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by tomp 4y ago
I see "egalitarianism" as "equality of opportunity". That, and "equality before the law". But even with the same starting conditions/talent/upbringing/genes, some people will climb further than o
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by tomp 4y ago
No, the correct answer to this is "provide free/subsidised schooling to exceptional people who cannot otherwise afford it". By the way, this is the meritocratic way because we're looking for best people , which incl
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by tomp 4y ago
Social justice advocates oppose publishing academic research that opposes their (“social justice”) goals. It’s Galileo all over again.
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by tomp 4y ago
Don’t believe the propaganda. “Anti-racism” is actually about racism against Asians. “Equity” is actually about lowering the standards and destroying meritocracy. “Inclusion” is actually about excluding people that have different political
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by tomp 4y ago
It's in quotes? Not repeating Tesla's claims is editorialising, which is fine if you're reading an opinion piece, but true journalism is about objectively reporting on things. Tesla says "less than $20k" so journa
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by tomp 4y ago
Exactly. My point is that the problem is systemic, caused by decades of media brainwashing. Hopefully the present situation is a “shock” that wakes people up.
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by tomp 4y ago
This is beyond illogical. Funny enough, having nuclear weapons is the best way BAR NONE to avoid becoming a nuclear (or any other kind of) battlefield.
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by tomp 4y ago
"GCP is not shutting down. Rest assured we're always working on bringing more great servers to the platform."
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by tomp 4y ago
Ok so you explained your love affair with Russia. Thank you for that, very insightful and courageous. But why the hate of nuclear? Was there a lot of propaganda in the media how dangerous it is? I really don’t understand it. It gives clean
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by tomp 4y ago
So nuclear (zero CO2 emissions) isn’t “green” but gas (CO2 + methane emissions) is?! This is the reality of institutional stupidity at the highest EU political levels.
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by tomp 4y ago
At the very least they should lose their jobs/positions, never again be in position of power or consequential decision making, and the institutions that promoted them, should internally review their policies so the lies don’t happen ag
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by tomp 4y ago
But as COVID science got clearer, the spreaders of fake news (“vaccines prevent virus” “masks work” “kids are endangered”) didn’t bear any responsibility nor suffer any consequences. Same as with climate science. When predictions turn wrong
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by tomp 4y ago
And building green unstable energy sources is contributing to burning coal. But anyone opposing solar power is branded as “climate denier”.
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‘My Carbon’: An approach for inclusive and sustainable cities(weforum.org)
3 points by tomp 4y ago|2 comments
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by tomp 4y ago
Not if the tax is revenue neutral. All taxes collected are redistributed back to citizens. Best of both words - progressive taxation and incentive to develop anti-carbon tevh.
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by tomp 4y ago
When I drive around Europe (Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy) or fly above (also NETHERLANDS, Belgium, UK) Germany has *by far the most land-based wind turbines. So I think we can 100% blame “renewables”.
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by tomp 4y ago
Because you cannot just jail every politician.
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by tomp 4y ago
The fact that there is no evidence, is evidence. (China suppressing all information about what was going on in the lab.)
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by tomp 4y ago
Let me guess what your alternative proposal is: everyone should live how you want them to live. Thanks but no thanks. Even ignoring the untold riches & quality of life improvements that free market capitalism has produced, it's j
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by tomp 4y ago
Because they can. You're unwilling to move to be paid more, or find a new job (which might be hard, as most companies are acting as a cartel). Look up BATNA, and decide what you want to do about the situation - don't expect the
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by tomp 4y ago
“The law doesn’t work so I’m gonna be the law.” - every evil person ever
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by tomp 4y ago
> From what I’ve observed, even with free gym and advice, most of people will still ignore it. It’s simply not convenient, especially for people who haven’t gotten into a routine. Maybe we should consider stronger incentives. Such as “ex
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by tomp 4y ago
I don’t know, I got an MSc in Math/Finance from Oxford and there were tough exams, the selection process was very strict (only 30 people got in), classmates seemed high quality, …
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by tomp 4y ago
How exactly can you use this news to express the opinion similar to: “NASA & Boeing are the best, props for using cutting edge technology, SpaceX is a scam and not worth taxpayers money, Elon Musk suck!” ?
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by tomp 4y ago
No, it’s actually because , (comma) denotes a tuple. [1, 2; 3, 4] is a list of tuples, of type (int * int) list, equivalent to [(1, 2); (3, 4)]
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by tomp 4y ago
Not that different from the rest of Europe TBH. Individual freedom, restrictions on government power, freedom of speech… all these concepts are not prioritised by, and are somewhat foreign to, Europeans
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by tomp 4y ago
> folks calling out that society has traditionally and continues to discriminate using "factors including race, age, disability status, geography, economic background, and gender". Because it’s used to obfuscate the singular mo
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by tomp 4y ago
No, it's correct to say that cattle don't contribute to climate change, but clearly I haven't managed to explain it properly. Let's try with an analogy. You have a lake, that has an inflow (river) and an outflow (river a
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by tomp 4y ago
To put this into context: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eu-natural-gas I call this “the Greta curve”.
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by tomp 4y ago
By “producers” of course you mean “those producers that invested in sovereign energy sources (nuclear, solar, wind, …)” Sounds like good investments are paying off, and bad investments (Germany collaborating with Putin despite Trump’s presc

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