TimTheTinker

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by TimTheTinker 4d ago
> nicotine receptors make meaningless behavior meaningful as if you expend effort on it * nicotinic receptors, which are activated by acetylcholine. But I only saw nicotine mentioned once in the paper, and in the titles of two citatio
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by TimTheTinker 5d ago
And nicotine, don't forget that. Smokers built the modern world (and then developed lung cancer for their troubles).
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by TimTheTinker 5d ago
drugs have been making people feel good (and messing with their sense of motivation to behave responsibly) regardless of society's state
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by TimTheTinker 5d ago
Illumos also doesn't overcommit, if you want the more modern OS descended from Solaris.
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by TimTheTinker 7d ago
The iPhone 13 mini feels huge compared to the 4s... I'd still use the 4s if it didn't have such horrible battery life or could run modern apps.
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by TimTheTinker 8d ago
I'm reconsidering here - there's a long distance between "someone believes in a harmful ideology" and "someone is an informant". So yes - there's ample room to talk with people. "He who turns a sinner
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
I read the first few paragraphs. It's all critical race theory and intersectionality. A worldview I reject. It leads to odd conclusions like saying it's impossible to be racist against white people, or that a black person can&#x27
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Those happened and they were evil. I'm not arguing with that.
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
I reject the notion of "structural racism". That's not about civil rights, it's critical theory masquerading. It's a destructive ideology. It teaches us to suspect everyone around us, which promotes division and hat
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Do you know the definition of the word "prejudice"? It means "preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience." You say you think a lot of my acquaintances are racist, without even knowing who I am,
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
What the ...? Please show me examples of this on the right, and I don't mean random nutjobs on Twitter or 4chan. That's complete insanity.
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Heck no. Hitler and Mussolini were deeply evil and their ideology was too. But there's nothing like them happening today.
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
A racist is known by their speech or actions. Like making prejudicial comments about people of one or more other races, or demonstrating through actions that they do not view other races as equals. If someone does neither, then they're
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Real racists in your orbit of regular acquaintances are pretty straightforward to pick out.
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Speaking from my own moral compass - I don't think there's a moral obligation to bring up politics with people I know with whom I disagree. They have their opinion, I have mine. I think that's even true when a horrible ideolo
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
Do you have racist neighbors? If so, I'm curious which county you live in. Two of my grandparents were racist, but I haven't talked personally with a racist in probably 25-30 years.
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
If you're in physical danger, then flee. I'm not talking about that. There's a bigger reality than your street - pay attention and be wise. But at the same time, it is true than many white kids had racist parents but chose no
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
> evil ideology Does exist and should be labeled as such. But it's also always been a term that evil political movements use to label those who oppose their ideas. Let the wise be discerning. Not all is as it appears on the surface
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
> what if your neighbor's political views are an existential threat to you personally? Then you are uniquely placed to show them you're not the baddie they thought you were. Say hello, introduce yourself, smile and wave, bring
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by TimTheTinker 11d ago
> What we used to call "politics" now encompasses some fundamental aspects That's less true IRL if you just talk to people and be personable. There's something about seeing someone face to face and chatting that helps
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by TimTheTinker 14d ago
> The same modularity that keeps a system inside a human’s head keeps each change inside a well-defined boundary the agent can reason about reliably. Not only that. Good modularity also: - improves code reusability, reduces unnecessary c
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by TimTheTinker 14d ago
Part of it is the psychology of owning vs renting. No one loves a rented house, but the landlord still wins.
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by TimTheTinker 14d ago
> It's a bit of a chicken and egg problem. AI can help tremendously with the initial leg-up problem of shipping a working prototype -- paradoxically, if you're willing to put in the work. That is, the right kind of work: talki
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by TimTheTinker 14d ago
Perhaps, but is there any modern browser name or brand that inspires the kind of fierce loyalty Firefox did 20 years ago? It was the alternative to IE6, the first rays of dawn bringing hope to to a desolate, war-torn funereal valley of
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by TimTheTinker 15d ago
Ladybird is steadily progressing: https://ladybird.org/
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by TimTheTinker 15d ago
Rumors of Firefox's death have been circling for at least 15 years now... somehow it's kept going despite odd incentives and bad corporate decisions.
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by TimTheTinker 15d ago
uBlock Origin (non-lite) only works on Firefox as far as I know. Brave purportedly has a built-in ad blocker that uses the same lists, but I can't vouch for it personally.
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by TimTheTinker 22d ago
> now fully-reversed Not so fast. The victimhood/systemic-inequality mentality has a perhaps counterintuitive effect: while on the surface it does seem to help individuals, collectively it perpetuates an underclass. 25 years ago, no
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by TimTheTinker 24d ago
Bingo. The Democratic Party supported slavery, and they're still at it with modern illegal immigration. This needs to stop.
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by TimTheTinker 24d ago
Have you ever traveled internationally? Every country I've ever been to especially in Europe had strict rules about how long I could stay. Iceland and the UK in particular. They wouldn't even let me in at London Heathrow without a

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