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by viklove 7y ago
> I'm not saying [...] that anyone should be empowered to arbitrate. > I think those providing speech platforms [...] should probably take more responsibility for what they propagate. Hmm... It seems like that's exactly what
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by viklove 7y ago
I think the point is that the line between animals and plants would become arbitrary if plants were indeed conscious and could feel pain. Why eat plants but not animals then?
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by viklove 7y ago
At what temperature does the human body rest? ~100F. At what temperature is frostbite a concern to uncovered skin? ~0F. I feel like these benchmarks are more useful in my day to day life than water temps.
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by viklove 7y ago
> "It's nothing as dramatic". Really? Millions of unrepairable wireless earbuds heading to the landfill every year is not dramatic? Yeah, just casually ignore this part of the comment...
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by viklove 7y ago
> youre an engineer from africa and youve moved here at 23 Do you really think this is a large demographic? 90%+ of Facebook's fresh hires are probably born and raised in the US.
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by viklove 7y ago
> Is the market aligned with the interests of society? Generally yes, with big exceptions. I think recent history has shown us that the answer is "Generally, no."
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by viklove 7y ago
> they can feel like they can control people in real-world as if thy do a 3d character in their latest game It's actually hilarious to me that you think this could possibly be true.
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by viklove 7y ago
> Yeah that says it all right there. This guy feels entitled to someone else's money. Yeah, and that guy is Bezos (and you, it seems). Where did that $150 billion come from? Are you really suggesting one man created it?
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by viklove 7y ago
If you're working a minimum wage job, maybe don't have kids?
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by viklove 7y ago
Seems like it's not just engineers who have trouble with documentation. That sentence isn't remotely comprehensible.
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by viklove 7y ago
I would much prefer if we didn't have plumbers and janitors and grocers and lawyers. I would much prefer if the global population was closer to 100M and we could all live comfortably without people reproducing uncontrollably. I, for on
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by viklove 7y ago
> Divide a population into two groups arbitrarily, and you'll find statistical differences. False. If you select individuals for each group through random sampling, you likely won't find significant statistical differences. Als
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by viklove 7y ago
In fact, it specifically recommends avoiding that, which is why I think this article falls short.
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by viklove 7y ago
Well if the universe is deterministic like many well supported scientists suggest, this isn't that far off the mark.
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by viklove 7y ago
What does any of this have to do with censorship? Are you saying France is forgiven because they have other progressive policies? Seems like a very strange stance to take.
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by viklove 7y ago
I'm pretty sure "for the pros" in this case means "for the suckers"
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by viklove 7y ago
> Most people have pretty strong beliefs that they would rather suffer in a real world than have a satisfied fake life with managed feelings. It's only when the pain is too much that they fall back to alternatives. Right, but you&#x
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by viklove 7y ago
> Barack Obama could do an interview in sweatpants and retain respect. The Queen could not do the same. What?
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by viklove 7y ago
That's the thing though -- usually the physical requirements are drastically different. I'm not sure about fire departments, but in the US military the physical requirements for women are laughable compared to those for men.
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by viklove 7y ago
Does the amount of electricity used by the Bitcoin network scale with the quantity of transactions?
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by viklove 7y ago
Terminator
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by viklove 7y ago
I find it ironic how your comment complaining about sexism is incredibly sexist
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by viklove 7y ago
> My kids have been coming home from university and are not interested in alcohol when offered, other parents report the same. I did the same thing as a student, because I didn't want to come off to my parents as a heavy drinker. Re
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by viklove 7y ago
Can you share some React-based webapps that have poor performance?
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by viklove 7y ago
As a society, we can allocate resources to both of these problems in order to ensure the longevity of the human species. This kind of defeatist attitude is what's holding us back.
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by viklove 7y ago
Close, but not quite. Police were created solely to protect the interests of landowners. They keep a decorum so that the wealthy can keep hold of their wealth. Landowners (in the US) were also commonly slaveholders, so I can see why you bel
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by viklove 7y ago
Why are you ever using == in JS?
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by viklove 7y ago
I'm pretty sure the comment you're replying to was sarcastic.
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by viklove 8y ago
Fresh grads are getting 100k in Chicago as well
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by viklove 8y ago
Best practice is actually just to disable all tests that are failing. Can't hold up our sprint deadlines!

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