tharne

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by tharne 10mo ago
> It's not about what's "right" or what's "allowed". Those are squishy concepts. This seems to be a very common issue on HN, I've noticed. People are constantly conflating how the world works with
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by tharne 10mo ago
> China should be stopped invading Taiwan. Exactly who do you think is going to stop them? The citizens of Western nations may sympathize with Taiwan, but that's very different from them being willing to send their sons and daughter
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Evolution will select out poor technology, either at the market stage or at the functional stage. If evolution could select out poor technology we wouldn't have MS Windows. In fact, it's rather rare for the best solution fro
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Maybe that 10% now becomes responsible for 70+% of consumption and everyone else is fighting for scraps. Or everyone else starts fighting that 10% once they get tired of scraps.
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by tharne 10mo ago
They've cited and linked their sources. What's the issue?
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Well, this probably why statistics exist. How are statistics going to answer this question? Statistics are used to measure things. They don't tell you what things you should be measuring.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> The problem becomes that eventually all these people who are laid off are not going to find new roles. > Who is going to be buying the products and services if no-one has money to throw around? I've wondered about this myself.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> I just said I’ve never heard anyone say they want to abolish the police, which sounds absurd to me. Well, now you've heard it. And you're right, it sounds absurd. I wish it were satire, but there are people in positions of po
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by tharne 10mo ago
If someone in power said that they intended to defund this or that government department, most listeners would reasonably infer that the speaker's intention is to get rid of that department. You're accusing people of moving the go
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by tharne 10mo ago
> You could also look at it from the opposite perspective: the military is now too powerful for private ownership of guns to do much and the downsides of having gun ownership now outweigh the nonexistent benefits Tell that to the Taliban
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by tharne 10mo ago
> I have never in my life heard or read anyone, of any social standing, political affiliation, education or station of life discuss the abolition of police entirely. It was quite literally a slogan and rallying cry.
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by tharne 10mo ago
This makes sense. If one of your political platforms is to weaken and reduce the police force, then buying a gun is a very logical and practical thing to do.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> The people who wrote this article seem out of touch with the topic they chose to pretend to be experts about? This is quickly becoming the norm for experts, unfortunately. I keep seeing more an more people with educational expertise in
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by tharne 10mo ago
Is the argument being made here, "Everybody's doing it"? God help us.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> The environmental argument is frivolous as long as people fly to Vegas for the weekend or drive a F150 to the office. Why is this as special domain? I keep seeing arguments like this. They sound like a bit like a form of nihilsm. Do yo
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Think how many normies have come online since then that have only ever used a smartphone. Sadly the average computer literacy of those times are gone. I remember a few years ago, being shocked to see that over 50% of applicants for a s
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by tharne 10mo ago
> The salary they pay is double the median for car mechanics. You still think that's not paying enough? It's not up to me to decide if a given employer does or does not pay enough. If people don't want to work for your com
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by tharne 10mo ago
The only rule the Chinese play by is, "It's only immoral if you get caught".
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Why should they? Because bashing all things American while ignoring the threat posed by China is part of Europe's cultural DNA.
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by tharne 10mo ago
Anytime a company says it "can't" fill positions, it's because they're not paying enough, they're unwilling to train, or both. One those few things in life that really is that simple.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> That’s a big assertion that needs evidence. It really doesn't. It's well a well-established fact that heavy regulations favor larger enterprises over smaller ones.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> I know this is silly but the biggest thing that’s driving me away from it is how god awfully blurry it looks on my 1440p screen :/ Not silly at all. User experience is important. If you're going to spend as much time in a too
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by tharne 10mo ago
It's nice to see Zed's collaboration features discussed in their blog. The collaboration features are really what makes Zed such an interesting project and product. I was worried they'd gone full AI hype train. There's s
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by tharne 10mo ago
Without any accompanying action taking place, there is no trend. There's just cheap tawk. The only meaningful metric in this conversation is the very one you dismiss, the number of people that actually move.
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by tharne 10mo ago
I know nuance takes the fun out of most online discussions, but there's a qualitative difference between a bunch of college kids downloading mp3's on a torrent site and a $500 billion company who's goal among other things is
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by tharne 10mo ago
> The ideas seem fairly clear to me. >> My brain is exploding of complexity every time So very clear :)
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by tharne 10mo ago
I'm starting to think ADHD is isn't a disorder at all. It's like obesity, if something afflicts 2% of the population, it's an individual disorder or issue. If it afflicts 20%+ of the population, it's either a system
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by tharne 10mo ago
> I also pay with cash for privacy, and to use my privilege to constantly demand it as an option so the unbanked who cannot advocate for themselves can still participate in society. Good for you! I so wish more people would think and act
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by tharne 10mo ago
I very rarely find myself being sincerely jealous of others, but man does your life sound amazing.
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by tharne 10mo ago
> Why isn't it more popular if it's so good? Because popularity and merit are not the same thing. Yes! To add to that, the question itself is wrong. We should be asking, how is OCaml able to be so good without being popular? Pe

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