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by tchaffee 5y ago
I have had many debates with libertarians over the decades and have yet to meet one who believes in either practice or theory to "literally to let everyone be themselves". Libertarianism fails really hard in situations where you h
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> If success to them looks like an equal number of white/black/asian/women it's an unreachable goal It's not the goal. You've created a strawman and wasted your own time fighting it. > In my mind it&#x27
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> You either think the astronomical number of bugs in delivered software is a problem or you don't (and good luck with that). We don't need luck. Competition has already given us the answer that most bugs are ok. The vast major
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by tchaffee 6y ago
You only need to persuade one popular person in the group and have them suggest it and everyone will follow. Although I don't know of a viable alternative to Facebook, going from WhatsApp to Telegram or Signal, like you said, is "
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> Beyond the HackerNews crowd, most people don't care about privacy. That's just not true. It was my non-tech friends who suggested we move off WhatsApp. And zero objections from anyone in my WhatsApp groups.
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You're moving the goal posts. You asked for this: > If you are so well read, then provide some convincing evidence for your claims. None of the three links you provided tell us anything about the cause of homelessness. I gave you fi
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> I could imagine many people... Yes, that's the entire problem I've been encouraging you to stop doing. You don't need to imagine. It's an extremely well researched subject. I was sincerely hoping you'd put a li
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> Is there any evidence for people becoming homeless because of skyrocketing rents? Plenty of it, it is one of the primary causes. But just to put it in concrete terms that should scare anyone, the average rent in San Francisco in 1994 w
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> In theory, the rich place should offer more job opportunities than poor places elsewhere. Which theory? Because trickle down doesn't have much support in terms of evidence. Often it's actually the wealth that causes the hom
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Here is your claim: > homeless people flock to places with spare money and mild climate. Here is what it would look like as a question: Do homeless people move to places with spare money and mild climate? The "why else" constru
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> choose to be homeless... That's a poor choice of words that betrays your lack of knowledge on the subject. Instead of guesses about what is happening backed up with with "why else" reasoning, why not just do a little res
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by tchaffee 6y ago
There was lots of actionable advice. Just as an example: frequent self testing. Incorporating this into my studies more intentionally has helped me learn quicker. I'm highly motivated and self-driven. This course isn't about motiv
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by tchaffee 6y ago
It's also not going to go Amazon's way if no one has a job to pay for stuff.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
Yeah, you're right he is still relevant to that specific but small crowd. A crowd that might be described as having similar flaws to PG. Maybe it would have been more accurate for me to say "culturally relevant". He is increa
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> PG sure has been on a kick about how brilliant of an independent thinker he is in a sea of conformity. The feeling I get essay after essay is that he's struggling to stay relevant. It's kind of sad to watch tbh.
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> you are uncritically lending your voice to the legacy copyright cartel's continuing attempts to monopolize music distribution. Especially when I said this, right? "If there is a service that pays musicians directly and cuts o
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> I just don't uncritically accept them, let alone act as a volunteer copyright-cop for them. It seems like you are implying I am. When all I'm trying to do is make sure musicians get fairly paid for their work. So yeah, I&#x27
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by tchaffee 6y ago
My goal is that musicians get fairly paid for their work as opposed to making sure I am following every subtle licensing technicality in my own home, which is only an exercise in pedantry and accomplishes nothing practical for musicians. I
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by tchaffee 6y ago
Seems like you are being sarcastic, but yes, if you play loud enough and to a big enough audience you do indeed owe royalties. In fact bars and restaurants are required to pay for this exact reason.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
If this is an existing feature, or when they add it, the platform becomes way more interesting to me. I'd love to pay musicians directly instead of the embarrassingly low payouts from services like Spotify.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> This is part of the reasons why it's dangerous to replace education from established institutions with random blogs on the internet. > If you have the option of listening to a world-renowned mechanic instead. With the note that
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by tchaffee 6y ago
If I am only sharing with my family, then fine. But it looks like this software allows you to create a pod and share with whoever you invite. Which my purchase doesn't cover, right?
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by tchaffee 6y ago
We are discussing how and where we learn things. So the fact that I go to a mechanic to fix my car has little to do with gatekeeping about where I should learn about how to fix my car, or learn enough to keep my mechanic honest.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
"Funkwhale is a community-driven project that lets you listen and share music and audio within a decentralized, open network." From the top of their landing page.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> Buuuut, you know. No I don't. Could you please explain? If random blogs have helped you catch doctors making mistakes (like they have me) then it would seem to strengthen my point that gatekeeping sources of valuable information b
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by tchaffee 6y ago
How do musicians get paid on this platform?
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> This is part of the reasons why it's dangerous to replace education from established institutions with random blogs on the internet. Please don't gatekeep education like this. I've caught teachers from established instit
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by tchaffee 6y ago
People don't want empathy. They want solutions that fix the existing and long-standing problems. Lacking a better solution, CoCs are here to stay. So if you really oppose CoCs, the burden of creating a better solution is on you.
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Systems without a CoC are just as authoritarian, but the rules just are unwritten and favor the privileged.
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by tchaffee 6y ago
> there was a time when you could organize a conference or group or project without conjuring a set of rules governing social interactions Yes there was a "magical" time of a couple decades like that, I remember it well! No rul

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