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by v64 7y ago
It's important to make a distinction between actual victims and those who participate in victimhood culture. A good example of victimhood culture which has made national headlines is actor Jussie Smollett's staged assault. [1] In
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I think this article is arguing for the opposite, taking personal responsibility for your future. In PC culture, victimhood is somewhat idealized and the goal is to make demands of others as compensation.
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by v64 7y ago
This is a great writeup and mirrors a lot of what I worked on in therapy for addressing issues I had with asserting myself. Many times I would feel uncomfortable discussing a course of action and would say "that seems really selfish to
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by v64 7y ago
Thanks for the followup, it fits in retrospect but on my initial read I didn't peg it.
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I've sent this article around to my friends because it's one of the most accurate portrayals I've seen in mainstream media about the experiences I had working in tech. If you haven't encountered these types of personalit
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I don't have any good advice, but just wanted to say you're definitely not alone. I left the tech industry due to these feelings and observations.
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What part of the quote identifies him? From my reading it sounds generic enough that it could apply to a number of abusive CEOs. Other users have identified the company as Mixpanel, so I'm curious about what specific hints I had overlo
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We don't have the information necessary to determine whether the two events are correlated or coincidental.
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My understanding of the issue is that the THC cartridges causing these problems are all done by unregulated black market producers. THC cartridges have been available for years in a number of legal states and there have been no reported iss
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by v64 7y ago
It's my opinion that the media has been irresponsible about its reporting on this issue, wildly jumping to conclusions before any actual facts have been established. Some of the most egregious reporting I've seen conflates vaping
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by v64 7y ago
Agreed, I think frightening carried a connotation that I didn't intend. My intention was to state that problems like the Riemann hypothesis are of a level of difficulty such that mathematicians believe these problems cannot be solved w
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by v64 7y ago
For what it's worth, most mathematicians find the Riemann hypothesis frightening as well. There are much lower level aspects of math to be explored without climbing the proverbial Mt. Everest of math problems.
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by v64 7y ago
Same. It really makes you realize what we take for granted as sighted developers. I can't imagine what the learning curve was like for him, as he lost his sight at age 7, long before many of these accessibility technologies existed. [1
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by v64 7y ago
I've taken oil carts through in my carry on bag a handful of times and have only been asked about them once. I replied that they were e-cigarette cartridges and that was deemed fine. Visually, a THC and nicotine cart are indistinguisha
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by v64 7y ago
Buying Amazon gift cards gives me the best points<->cash conversion through my credit card rewards program
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by v64 7y ago
> Except a very large fraction of people don't think this way (eg. those with aphantasia) I don't think it's accurate to say that aphants don't have this type of sensory information at their disposal. I have aphantasi
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by v64 7y ago
> religion does make assertions about the real physical world Even though religion makes those assertions, that doesn't mean the physical world is now in its domain. Religion is just making false assertions about subjects outside it
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by v64 7y ago
For those who'd like to know more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKI_combinator_calculus
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by v64 7y ago
Agreed, especially with respect to Ethereum's governance. The ETC/ETH fork is still fresh in many peoples' minds.
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If you're willing to trust the entity holding your assets, then a database will suffice. The non-custodial features of 0x enable exchange without reliance on third parties.
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My intention wasn't to focus on the mathematics of blockchains, but rather that experimental research in general should not be dedicated solely to those causes that solve real problems for real people. Proving Fermat's Last Theore
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The advantage of a project like 0x is that it's non-custodial, so this type of exit scam isn't possible.
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by v64 7y ago
I disagree with the point, but for the sake of argument, why is this a negative? Large portions of pure mathematics would be deemed irrelevant by this standard. Blockchains and smart contracts are still a burgeoning technology, and projects
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Been following the 0x project for a while, just want to say this is an amazing project that demonstrates the power and potential of smart contracts and decentralized finance. Keep up the good work!
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The most comfortable suit is still more uncomfortable than a t-shirt and shorts.
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Agreed, I think the relevance of the example is that in some parts of America, unsupervised children are to be investigated, not left to their own devices as unsuspicious. Parent of my original comment states "There has always been uns
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by v64 7y ago
There was a case in Maryland about this a few years ago that blew up into a big deal [1] > Back in December, Rafi and Dvora made national headlines when police picked them up as they walked home from a local park. The children’s parents,
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by v64 7y ago
Ke2, best by test.
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This is a great interview[1] about Something Awful featuring creator Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka. The Something Awful forums had a board called Fuck You and Die, which was a predecessor to 4chan's /b/. YTMND's lineage
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by v64 7y ago
RIP. This whole phenomenon was wildly popular with my friend group back in the day. In 2001, the original yourethemannowdog.com went down for a bit and I put up a mirror at a similar domain. It started gaining in popularity, prompting YTMND

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