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by unabst 9y ago
The best, most effective, and only correct way to fight hate speech is not to censor it. It's to TALK BACK. The thing about speech is it's only a paper trail of sorts. Sounds or printed symbols are not bullets being shot. But what
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by unabst 9y ago
I've been using this: https://www.fontspring.com/matcherator
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by unabst 9y ago
Typos could be anything, period. As could anything else. Bring a resume with typos and your rebuttal and see what happens. The trouble you go through to defend typos will be far more work than fixing your typos. It's mostly automatic.
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by unabst 9y ago
> but I do care if you don't bother to run it past someone else who can for editing. Even Chrome has a spell checker. Not sure the distinction here between code typos and English typos is a valid one. The OP is saying not bothering
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by unabst 9y ago
Maybe we just miss him the most?
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by unabst 9y ago
> “Don’t worry about price, just specify the computer’s abilities,” he told the original team leader. At his first retreat with the Macintosh team, he began by writing a maxim on his whiteboard: “Don’t compromise.” That's Steve Job
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by unabst 9y ago
Actually I did think about that. But that is personal. Jobs are personal too, but they really shouldn't be. Your spouse isn't paying you to be with them, and you're not doing any "job".
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by unabst 9y ago
Exactly. Information is never the cause. It is only the trail. The most information can do -- and is meant to do -- is influence people. Ergo, the bad or good feelings (or decisions, in most cases). Except, the problem is then the inability
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by unabst 9y ago
To borrow the logical construct from the OP: > Or, at the very least, I cannot be entirely indivisible, since cells are part of me and they are dividing. The point is more that the universe must have the capacity for consciousness within
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by unabst 9y ago
You've summed up the age of facebook brilliantly. > People need to make up their own minds regarding what is true and what isn't, what's worth their time and what's bullshit, which links to click on and which to avoid
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by unabst 9y ago
> you're buying into the current dogma and repeating it. Maybe, had I bought something. I did not buy my corporate structure. I built it. It sounds like you're saying all cars have four wheels because everyone is buying into th
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by unabst 9y ago
Of course not... hence the exceptions, and room for innovation, and opportunity for those seeking that innovation. But if you just need something that works, copying a wheel is easier than reinventing one. Better yet, just buy one. Furtherm
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by unabst 9y ago
Yes, there are always exceptions. The point is, what works works, and if you're forced to make things work, before you know it, you'll find yourself looking awfully similar to those in a similar situation. There is a reason why th
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by unabst 9y ago
> the one that actually creates value No. We all create value. Businesses, when running smoothly, are like a well oiled machine. Nothing is redundant. Garbage is collected. Businesses is cutthroat industries cannot afford to be redundant
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by unabst 9y ago
Writing will make you smarter, and writing in public will have you feeling more responsible for your words and the actions that led to them. You don't have to be an expert unless you're claiming to be. Just start writing. You&#x27
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by unabst 9y ago
Humans went back into the plant not knowing if it was going to explode. Whether they survived is not the issue. It's that they had to do it. Think 9/11 firefighters. You're constantly reminded of Fukushima because the disaste
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by unabst 9y ago
You're ignoring the suicide missions, the betrayed promises of the electric company, the endless coverage on the news, the anxiety and fear, and the government blatently lying about the health consequences. You're ignoring the lon
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by unabst 9y ago
The public's nuclear acceptance is not about day to day death toll. It's about broken promises and Armageddon. Looking at the chart, I'd take gas over nuclear in a heartbeat thinking of what nuclear has done to Japan. Nuclear
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by unabst 9y ago
Quick question. > Want to measure the height of an element on the page at the moment a user clicks on it? Hard, in order to do this we had to make heavy use of event bubbling and writing JSON decoders for the native event.target object t
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by unabst 9y ago
> distorted view of himself What would be the correct view then? To be saying, "I am a genius"? But who says that and is ever a genius? I think the point is, there is no such thing. Genius is a reputation, and an overblown one
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by unabst 9y ago
What is the objective measure of "value for humanity"? If you're thinking in dollars, then absolutely not. Most startups are in debt. Their company is worth nothing. They lose the investor's money. The common denominator
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by unabst 9y ago
Yes this. Hate crime is a crime that adds penalties to what otherwise would be the same act. The problem with hate crime is it assumes we can know someone's thoughts, but with a "violation of trust" crime, being in a superior
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by unabst 9y ago
Sorry, why was this downvoted exactly? Purpose can exist without function, but function exists even without purpose. That is why I specifically chose the word, though I wouldn't use it again considering all these comments being hung up
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by unabst 9y ago
No. But sweeping the floor exists as a function of cleaning the house, and if sweeping was the one thing done without exception, it would be a primary function. The purpose would be for your house to get cleaned, but we can clean the house
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by unabst 9y ago
Intentional false positives need to be super-disincentivized. If all is well, the system would be open enough that the whistle blower can blow their whistle in the open. And everyone would support the investigation, and the parties on both
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by unabst 9y ago
I would consider that a purpose more than a function. Entrepreneurs often fail at creating wealth, but they never fail to create jobs, even if they are temporary. Case in point, most entrepreneurs have little to no wealth until a successful
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by unabst 9y ago
Out of all the definitions and all of the activities the word entails, there is one thing all entrepreneurs have in common. They create jobs, starting with themselves. That's one job made from none. They can decide not to hire or be ha
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by unabst 9y ago
The robot economy is not a jobs issue. It is a wealth issue. An entrepreneur's primary function is to create jobs. Every job ever created that wasn't made by the government was a direct or indirect consequence of an entrepreneur.
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by unabst 9y ago
There is an important distinction between someone who doesn't misbehave for fear of being watched, and someone who wishes to be watched in fear of the perception of misbehavior. There is no substitute for someone who's intent is t
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by unabst 9y ago
They absolutely should be taken at face value - or factual value, rather. Face value does not mandate mindless reaction. This is juvenile. I'm not saying "fuck it, quit your job". I'm saying, you should not think you can

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