namlem

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by namlem 1mo ago
Confirmation bias. You don't notice when people back down from their bad takes because that's normal and expected. Or possibly just selection bias if you are in situations where people are more likely to be arrogant.
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Coordination Capacity Is a Free Banquet(unfacts.substack.com)
2 points by namlem 6mo ago|0 comments
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by namlem 6mo ago
Right. People who only intermittently engage in such behaviors should be treated differently than people who consistently engage in them.
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by namlem 6mo ago
How much of the development is being done by humans?
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by namlem 6mo ago
There is an upside: oppressing people who consistently engage in antisocial behavior is good and necessary.
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by namlem 6mo ago
Imperfect enforcement is a feature as often as it is a bug. You can't make "antisocial behavior" in general illegal but you can make certain behaviors (loitering, public intoxication) illegal and selectively enforce against o
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by namlem 7mo ago
It's not that surprising. Ask the average Jordinian about their opinion of Palestinians some time. Ask an Egyptian or a Syrian if they think their countries should take in Palestinian refugees. The regional Muslim Arabs all hate them t
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by namlem 7mo ago
Israel wasn't bombing those neighborhoods for revenge, they were doing it because Hamas build militarized tunnels under dense civilian neighborhoods.
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by namlem 7mo ago
People with historical trauma are far more likely to inflict further wrongs than people without historical trauma. This is the case for individual trauma too. It has always been this way.
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by namlem 7mo ago
Typical Eurocrat meddling in people's affairs. The owners of those items should be free to do whatever they want. If the government is concerend about environmental damage, they should raise landfill fees or tax carbon, not limit what
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by namlem 7mo ago
That's a matter of opinion. The US has its faults, but overall it's quite easy to have a very high quality of life here, and to live a huge variety of different lifestyles if that suits you.
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by namlem 8mo ago
NJ and CA. You can't make guns at all in NJ, and you need a firearm permit to buy an airgun or bb gun.
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by namlem 8mo ago
A lot of Iranians would probably love for us to send weapons. There are videos of Iranians celebrating the bombings of IRGC bases during the 12-day war.
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by namlem 8mo ago
Ukraine didn't attack Russia. Hamas attacked Israel.
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by namlem 8mo ago
They should keep the chewed up pieces and make it part of the exhibit.
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by namlem 8mo ago
There is a market for luxury electric pick-ups, and it's dominated by Rivian.
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by namlem 8mo ago
Making it look too much like a regular F-150 was a mistake. You need the vehicle to look distinctive enough for it to market itself.
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by namlem 10mo ago
Yep. If eviction rules aren't loosened, these SROs will only be rented to people with >700 credit scores just like normal apartments. The people who need them most still won't get them.
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by namlem 10mo ago
This makes no sense. Putting the AI issue aside, do Microsoft employees not get annoyed by file explorer frequently hanging or crashing?
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by namlem 10mo ago
There are many successful co-ops all over the world, including in the US. You just don't hear about them because they don't look much different from corporations from the perspective of the average person.
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by namlem 10mo ago
Unions often end up decreasing productivity due to added bureaucracy, leading to ultimately worse compensation in the long run.
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by namlem 11mo ago
We definitely cannot build a self sustaining civilization on the moon.
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by namlem 11mo ago
This would be such a dumb move on the government's part. "Lose the new space race" is ridiculous PR-brain. We are not racing to the same goal! China is trying to land on the moon, we are trying to establish a permanent presen
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by namlem 11mo ago
Subject matter and UX. HN has to remain its 2005 era minimally functional self to keep people out.
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by namlem 1y ago
Encyclopedias are already lossy. Top LLMs seem to be less lossy than top encyclopedias tbh.
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by namlem 1y ago
Less brake dust but more tire dust for cars of similar size due to the greater weight.
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by namlem 1y ago
This is just more nonsensical fear-mongering for clicks.
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by namlem 1y ago
That's not evidence of jury bias on its own. You have to control for prosecution rates and rates of actual guilt.
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by namlem 1y ago
Well we mostly know what positions these groups were pushing for. It's possible that some influence went unnoticed. That said, the US used to have quite a lot of juror bribery in the late 1800s and managed to successfully crack down on
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by namlem 1y ago
Voters thought Donald Trump and Joe Biden had merit. Clearly the voters are not a trustworthy source of discernment. That is not because voters are stupid. It is because they are rationally ignorant. Why spend hours researching the issues a

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