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by tenpies 7y ago
Does that make the colour blue a social construct, or the word blue a social construct? After all, #0000ff is #0000ff no matter what you call it or through whose eyes it reflect photons. ;)
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by tenpies 7y ago
Perhaps, but at the same time I have never met such self-hating people as urban Americans post-2016. The exceptionalism might be the degree of freedom it allows in thoughts about their own Americanism, and the seeming ability to believe bot
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by tenpies 7y ago
> variety of ink colors available for fountain pens Just wait until you start mixing inks to produce your own signature colour. It gets to the point where your ink is as unique as your calligraphy.
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by tenpies 7y ago
I think the US is the only country in the world where you don't need ID to vote. Banking? Need ID. Getting a job? Need ID. Doing anything with the government? Need ID. Driving? Need ID. But voting? No way, we'll take your
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by tenpies 7y ago
This has been my take too. The whole hackathon and hiring effort screams to me of "we have finally concluded that a LIDAR-less implementation is impossible within our lifetimes. We hope one of you has at least a Hail Mary that we can
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by tenpies 7y ago
> We can also pickup on subtle clues in posture, through eye contact and even through the driving style of another person. I think this is what a lot of people take for granted. Driving anywhere where there is another vehicle immediatel
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by tenpies 7y ago
All of a sudden Brexit makes a little bit more sense.
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by tenpies 7y ago
> How is locking down an entire city "poor containment". Because it followed a week of ignoring the issue and then another week of arresting people who were reporting on the issue. This has been an issue since December 28th, b
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by tenpies 7y ago
Isn't there a name for the idea that every visionary and every fraudster is basically the same person? There has to be a parallel universe where Holmes got more money pumped into her company, got regulators to ignore her company despit
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by tenpies 7y ago
The Space Force uniform was a Kobayashi Maru. If money was not spent and they used an existing uniform to keep costs low, critics would complain that the uniform does not match the environment. If money was spent to design a new uniform tha
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by tenpies 7y ago
This cannot be understated. You can conceivably get a house with 5% down. There is no other instrument that allows a retail investor to get 20X leverage - especially at that price. Even leveraged ETFs are basically capped at 3X because a
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by tenpies 7y ago
> Also I’m not sure how the CDC is preparing for this under 45, but given the state of the federal government I would guess it’s less prepared than the days of the Ebola scare. Despite "45" apparently being such a comic book vi
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by tenpies 7y ago
> will close after its six-month lease expires That's certainly not immediately. Also not by decision of CFA. The local landlord folded and decided not to renew the lease, so after the initial 6 months, that CFA location would hav
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by tenpies 7y ago
Is it not the same for the current wave of anti-bias/discrimination/racism training? There is zero evidence that it has any effect. What few brave researchers have risked their careers exploring the effectiveness of the training
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by tenpies 7y ago
This will sound outrageous to US technology workers in 2020, but some people are able to separate their professional lives from the religious and political beliefs of their co-workers. About 15 years ago it was perfectly normal for this exc
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by tenpies 7y ago
Not even race, but just suggesting that evolutionary psychology is a valid scientific field can get you crucified in some circles. Somehow the human brain avoided all sexual selection forces, environmental pressures, and even difference be
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by tenpies 7y ago
> If you think this federal reserve data is false, tell me more about why and how. I don't think it's false, I just don't think it reflects anything realistic. My critique is with how they measure inflation, which is calc
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by tenpies 7y ago
Not even that, the deaths and injuries are immediate for drivers. Canada implemented this in the worst way possible so that any alert gets the highest alert setting possible (Presidential: what would normally be reserved for an imminent
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by tenpies 7y ago
Yes, and not to mention that even within those fields there are sub-fields where there are basically no males (e.g. paediatric nurses). And of course, the persistent retirement gender gap (men and women retire at the same age and are expect
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by tenpies 7y ago
Honestly, until they experience first-hand a totalitarian government weaponizing their information they won't care. Even then, only that generation - well the survivors of that generation - will care. It's not enough to ponder a
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by tenpies 7y ago
> The main threat to QE is inflation, which is hovering around 2% and stubbornly low, so QE is in the clear. Obligatory comment that the measure of inflation used by the Fed - core inflation - intentionally under presents inflation. It
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by tenpies 7y ago
Agree. In many ways I wonder if we're seeing a couple compounding forces at play: * The introduction of birth control and giving people (yes both men and women) too much control over procreation without having to control the impulse f
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by tenpies 7y ago
That's now what Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity initiatives at companies, universities, and governments are aiming for though. It's quotas for everyone and anything other than 50% females and 50% or more of "minorities&quot
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by tenpies 7y ago
I just hate that the emphasis seems to be strictly based on careers with high income. There is no focus spreading equality or equity or informing everyone when the career is about social good, life satisfaction, or blunt quality of life.
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by tenpies 7y ago
I don't think number 2 is precise enough. For some of us it's not just that you're not building something good, it's that you're actually helping a company who is quite likely destroying society. At worst, you&#x27
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by tenpies 7y ago
This will depending on your tax jurisdiction, but it's almost certainly a consequence of taxes: If the company buys its own shares, there are usually no taxes on the purchase. If the company issues dividends, it has to pay taxes on div
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by tenpies 7y ago
I think the problem is the business models. EV manufacturers rely on the gas savings to make their product financially enticing. The battery is the crappiest part of the vehicle. It will be the costliest and fastest major component to wea
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by tenpies 7y ago
> trying to reconcile this It is generally considered quite rude to speak ill of those who are no longer with us, even if they were adversaries when they were alive. This goes doubly when speaking publicly and in a professional setting.
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by tenpies 7y ago
> there's a lot of people who seem to operate on the presumption that in the long term, their side is going to have complete control of the government indefinitely I think you are confusing outcome for mechanism. The idea is that o
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by tenpies 7y ago
Good news then, we use competing systems to determine a solution in several facets of society (e.g. politics at every level, almost everything related to countries, governance in the public and private sectors). The minute someone comes u

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