solipsism

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by solipsism 5y ago
If there was ever a comment more deserving of a "why not both?" response, I'd be surprised.
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by solipsism 5y ago
What's the status of C++ support?
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by solipsism 5y ago
I'm pretty sure the garbage man doesn't want to go to work everyday too. Are you talking about your specific garbage man? Because plenty of waste collectors like their jobs. This statement comes off as very elitist, though you p
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by solipsism 5y ago
It is almost certain that in 10 years, both will be used more than they are now by several x's. I think pretending you can predict what'll happen with either (and the industry) over that time is pretty silly. You contradict you
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by solipsism 5y ago
I can't tell if this is a serious question, or just some quip. Assuming it's serious... It's not an average SWE's job to make product decisions and to steer strategic initiatives. There are people whose job it is to do s
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by solipsism 5y ago
How many line engineers at Google let alone a random tech company can question a VP/director's pet project? All of them, as long as it's done internally and not jerk-like. Doesn't sound like you know much about Google
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by solipsism 5y ago
Max, as you point out, is necessary to actually see the long tail. What a strange way to put it. No one wants to see the long tail. The long tail is the means, not the end. To a lesser extent even percentile buckets can be deceiving if
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by solipsism 5y ago
It's possible. Like it's possible you will win the lottery tomorrow. I wouldn't count on it though.
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by solipsism 5y ago
Are you seriously suggesting that there are more things to do in Boise than Manhattan? It's not about how many things there are to do. It's about what life experiences you've had. I'm not talking museums here. I'm
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by solipsism 5y ago
The irony is that most educated people living in small towns want to get out Doesn't seem like you know much about small towns. I grew up in one. The educated people are there because they want to be. That's sort of by definitio
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by solipsism 5y ago
Gonna guess... Bend, OR?
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by solipsism 5y ago
What? The discussion was about winning with respect to others . You've morphed it and defined winning as achieving one's goals. Yes, indeed everyone wants to achieve their goals. That's vacuous and tautological, and no one w
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by solipsism 5y ago
You're basically picking a fight with capitalism That's a straw-man. I've said nothing questioning capitalism. The stock market isn't a necessary component of capitalism any more than subprime lending is. The cost of
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by solipsism 5y ago
It's being put to use by the companies and institutions you invest in to provide products and services. Why is that better than these companies living off their profits, and their loans? You talk about it and if it's a given. It
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by solipsism 5y ago
Yes.. please God someone tell me, which parts of the sky would fall if the entire FSF org disappeared tomorrow?
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by solipsism 5y ago
We then don't talk about the fact that we could go remarkably further on the same course if we took a much larger bulk of his wealth and put it toward similar objectives of reducing poverty, disease etc. Who could? You and I could? T
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by solipsism 5y ago
The problem of money purchasing political power can probably be solved without eliminating the concept of a yacht.
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by solipsism 5y ago
You've made the case that what you call "social suffering" exists, but you haven't made the case that we should care about it. There are people struggling to survive, even in a country like the US. We have people dying i
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by solipsism 6y ago
Choices are real. Free will is not.
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by solipsism 6y ago
"supernatural" is undefined and it's untestable. You start with meaninglessness, and then you're suprised when rational thinkers say they don't believe in the nonsense?
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by solipsism 6y ago
The idea that people only make changes, even little ones entirely out of self service is extraordinarily cynical and a very negative and sad view of the world. You keep saying that. It's subjective, and it's not an argument. Geo
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by solipsism 6y ago
Is a spinning t-handle exhibiting the tennis racket effect a time crystal?
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by solipsism 6y ago
Not a physicist by a long shot. But that's makes no sense. Gravity waves maybe can behave like an object with mass. But them having mass makes no sense. Energy and momentum, sure. But not mass. Same as light.
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by solipsism 6y ago
Why though, if you're not going to make a difference? Why bother? The reality is that the reason we do these things is to make ourselves feel better. Ah, yes, my daily shot of endorphins from recycling. Ah yes, my bumper sticker makes
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by solipsism 6y ago
Clash of the Titans is top notch.
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by solipsism 6y ago
the video has greater than or equal to 10% of the comments containing negative sentiment (whether it be mildly or strongly negative), then I don't watch the video This seems a rather arbitrary limiter of the content you're willi
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by solipsism 6y ago
If that were true, people would still be buying pet supplies from Pets.com and books from Amazon.com I don't understand. Amazon sells some very large percentage of every book sold in the world. What are you saying? The fact everyone
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by solipsism 6y ago
Wow, this is a good example of sounds-smart nonsense. Deepak Chopra style. > The only time one player can dominate a limited number of niches is when there are few niches to begin with. What?? What are you even saying? It's an entir
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by solipsism 6y ago
have an ideal in mind that goes beyond that 'growth at all costs' stage in which the company could actually increase the health of its ecosystem. Ideal is right, because that is idealistic to the point of naivete. The second a c
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by solipsism 6y ago
I don't understand why people seem so confused about the notion of employment. If a company hires a security researcher, and that security researcher finds that the company is not listening to their advice, is it their responsibility t

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