war1025

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by war1025 6y ago
The net effect of people hearing "Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with police again last night" on the news for an entire summer is going to be a giant step backwards for whatever BLM is actually trying to achieve. That is t
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Thought about your reply a bit more. If the movement were "Demilitarize the police", then yes, that is absolutely something I could be in favor of. As it stands, "Defund the police" is to me a weasel word version of &quo
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by war1025 6y ago
> It seems to me that reinvesting budgets spent on surplus humvees on more/better school counselors is a perfectly reasonable goal. The level of "defund" people are advocating for varies pretty wildly. Yes, reallocating bu
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by war1025 6y ago
The whole "defund the police" movement feels very much in line with the "Luxury beliefs" [1] idea that has been floating around for the past year or so. [1] https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/lu
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> A bathroom stall big enough for a wheelchair is also big enough for someone who can manage the stairs but needs assistance with the toilet. And as someone with young children, I think it's a great bathroom. But the truth is it cou
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Alright, well lump them all together. There are ways for laws and regulations to be thoughtfully applied, and there are ways for them to be abused by people who enjoy causing other people pain. When the regulatory burden is so heavy that on
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> completely inaccessible to the mobility-disabled? One of my favorite coffee shops is a little hole in the wall in the basement or an old brick building. Despite the fact that to get to the shop, you need to go down a narrow set of exte
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> I don't think you understood the writing at all. That's probably true. I got married at 23 to a girl I'd known for all of a year and a half, and we've been happily married for eight years now. So whatever perspectiv
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by war1025 6y ago
So basically an article where someone with relationship issues writes off all marriages because obviously we are all only attracted to what is least good for us. I really don't understand the use of this sort of writing.
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> He uses the analogy of 'too clever by half' to exemplify his idea that 'financial innovation is always wrong'. I don't really have a horse in this race, but I think you're misreading the article. He says:
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by war1025 6y ago
This seems like it sort of ties in with NN Taleb's idea of "Anti-fragile" [1]. Perhaps also Chesterton's fence [2]. Maybe also the whole premature-optimization thing [3]. And of course the too-clever-by-half coyotes [4].
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by war1025 6y ago
> The social distancing is having a negative effect on people psychology in my opinion. I know that I personally have been a lot snippier with people as this has gone on and on. Honestly at this point the only thought I really give to Co
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by war1025 6y ago
I wonder how much California nonsense would just go away if they repealed Prop13. It just seems like such a dumb law every time I hear it brought up.
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by war1025 6y ago
> Uncouple basic benefits from jobs This is basically the one actual political policy issue that I feel strongly about. A boy can dream...
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> Isn’t having a kid something you do exactly so you have someone to care for and nurture? Ideally, yes. In practice, not as often as anyone would hope. Sometimes out of actual ill intent towards the kids. Probably most times just due to
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by war1025 6y ago
The more I hear about public schools the more I understand the outrage against public education.
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> putting your kids in school as early as 4 can result in life-long benefits. Giving a shit about your kids is mainly what results in life-long benefits. The sad truth is a lot of parents either don't care about their kids or care a
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by war1025 6y ago
My wife said the years she was home schooled they did school for about two or three hours a day because that was all that it really required. I wonder if virtual school would be better shooting for that model. Get rid of the "dead time
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by war1025 6y ago
> Going to the gym is a ritual for many people A thing that is very important about rituals is that there are almost always triggers of when the ritual should be performed. Often that trigger involves being in a specific place. For exerc
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> I wish I, just a guy, could invest in companies like this with no vote stake. How is this different from just buying stock? Or are you referring to companies specifically that aren't public?
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by war1025 6y ago
Too late to edit or delete this post, but looking back on it a couple hours later, it was unkind and I shouldn't have written it. That's all.
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by war1025 6y ago
Rumblings I heard had to do with too-aggressively retiring traditional power plants in favor of renewables, resulting in a lack of adequate baseload power. But I have looked into it exactly zero.
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by war1025 6y ago
I don't run my AC. It regularly gets up to 85-88F. With air flow from fans and dressing light, there's no reason most people cannot be comfortable. I think that people who run their AC like they do are selfish and do not understan
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by war1025 6y ago
I agree, but also you can be critical without being an asshat. It's better to comment from a perspective of "I bet you didn't know this" than "Ha, you're an idiot"
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> AC still needs to run to drive out building moisture so that they don't develop mold. Serious question: How was this handled in pre-AC times? Is it just an issue because buildings are much better sealed than they used to be, or is
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by war1025 6y ago
> what's most popular A clarification here that I think is worthwhile: Pick things that are "popular" as in widely used, not things that are "popular" as in "trendy" or "in vogue".
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I believe I read this in the book Grandfather by Tom Brown [1] (could have been somewhere else). The author was taught by an Apache elder about survival, etc. Part of that was learning how to track and hunt. The first time he killed a deer,
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I completely agree with this point so long as it isn't couched with the usual implication that "disinformation" comes solely from one party or the other. Propaganda is very real and is utilized by all sides.
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We share a bed, we just each have a set of blankets. This is probably only feasible because we sleep on the floor, which means the blankets don't tend to wander in the night. Lots of covers stealing other blanket shenanigans have been
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by war1025 6y ago
> which speeds up development. Perhaps its because the product I work on is fairly mature at this point, but "speed" isn't something I really optimize my workflow for. It's much more important that I solve the right p

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