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by throwno 7y ago
I guess everyone forgot the days before pop-up blocking was built into every browser? Sure, Javascript modals are disgusting, but by definition they have to be one at a time, not a giant stack of ads every time you browse a site. Also, lets
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by throwno 7y ago
Exactly. IRC and Usenet is still there, but people just prefer trolling on Twitter and Reddit.
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by throwno 7y ago
TV programs are designed to get your attention. Try watching college lectures instead. I'm still not sure what Russian formalism is actually about, but boy it sure is a great sleep aid.
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by throwno 7y ago
It is saving anyone from having to actually innovate. Remember when there was a rush of "but on internet" patents and businesses? Well, now there's a bunch of "but green this time" businesses. Not to say they aren&#
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by throwno 7y ago
They probably have accounts that match the topics and regularly upvote. So they have some accounts that upvote those entry level ML medium articles, another that upvotes lifestyle Saases, another that upvotes pet language posts, etc.
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by throwno 7y ago
The problem with consensus based rules is that it takes way too long to do anything. Around the turn of the century, when anarchism was still opposed to capitalism, rather than just people swinging bike locks in the name of identity politic
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by throwno 7y ago
Oh god. Imagine the thousands of bland consensus talking points they had to regurgitate to build those accounts. Never trust somebody with no gray comments.
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by throwno 7y ago
Erdogan survived an attempted coup. Attempt a coup in Germany or France and see how fast those democracies get "autocratic".
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by throwno 7y ago
If trades make so much money, how come no one is bitching about fatcat plumbers and roofers? Why hasn't the NY Times published any articles about how "Big Plumbing is soaking the middle class" etc.? For all the ways the middl
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by throwno 7y ago
I'm not as cynical as that guy. I don't think quants are a "scam" or whatever. However, I do think the the top funds represent survivorship bias. Everybody's a top fund, until they aren't. As for RenTech, the f
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by throwno 7y ago
>The top quant funds perform exceptionally well even through bear markets. Oh, you mean like LTCM?
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by throwno 7y ago
So, I assume you pushed your kids to skip medical school and enroll in plumbing classes instead right? How did it go? Are they in the one percent now?
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by throwno 7y ago
Rich to hear Indians feeling entitled to EU immigration when the Indians just happily passed a law against Muslim immigration. Letting poor muslims compete with you on fair terms does not increase inequality. It undermines your position of
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by throwno 7y ago
The sea level rising by two centimeters is not more perilous than nuclear annihilation.
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by throwno 7y ago
NYC progressive mayor Bill Deblasio is shipping out homeless people right now as we speak. https://nypost.com/2019/12/02/newark-sues-to-stop-nyc-from-r...
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by throwno 7y ago
I don't know about privacy, but it certainly increased the amount of popups I have to click through daily. Thanks, wise European bureaucrats.
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by throwno 7y ago
Dreaming In Code by Scott Rosenberg has some relatable war stories.
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by throwno 7y ago
Nail salons don't capitalize on vice.
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by throwno 7y ago
Working in a nail salon is legal, but that doesn't stop them from employing trafficked workers.
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by throwno 7y ago
Luckily for me the Catholic Church banned cousin marriages and arranged marriages centuries ago. But, yeah, I suppose for people outside of the occident applying for sex on a website as if you are applying for a coding job might be an impro
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by throwno 7y ago
Wow, if prostitution is legal that means we can have prostitution startups, and prostitution IPOs! Corporate prostitution backed by SoftBank and Saudi sovereign wealth! What a world we're making!
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by throwno 7y ago
Tinder: LinkedIn for sex! Modernity is awful. The only good thing is improved medical care and food security. Everything is else is just bad.
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by throwno 7y ago
Do you also apply this argument to economic inequality? No, you can't be the CEO, but if you "put in the time or effort to be the kind of man that can" make a living wage, then you don't need to demand socialism. Do low
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by throwno 7y ago
Ultimately, you are right. Innovative proprietary tech just doesn't matter in software. I want to believe it does, so I don't feel that I've wasted my life learning to build software. Seems like hardware and medical are the o
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by throwno 7y ago
>User Experience. Developer Experience. Community. But that's what I'm saying. If you find some solution to a problem that's making decent money, some guy with big capital will just come in and "fast follow" you
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by throwno 7y ago
The only problem with not caring about the technology, is if your solution is trivial to replicate then anyone with a bunch of cash can come in with hired gun coders and out advertise you. Hard to replicate technology gives you some kind of
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by throwno 7y ago
Are you seriously bullying lonely disabled men on a programming forum?