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throwuwu
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throwuwu
4y ago
Do some research into Japans track record on building Nuclear. They’re one of the few countries that didn’t let green peace idiots ruin their regulatory bodies so they’re still able to build nuclear plants in the same amount of time it take
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4y ago
Charity, love, contemplation of beauty, building friendships, raising children, many more. These are not empty in many ways, they provide long lasting satisfaction, they help others, they give you a feeling of peace, they can be shared free
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throwuwu
4y ago
Yes, materialism is an empty pursuit.
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throwuwu
4y ago
He was just clearing the way for the new generation of communist youth.
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throwuwu
4y ago
That’s actually the point of most longevity research. Figuring out how to keep people healthy for as long as possible. That may eventually lead to effective immortality but the first step is the prevent senescence.
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throwuwu
4y ago
About that exponential breeding thing, I’ve got some bad news. You’d better sit down…
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throwuwu
4y ago
Not aging is not the same as being invincible. There would still be turn over. You can also legislate things like mandatory retirement from a position so that others get a chance to move up. The legal aspects of longevity are easy to solve
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throwuwu
4y ago
Law generally follows technological advancement, if you try to do it the other way you’ll end up passing laws for things that will never happen.
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throwuwu
4y ago
Why do you think all countries and their citizens would want you to impose your healthcare system on them?
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throwuwu
4y ago
You only need social security if you’re unable to work. If we increase healthspan to the point that you can maintain the physical condition of a 30 year old indefinitely then you are able to pull your own weight.
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throwuwu
4y ago
5 sentences, 0 semantic value.
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throwuwu
4y ago
I hope your dream job is digging turnips out of the ground. Although given historical precedent you’d have a higher chance of winding up in the ground after a violent revolution.
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4y ago
Do we only have that handful of examples from that period or are there other contemporaneous tombs that are not pyramids? Or smaller pyramids? The thing I always thought was so weird about the pyramids is why there are so few of them. You’d
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4y ago
That’sa genius idea for line work. It reduces the number of crew needed and drastically improves safety since falls are pretty much the biggest hazard.
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throwuwu
4y ago
Not remotely possible in an industry where the workforce is practically volunteering their labor. Even if you could convince every college grad and drop out to sign on you’d still get steam rolled by all the indie studios that would be more
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4y ago
I’m not in the games industry but all the war stories I’ve heard trend in the opposite direction. They start out with really broad scope and then increasingly drop and cut content and features as the deadline approaches. The only time I’ve
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4y ago
Release dates actually matter for entertainment products.
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4y ago
Isn’t this treatment simply accomplishing the same thing that the current treatment does but in a targeted way with hopefully much fewer side effects? When you have cancerous T cells the only option is to eradicate all of them and start ove
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throwuwu
4y ago
This is rekindling an interest I had in doing exactly the same thing. Nice to see another implementation. I’ll have to revive my old code. I think the key to getting uptake would be making it easy for anyone to live edit their copy and have
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4y ago
No, they correctly identify it as learned helplessness which is a real behaviour common to many animals including humans. If you experience repeated misery, set backs, abuse, discrimination, and even just bad luck it conditions you to belie
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4y ago
Or, you know, a retiree with a penchant for forestry and gardening. All it takes is interest, just look at the community of people obsessed with grafting or other botanical pursuits.
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throwuwu
4y ago
It works with European and North American hardwoods so it could probably be applied to other species as well.
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4y ago
> no one said it would fall off the earth immediately This is very disingenuous, there were hordes of people claiming it would be down in 24 hours, 48 hours, after the weekend etc. and there are still masses of people still saying it won
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4y ago
SWE are not assembly line workers, they are the people that build the automated assembly line. It’ll keep functioning well enough without them and with a much smaller team performing maintenance. I’d even bet on new feature being released f
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4y ago
Only if the people issuing the loans are basing their decisions off of media coverage.
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throwuwu
4y ago
Here’s a thought, it’s possible to be disagreeable without being ignorant of the fact or malicious. Being blunt or assertive can be misinterpreted as being mean but meanness involves some intent to harm.
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throwuwu
4y ago
It’s also possible to be good at what you do and be an effective communicator of that ability. I wouldn’t read more into it than what’s there.
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throwuwu
4y ago
The notion that duck and cover is a bad strategy is ill informed. Sure, if you’re at ground zero it doesn’t make a lick of difference what you do but if you’re further out but still close enough to experience the shock wave then duck and co
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throwuwu
4y ago
Timing the market is impossible, besides selling now would be a good thing if they bought the stock at any point more than 1 month ago. Go look at the stock chart.
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throwuwu
4y ago
The people selling based off of tweetstorms or breaking news are not mom and pop investors saving for retirement. They’re day traders trying to squeeze profit out of fluctuations.
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