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by togs 5y ago
Agreed. Everything is becoming a service and we just sort of need to deal with it.
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by togs 5y ago
Random question: how does VR work for blind people?
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by togs 5y ago
Nobody knows where any of their data goes and few people care. Tiktok is currently better at Algorithms than other SM, go figure. Some people hate Tiktok because they’ve never used it and incorrectly think it’s all dancing 14 year olds; oth
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by togs 5y ago
This seems one major downside of cars: lots of decision makers vs mass transportation with significantly less.
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by togs 5y ago
That outcome honestly sounds better? Less loss of life
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by togs 6y ago
When it comes to suffering, for me it tends to be like "I'll be much happier when this is over", or "Oh God, make it stop", like I'm on the verge of throwing up in my mind and waiting for merciful release. And
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by togs 6y ago
I confess I’m slightly annoyed to be trolled. Maybe I just don’t know enough to appreciate it.
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by togs 6y ago
> As a web developer 20+ years Wow, that's dedication! > I'm just happy to see how much job security I have I'm glad for you! > none of you are smart enough ... Now I feel bad about myself!
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by togs 6y ago
The article argues that we have an innate desire to be distracted from our thoughts. I agree, insofar I may generalize from my own experience. In my experience, being alone with my thoughts is depressing. I can't focus anyway.
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by togs 6y ago
> But if you run a forum and say you will not allow any view to be expressed therein that you don't agree with, you aren't in fact "allowing people to make up their own minds" I think you're missing their argumen
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by togs 6y ago
IMO if a person isn't satisfied with a business they take their money elsewhere. The market will decide if the business is right or wrong.
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by togs 6y ago
China bans topics all the time, and they're on a trajectory to become the strongest nation in the world.
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by togs 6y ago
I second this, but I guess I'm biased towards replicable experimentation.
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by togs 6y ago
I don't think that platforms can be neutral, or unbiased.
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by togs 6y ago
> There has been election fraud. Has there been election fraud? What evidence supports this claim?
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by togs 6y ago
Why should we believe you if you don't cite any evidence for your claims?
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by togs 6y ago
Aren't transaction fees economic incentives for persons or organizations who run banks that make up the "nodes" of our current network? So everyone is now a bank? Or rather, anyone can choose to run a bank? But then as ti
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by togs 6y ago
Confirmed. Apple chips are the future of gaming!
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by togs 7y ago
It’s not clear to me why reversing a string is dangerous or pointless.
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by togs 7y ago
I'm not so sure myself. I think we've already adapted to social distancing before COVID. For example, the phenomenon of streaming and watching streams.
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by togs 7y ago
I’m confused because I thought the brain liked sugars: “The bold implication of this idea is that the effects of ego depletion could be undone by ingesting glucose, and Baumeister and his colleagues have confirmed this hypothesis in several
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by togs 7y ago
I think you’re too hasty to assume OP thinks they should be unemployed AND have no income. Anyways I agree that we need to work less.
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by togs 7y ago
If I don’t absolutely hate doing it then I know I’m not learning.
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by togs 7y ago
Rick Roderick had a "Let's just sit down and talk about modern life" approach to his lectures that I find helpful. See "Self Under Siege" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA34681B9BE88F5AA My