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by xkde 5y ago
Last I checked, Minnesota had the largest population in the lower 48. I personally see them all the time.
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by xkde 6y ago
I think people have to get more serious about separating science as a procedure from scientism (that is, philosophical issues that are often discussed in tandem). When one uses the phrase, “science denier”, it often means, “you don’t agree
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by xkde 6y ago
It’s been done: https://youtu.be/2b-CMtKhTl0 Though I suppose we’re not above remakes.
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by xkde 6y ago
> They stalk you, collect data and build a profile Again, not generally a problem when using paid services.
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by xkde 6y ago
Dumping chemicals in shared rivers/air vs placing ads in a privately owned space that users have the option of visiting. Not comparable. The fact that more people use Gmail than Protonmail / others is a testament to their willing
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by xkde 6y ago
Leaded gasoline and the Internet are hardly comparable. But go ahead and make straw man arguments.
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by xkde 6y ago
Conversely, we could try not fiddling with it: https://youtu.be/6txA3pI0xJI And playing minesweeper.
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by xkde 6y ago
...we’re talking about public libraries.
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by xkde 6y ago
You would hope not, but given the number of stories these days that are just, “hey look at this Tweet!”, I don’t think we can expect that much. https://youtu.be/mpHiDsnqOSA
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by xkde 6y ago
We’re going to see a lot of those plot elements in the near future.
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by xkde 6y ago
Somebody has no sense of humor...
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by xkde 6y ago
> I’m surprised that free market enthusiasts don’t see zoning laws as a limitation of freedom We do.
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by xkde 6y ago
It isn’t funny when your opinions get categorized as hate speech and it’s your ox getting gored.
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by xkde 6y ago
@subhobroto Today is when you learn that facts and reality are not popular on HN.
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by xkde 7y ago
It’s real, but it doesn’t always take the form of dollars (probably the most popular misconception). Warren Buffet is a billionaire, but most of that wealth is locked up in businesses that are producing products. If he really wanted all of
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by xkde 7y ago
True, but it’s perfectly reasonable for Apple to come to the conclusion that, “we just don’t want to deal with the risk” and move on. If they’re not using either GPLed or proprietary stuff, the problem goes away.
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by xkde 7y ago
Except the adjective in this case is sufficient as a noun on its own. Unless you want to bring capitalism in for ulterior motives.
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by xkde 7y ago
I’m having a hard time trying to decide if people are trying to dirty capitalism with “surveillance” or surveillance with capitalism. Seems like the latter has become a dirty word over night for no apparent reason.
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by xkde 7y ago
Not arguing about the US being about to learn this the hard way. But when we get to that point, neither a pension nor a 401k will be able to save anyone.
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by xkde 7y ago
Because pensions aren’t portable. They lock you into a particular organization. 401k, stocks, savings accounts, etc, do not. Pensions (in the private sector, public ones are another ball of wax entirely) do not protect you against inflation
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by xkde 7y ago
4. Personal saving / investing. 5. Lean on family (super common, even in several non-American societies today) It’s disingenuous to assert that the alternative to no pension is blood in the streets.
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by xkde 7y ago
As a general rule, the returns are better in 401k, yes. This assumes that it’s invested in something with good growth potential (U.S. stock index funds, etc) and not money market funds or something highly speculative, of course.
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by xkde 7y ago
The same thing as the thousands of years prior to pensions?
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by xkde 7y ago
I haven’t seen this kind of activism since the 20th Century Motor Corporation.
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by xkde 7y ago
Telling how this very reasonable, “maybe things aren’t completely black and white” comment got downvoted.
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by xkde 7y ago
> Except the 10th guy has more stuff than the other 9 combined. By that logic, you should be made to give everything you have to the people of Congo. Since when is morality determined by the size of one’s wallet?
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by xkde 7y ago
And the only reason for that is you haven’t taken enough of my money?
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by xkde 7y ago
What would you call 9 people in a group of ten voting to take away the tenth guy’s stuff because they wanted to? I call it what it is - stealing. Greed. Envy. Interestingly, it will probably lead to more equality; it just won’t be what you
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by xkde 7y ago
No, the alternative is adaptation.
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by xkde 7y ago
So, in order: 1. Stealing from Peter to pay Paul 2. Good idea. Make it happen. 3. Also stealing, but if it were to replace the system we have now (which won’t happen) it would at least be more efficient.

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