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by vict7 1y ago
I appreciate the discussion. Not entirely sure why you appear to be becoming somewhat incensed. I’ve been engaging in good faith. I am aware of MAGA arguments and the continued expenditure of large amounts of money on other countries. I don
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by vict7 1y ago
That’s a really interesting argument that I hadn’t considered. The US certainly has the unenviable position of being the world’s “policeman” for lack of a better term. Other countries wanting help from the US, yet also maligning it. Which…
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by vict7 1y ago
America has higher levels of inequality than any of its post-industrialized peers [0]. It’s absolutely an issue here. Combine that with the ability to purchase political power, and you get the mess we have today. I think we actually agree o
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by vict7 1y ago
> And then the other party that claims anyone who's done better than anyone else is necessarily immoral. This is both a strawman and dismissing a real issue. Inequality is a real problem that has a corrosive effect on democracy. Als
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by vict7 1y ago
For mobile HN, I have been using the Hack [0] app for some time now and found it to address some of your wishlist items. [0] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hack-for-hacker-news-yc-reader...
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by vict7 1y ago
> relative lower quality in other fields except technology As a political aficionado, some of the political takes are surprisingly primitive given the seemingly high IQ here. It reminds me of the phenomenon wherein you trust the articles
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by vict7 1y ago
I was fortunate enough to grow up without cable television. Any clip I see from Fox/CNN is usually a bunch of inauthentic, ignorant talking heads that I wouldn’t even trust to tell me the weather. I’m curious at how many Millennials an
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by vict7 1y ago
AKA Roko’s Basilisk
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by vict7 1y ago
False equivalence. Remind me what political power Unicorn Riot actually possesses compared to the party currently controlling the federal government. Unicorn riot hasn’t “done” anything because they don’t run the government. Statements or a
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by vict7 1y ago
I have a decent rig I built (5900x, 7900xt) of course it blows my M1 MacBook out of the water. You seem like a reasonable person that can admit there’s some nice things about Apple Silicon even though it doesn’t meet everyone’s needs.
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by vict7 1y ago
That’s my bad for not clarifying I am talking solely about the laptop form factor here. It’s a given that laptops are not comparable in performance to desktops. In terms of laptop hardware, Apple Silicon performs quite well Nice assumptions
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by vict7 1y ago
Curious perspective. Apple silicon is both performant and very power efficient. Of course there are applications where even a top spec MacBook would be unsuitable, but I imagine that would be a very small percentage of folks needing that ki
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by vict7 1y ago
False dichotomy.
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by vict7 1y ago
^ Snide internet comment that is wrong
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by vict7 1y ago
> You will have to learn C eventually Quite a bold assertion. I learned C in university—and while I am sure it was beneficial to my development as a programmer—there have been exactly 0 times since then that I have needed to read or writ
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by vict7 1y ago
As someone that owns the (now discontinued) original Steam Controller with the touchpads, I imagine the touchpads on the SteamDeck are much better? It’s probably common knowledge at this point that the Steam Controller appeared to be a kind
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by vict7 5y ago
There's always https://www.reddit.com/user/useles-converter-bot/comments/ if you're looking for useless conversions.
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by vict7 5y ago
I am deeply sorry to hear that happened to you. I completely agree that a possibly positive encounter with a stranger is not worth the potential of assault--verbal or otherwise. I sometimes feel limited by this, but it ultimately feels wort
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by vict7 5y ago
I thought they denied oxygen to the fetuses of the lower castes for set amounts of time?
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by vict7 5y ago
To provide an additional example. Unelected ex-senator Kelly Loeffler's husband is chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. She made trades using non-public information. How is this sort of conflict of interest legal? https:/&#x2
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by vict7 5y ago
I've always been a big Monokai fan. Usually Monokai Night now. I did try out this theme recently and really enjoyed it with the caveat that my @emotion/core CSS template literals weren't being highlighted correctly. I notice
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by vict7 5y ago
I can't remember the last time I tried a light theme in VS code. But I will have to give them another chance. Does programming at day/night factor in what sort of theme you prefer?
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by vict7 5y ago
I can definitely confess to being hot headed at times. I agree with you about the lack of data and will do my best to consider this going forward.
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by vict7 5y ago
Hey I truly appreciate the honesty! I can't easily assess the exact reason why I got downvotes without comments like this. Thanks for filling me in!
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by vict7 5y ago
As someone that just stopped lurking, it's clear downvoting is used primarily as a "disagree" button. Case in point, this comment I'm replying to. I believe they're making a meaningful contribution to this discussio
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by vict7 5y ago
Isn't this still a form of control? Like the idea here is to psychologically manipulate people to have different values? What happens when some people don't respond to this proposed conditioning? I would like to believe I have som
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by vict7 5y ago
You seem to know a lot about this subject! Years ago, an acquaintance of mine told me of their idea to use railguns to remove space junk. Is this a remotely feasible solution?
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by vict7 5y ago
You could say it's special pleading on my part, but for the continuation of homo sapiens , sex is required (at least for now). > violence, incest, tribalism, and other undesirable evolutionary behaviors None of the explicitly menti
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by vict7 5y ago
Excellent point! Seems like some are more interested in pushing their own beliefs and morality on others rather than examining the evidence of what makes effective (or ineffective) public policy.
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by vict7 5y ago
Sex is something hardwired into people. Basting in this example? Not so much. Like just replace the word basting with the word sex in your example. "The government tried outright banning sex"--sounds pretty ludicrous! Has any gove

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