Lord_Baltimore

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by Lord_Baltimore 5mo ago
Most people that are against car-centric cities like myself are not against cars 100% but against their level of priority in the design of our cities and societies. Many of the scenarios you mentoned aren't even that big of a deal for
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by Lord_Baltimore 3y ago
Not building something because it will allow poorer people to move around our cities more easily is just wrong no matter what the consequences. There are also criminals and kids who strut around and flex from rough areas of town that have c
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by Lord_Baltimore 3y ago
Yeah, I don't think you should be able to opt children into atheistic teaching.
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by Lord_Baltimore 4y ago
The mental gymnastics to justify piracy as anything other than theft is always interesting to watch.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
I highly recommend The Dispatch. They make a point of not being click-baity and try to give thoughtful takes instead of reactionary ones.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
It is a trade-off which is not always acknowledged. It is not something that has 0 potentially negative consequences. And the competition and innovation that is stifled is often invisible (hard to see what could have been). If you had less
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
Yes, a pebble in the shoe of Google but could be a mountain in the way of smaller company.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
1. No one assumes that they have perfect information. No one says this is perfect just better than the other ways to handle these situations! 2. Who do you think will consistently have better information than someone whose sole goal is to s
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
I recognize this "absurd" point.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
"Unhindered capitalism" "it has been balanced with more progressive policies." That doesn't sound like unhindered capitalism.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
The original argument is essentially "if this action is so easy then how can you make it illegal?" which is not a very good argument as pointed out. Your argument is about the morality of this action which is quite different.
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by Lord_Baltimore 5y ago
As a "Calvinist" (I prefer label reformed Christian) it appears as though you have totally misunderstood Calvinism. One of the bedrocks of Calvinism is that every person in his natural state is fundamentally bad and any spiritual&
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by Lord_Baltimore 6y ago
This a very good use case for a cryptocurrency, but in the long run a crypto like NANO might be a better solution with due to quicker transaction times, lack of fees, and much lower environmental impact.
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by Lord_Baltimore 6y ago
They could also say many other things that aren't true if they wanted to.
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by Lord_Baltimore 6y ago
>>As soon as the competitors are eliminated you jack the prices up And then you provide a competitor or startup another opportunity.
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by Lord_Baltimore 6y ago
Let me introduce you to the fall of man.
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by Lord_Baltimore 6y ago
>Humans haven't changed much You are correct, and humans have been greedy, manipulative, and self-centered since the beginning of time. We often don't even see it in ourselves. I'm sure many of these people who contributed
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by Lord_Baltimore 7y ago
>There is no such thing as an absolute truth, after all. And pretending there is, and it's even attainable, is intellectually dishonest. You seem to be stating this as an absolute truth.
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by Lord_Baltimore 7y ago
I've done the same thing. And I agree it is low-volume, but I have come to the conclusion that it isn't so bad to be a little "bored" and not get lost in twitter rabbit holes.