I think the main problem of all these “alternative” sites is that there really are just a fuckton of shitty people waiting to go in at the very beginning. So even if people have legitimate concerns and the desire to…
The problem is we incorrectly assume that if we build something other cultures will just use it. Really we would need to build a good waste system in a really fucked area, then use that system to clean the area up over…
At most stores each individual piece of produce has a scannable sticker on it.
Re-using glass containers is actually an extremely low chance of contamination. We have had easy glass sterilization techniques for a long time (most dishwashers have a sanitization cycle). Further, your shelf life…
It isn’t exactly victim blaming when the HOA wouldn’t authorize the repairs (several articles looked into this). You can’t just go do the repairs without approval in these buildings.
I think a lot of people are doing this same thing (I know several personally). Getting 2 hrs back a day is amazing, and after having it for a year it is really hard to give up. > I don't mind meeting up with other…
The problem is that the req to live within 100mi doesn’t allow workers to fully engage in location arbitrage in the way the workers would like. I think most people want a better work/life balance, which is what all this…
I think it’s tough to assign value like this. People argued that the internet had no real value for basically all of the late 90s.
But should we focus our efforts banning things that won’t change the way people have to live? That seems like an easy way to fail. Further, Bitcoin is not the main issue. BTC being clean or dirty is based on the…
I mean, this type of thinking was applied to the early internet as well. “No one will ever buy anything over the internet, people want stores!” The same lack of imagination is leading to most of these takes.
I fully agree. Philosophy is full of irregular thinkers whose only common trait seems to be the willingness to go into absurd depth about an idea. What is always interesting to me is how you can spend a large amount of…
Pain (among other experiences) exists as a gradient compared against both your average experience and any outlier experiences (good or bad). A result of living in a more comfortable, advanced society is that things that…
Two things; Adding more energy to a system doesn’t tend to produce (calm, sunny, scattered showers). I believe mild weather is a low energy outcome. Also, humans like predictable weather. Weather becoming less so, good…
Effectively this is going to require massive and coordinated action. We are going to have to rapidly develop and share the tech, and scale it quickly. It is also insane how long humanity has ignored this issue. At least…
While the co2 levels and temps have been higher in the past, rate of change is the most important factor here. You incorrectly assess the risk by ignoring the fact that it took tens of thousands of years to move those…
That would be expecting someone who is 19 in the late 2000s to actually read a newspaper.
Just because some people younger than Manning have a better grasp of where they stand on the war and its morality doesn't mean that Manning actually had, or should have had, that same understanding at the time he signed…
I would highly recommend the first three books he wrote in the Culture Series. Consider Phlebas, A Player of Games, and Use of Weapons. I enjoyed all of the series, but these three really made me realize how amazing the…
This guy deserves it. The Culture series is a fantastic work, I wish he could have finished it (he stated last year that he figured around 3 or 4 more books would cap the series). And, while I loved the Culture series,…
While that is speculation on the lawyer's part, it's also speculation on your part to assume he did something especially wrong. That's the problem with this type of monitoring(and revoking), it turns each case, as well…
Asking for "Best Philosophical Books" is pretty much like asking for an opinion, everyone will have a very different view. That being said, here's my view! John Stuart Mill - "Utilitarianism" (Kant be damned.) Thomas…
I think the main problem of all these “alternative” sites is that there really are just a fuckton of shitty people waiting to go in at the very beginning. So even if people have legitimate concerns and the desire to…
The problem is we incorrectly assume that if we build something other cultures will just use it. Really we would need to build a good waste system in a really fucked area, then use that system to clean the area up over…
At most stores each individual piece of produce has a scannable sticker on it.
Re-using glass containers is actually an extremely low chance of contamination. We have had easy glass sterilization techniques for a long time (most dishwashers have a sanitization cycle). Further, your shelf life…
It isn’t exactly victim blaming when the HOA wouldn’t authorize the repairs (several articles looked into this). You can’t just go do the repairs without approval in these buildings.
I think a lot of people are doing this same thing (I know several personally). Getting 2 hrs back a day is amazing, and after having it for a year it is really hard to give up. > I don't mind meeting up with other…
The problem is that the req to live within 100mi doesn’t allow workers to fully engage in location arbitrage in the way the workers would like. I think most people want a better work/life balance, which is what all this…
I think it’s tough to assign value like this. People argued that the internet had no real value for basically all of the late 90s.
But should we focus our efforts banning things that won’t change the way people have to live? That seems like an easy way to fail. Further, Bitcoin is not the main issue. BTC being clean or dirty is based on the…
I mean, this type of thinking was applied to the early internet as well. “No one will ever buy anything over the internet, people want stores!” The same lack of imagination is leading to most of these takes.
I fully agree. Philosophy is full of irregular thinkers whose only common trait seems to be the willingness to go into absurd depth about an idea. What is always interesting to me is how you can spend a large amount of…
Pain (among other experiences) exists as a gradient compared against both your average experience and any outlier experiences (good or bad). A result of living in a more comfortable, advanced society is that things that…
Two things; Adding more energy to a system doesn’t tend to produce (calm, sunny, scattered showers). I believe mild weather is a low energy outcome. Also, humans like predictable weather. Weather becoming less so, good…
Effectively this is going to require massive and coordinated action. We are going to have to rapidly develop and share the tech, and scale it quickly. It is also insane how long humanity has ignored this issue. At least…
While the co2 levels and temps have been higher in the past, rate of change is the most important factor here. You incorrectly assess the risk by ignoring the fact that it took tens of thousands of years to move those…
That would be expecting someone who is 19 in the late 2000s to actually read a newspaper.
Just because some people younger than Manning have a better grasp of where they stand on the war and its morality doesn't mean that Manning actually had, or should have had, that same understanding at the time he signed…
I would highly recommend the first three books he wrote in the Culture Series. Consider Phlebas, A Player of Games, and Use of Weapons. I enjoyed all of the series, but these three really made me realize how amazing the…
This guy deserves it. The Culture series is a fantastic work, I wish he could have finished it (he stated last year that he figured around 3 or 4 more books would cap the series). And, while I loved the Culture series,…
While that is speculation on the lawyer's part, it's also speculation on your part to assume he did something especially wrong. That's the problem with this type of monitoring(and revoking), it turns each case, as well…
Asking for "Best Philosophical Books" is pretty much like asking for an opinion, everyone will have a very different view. That being said, here's my view! John Stuart Mill - "Utilitarianism" (Kant be damned.) Thomas…