tycho-newman

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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Gotta stick to your convictions!
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Can’t get Putin or Netanyahu. So get who you can!
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
When I was in my 20s, I was all in on Compiz. Whatever happened to it?
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
This sounds to me like western men would be better off in Himba society. They get more sex and less misogynistic!
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
These are all policy choices though. None of them are ordained by nature or inevitable. Being alive is much more than being economically viable. This kind of economic thinking is alluring because it seems "objective" or "data
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
There's lots of variations across cultures. You could make the (lazy) generalization that men do not want to invest in propagating genes belonging to another man. But then the Himba have a high level of extra-pair paternity (EPP). How
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
He wasn’t a brilliant strategist. He got lucky and was an absolute monarch.
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Farming is an old human activity and it took us thousands of years to work out how to do it competently. We had to invent Haber-Bosch fertilizers and genetic engineering to get us to basically permanent surplus. Honestly not surprised this
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
I get the value add argument, but lots of people just need income to pay for living expenses. Without an income, those people become disaffected and sometimes violent. Then they embrace right-wing protectionism because, while their gadgets
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Ketamine taken under the supervision of a physician is an effective treatment. I have seen its effects with my own eyes. Do not fuck around with street drugs. If the FDA didn't approve it, there could be anything in it.
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Physician supervised ketamine therapy has worked wonders for people with PTSD, at least one of whom I know personally. Otherwise, street ketamine can be adulterated with anything. It is dangerous.
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Does Mexico pay for cleaning up Exxon’s oil spills now?
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Wittgenstein thought lots of philosophical arguments were semantic ones when he wrote the TLP. He would later abandon this idea after two world wars in Philosophical Investigations .
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
In the old days, you’d get a knighthood or a peerage for such achievements. But honestly, I’d still prefer cash.
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Bob Dylan is the Boomer poet laureate.
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Central control of money supply is a good thing. It helps avoid counterfeiters. It also helps make sure that we are broadly using the same means of exchange. Crypto moves control from the state to whoever runs the tech stack or has cheap en
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by tycho-newman 2y ago
Walmart is another such employer.
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
German schools also ruthlessly cull students beginning in grade 4 or 5. Only a small number ever get the opportunity to go to university at all, let alone at those fees. German universities are relatively cheap because they keep the eligibi
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
Will I learn how to run Crysis?
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
The Ribena lobby is strong
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
I thought these were linden trees this whole time.
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
The Wandering Earth got it wrong?
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
Boeing’s crappy planes killed hundreds of people, true. But that was years ago! So a door blew off a plane. Did it crash? No. So a tire fell off a plane. Did it crash? No. It goes to show that even after a quarter century of decline, there’
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
The fact that JavaScript is essential to modern society makes me want to cry.
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
No lawyers are dumb enough to want less safe commercial planes.
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
I mean,the plane still worked. Props to Boeing for making flying jalopies that fall apart, but not fatally. That is capitalism at work! You want planes with wheels that don't fall off? Buy an Airbus built by those communist Belgians. J
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
Fair use is a defense to infringement. Do not start your copyright argument by admitting you infringed.
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
WinSCP
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
So what, like AI iptables?
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by tycho-newman 3y ago
For the money they charge, it sure is an interesting choice.

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