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by eeh 6y ago
> Companies muscle in on workers' identity. Great point. Maybe this is it? I have been skeptical of work activism, but maybe it makes given the size of the lever (vs alternative activism options).
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by eeh 6y ago
For the record, I am pro sustainable fishing, sustainable foresty, tackling climate change, and eliminating malaria. I think governments and dedicated organisations are best placed to do this: they can better enforce compliance, and have gr
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by eeh 6y ago
All entities including businesses commonly make tradeoffs between competing values. I am unaware how Coinbase plan to do this. Outside the mission, it sounds like Coinbase won't factor these matters beyond the usual legal/reputati
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by eeh 6y ago
It sounds like Coinbase doesn't consider climate change to be within their mission. We need to place a place on carbon, and thus share responsibility, in proportion to use.
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by eeh 6y ago
If a company is breaking the law, some countries offer whistleblower protections.
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by eeh 6y ago
The CEO is saying the company will remain apolitical, outside of its mission.
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by eeh 6y ago
The CEO is declaring the focus political issue is cryptocurrency. The focus is not whales, forests, ice caps, malaria. Why is this controversial?
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by eeh 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich says he left, rather than was fired. It looks like Brendan held popular political views, but not popular in relevant places.
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by eeh 6y ago
https://github.com/mozilla/send
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by eeh 6y ago
It sucks to feel that way. It might not be as bad as you think it is: I expect those earning more will more eager to note what they are.
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by eeh 6y ago
That's messed up. Sorry you've had to go through that.
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by eeh 6y ago
> No. I don't think I am depressed. I just don't want life. I'm sorry to hear you're going through this. In case you haven't tried professional support, it might help. In my experience they're pretty good at
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by eeh 6y ago
By responding solely to a minor part of my comment, and doubling down on your caricatures, I don't think you're willing to actually discuss this.
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by eeh 6y ago
As a remain voter, I'm not best to advocate for the strengths of leave. As I'm sure you're aware, debate between remain and leave is difficult. Characterising sovereignty concerns as "passport colour change" won&#x2
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by eeh 6y ago
> Polling has repeatedly shown very widespread public confusion over what Brexit will actually do. I can believe that. > Even many remain voters don’t realise all the downsides. I can believe that, but what makes the confusion one-way
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by eeh 6y ago
Is it the average Joe, or is it the 95th percentile idiot that happens to get attention?
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by eeh 6y ago
I run and cycle, and don't bother tracking. I haven't put much thought in this decision. I'm just interested in being fit (which I achieve with just shoes, and going for a run every ~3 days), not in achieving peak fitness or
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by eeh 6y ago
Anecdotally, I agree. :)
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by eeh 6y ago
> His goals are rather dystopian though, despite the sophisticated tools. Oh? > There is no scientific view under which Brexit, which he helped achieve, is a good idea. Brexit involved many factors including the value attributed to gr
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by eeh 6y ago
The leader of this, Dominic Cummings, advocates for a quantitative/tech approach to policy, e.g. https://dominiccummings.com/2020/01/02/two-hands-are-a-lot-w... on who he wants to hire. https:/&#x2
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by eeh 6y ago
The article says this is led by Dominic Cummings, whose blog is https://dominiccummings.com/ if you want to know more about him. He advocates for a tech/quantitative approach to policy, e.g. https://dominicc
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by eeh 6y ago
> Since I don't have any credible psychology background, nobody listens to my suggestions in real life. The reason I prefer listening to researchers is because they study populations and try to account for confounding variables. I&#
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by eeh 6y ago
Ah, the classic "the government cannot do a good thing, therefore this must be a bad thing".
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by eeh 6y ago
I don't know which is most plausible. What makes you think that is most plausible?
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by eeh 6y ago
Does that work with GPS chips in phones? Does that facilitate research into space? Does that provide continuity for existing space research/universities? Is space research considered to be geopolitically important? I don't know th
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by eeh 6y ago
I don't know what motivation is, but there's a few plausible options: * the UK may not want critical infrastructure provided elsewhere * the UK may have research/student folk who would have previously worked on Galileo, but
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by eeh 6y ago
If someone is inclined to critique this, have they considered the whole situation, and do they have better ideas? Remain in the EU has sailed, sadly. What do we do now? Is it possible investing in an existing space company is the best path
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by eeh 6y ago
Some earlier context: https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1275194055257919495
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by eeh 6y ago
People from high-occurrence areas are a risk to people from low-occurrence areas. That said, it's possible that both approaches were poor. We'll only understand the cost of lockdown in hindsight: increased poverty, increase jobles
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by eeh 6y ago
"GHG emissions in kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalents per day (kgCO2e/day) were 7.19 (7.16, 7.22) for high meat-eaters ( > = 100 g/d), 5.63 (5.61, 5.65) for medium meat-eaters (50-99 g/d), 4.67 (4.65, 4.70) for lo

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