If you're a drug addict, the ideal way to kick the habit is self-control, but after a certain time, rehab might be needed. There are downsides to rehab (cost, isolation etc.), just as there are downsides to regulation…
Fine, and they should be punished for whatever election laws they broke. But when it comes to people influencing people, especially over the internet, I doubt very many knew or cared of the country of origin an…
I've seen some nasty political TV ads aired between shows, especially for local elections. The issue of critical thinking and not just buying into whatever hitpiece/campaign sign one last saw transcends facebook and…
Sure, we could trivially make our own star. All we'd need to do is move at least 100 Jupiters worth of mass into close proximity, and voila! Insta-star. That last part is not so trivial though... The difficulty us mere…
Took the words right out of my mouth (literally, and 5 minutes faster). Why? I'd say because Douglas Crockford.
Which is awfully similar to JavaScript's much maligned 'with' statement. Never understood the FUD and 'considered harmful' screeds against it. Yes I'm aware of the performance/optimization concerns, but honestly, the…
I mean, that style of title exists accoross the political spectrum on YouTube and it's beyond stupid. Whenever I see "X DESTROYS Y" titles I assume the video will be a waste of 3-10 minutes with no particular moment of…
Come on....do you really think there are no legitimate sides to contentious political issues like gun control? How about abortion? That "other side" you speak of, presumably actual US citizens, is not interested in…
Do you figure pro/anti-gun twitter posts from actual users are less likely to result in us being at each others throats? Really seems like pissing in the ocean.
And yet I still instinctively skip over links I see to video/audio content as it generally takes much more time, concentration, and attention to get value/information out of them.
Agreed, reddit's ban hammer is often arbitrary and self-serving and r/the_donald drives too much traffic to reddit for them to seriously consider it for them (even more so with Twitter and @realDonaldTrump) Admins…
Perhaps so but the post of examples linked by GP has the vast majority of offending posts upvoted <= 5. Only 9 were >= 10 and just 3 >= 20. Really? This is a sub where popular posts and comments get hundreds and…
Clearly the CEO of reddit feels the mods of r/the_donald have done a reasonable job at policing their sub overall, despite having missed a handful of extremely lowly upvoted comments. Do you suggest the AutoModerator…
Programming is automation though. Scripting is a (loosely defined) form of programming. I'm really not sure what the distinction is. You could just as easily say bash "is really about automation", because it would also…
Not only is it not just a problem in tech, it's not just problem for women and minorities. Focusing on tech is fine, but claiming there's a unique problem of demoralization, underappreciation, shit management etc. to…
Libertarians support open borders as a means to free movement of labor. As you alluded to, they also do not believe in taxpayer funded social services, much less granting rights of citizenship to not-naturalized…
Even if a failing corporation manages to keep themselves afloat, you don't have to pay for its services, and can shop somewhere else. Not so with government run taxpayer funded services. You can shop somewhere else of…
There is such a thing as non-profit organizations. And businesses will generally reinvest profits into the company themselves as the ROI is seen as higher than just accrued interest. If the private school really has no…
Ayn Rand and Ron Paul don't walk into a bar because a bar needs 30 permits that costs tens of thousands of dollars to apply for and months to issue. Instead they go to Applebee's because only big established players can…
They are both good at getting millions of people to waste a lot of time and money using them, to the detriment of other things and one's own personal health and sanity.
It's the selective nature of their disabling of comments. Notice on this very article, at the top, is a link to a review by The Guardian of Swift's new album, and comments are enabled for it. Both articles are obviously…
If you're a drug addict, the ideal way to kick the habit is self-control, but after a certain time, rehab might be needed. There are downsides to rehab (cost, isolation etc.), just as there are downsides to regulation…
Fine, and they should be punished for whatever election laws they broke. But when it comes to people influencing people, especially over the internet, I doubt very many knew or cared of the country of origin an…
I've seen some nasty political TV ads aired between shows, especially for local elections. The issue of critical thinking and not just buying into whatever hitpiece/campaign sign one last saw transcends facebook and…
Sure, we could trivially make our own star. All we'd need to do is move at least 100 Jupiters worth of mass into close proximity, and voila! Insta-star. That last part is not so trivial though... The difficulty us mere…
Took the words right out of my mouth (literally, and 5 minutes faster). Why? I'd say because Douglas Crockford.
Which is awfully similar to JavaScript's much maligned 'with' statement. Never understood the FUD and 'considered harmful' screeds against it. Yes I'm aware of the performance/optimization concerns, but honestly, the…
I mean, that style of title exists accoross the political spectrum on YouTube and it's beyond stupid. Whenever I see "X DESTROYS Y" titles I assume the video will be a waste of 3-10 minutes with no particular moment of…
Come on....do you really think there are no legitimate sides to contentious political issues like gun control? How about abortion? That "other side" you speak of, presumably actual US citizens, is not interested in…
Do you figure pro/anti-gun twitter posts from actual users are less likely to result in us being at each others throats? Really seems like pissing in the ocean.
And yet I still instinctively skip over links I see to video/audio content as it generally takes much more time, concentration, and attention to get value/information out of them.
Agreed, reddit's ban hammer is often arbitrary and self-serving and r/the_donald drives too much traffic to reddit for them to seriously consider it for them (even more so with Twitter and @realDonaldTrump) Admins…
Perhaps so but the post of examples linked by GP has the vast majority of offending posts upvoted <= 5. Only 9 were >= 10 and just 3 >= 20. Really? This is a sub where popular posts and comments get hundreds and…
Clearly the CEO of reddit feels the mods of r/the_donald have done a reasonable job at policing their sub overall, despite having missed a handful of extremely lowly upvoted comments. Do you suggest the AutoModerator…
Programming is automation though. Scripting is a (loosely defined) form of programming. I'm really not sure what the distinction is. You could just as easily say bash "is really about automation", because it would also…
Not only is it not just a problem in tech, it's not just problem for women and minorities. Focusing on tech is fine, but claiming there's a unique problem of demoralization, underappreciation, shit management etc. to…
Libertarians support open borders as a means to free movement of labor. As you alluded to, they also do not believe in taxpayer funded social services, much less granting rights of citizenship to not-naturalized…
Even if a failing corporation manages to keep themselves afloat, you don't have to pay for its services, and can shop somewhere else. Not so with government run taxpayer funded services. You can shop somewhere else of…
There is such a thing as non-profit organizations. And businesses will generally reinvest profits into the company themselves as the ROI is seen as higher than just accrued interest. If the private school really has no…
Ayn Rand and Ron Paul don't walk into a bar because a bar needs 30 permits that costs tens of thousands of dollars to apply for and months to issue. Instead they go to Applebee's because only big established players can…
They are both good at getting millions of people to waste a lot of time and money using them, to the detriment of other things and one's own personal health and sanity.
It's the selective nature of their disabling of comments. Notice on this very article, at the top, is a link to a review by The Guardian of Swift's new album, and comments are enabled for it. Both articles are obviously…