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by trentnix 7y ago
Bostrom is well-aware of the downsides—corrupt actors in a state could exploit this surveillance for totalitarian ends, or hackers could blackmail unsuspecting victims. Yet the fact is that it may still be a better option than suffering on
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by trentnix 7y ago
He's been courting rich donors and shifted a lot of his positions from before. I see this type of thinking a lot, which is basically accusing the candidate of being corrupted by the larger stage, that somehow they were pure and hones
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by trentnix 7y ago
The article is full of excuses to argue California has simply experienced lots of bad luck , burying the lede. Really, its just that California’s spending has been and continues to be unsustainable and it’s primary efforts to raise revenue
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by trentnix 7y ago
...and it will fall on lots of others. For the children!
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by trentnix 7y ago
As explained by Guo Qiquan, the chief cheerleader for the plan, the main goal of the new system is to provide “full coverage”. As explained by Guo, “It will cover every district, every ministry, every business and other institution, basic
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by trentnix 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_%27Em_All
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by trentnix 7y ago
where I'm from its applied equally Weren't you saying about people being programmable? Every society throughout history has struggled with administering justice equally. Every single one .
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by trentnix 7y ago
The problem is that the parent didn't say We .
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by trentnix 7y ago
And you can't successfully legislative bad opinions and the validity of speech. Because an opinion being bad or speech being valid isn't something the government should concern themselves with.
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by trentnix 7y ago
And too far down the other hole is the ambiguity of definitions and other postmodern gobbledygook that will eventually expand the umbrella of what we call 'hate speech' far beyond what we might both agree is reasonable. It's
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by trentnix 7y ago
If hate-speech laws exist to deal with people that are programmed, wouldn't it also follow that hate-speech laws might exist because programmed people want to control the speech of others? It would go like this: hate speech is first
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by trentnix 7y ago
It is hard to tell, that is true. And that reality is exploited to silence opposition and control others. That’s why language policing, hate speech laws, Twitter mobs, and bully-the-bully efforts are abominations. So really, the answer is e
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by trentnix 7y ago
You know what else is a dick move? - punishing people for wrongthink.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Your campaign has the full support of the buggy drivers union, tube TV repairmen, and video store employees union.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Exactly. IF this is the crisis we are being assured it is, the only solution is technological. We've spent thousands of years improving the quality of the life of the average human and now a new set of aspiring tyrants on a great m
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by trentnix 7y ago
its best for governments to just No.
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You’re going to have to make me.
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by trentnix 7y ago
The gall! Do they think they are a University Title IX Office or something?
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by trentnix 7y ago
Perhaps I don't have the skills to make such remote discernment as you seem to be able to do. Perhaps I've only had the wrong resources. Or perhaps the projects you're managing have a different sort of complexity and domain k
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by trentnix 7y ago
Remote situations are also difficult to manage. I'm in management role at a new (to me) company and despite having a virtual meeting with one of my reports virtually every day, I've got a better understanding of the psychology of
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by trentnix 7y ago
I just ordered a dozen for my entire team!
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by trentnix 7y ago
It seems every time I read an article where some Agile consultant extols the evils of waterfall the author commits a Just In Case Fallacy or the lede is buried. This article is no different: Teams only checked in – wait for it – every thre
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by trentnix 7y ago
Wow. That’s a jolt of sobriety. God bless this man and his family.
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by trentnix 7y ago
good judgement and discernment Otherwise known as leadership. Certifications and systems and methodologies can make good leaders better, but I can't say I've seen an example where they've turned a non-leader into a leader.
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by trentnix 7y ago
The incumbents almost always write the regulations. It protects them from competition.
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by trentnix 7y ago
He went into it in detail when he was interviewed by Guy Raz. Wilson defended himself by saying his comments had nothing to do with obesity, but rather material. He is a fabrics guy, and his clothes were being used to shape, a la Spanx, whe
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by trentnix 7y ago
Zero sum, huh?
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by trentnix 7y ago
Forget it, Donny, you're out of your element!
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by trentnix 7y ago
Evident huh? Your HN must have features mine doesn't. "Add an injust healthcare system, that can bankrupt anyone in the lower class." Nice word salad - full of garnish and color that ultimately provides little nutrition.
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by trentnix 7y ago
Nonsense. It's a really big deal . It's probably the greatest accomplishment in all of human history. But to concede a point, there's no finish line in the race to improve human health and experience.

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