ace_of_spades

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by ace_of_spades 1y ago
Who is unbiased in this case? You have to acknowledge that all parties have agendas.
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by ace_of_spades 1y ago
Ok, let’s hope you are right on the anti-imperialism front and that the US citizens will not tolerate all that saber rattling against Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal… or maybe you are just misunderstanding and rationalizing what’s g
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by ace_of_spades 2y ago
/s so horrible people are distinguished by the fact that they are never nice to their in-group?
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Purpose-Limited Open Data and AI(purposelimitation.ai)
1 points by ace_of_spades 2y ago|0 comments
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by ace_of_spades 2y ago
There are also bikes with wind shields and roofs. Also battery powered acceleration support. Probably also heating if you are so inclined. Just saying bikes can be pretty comfortable if that’s what you need.
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Against the Open Source / Closed Source Dichotomy: Toward Regulated Source(lesswrong.com)
1 points by ace_of_spades 3y ago|0 comments
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by ace_of_spades 3y ago
But that’s a rather simplistic perspective because a moral imperative in the Kantian sense can already apply much earlier. For instance, don‘t inflict unnecessary harm on living animals if it can be reasonably avoided. At least to me this s
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by ace_of_spades 3y ago
ok, I will bite for this one. As someone enjoying a vegan lifestyle, I am living proof that humans do not need to eat other animals. Also if we would stop the cruel practice of factory farming, it’s common knowledge that we would have more
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by ace_of_spades 4y ago
I find the tone and collective mindset expressed in this article deeply unsettling. We are talking about developing technology that is going to be the foundation and a huge challange for the longterm development of the human race and people
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Rebuilding Society on Meaning(youtube.com)
1 points by ace_of_spades 4y ago|1 comments
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by ace_of_spades 4y ago
Quite long but inspiring lecture on how we can align markets, recommender systems, products, and organizations with our values.
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Tackling Heropreneurship (2016)(ssir.org)
1 points by ace_of_spades 4y ago|0 comments
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by ace_of_spades 4y ago
Would be interesting if they did the same thing for their own operation. „We collect all data that we can about you, so that we can become a mega corp that can control most of your life.“ Wonder why they don’t do it?
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
You are making very big assumptions here. Think about it, what if the universe is a dynamical system? There would never be any truth only systems which work or are broken according to some set of criteria. Moreover, which systems work would
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
Clearly investment doesn’t depend on actual work being done… /s What makes people’s lives better is services being rendered for mutual benefit. Investment does play a role in facilitating this but mostly because our monetary system is
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
In general all types of dilemma situations are solved to a substantial degree by allowing people to communicate with each other and then individuals arriving at appropriate actions. I am not advocating against regulations or the like but sa
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
Btw. did you really talk to your kids about this and really explained them the situation in a way they can appreciate it? For instance, take a large number of treats divide them on the table and show them who gets what for a game they built
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
I am really surprised by this attitude. I think most of the negative comments here are fueld by a perception of unfairness in general and not any drive to become famous or anything. You basically seem to advocate for a world where it is ok
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
Hey, first of all kudos to you for all your hard work and having the heart in the right place. I don’t really want to take any specific position on this issue as I don’t have enough context to make a fair assessment of the situation. Howeve
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
Thank you! This is a really important observation about anything controversial „child“ related. Be it abortion or abuse you can tell what people‘s real priorities are by looking at how much they are willing to spend on the welfare of kids o
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by ace_of_spades 5y ago
wow, so much missing nuance and little actual understanding… I am not religious but bless your soul… is all I want to say to this
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
While I find decentralized digital ledgers interesting and potentially useful, I am always surprised how people think that they need to jump on bitcoin as it somehow must be the best choice for the future of money. At least to me it seems u
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
I was referring to the general attitude of one of the parent comments which was making a statement about supporting speech with derogatory terms on principle. In this instance, I generally agree that I don’t think it is a prime example of t
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
So the opposition of discord is a gang of wallstreet traders? Are you sure about that? To be honest, I don’t see it. If people comply with basic norms of decency they will get back on those platforms. The problem might be that they CAN’T bu
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
I mean, you do have a point. Obviously, your choice of words becomes limited if you refrain from using offensive language. And given our predisposition towards rage and anger to give attention this seems like an important “tool” to have at
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
I don’t really get it. Why do we keep telling people that it is support worthy to engage in name calling? Is it alright to let kids call teachers names at school? “This fucking imbecile wants me to do homework! Fuck that shit!” Maybe that’s
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
As a European I can‘t resist but to say that I wish that we would start banning all of the American internet cooperations that are required by law to share their data with the US government which has time and time again shown that they are
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
Even though academia is not perfect, it seems like going through peer review is on many dimensions better than not doing so. For instance, you get feedback and you document your reasoning and approaches for others to learn from. The only ar
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
Who said that any empirical study could prove anything? Except in mathematics you simply cannot prove anything. There is no way to guarantee that with UBI the things you mention won‘t happen. In the same vein, there is no way to guarantee t
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by ace_of_spades 6y ago
Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but I would encourage anyone interested in doing good to mostly abstain from animal products altogether. This must not necessarily be carried to extreme veganism but if you have the choice to not use anima

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