acobster

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by acobster 1y ago
I feel you. The "stories" feature especially felt like "throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks." Given that they're a nonprofit founded by an anarchist, I assume their goals are just different from the typic
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by acobster 1y ago
When paper was invented, it was expensive to make, and very few people had access to it. It was basically confined to a small priesthood and most people were illiterate. Paper remained quite expensive for centuries. So it would've been
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by acobster 1y ago
I'm not arguing against using the models per se. It's just that this is a social problem, to which there's no good technical solution. The hard road of social change is the only real alternative.
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by acobster 1y ago
> having seperately models tuned to different factors. Sure. Separate but equal, presumably.
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by acobster 1y ago
Specialization in what though? Do you really think VCs are going to drive innovation on equitable outcomes? Where is the money in that? I have a hunch that oppression will continue to be profitable.
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by acobster 1y ago
Perhaps the coolest way I've ever seen someone say "I'd love to see you try."
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by acobster 4y ago
That still doesn't mean he shot first.
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by acobster 4y ago
> but they have produced no evidence for the claim
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by acobster 6y ago
The only anarchistic definition of The State I've ever heard is some kind of body with a legal monopoly on violence. If you're going off that definition, you'd have a hard time justifying it to anyone, as it's pretty muc
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by acobster 6y ago
You're right. I wasn't really trying to give a broad definition - I was making a narrower argument - and I agree that Chomsky's is a better definition. I guess my "whole premise" phrasing was a bit overly broad.
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by acobster 6y ago
More visible to whom? To the well-functioning state? I don't follow. The whole premise of anarchism is that a truly free society is one without a state. The presumed benefit of the kind of visibility you're talking about also re
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by acobster 6y ago
"We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings." - Ursula K. Le Guin
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by acobster 6y ago
You seem to think that violence is the only option. You obviously think it's justified, but you still haven't stated a reason why being naked in public justifies bodily harm, maybe because you think the need to physically subdue t
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by acobster 6y ago
You're welcome! > If you disagree that nakedness should be illegal that's a different story and has nothing to do with the police I do question the logic of nakedness being illegal (in many cases anyway), but I agree that'
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by acobster 6y ago
"Not an argument for this site I guess," hence the downvotes, heh. I agree though. And I'd take it a step further and say that the institution of policing in the US has historically always been on the side of systemic violenc
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by acobster 6y ago
How does nakedness justify escalating the situation to voilence? "The law is the law" is just an excuse. When people talk about systemic racism they're talking about how the system operates as a whole. As I've commented
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by acobster 6y ago
> still, does not make it racism Depends on your definition of racism. If you just mean "atomized, individual prejudice," you might be correct. But this is textbook systemic racism, even if the cops aren't acting on a cons
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by acobster 6y ago
So, your defense of these actions is that the cops can't discern the difference between press and rioters, so best just arrest them all "one by one"? What part of that is reasonable? Just because it's "standard proc
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by acobster 6y ago
And that is a defense of the cops' actions how?
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by acobster 6y ago
They're highly organized. I think perhaps a better word for their actions is "unjustified," or if you're feeling less charitable, "unjustifiable."
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by acobster 8y ago
Hey, that's great! Even if the execution wasn't up to your standards, I'm looking forward to watching! I heard from someone at the conference (maybe it was you even?) about how Gary curated the talks. I'm really glad he
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by acobster 8y ago
This. I was at Deconstruct too, and Nabil's talk got a standing ovation. It ran way over time, and I didn't notice. Tech people need to hear this. Tom's talk is also amazing in its own right. Let's Program a Banjo Gram
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by acobster 8y ago
More of thws on hacker new's plz. Seriously though, I love how lighthearted this is. As many folks here have said, we could use more old-school forums in our lives. And goats.
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by acobster 8y ago
Welp. Guess that's the last little push I needed to go close my LinkedIn account. Good riddance.
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by acobster 8y ago
Are you referring to the hardware attack against SuperMicro? If so, it's a pretty big leap to make from "we know about a single attack" to "fingers in all tech companies." Not that I trust Google and friends, but...
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by acobster 8y ago
Wow, thanks for the recommendation. Harrowing.
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by acobster 8y ago
This is exactly what a business is: offering people something they want in exchange for money. If parent had said this was a sustainable or reliable business model, that'd be a different story.
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by acobster 8y ago
It doesn't seem to me like they're suggesting that columns are "discontinuous" at all; On Intelligence , along with lectures Jeff Hawkins has given, describes in detail how columns are interconnected. What they describe
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by acobster 8y ago
I love the initiative and the execution. Nice job! I feel like I'm becoming a bigger fan of brutalist web design all the time. :)
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by acobster 8y ago
I think part of parent's point is that you're probably in the minority. I don't have data to back this up, but I suspect that the users who make up the "long tail" of web traffic tend to visit a higher number of web

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