Sl1mb0

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by Sl1mb0 8d ago
Or maybe - build a world where you don't need driving privileges just to exist
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by Sl1mb0 13d ago
Lol do you know how the term "Banana Republic" originated
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by Sl1mb0 4mo ago
There are still people in America who live without running water. There are still people who work on fishing boats in Alaska. There are still people who hitchhike. This is literally just an anecdote trying to deflect from contemporary probl
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
I always wonder what people who say these things think about the fact that we have someone in the white house who was mentioned in the Epstein files more than Jesus was mentioned in the bible. Whatever it takes to get rid of those pesky ali
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
Or worse, you wouldn't even know about it!
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
I have a personal belief that this is a result of the "can-do" attitude that pervades not only American society currently; but virtually all of American history. A small group of colonies managed to win a war against what was cons
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
> I have become so disillusioned by some of the Hacker News crowd on here. I feel the exact same way, but it's due to comments like yours that seem to excuse anything in the name of innovation. The goosebumps people feel are them ju
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
The good ol' invisible hand; Literally an appeal to ignorance. "What else could it be?"
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
I never claimed any techology is good or bad; you also seem to be in agreement with me that technology used in warfare _can_ have "good" applications (I mentioned that the benefits are secondary to their applications in war, tha
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
> care more that their work is prosocial These takes are always so funny to me. The whole reason we even have the internet is because the US government needed a way for parties to be able to communicate in the event of nuclear fallout. T
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by Sl1mb0 6mo ago
Are authoritarians good? That's basically what you are asking.
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by Sl1mb0 7mo ago
God has been used as a justification for a lot of human suffering. My personal belief is that the closer to god you are; the more easily you can justify evil. How could you not? If my entire belief system is derived from faith, then there a
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by Sl1mb0 7mo ago
> Mad respect to Sam And people wonder how we got here.
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by Sl1mb0 7mo ago
> but stop pretending this kind of thing matters one iota This is blatantly false and intellectually dishonest. Of course it matters. Your edit is also wrong; you are advocating for nihilism with statments like these.
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by Sl1mb0 7mo ago
This is where we're at huh?
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by Sl1mb0 9mo ago
There is also the added stress of commuting, which its fair to assume has negative impacts on heart, cognitive, etc. health.
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by Sl1mb0 9mo ago
> sits for hours playing a video game > if you are not moving, you are dead. I understand the point you're trying to make, but there is some irony here.
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by Sl1mb0 9mo ago
Microsoft's past behavior _may_ explain *why* there is a lack of investment in Github Actions; so yes, TheFeelz are relevant.
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by Sl1mb0 10mo ago
They manage a lot of old, big mainframes for banks. At least that is one thing I know of.
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by Sl1mb0 10mo ago
I'm aware of that. That does not make the second quote any less relevant.
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by Sl1mb0 10mo ago
> It's hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior > There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning. Huh.
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by Sl1mb0 10mo ago
Is this satire?
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by Sl1mb0 11mo ago
I worked for an energy tech startup that did consulting for big utility companies. It absolutely does.
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by Sl1mb0 1y ago
> dependency inclusion _should not_ be a main criterion for evaluating how good a build system is That's just like, your opinion, man.
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by Sl1mb0 1y ago
How are you quantifying that 10% ?
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by Sl1mb0 2y ago
We are talking about Netflix. You know, the 'N' in FAANG/MAANG or whatever.
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by Sl1mb0 2y ago
What are these places? How is productivity being measured? All this talk of data and I have yet to see _anything_.
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by Sl1mb0 2y ago
Alright guy, I'll bite. Why do _you_ think that Boeing off-loaded manufacturing burden to 3rd party companies? Their executives have effectively gutted the company over the last 20 years. Now we're left with a bailed-out husk the
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by Sl1mb0 2y ago
> there is simply no evidence from before 24 February 2022 that Putin wanted to conquer Ukraine and incorporate it into Russia Crimea, anyone?
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by Sl1mb0 2y ago
What more does life have to offer then?

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