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by viklove 7y ago
> unable to socialize for months This is so far from the truth, and it's surprising considering where you're posting. Discord, Skype, Facetime, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit are all places where people can socialize during a qua
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by viklove 7y ago
Fuck those people right?
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by viklove 7y ago
> Do you really think that lack of money in the US government is the reason for the health system failure? Absolutely, yes. What's the biggest criticism people have against Bernie's medicare for all plan?
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by viklove 7y ago
I don't think anything has been proven yet, and it won't be unless Bitcoin is widely adopted at some point. The naysayers calling it a failure are as misguided as the fanatics who claim it's going to replace gold. We just don
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by viklove 7y ago
> I just think it's extremely irresponsible to downplay the addictive power of caffeine and it's a theme I see recur frequently on this forum.
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by viklove 7y ago
You can maintain all of this in a quarantine situation with proper planning.
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by viklove 7y ago
Yes, and small and medium companies have expenses, yes? And a plurality of those expenses go to billion dollar, multinational companies, yes? If you quarantine an area, people stop purchasing oil, yes?
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by viklove 7y ago
Every country in the word is guilty of this then, not just the US.
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by viklove 7y ago
Yeah if you're building a relatively simple webpage, a frontend framework really isn't needed.
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by viklove 7y ago
Losing a talented scientist to a rash decision could cost many more lives.
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by viklove 7y ago
Building the thing right is useless unless you're building the right thing.
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by viklove 7y ago
I don't even understand how you could get a number not ending in 5 or 0 and think it's remotely correct...
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by viklove 7y ago
What are you building the starships out of that they can withstand those forces continuously over multiple years?
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by viklove 7y ago
Well, Apple is a marketing company.
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by viklove 7y ago
Regulatory capture
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by viklove 7y ago
People accept the risk of driving because they feel like they're in control and can prevent a bad outcome. The same is not even remotely true about a drug.
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by viklove 7y ago
Cruises are pretty bad in terms of carbon footprint. We should all avoid them for more than one reason.
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by viklove 7y ago
So college kids shouldn't be allowed to offer a lower price for a service because someone else decided to finance their family through Uber?
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by viklove 7y ago
How many billions of dollars have been spent on self-driving ai tech? How many self-driving cars do we have? How many execs have said we would have self-driving cars in <insert past year here>?
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by viklove 7y ago
> Neapolitan pie It's a bit ironic you would put these two words together in your comment. No one would call a Neapolitan pizza a pie -- that word probably originates from deep dish (aka Chicago style) pizza, which actually resemble
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by viklove 7y ago
Rails didn't take a good thing and make it popular. It took a shit thing and gave people a reason to put up with it. There's a reason no one uses Ruby outside of Rails...
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by viklove 7y ago
Neapolitan pizza? I have no doubt that it's better in Naples. Any other type of pizza? NYC and Chicago have you beat six ways from Sunday.
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by viklove 7y ago
The real world example would only be creepy if the cashier was keeping detailed notes of what you bought, and suggesting related products the next time you visited the store. It's not creepy because the vast majority of cashiers don&#x
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by viklove 7y ago
It's not different, all companies are like this. That doesn't make it any better though... Success is mostly based upon who you know and being at the right place at the right time. That's why it's disingenuous to sugges
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by viklove 7y ago
> One should have the goal of patient outcomes. The other should have the goal of high speed, highly available access. Both of those are things the government should entice through it's regulatory framework. You're not describi
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by viklove 7y ago
Depends on how you grade "best medical in the world." If it's how many people are covered and how easy it is to access healthcare, it's pretty low. If it's access the specialists and quality care, regardless of cost
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by viklove 7y ago
Do you er... know where you posted this comment?
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by viklove 7y ago
What would the battery be for?
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by viklove 7y ago
This is a huge problem with popular discussion platforms. Users have no oversight over moderator action, and forums are run like fiefdoms. This can be a real problem when these forums grow to 100k+ users, and moderators abuse their power fo
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by viklove 7y ago
The problem is there aren't many places where free discussion can be had without ad funding. It's one of the reasons I started plebia.io -- because ad funded discussion platforms will ultimately make decisions that are in the best

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