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by vvpan 2y ago
Off-topic about the Nassim Nicholas Taleb opening: Does anybody else feel like he just restates obvious things in a more formalized and somewhat pompous way? I do not mind formalization but I feel like I am supposed to swoon over it as if s
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by vvpan 2y ago
I think the point is that if stuff is energy then energy is flowing into the wrong things and is not equally distributed. So we have enough of "stuff" but a lot of it is the wrong kind and access to that is not democratic. Rephras
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by vvpan 2y ago
Read it. Love it.
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by vvpan 2y ago
For those not in on Twitter lore I want to point out that the post is written by a well known white nationalist/neo-nazi dog whistling account.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I have not read it yet, I must admit, but I like Baffler and planning on subscribing. Thanks for reading and the feedback!
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by vvpan 2y ago
Well he wrote the techno positivist manifesto and is one of the biggest voices in "growth" domain.
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by vvpan 2y ago
Another review: https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundanc...
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by vvpan 2y ago
I've come to loath Mark Andreessen as just an out-of-date reactionary who cannot take it that culture around him has moved on. Apparently he is also big hypocrite: > Two years after Marc Andreessen published “It’s Time to Build,” Th
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by vvpan 2y ago
Better question, I agree.
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by vvpan 2y ago
Who invented cancel culture?
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by vvpan 2y ago
You are taking large movements with at least tens of thousands of participants and cherry-picking actions of a few people, you are contributing to the free speech problem by making false associations.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I misspoke - it is not used often compared to Russian. I have read that Wikipedia page before, yet I have not heard the term used in my 20+ years in the US and people do not know what I am talking about when I use it. But what I am alluding
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by vvpan 2y ago
You must be Russian, there is no term "yellow journalism" in English really.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I recommend this reading about where the valley heading. If you are not squeezed for work, you will be. Developers are becoming more disposable. Maybe you are not feeling but it's happening. https://www.businessinsider.com&#
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by vvpan 2y ago
How does AGPL work in the context of a non-compiled language like Python? Honest question.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I am starting to understand why "Abolish the ICE" has been a slogan, sounds like a cesspool of heavy-handed extra-judicial lawlessness. Another key slogan phrase: Do not open for the ICE.
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by vvpan 2y ago
Wanted to note that uBlock works on Firefox mobile browser too - it is excellent.
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by vvpan 2y ago
Really the most useful feature in Redis to me is TTL - so easy to cache things and not worry about them being too stale. The second most useful is that you can attach something like BullMQ to it and get cron/scheduling for a couple lin
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by vvpan 2y ago
Oh I see. I knew "lenses" existed but as you say it's a multi-step process to use them and not from the browser search bar.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I keep being confused by this. People mention that Kagi has all these features but I never see them, do I have to up my subscription plan?
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by vvpan 2y ago
I have been extremely excited about cooperatives and doing research but good info is scattered (suggestions welcome!). From what I learned I will echo what you said - laws are stacked against cooperatives. In general the corporation, a stru
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by vvpan 2y ago
I disagree. Stern corporate demeanor is a disadvantageous to a group that is trying to show personality.
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by vvpan 2y ago
It did not matter how old or sick each one is it mattered how each one is perceived. After the first debate a lot of Democratic voters felt like Biden was doing very poor and he was, numbers show it. But really Democrats keep providing one
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by vvpan 2y ago
Prefer to believe.
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by vvpan 2y ago
I think it is actually a good idea, in theory, but the penalties for failure to file are hefty.
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by vvpan 2y ago
New York Times wrote [1] a pretty extensive expose on how the government takeover has happened. Basically Musk started infiltrating the government with his agents a couple of years ago so by the time inauguration happened he had access to a
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by vvpan 2y ago
If Europe somewhat deregulated startup stage businesses an countries issued more visas to engineers it could probably turn a lot of things around. So far European founders have been moving to US. But these days I imagine I'm not the on
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by vvpan 2y ago
Renaissance Technologies is a very successful hedge fund that almost exclusively hires PhD's to do the coding, no matter what field.
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by vvpan 2y ago
A token is just a token, who uses it how and why is not intrinsic in the token itself. Stocks and bonds have been tokenized, why are those not scam? There are lots of tokens representing different things, economic models and with very diffe
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by vvpan 2y ago
Plenty wrong with tokens but I would remember that VC funding also comes with a lot of drawbacks and, in my opinion, is what is holding technical progress back. I am in a startup and VCs are preventing us from focusing on longer term goals

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