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151.
by valvar 6y ago
A lot of people flag according to their own political position, not the quality or validity of the content.
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by valvar 6y ago
In good orchestras in the US and western Europe, $100k is actually fairly standard, perhaps even on the lower end. You need to be highly skilled, the competition is fierce, and the job is very demanding. I don't have a good source, but
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by valvar 6y ago
>That coverage does a poor job or is even harmful to all the citizens if it falls prey to the manipulations of the political parties and corporations which are making simply wrong claims, using the paid actors. This is a statement that c
154.
by valvar 6y ago
I know this is beside your point, but the following part of the last sentence stung my eyes somewhat: >even when one side isn’t as widely believed or lacks scientific evidence This is not how ``Science'' is supposed to work. Wh
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by valvar 6y ago
I don't believe anyone on HN is so naïve that they think that the main reason crime rates vary between areas is that police presence varies. Your post makes it sound like you are, but I assume that you only think varying presence skews
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by valvar 6y ago
Just trust us! I find it equally odd to assume that they do exactly what they say.
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by valvar 6y ago
>YouTube is a closed platform (server-side), so I personally don't see much moral use of using a libre client. I agree that this is an issue, but I'm not that much of a purist. As long as I'm not actively supporting a non-
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by valvar 6y ago
Oh, I see, thanks for explaining.
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by valvar 6y ago
And which they are unable to use even if they were to pay for them, as they depend on Google Play Services.
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by valvar 6y ago
Sure, if you don't care about free software or privacy.
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by valvar 6y ago
How much of the YouTube premium fee goes to content creators? Why would that be better than donating directly to the content creators? Or are you suggesting that we should be philanthropic towards Alphabet Inc.?
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by valvar 6y ago
If I want to support a content creator, I do so by donating to them directly, not by allowing a massive and (in my personal opinion) evil company to profit both of my and their backs. Not to mention that both seeing ads and using the offici
163.
by valvar 6y ago
It sounds like the sort of shady ads you would get on torrent websites or image boards.
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by valvar 6y ago
Can't you just cast the entire screen?
165.
by valvar 6y ago
I've yet to read it, but from what I've heard it should be pretty related. It's a classic, anyway, so there's nothing to lose.
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by valvar 6y ago
The interesting stuff is in his book 'Technological Slavery'. The manifesto is not necessary to read imo.
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by valvar 6y ago
Teddy K really is the best read. But you could always read the classic Silent Spring if you want something more mellow. The more adventurous could try Running on Emptiness by Zerzan who AFAIK isn't a terrorist.
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by valvar 6y ago
Are you really intellectually curious if you avoid articles that are too long or 'intimidating' (what does that even mean)? Perhaps you meant 'timid', not 'curious'.
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by valvar 6y ago
France technically spans 6 continents. It's still a European country.
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by valvar 6y ago
It always comes down to censoring those you disagree with. Everyone loves free speech when it expresses views they agree with. If it's about silly edge cases, no-one really cares - the only reason to care is if it has political implica
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by valvar 7y ago
It doesn't? Seems to work fine for me...
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by valvar 7y ago
You'll have to be more specific with what you mean by "machines". In what ways would machines be different from non-machines?
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by valvar 7y ago
The nobel family has, understandably, been trying to stop the "Nobel" price in economics for quite a while.
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by valvar 7y ago
Subtitles for videos is my guess.
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by valvar 7y ago
First of, I think you are confounding irrationality with being misinformed. The only irrational voters would be those who are clinically insane or similar. Secondly, it's not really much of an issue as such, as votes are aggregated and
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by valvar 7y ago
LLVM has not been an acronym for Low Level Virtual Machine for quite a while now [1]. [1] - http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2011-December/04644...
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by valvar 7y ago
I'm not sure if you are being ironic or not, but Cato the Elder is an extremely famous roman figure. I think most educated people, especially on HN, are familiar with his most famous phrase even if it is not in the most common formulat
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by valvar 7y ago
Bloom was one of the greatest proponents of the concept of the canon as such, but it is not my impression that he thought of it as some neat shopping list.
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by valvar 7y ago
As I understand it, he was opposed to the idea of composing a list like that, i.e. a definitive list of what the canon is and what you should read. There's no contradiction with such a disavowal and defending the canon as such. Obvious
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by valvar 7y ago
What's your point? They are very aware that they are targeting a niche market.

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