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by snoot 4y ago
Construing it that way is just flawed logic. It presupposes that a person goes into a relationship looking for such an imperfection. This is the fallacy of affirming the consequent.
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by snoot 4y ago
Given that it doesn’t seem to be grounded in any kind of reality, what the image says about the human condition must refer to the minds of those who conjure it up.
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by snoot 4y ago
Apple was forced to disable this feature by an authoritarian government. The same can be said about encrypted iOS backups, and maybe we’ll see forced CSAM scanning return. Why is anyone expecting a corporation to be an activist and not obey
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by snoot 4y ago
Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone say anything like that, let alone agree it. That said, it’s unclear why either view would be seen as ‘selfish’.
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by snoot 4y ago
> We're also perpetuating values like fierce independence. I keep seeing this said, but I don’t see it. What are the examples?
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by snoot 4y ago
They aren’t millionaires until they exchange their Bitcoin for dollars. Let’s see what happens when they do.
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by snoot 4y ago
Sorry, crypto isn’t about creating trust. In fact it’s the opposite. It’s about creating a system where trust isn’t needed . The natural consequence is that anyone who does trust, is exploited, and subsequently trust is driven out of
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by snoot 4y ago
It’s not that it has to be written that way. It’s that people who have grown up with it have learned that this is the way.
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by snoot 4y ago
> it only takes 20 minutes to walk a mile Which means you have massive delays between stops, and can’t do much if you don’t have hours available.
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by snoot 4y ago
I keep hearing about this ideological individualism, but I never see it explained except as a cause for bad things. Can someone give me an example?
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by snoot 4y ago
I'm in the 'schools are a moral disaster' camp. The final paragraph sums it up: > So, I’m a sceptic of the ‘school is a moral disaster that we’ll look back on with shame’ position. Or at least, I think it seems weird to ho
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by snoot 4y ago
> it helps no one Incorrect. It helps people who are trying to relate to those with NPD.
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by snoot 4y ago
Exactly. I also have some enduring friendships - the longest having now lasted 14 years or so with people I met at meetup groups. A crucial point that gets brought up on HN time and time again, is that you need to let yourself develop int
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by snoot 4y ago
Urban East Bay, with restaurants, cafes, groceries, bars etc, easily walkable from where I live.
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by snoot 4y ago
SF Bay Area
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by snoot 4y ago
Selling some Tesla stock and raising investment. He didn’t say it would be a Twitter phone. He said he would make it, which presumably means starting a new company.
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by snoot 4y ago
Then let’s hope Twitter is kicked out. Musk starting some real competition would the best thing for the industry. This is the correct way to deal with the duopoly. Maybe Epic can go in on it with him.
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by snoot 4y ago
> But you'll do all that against massive societal forces. What forces exactly? > A few decades back you'd join one of the few organizations or clubs that happened in your area, and instantly be in a reliable community (if yo
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by snoot 4y ago
People new to the web see little else and think that’s how people write now. Also, it’s an SEO farm blog post.
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by snoot 4y ago
> there are what seem to be tons of weird GPU problems on macOS under M1— weird cursor tails, choppy scrolling, and very occasional panics that derive from GPU drivers. Never heard of these. Been using M1 for a year. I don’t think it’
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by snoot 4y ago
Have you had any interaction with the founder behind Copylime?
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by snoot 4y ago
Sometimes the bereaved want retribution.
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by snoot 4y ago
The article at that link has an interesting headline.
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by snoot 4y ago
You obviously like it. Is your own blog written using copylime?
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by snoot 4y ago
Presumably all those “testimonials” are examples of the tool in action.
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by snoot 4y ago
I’m not sure where you are but they are all over the Bay Area.
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by snoot 4y ago
Gambling addicts might be more accurate.
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by snoot 4y ago
BLM was the most prominent success, but turned out to be self-defeating. The arguments are bankrupt and the counterargument are simply winning now. There is no going back or ‘fighting harder’ when your position no longer has currency.
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by snoot 4y ago
I don’t think anyone believes equality of opportunity has been achieved. Only that it is a value worth striving for as opposed to equality of outcome.
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by snoot 4y ago
A genuine technological innovation, but not money.

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