trelltron

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by trelltron 9y ago
While I broadly agree that things don't usually change how we expect, I do think the near future could invert that somewhat. If we look at you examples of failed predictions: > domed cities, flying cars, orbital space resorts, mile-
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by trelltron 9y ago
You don't understand the premise. The Parent is pointing out that taxation of working people is used to fund the care of others. Low (human) employment breaks that system. Having a large pool of potential workers is meaningless if ther
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by trelltron 9y ago
The actual fake news problem is purely a product of the internet though. Traditional media often contains biases of some kind, it's inevitable, but good journalists genuinely try to minimise the impact of that. Previously the only way
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by trelltron 10y ago
I think this is the key difference. Conventional wars, regardless of the weapons, are awful, but they take time, and resources, and constant decision making. Things can change, one side withdraws or surrenders and the killing stops. A weapo
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by trelltron 10y ago
Having a child when you don't already have the capacity to adequately support both them AND yourselves (financially and emotionally) is one of the most selfish things you can do.
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by trelltron 10y ago
Twitter had plenty of competition. All existing social media was competition for Twitter. Email was competition for Twitter. Competition isn't about some other founder doing the same thing you're doing. It's about all the way
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by trelltron 10y ago
This article is from 1999 though. It's probably wrong for 2016, but that's to be expected.
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by trelltron 10y ago
Nobody implied you were talking about US citizens. The parent comment is valid when taking about the 'US oligarchy' too.
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by trelltron 10y ago
What's to stop you stealing anything?
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by trelltron 10y ago
I've seen a number of British comedians make similar statements. American audiences want their comic lead to be the cool guy making witty remarks, British audiences want the lead to be the butt of the jokes.
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by trelltron 10y ago
Ecosystem: a complex network or interconnected system.
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by trelltron 10y ago
What about forced updates makes them bullies? Or are you just generally angry?
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by trelltron 10y ago
It explains the cooking oil rise in the article as: "a change in reporting to the Census Bureau"
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by trelltron 10y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if for lots of the content like this the UK is actually in the worst group. The example that is currently annoying me: Sky has an exclusive deal with HBO for some of their shows, so I can't legally watch so
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by trelltron 10y ago
I think the existence of Pictionary as a game is a decent example of this.
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by trelltron 10y ago
For what it's worth, the entire civilised world agrees with you.
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by trelltron 10y ago
Maybe, but on the flip side, I finished Uni with about £20k debt, in the most benign from that debt can take, and working in software I immediately earned more than that per year. I also never had to care about medical bills (still don&#x27
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by trelltron 10y ago
What truly interests me is the idea that, potentially within our lifetimes, we will be forced to admit that there is no longer enough gainful work for all humans to have traditional jobs. Self-driving cars have the potential to remove ALL t
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by trelltron 10y ago
Parent didn't say anything about religion. Religion does not have a monopoly on basic human decency.
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by trelltron 10y ago
I think writing notes helps us remember things because we're concentrating on the information being recorded, and because in order to record it we are forced to create a well structured representation of that information which will als
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by trelltron 10y ago
Tangentially related, but Black Mirror has a great episode which covers a similar premise to your 'contact lens size HoloLens' one. Basically everything you see is recorded, and you can revisit any moment you've experienced a
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by trelltron 11y ago
Sure, if you mis-frame it like this then the truck option looks better. But then, most crimes are actually really easy to pull off. It's what comes after the crime that actually matters, and I feel like the whole 'escape with the
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by trelltron 11y ago
I have no idea how you could get that second interpretation from what he said. And the perspective is clearly inherited from the parent comment, who didn't mention being "on board" a bus, just "on the road with" a b
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by trelltron 11y ago
Read the post you're replying to plz. "But anyway Batman always has a plan in taking down any super powered being in case they go rouge or mind controlled. He stores them on his computer and makes technology or finds items that ca
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by trelltron 11y ago
If you classify 'clothing' and 'shoes' as extra things then sure. Having clothes, some mugs, and a laptop allows him to do anything on that list except penmanship. (And swimming if you don't want to just swim naked)
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by trelltron 12y ago
How, exactly, did it affect other people?