opinions I agree/disagree with. I'd use flag/vouch for things that
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by smtddr 11y ago
It's just that upper-middle class people tend not to have any street-smarts so they're afraid of any place that doesn't look shiny-and-glamorous..... and eventually, this conversation is going to take us to deeper uncomfortab
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by smtddr 11y ago
The thing that gets lost in most statements similar to "$CITY is dangerous!" , is that it's usually not the whole city. Parts of it are. If you know what parts and stay away from those, you'll be okay. There are parts
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by smtddr 11y ago
If I worked at a start-up that got sold and I walk away with even "just" 100K I'd be very happy. I wouldn't worry myself about the billions someone else got; especially when those people were part of the original founder
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by smtddr 11y ago
Well, here's something that definitely has no market value: http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/8-bit-binge-hack-puts-ne... ;)
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>Having said all that, why would one obsess about joining the elites. I am perfectly fine being (upper) middle class. Indeed, and Notch pretty much confirms what I already believe it to be like way up at the top: http://
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>What if the rich get richer because they know how to invest their money more effectively? New research shows that this may be a factor behind the rise in inequality. A factor, sure... one factor... of many...
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by smtddr 11y ago
Just fyi, several people have tried engaging this person in similar discussions before... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8613711
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>An automated justice system wouldn't be biased by human prejudice, ignorance or fear An automated system is written by people and those prejudices can still sneak in... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07&#x2F
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by smtddr 11y ago
I think acceptable is the default for most behaviors. Give into whatever urge you have, etc. It's age/experience that eventually labels things as unacceptable.
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>I'm also pretty sure I'm part of a growing demographic who are finding every way they can to opt out of it because they're sick of it. I think you're very wrong here. I suspect only a small part of the echo-cha
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by smtddr 11y ago
>>but I have the confidence and experience to know that 'let it ride' is the right strategy about 90% of the time. Truth, that was an expensive lesson for me. First bitcoin took about $3,000 USD from me in exchange for tha
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by smtddr 11y ago
Oh, nice! Now I think I want an "Ask HN" for everyone to post their stock-allocation charts. :)
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by smtddr 11y ago
I have tried so very hard to outsmart the market, read so much stuff and this is the result compare to S&P500: http://i.imgur.com/fEZvLod.png , for all my time & energy I could have just dumped all my savings into S
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by smtddr 11y ago
Just fyi, it's not that they wanted to use an unofficial source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10243271

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