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by nothal 2mo ago
Half joke: If I had to bet, I would guess that reading will exist for as long as civilization does. More seriously: I am less certain that it will exist in its current form (mass media, publishing houses, etc), but I am certain that textual
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by nothal 2y ago
I think a fundamental part of the reasons that Russia and the West cannot seem to escape a death-march to war is that Russia is so often conflated with the USSR. They are ideologically and politically distinct entities, even as much as some
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by nothal 2y ago
TBH, Porn is very clearly one of those things that there's basically no intrinsic added value to your life by consuming. Think cigarettes or fentanyl. Something, that, if most people could press a button to make themselves never ever u
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by nothal 2y ago
I think it's certainly an effective marketing campaign. I don't think it's an ARG. Too many things pass the smell test (referencing real companies, reposting real announcements from random accounts, etc). I bet you the countd
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by nothal 6y ago
I wonder if the heat and noise of even a tenth of the data centers in the world would be still so harmless.
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by nothal 6y ago
Also Michael Pollan has a great book called How to Change your Mind.
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by nothal 6y ago
Living life on auto pilot for certain points and moments actually is not the default way of existence, it's just the one many of us are most used to. I would highly recommend considering some mindfulness exercises or meditation. You&#x
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by nothal 6y ago
Herding devs to work on the boring-useful things instead of the interesting-solved things is slightly easier than herding cats.
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by nothal 6y ago
If I wanted to learn more about rigorous, non-elementary logic, do you have a recommended resource? I've taken a course in intro level probability theory which covered it generally and another course that built on it lightly but nothin
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by nothal 6y ago
Thank you for being equal-handed and fair.
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by nothal 6y ago
Not to be daft, but I can't imagine a single reason this is better for you career or labor organization-wise. If anything, it strikes me like that old quote: Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to p
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by nothal 6y ago
It's probably easier if your odds are not as good as 50%.
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by nothal 6y ago
Are you discussing the article or specifically folks reactions in this thread? Per the article, he had reasonably good odds of recovery had he taken a traditional route. I think it's absolutely fair to say that, if your end goal is liv
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by nothal 6y ago
I understand your impetus to tell others to 'stick to your lane' but I respectfully disagree and cite their post and your response as why. OP had what you deem a misapprehension and they deem a valid point. By voicing their point
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by nothal 6y ago
Twitter has no incentive to change the current structure as their platform now has a massive sway over discourse and an unrivaled ability to create seeming majority opinions. Why would they build tools to make this better?
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by nothal 6y ago
I disagree that these conversations are inevitable and I disagree about your contention that the marketplace of ideas is no longer a foundational concept in our discourse. People filtered in the past by what they cared about and who they sp
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by nothal 6y ago
With a return of billions though? Most profit requires effort.
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by nothal 6y ago
It's really wild to me that investors realizing foresting exists and continues to exist because it makes money is a story. I did forestry related club stuff in high school for a program called Envirothon and there's a rich history
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by nothal 6y ago
For what it's worth, I am an adult that spent way too much time playing video games as a kid. Like, I started around the age of 5 and consistently played hours and hours every day. I think for the most part it's not too adversely
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by nothal 6y ago
You don't have to live by principles you raise espouse anonymously 24/7.
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by nothal 6y ago
I find that Pocket frequently works to get around paywalls. I use it primarily for this purpose.
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by nothal 6y ago
Are you referring to the Work at A Startup posts? I agree that it's perhaps one of the best cases of aligned incentives I've seen. How do you get a group of high competency engineers to congregate in the same place so you can hire
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by nothal 6y ago
Particularly chilling if you engage with some of the recent theories about a certain power user who recently stopped posting.
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by nothal 6y ago
Surprised no one has mentioned that you can change to old reddit styling using the settings menu in the top right. That said, Reddit has become mindless fluff which makes me actively less happy.
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by nothal 6y ago
I can't imagine it being viable for most Western tech workers given the climate of human rights and politics. I am a tech worker, I even have a particular interest in China and know a little Mandarin but I would never live or work ther
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by nothal 6y ago
Depends on the administration, which is really a problem if you want to consistently attract talent. Seems like an opportunity for Trump to ostensibly change nothing while taking what looks like a hard-line on immigration. There's an a
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by nothal 6y ago
I think it's the sort of game that's challenging regardless of when you play it but relatively simple mechanically. I think it's great for a kid.
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by nothal 6y ago
>good guys If you're laying off good workers who ostensibly helped build a company you run from the ground up, you're actually a vulture and I think most people would probably agree your job is immoral.
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by nothal 6y ago
What is this possibly meant to imply? Nonprofits run international ad campaigns, governments run international ad campaigns, the military runs international ad campaigns, most organizations could probably find a reason if they have internat
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by nothal 6y ago
The paradox of tolerance is an iffy justification. It's an anecdotal testament of someone who survived the Holocaust, IIRC. Not to minimize the Holocaust or any part of it. That said, as far as I've seen, there's no establish

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