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691.
by tomp 4y ago
> We should absolutely work to reduce, reuse, and recycle, No, we shouldn't. We should primarily work on scaling up our energy production. I was long in favour of nuclear, although apparently there's some exciting development i
692.
by tomp 4y ago
Even verbal abuse (I refuse to say bullying or violence), despite being incomparable to actual violence (IMO it’s inconsiderate to even make that comparison!) is much easier to deal with in adulthood. You can literally just remove yourself
693.
by tomp 4y ago
> Bullying doesn't magically disappear in adulthood and not being prepared for it may make it significantly worse. What are you talking about? Were you ever actually bullied? The only place where violence is tolerated is school. P
694.
by tomp 4y ago
Ah, yeah, keeping grandma alive by keeping her warm. So evil. Protecting your country from attack by evil dictators (or benevolent democracies - i.e. the difference between North Korea (nukes, exists) and Libya (no nukes, destroyed)). Truly
695.
by tomp 4y ago
You’re assuming much more “cross-polination” than actually happened. Humans didn’t use to mix geographically (hence different races). And there’s isolated subgroups that didn’t mix or mixed much less (e.g. Jews in Europe)
696.
by tomp 4y ago
Good. Important rate-limiting things like exams or voting should be done in person.
697.
by tomp 4y ago
Yes, and fortunately they were punished for it. Election timing shouldn’t be gameable.
698.
by tomp 4y ago
The idea of "election every 4/5 years" is that in the meantime, politicians can do momentarily unpopular things.
699.
by tomp 4y ago
I 100% support direct democracy but don't really see the point of having general election (i.e. electing representatives that then vote instead of you) ahead of schedule.
700.
by tomp 4y ago
This viewpoint is both evil (literally wanting to kill people... like the "best" politicians of the 20th century! /s) and delusional (UK had approximately 0 GDP growth since 2010, like other main European countries - so I dou
701.
by tomp 4y ago
> It's time for an early General Election. Every trace of the Tories must be obliterated. Sounds like completely unbiased opinion. /s More seriously, I'm only interested in hearing the arguments for a general election fr
702.
by tomp 4y ago
> they focused more on their longing than their parenting I never wanted to parent (that's simply a necessary constituent part), but I've always wanted to have kids, a family, a legacy, teach them, raise them, provide them
703.
by tomp 4y ago
On the other hand, it's possible that one is simply "depressed" (sad) because one can't achieve ones goals. The solution, then, is to figure out a way to achieve them.
704.
by tomp 4y ago
Are you sure? Women can have kids after 39. Maybe not easily, but should be possible until like 45. Definitely with medical assistance. Is she on board though? If not, you don't need to stay with her. Your goals in life are worth mor
705.
by tomp 4y ago
Github pages, or GutHub repo served by CloudFlare
706.
by tomp 4y ago
99.9% of people under 45 (that's like 1 year old info, probably much more with Omicron) unvaccinated people survive. So, yeah.
707.
by tomp 4y ago
Well, that's literally what US colleges have been doing for decades. Basically outsourced IQ tests (since IQ tests during the hiring process are illegal). High time someone else got in on the action.
708.
by tomp 4y ago
So do the internet providers. Hardware producers. Hardware sellers. Mobile phone companies. Governments. BBC.
709.
by tomp 4y ago
Your country’s government scammed citizens out of 25 cents for each bottle they buy, and brainwashed them (you?) that plastic can be recycled. Hint: plastic cannot be recycled. Burning it is carbon positive. Burying it underground is closer
710.
by tomp 4y ago
So the same thing can be either good or evil, depending on how it’s framed? Looks like your morality is all mixed up and prone to manipulation.
711.
by tomp 4y ago
I mean, that's the entire premise behind the woke "society represses women/minorities" narrative.
712.
by tomp 4y ago
Do Obama's daughters have lower access to education? No. So it's not about race. (I just gave you proof.) It's about wealth and social class. Sure, those might correlate with race, and even be caused by racism (past or presen
713.
by tomp 4y ago
This is a nice way to excuse your racism. A lot of people use this perverted logic. But at the end of the day, it's still evil racism. Different "worlds" (neighbourhoods, schools, health care) doesn't happen because of s
714.
by tomp 4y ago
It's not new territory. Plenty of prior art. An obvious one is, "bring your TV / computer screen with you". A video of me watching TV, I turn my head, the TV turns out to be just a VR projection. More fantastic, we need
715.
by tomp 4y ago
So plenty of images of people wearing it but no images of what I see when I wear it ? Does not inspire confidence. I'm assuming the user experience sucks. I'd be really happy to be wrong!
716.
by tomp 4y ago
Why would a math article need citations? A proof is a proof.
717.
by tomp 4y ago
> I strongly suspect you’ve never been on the end of an internet doxxing/hate brigade if you can’t imagine how this could be used to make someone’s life a living hell. Sounds like you're saying the even without advanced AI, o
718.
by tomp 4y ago
The more targeted an ad, the more it manipulates your mind.
719.
by tomp 4y ago
> thinking of how fascism grew in Germany before WWII Well you're thinking wrong. 1930s Germany actually had hate speech laws. Didn't help.
720.
by tomp 4y ago
If resources are limited (and they're always limited) you invest into the highest ROI options. Exceptional people have a chance of pushing society forward (i.e. creating more resources for the future... exponentially). (But yeah in

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