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by vivekd 9y ago
HNers will mass downvote and throw vitriol at anything that doesn't mean complete freedom of the internet all the time no matter what the cost. It's like a religious dogma to these guys, complete digital freedom no matter what the
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A virus' multipronged attack on bacteria shows new ways to fight infection(phys.org)
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>This is the same company that fought against US legislature (SOPA or whatever it was called) but created its own non-neutral internet.org for the third-world. They choose to provide some websites for free to the third world while leavin
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I'm suspicious of the notion that throwing money at problems can solve them.
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>And you present a bait-and-switch argument. Just because a killer is irrational doesn't mean the Golden Rule isn't logical. I'm not seeing the logical flow, perhaps you can point it out to me: John wants Tim's wife,
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>I never made a point about not wanting to live in any kind of world. Please quote the exact piece of text where I said such a thing. your initial reply: >If everyone did what you suggest, we'd all be dead. Instead we cooperate b
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Are we reading the same blog post, Tesla is saying that the allegations about their work conditions are not accurate but rather an effort by the UAW to spread negative publicity about their work environment in a push for unionization. Now t
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>Circular and somewhat nonsensical reasoning. Yes, we live in a world where most people cooperate and some don't. I never made claims otherwise. Just because some people act irrationally doesn't invalidate the claim that the Go
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>Are you suggesting that the Golden Rule must be a divine law because it couldn't come from human reasoning alone? No Im saying there is no rational reason to choose golden rule over lying, cheating and pillaging. >But squishy re
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But we don't have to normalize every thing we do. This whole "act in a way that everything you do will become normalized" doesn't work because the rational person realizes that not everything they do will be normalized
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>My moral code is based around the Golden Rule, but not because someone or something said I should - it's because it's logical and purest form of fairness. No it's not logical, it's completely irrational. If someone
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I remember watching this video once that really put the problem in a fun and thoughtful way https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxucpPq6Lc
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When you know you don't have to enforce them you make make your declaration say anything you want. Real, worthwhile documents like the United States Constitution mean something because you can take it into a courtroom and enforce it.
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The right to be secure from unreasonable electronic Surveillance
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This works all that well from an idealistic perspective but when the result is having these nations over-run by terrorists like ISIS and oppressive theocratic regimes, I question the benefit of these revolutions. The world is more complex
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They were very different cases: 1. Manning thought she was doing the right thing and didn't realize what she would cause. Snowden knew exactly what he was doing. 2. Manning leaked the docs to something that is probably a Russian front
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I disagree with what she did, she probably made the world a much less safe place and caused thousands if not millions of deaths through wikileaks role in inciting the Arab spring. Still I'm convinced she did it with the best of intent
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A lot of people are questioning the coroners conclusions because they don't believe that the dose could be harmful. But he makes it clear that the issue is not the dose but the speed at which the drinks were consumed: >"We&#x27
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You are right they are not enforceable in California but they are enforceable in most jurisdictions. California is in the minority. The issue with requiring your employer to make it only be for the duration of the employment is many compan
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We may be taking the first steps to establishing a permanent undersea colonies 1 . I'd like to see that happen before trying permanent outer space colonies. Establishing a permanent settlement in an area uninhabitable by humans seems
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I wonder if the results would have been different in North America where the delivery people would make tips on top of their delivery fares.
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New images of the crab nebula raises mysteries about it's lack of mass(forbes.com)
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Drone footage reveals narwals use their tusks to hunt(cknw.com)
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>Companies in English education, tourism, trade or other globally focused industries typically have English nickname policies. They want to accommodate foreign business partners who can’t decipher between Lee Ji-yeong and Lee Ji-yeon. “T
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>The whole Berkeley-is-against-free-speech talking point falls apart when you see how quick conservative America was drop Milo like a hot potato once he said something that crossed their lines. He made statements endorsing child molestat
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People have it tough. To compound to this the cost of things like food, housing and energy are sky rocketing, at least the have been in Toronto where I live. I don't know if UBI is the answer, or even if the problems are tied to mecha
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Free speech as a notion comes from the constitution which espoused the idea that government should not make laws limiting the ability of the individual to criticize the state or it's actors or say something unpopular. This was a measu
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The issue of pesticides was considered and some countries did pass legislation based on it. While intuitively the connection between pesticides and insect population collapse looks attractive, the facts are a little more murky. Some scient
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The monarch population is actually declining to dangerous levels. Scientists believe this is due to the decline of the milkweed plant which is the monarch's main source of food.
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This happens with all sorts of money held in Trust. It's not unusual to see lawyers steal from trust funds, Trustees steal from trust funds, CEOs buy strippers and drugs with investor funds. We like to pretend we live in a world were

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