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by vivekd 4y ago
As a devout Catholic, I don't have any issues with a gay person pursuing the priesthood. I do expect them to stop all activities related to dating, romance and sexuality once they choose to pursue that calling. Its troubling that this
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by vivekd 4y ago
Doesn't the article suggest the opposite. If populations are declining in untouched forests far from human activity, wouldn't that be evidence that human activity is not the cause of population decline
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by vivekd 4y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by that? Isn't there a pretty obvious distinction between the interest and desires of the mass of people vs the interests of powerful special interest groups like corporations and the very wealthy. I me
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by vivekd 4y ago
I don't know the cause, but I wonder if this could be the result of more people sticking with microsoft's default browser after improvements in edge
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So I guess the answer is it depends what are the tax revenue is being spent on - are they being spent on building or mantaining civilization or on other things (like enriching friends lobbyists and funders, mantaining a particular political
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by vivekd 4y ago
I have a hard time believing that Walmart actually knew or intended for fraud to occur. I dont think they should be charged unless there is evidence they sought to facilitate fraud or violated some other law. These FTC regs are so vague t
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by vivekd 4y ago
Largely yes. In any field there are a few top performers or people with special connections that cant be replaced. But legal forms can be automated and AI today, even relatively unsophisticated AI seems to me to be capable of finding the
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by vivekd 4y ago
Silicon valley is full of crap is what happened. Some jobs have been reduced - bank teller, cashier etc. There are also lots of jobs that could be replaced but aren't beause of weird regulations and such - lawyer etc. But most jobs -
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by vivekd 4y ago
I work in construction and I notice this attitude is becoming more common, even among my coworkers. The reality is the western world is falling behind in essential infrastructure in every capacity. And I think our attitudes towards constr
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by vivekd 4y ago
Distrust of any information from an institutional source is a good rule to live by imo and would make the world a better place
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by vivekd 4y ago
The problem I have with this logic is that many of these sites have become so big that they are effective monopolies. Alternative sites are hard to have your voice heard on and sparsely populated. Its a problem when the biggest forums for
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by vivekd 4y ago
The necessity of this might look different in Asia where children are expected to care for their aging parents thus taking the burden off government pension and elderly care costs
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by vivekd 4y ago
This reminds me of a great article that I saw on Hacker news that really helped explain the concept of Entrophy to me. Linked here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24140808
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by vivekd 4y ago
so in the thread he talks about;how ideas can be lightning rods' He says >That is just an unpleasant, inconvenient truth that all of you (regardless of your political leaning) need to accept about speech. Ideas really ARE powerful
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by vivekd 4y ago
>Trump used Twitter to organize the overthrow of the US government and almost succeeded at it. Isn't that the whole point of free speech, to nonviolently speak out against and overthrow governments that you disagree with? Wasnt tha
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by vivekd 5y ago
>all leaders get worse with time >only democratic leaders can be removed when they get bad I dont think either of these statements are true. America seems to be conflating bad for America or bad for American interests with bad in gen
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by vivekd 5y ago
But thats not the situation today, you cant base current policy on past grievances
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by vivekd 5y ago
No Im a devout Catholic and it means nothing to me as well. Its not an official proclamation so its just his personal opinion. It has no religious significance
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by vivekd 5y ago
I would agree with you. They did control for some factors, and that seemed to be the point of the study, but my first reaction to it was it seems like the controls they used seemed insufficent. It is a shame you were being downvoted - I ex
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by vivekd 5y ago
I was wondering about this. That is a problem given that it seems the whole point of the study was to control for other factors to ensure that the trauma reported wasn't the result of something else - like more vulnerable or victimize
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by vivekd 5y ago
I have autistic traits so facial expressions and feelings are very hard for me to detect. An app or web service that helps me learn facial expressions (pictures next to expressions done by people) and gives tips about learning emotions wou
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by vivekd 5y ago
not american, canadian, but it' hard to avoid it here, most people wouldn't tbe able to get a car, university education or home without some form of debt. It does have a very negative impact on our society I'll admit that It
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by vivekd 5y ago
I don't know why your comment has gotten downvoted so much. Astroid impact proponents present their view as rock solid but the reality is there are holes in the evidence (like population decline prior to impact) and credible alternati
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by vivekd 5y ago
Seems like a catch 22 for Facebook - if they don't remove the material they get criticized for facilitating hate speech, if they do remove they get criticized for censorship, acting arbitarily and not providing adequate reasons. I&#x2
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by vivekd 6y ago
I don't think it's valid to say that the parent has misunderstood how the world works without saying what you believe that misunderstanding to be. It seems perfectly logical to think that a corporation would be attracted to place
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by vivekd 6y ago
I don't buy the dichotomy that many are presenting in this thread. The either your parents let you walk around on your own or you'll have less life skills. I think you can teach kids life skills and independence while also keepin
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by vivekd 6y ago
My parents raised me this way. And I must admit it was beneficial. I don't know if I'd be willing to do the same thing. I think as low as the prospect is, it might be because people tend to keep an eye on kids. Predators might
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by vivekd 6y ago
>Good governance and democracy makes a country and its currency strong. Not vice versa. The issue with this argument is that good government is a very hard problem that in many cases has no clear immediate solutions. While things like c
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by vivekd 6y ago
I wonder if this means there is something we are missing here. Like maybe there was a 10th star in the cluster long ago that for some reason is no visible to us today
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by vivekd 6y ago
Why can't we do both, ban drugs but provide a place addicts can go to get cheap regulated legal product with a doctor's note?

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