Philorandroid

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by Philorandroid 1mo ago
Speaking of laughable ignorance, what other munitions does the US military have besides precision munitions if precision is no longer a concern?
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by Philorandroid 1mo ago
Venezuela thought the same thing. Keeping a full-scale deployment at arm's length, and 'only' targeting military targets with exhaustive use of precision missiles is poor strategy, but if a military victory were the US's
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by Philorandroid 1mo ago
I think that's an unfair assessment. Depleting a stockpile of a particular munition (since missile strikes are less unpopular than a full-scale deployment) because of overreliance shows a particular strain, not a pervasive weakness.
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by Philorandroid 1y ago
In catastrophic circumstances perhaps, but the metric for actual starvation in the US is so low that finding a solid figure is difficult. Malnutrition, while higher, seems strongly correlated to child/elder abuse/neglect, and not
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by Philorandroid 1y ago
Having lost a job suddenly, any employment is better than none. A perfect job that provides everything you need is pretty far detached from "this is sufficient", or even "this will slow my fall while I work something else out
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
> Your disagreement essentially amounts to "it's appropriate because it accomplishes my goal", or do I misunderstand? In a discussion of ethics that seems specious to me. My disagreement is that the ongoing or imminent unl
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
If threat of injury is what stops someone from destroying your car, then it's appropriately leveraged. I'm also curious, what kind of effective, 'non-violent' means are there to control the initial mob-martyrs, and ensur
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
This reads like you suppose the only thing to do is let rioters vent their outrage against whatever objects happen to be in their way at the time, and hope that there exists some legal comeuppance after the fact. Why can't some reasona
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
Are chemical irritants preferable, then? Or just LEOs in riot gear with rubber batons? There's no amount of pushback or repercussion that a rioter will feel is fair or humane, and the mindset of "I'll turn violent and/or
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
That's a naive way to see it. People vote _against_ the other candidate, against what they fear is worse. And, if the theory that the frontrunner is the best representation of the party holds true, it speaks quite poorly for the Democr
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
So biological denialism is a morally superior position to hold, then? Democratic leaders can't ever seem to acknowledge biological differences between the sexes, certainly not with regards to competitive advantages. As for it being &qu
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
Unequivocally. Remember that the parties aren't diametric opposites, and are capable of evading reality simultaneously.
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
Tu quoque; Republicans harboring fringe beliefs in some cases isn't a response to Democrats' mainstream acceptance of beliefs that the scientific method doesn't accurately reflect reality.
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
Journalists always overlap their coverage. Even 'exclusive' stories will get articles describing the exclusive coverage. A story/theme being covered from multiple sources is hardly evidence of conspiracy in a vacuum.
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
I honestly am not sure what it is, I don't know who that is or could be?
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
"Antisemitism" could be replaced with "racism", "transphobia", "homophobia", etc. and your point would hold true. At some point popular discourse became such that escalating disagreements to accusatio
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
I don't think a _job_ is the quintessential experience so much as _productive value,_ doing something that brings you joy from the act of creating, whether it's making music or art, assembling Lego kits, antique engine restoration
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
It's not a narrative so much as a leftover from what I was originally going to post, in that the creative/expressive/stimulating work is what's being touted as the first thing to be eliminated by AI. That aside, what exa
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by Philorandroid 2y ago
They make the cynical case that automation is coming for us all, and it will eventually replace every ounce of fun or meaning in gainful employment, but that it's okay because of some nebulous societal good. It's not a convincing
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
> MBIC No need to start flinging poo. > Social-capitalist economies (the “social democracies” and adjacent) tend to do better job at this particular thing. Can you point to a social capitalist country that does a demonstrably better j
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
It's hard to interpret "We basically put a big flashing sign right out front saying whose interests are the top priority" as anything but distaste, just as it's hard to parse "the name “capitalism” states whose inte
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
Again, you've made no claims, only voiced vague notions of your distaste
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
That's such a yellow-press non-answer. Annoyed interpretations of the name of something doesn't offer any insight into, or affect the reality of, the thing.
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
"Just take it by force" isn't the rational answer you think it is
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
> I doubt any of the legislators actually know the full contents of bills like this that they sign. Let alone any of their constituents, who are just as soon to believe the Saving Puppies and Kittens Act really is about saving puppies an
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
> We don't live in a theoretical universe... You're absolutely right, we live in an objective reality where the basis of an idea can be analyzed and tested against said reality, and not invalidated because we don't like th
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
Greetings! With an equal helping of non-confrontational spirit: Your focus seems to primarily be on highlighting supposed hypocrisies between the man and the ideas he espouses, and using the former in an attempt to discredit the latter. Cri
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
If he's actually a troll (I don't know, I don't recall hearing of Andreessen before), then responding with a hate letter addressing his claims doesn't help the author's case
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
This whole thing reads like it's trying very hard to present itself like it's discrediting Andreessen's ideas , but it feels like it's going after the man himself for one reason or another. This is thanks in no small pa
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by Philorandroid 3y ago
I totally agree, which is why it's disheartening that universities like Harvard use it as a metric to exclude Asians: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/15/harvard-disc...

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