bachbach

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by bachbach 8y ago
Habits are hard to break but I've also found it surprisingly easy to manipulate yourself by putting an annoying obstacle in the way. For getting work on time I can't snooze-beat the combination of a wake up light and a distantly l
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by bachbach 8y ago
I have had this experience. Still don't understand the fascination - maybe I had inferior quality bubble tea.
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by bachbach 8y ago
The US has its issues but nothing to complain about in comparison to Mexico or Brazil. 50,000 murders a year - that's a low intensity war.
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by bachbach 8y ago
Even elite University education in STEM is a terrible investment. All the people boostering it are recipients of multiple selection filters or from different age cohorts and really have no idea what the fuck they are talking about. When you
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by bachbach 8y ago
But the word 'Capitalism' did not exist in Smith's day!
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by bachbach 8y ago
Quibble - this comes from Smith. It's not specifically a Marxist complaint - just one popular with them.
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by bachbach 8y ago
Like leveling up in an RPG!
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by bachbach 8y ago
Horseshoe Theory is not true. Your supporting link says it has no substance - it's a simple meme that is wrong. This subject annoys me because I am convinced that not only does the Horseshoe Theory have no predictive power - but also t
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by bachbach 8y ago
It is true and no argument is required - just observation of history. If you examine the history of political philosophy of Liberalism you shall see immediately that Republicans and Democrats are both part of the Liberal Party. I know some
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by bachbach 8y ago
I use the keep warm feature on my instant pot as an alternative to a microwave. I'm not paranoid about microwaves - I just don't like constantly cleaning them.
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by bachbach 8y ago
People are definitely reluctant to retract that bit of gospel and it's not a good look. IIRC Flynn himself was circumspect and the memory is uncertain but I thought he pointed to the recent reversal too. This sort of collective amnesia
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by bachbach 8y ago
Atsushi Horiba seems to think this is rubbish. Does he have a point?
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by bachbach 8y ago
Those don't seem to fit the application I'm thinking of but thanks for trying. I sometimes carry a notepad and pen, but I thought something might exist - electronic - but with the speed and flexibility of an analog pad and pen - t
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by bachbach 8y ago
Think this is one of the universals. It's not that we're good at it - it's that there exist other cultures worse still.
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by bachbach 8y ago
I hope you're not an American.
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by bachbach 8y ago
Look up Myron Ferguson's 'Drywall' book - it's the bible on it.
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Does there presently exist on the market HUD/AR glasses or contact lens?
2 points by bachbach 8y ago|2 comments
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by bachbach 8y ago
But you're borrowers! The basic policy of every political faction used to be an extremist position. Free markets were a radical idea (the Kings and Queens of Europe favoured mercantilism), readopting an interpretation of Greek democrac
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by bachbach 8y ago
I can't believe this is still a middle class meme, some ideas die hard. Universities have been sliding downhill for a long time and they know why because they operate the nightclub protocol for entry. Geography and formal education not
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by bachbach 8y ago
I suspect this appears to be true but it is an illusion. This is because although you're right there's an incredible complexity to manage - we've been actually doing that using abstraction for a long time by inventing black b
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by bachbach 8y ago
We could talk all day but sadly I must go to work to obtain those calories! ;-) It's always fun talking with you though and I appreciate it. I'll make one point though. > Removing selective pressure, possibly another. I think t
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by bachbach 8y ago
I've similar impressions. I think - and this risks sounding self absorbed - that we've become more sophisticated because of the Internet - at least in some ways. Closer feedback loop because flow of information is higher. You migh
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by bachbach 8y ago
In the construction industry there are no bullshit jobs. Zero. However only 50% of the house price comes from the construction industry, I have another comment suggesting part of why here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by bachbach 8y ago
There needs to be a club of people focusing on these sorts of questions consistently. There are only so many Gwerns and Scott Alexanders and Dredmorbiuses out there. There really are not that many people out there thinking about and discuss
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by bachbach 8y ago
I'll take a stab. Two ways in which that could be so is - Your society succumbs to accumulative negative side affects that lead to a civilization scale heart attack. Pollution, barbarians, (lack of) land reform, diversity zoo taxing co
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by bachbach 8y ago
Wanted there to be some images of it. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y3jX2tKIau0/maxresdefault.jpg
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by bachbach 8y ago
Don't give up :)
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by bachbach 8y ago
I think that is wrong - it's more like The Frame Problem. It's not really that right wingers think the news is lying to them in a direct sense. It's more like they believe the entire frame of discussion is wrong. I'm not
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by bachbach 8y ago
This is some bullshit. I hope everybody with the question "Why aren't there that many Elon Musk type individuals in the world?" is satisfied with the answer. I understand he fucked up but that is not the point. There are peop
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by bachbach 8y ago
People talking shit on the internet isn't a problem - it's that real name policy large numbers of people opted into and still think is acceptable. In the future organizations will be run by mysterious persons - everybody with a re

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