sporadicism

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by sporadicism 28d ago
> I can tell, usually within a few minutes of meeting them, who’s really into social media. Same for me, except it's people who don't read books.
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by sporadicism 1mo ago
You're right. I'll rephrase: Even if engineers were uniquely capable in this regard it still wouldn't equip them to identify solutions, let alone solve problems, in fields where they lack domain expertise.
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by sporadicism 2mo ago
Asian superpowers feature so heavily in the genre that it's a cliche. Also Ballard was British.
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by sporadicism 2mo ago
Even if engineers were uniquely capable in this regard it still wouldn't equip them to solve problems in fields where they lack domain expertise.
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by sporadicism 2mo ago
Yes, that is the argument from the video I was referencing.
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by sporadicism 2mo ago
I didn't find any of the arguments for optimism compelling, even if I wanted to agree with the talk's message. Free software is about the worst example, as it has inadvertently built the technology that has, more than any other, c
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by sporadicism 4mo ago
> Can you flesh out how you feel Greenspan is responsible for 2008? Greenspan felt Greenspan was responsible for 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/business/economy/24panel....
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by sporadicism 4mo ago
You can tell who works in adtech
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by sporadicism 4mo ago
How is dynastic wealth not immoral?
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by sporadicism 5mo ago
How's that? I am not familiar.
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by sporadicism 5mo ago
I agree with this if what you mean is that employment generally requires conformity, passivity, accepting low autonomy, low creativity, etc. Otherwise, this isn't my experience.
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by sporadicism 5mo ago
hn appears in google news now
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by sporadicism 6mo ago
One of the reasons that books are indeed too expensive is that the mass market paperback is effectively dead. Now consumers much choose from fewer, higher priced options. That is, trade paperbacks and hardcovers. Hardcovers may be relativ
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by sporadicism 6mo ago
Additionally, I can't imagine being blase about gaining parasites just because you're not pregnant or immunocompromised.
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by sporadicism 8mo ago
> his YT videos are exclusively doom and gloom Why do you suppose that is? Why is there an insatiable desire for negative news about real estate?
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by sporadicism 9mo ago
> Most of my peers would rather work with brilliant jerk than a friendly average person I worked with one of these. Every interaction was miserable and stomach-turning. He slowed the project down in a number of ways. A friendly averag