keester

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by keester 2y ago
She mentions free will as an illusion. To me this is a purely philosophical question and I prefer Daniel Dennett's take on it. He's saying it has nothing to do with determinism or indeterminism in physics and has a very good expl
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by keester 3y ago
Not great. His predictions for the outcome of the Ukraine/Russia war were way off, and I haven't seen a mea culpa video for that just yet. There's a good debate between him and Ian Bremmer somewhere that highlights the fla
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by keester 3y ago
I think you mean they doubled something with some equivalence to money .. what would that be?
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by keester 3y ago
Of course not everyone gets the vote. Not everyone gets the worker protections or can be women with equal rights, as you put it. The issue here is not if we should provide these things but actually to provide them to as many people as poss
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by keester 3y ago
I agree with you, but nudging can be a good thing if it's meritorious. Lincoln, for instance, had to manipulate people to some extent to achieve his goal of emancipation. Similarly, I'd say some nudging is in order to tackle the
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by keester 3y ago
My understanding is that jdk8 has support from Oracle until 2030.
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by keester 4y ago
stable less violent right up until the revolution ..
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by keester 4y ago
linux user (kde, cinnamon, etc.). I have been using ctl-f1,ctl-f2, etc to switch between virtual desktops since about 2000. Each virtual desktop is labeled like 'email', 'docs', 'browser', 'editor'
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by keester 4y ago
rent did not go down in 2020
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by keester 4y ago
depends on what you mean by "detractors of net neutrality" are you talking about the concept or the actual implementation that was in place
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by keester 4y ago
implicit here in your thinking is that we actually benefit (more than the cost of enforcing) from the previous net neutrality regime
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Are we still upset about Net Neutrality?
4 points by keester 4y ago|7 comments
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by keester 4y ago
I have no trouble at all cleaning cast iron skillets as long as I put it under some water while it's still hot and give it a little wipe. Doesn't seem to affect the seasoning either ..
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by keester 4y ago
I want a new version of SSI Strongholds from the 90s. I guess there's no point though .. that genre has sort of evolved to something far better and I'm just nostalgic.