> An easy happiness formula is I literally do all 8 of those things and I'm depressed as fuck. Maybe mental health is harder than you think?
> They don't have free will, and I don't mean in any especially philosophical / theological sense Then you should not use that term. "Agency" or "intentionality" are much clearer alternatives that aren't wrapped up in…
60% is a 50% bigger number than 40%, so I don't understand your point at all. Generally, in American winner-take-all politics, 60% is considered a massive landslide.
> That goes against my personal experience. Anecdotal experience doesn't matter. Mine contradicts yours, but my anecdotal experience also isn't strong evidence. There are countless polls showing that the American…
This was my favorite bit of meta-commentary: it doesn't matter how poorly you play, you never lose!
> Sure, but how much art do we need for that? A lot more than we have now. > One (or a few) sculpture can satisfy the needs of a large community. I cannot disagree more. You may as well say that no one should tell…
> By this logic a person who were comfortable with mouse should never grow to like VIM. Quite the opposite, my argument is that habits are changeable. > Fundamentally a computer is something that execute instructions.…
I think this is unhealthy self-handicapping. Your "flow" is just habits, things you've taught yourself to do. You weren't born with the ability to use either a keyboard or a mouse, there is no "natural" or "intuitive"…
I don't care if it's on GitHub at all, it's not hard to work with any arbitrary git remote. CVS would be a weird choice, but it wouldn't be a dealbreaker on its own. Fossil or some other modern alternative VCS wouldn't…
> This feels backwards—if the service gets worse, simply cancel your subscription. It's not backwards. I've canceled many subscriptions because software has gotten worse. I occasionally check back in with those services…
Okay, well I don't want most of the updates I get for most of the software I've paid for. I often cancel subscriptions due to unwanted updates. Spotify was a good app once upon a time, but it sucks now. If I could pay…
Not quite as lazy as ""Everyone I disagree with is Hitler" is such a lazy way of thinking"
> This is like the textbook definition of an ad hominem. No, it isn't at all. Ad hominem is only in effect and fallacious when the logic turns on the personal attack. "You're wrong because you're stupid" is ad hominem.…
It depends on what job you're talking about. I've definitely been shitty at several that I've had in my life, if you're talking about those I would simply agree with you.
I have never once in my life cared about where a programming language kept its source and I think if anyone is using that as a basis for decision-making, they are truly a moron.
> Linus attacked bad software "Nvidia, fuck you!" [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4SWxWIOVBM
> There is no numbers, no statistics, just your anecdote here. Which is ok, but that's why two people immediately called your opinion out as being extreme. No one else provided any, either. If you have strong evidence…
> You should think this through. The logical endpoint is that all age based content restrictions are "authoritarian". Obviously, I do think that. > So it should be ok to stock movies like Martyrs[1] or Men Behind the…
> one of them is not appropriate for elementary schools because it includes essays debating which sexual acts are appropriate for feminists to perform and other adult topics. Why is it "authoritarianism" to say that a…
> If human+ level AI takes off one would expect to see a great decoupling of power from population. One would also expect to see sharp declines in population from just such an event, so I wouldn't celebrate too much.
> crypto used more energy than banks (which proved to be false, but whatever) The true accusation was that crypto used more energy than banks per transaction. Your framing is very dishonest.
> The founder is very good. He builds a plan that, on paper, is flawless and airtight: manufacture a more efficient oven using new technology. Selling it is easy. Want to work more efficiently? Buy our oven. End of…
Free-market libertarianism is a disease for which evidence is no cure.
Collusion is not a market force and is actually highly illegal and corrupting of markets, so this doesn't seem relevant at all.
You saw a faked screenshot, but the meme is definitely referencing the direction that the industry is going and mocking this kind of artificial scarcity.
> An easy happiness formula is I literally do all 8 of those things and I'm depressed as fuck. Maybe mental health is harder than you think?
> They don't have free will, and I don't mean in any especially philosophical / theological sense Then you should not use that term. "Agency" or "intentionality" are much clearer alternatives that aren't wrapped up in…
60% is a 50% bigger number than 40%, so I don't understand your point at all. Generally, in American winner-take-all politics, 60% is considered a massive landslide.
> That goes against my personal experience. Anecdotal experience doesn't matter. Mine contradicts yours, but my anecdotal experience also isn't strong evidence. There are countless polls showing that the American…
This was my favorite bit of meta-commentary: it doesn't matter how poorly you play, you never lose!
> Sure, but how much art do we need for that? A lot more than we have now. > One (or a few) sculpture can satisfy the needs of a large community. I cannot disagree more. You may as well say that no one should tell…
> By this logic a person who were comfortable with mouse should never grow to like VIM. Quite the opposite, my argument is that habits are changeable. > Fundamentally a computer is something that execute instructions.…
I think this is unhealthy self-handicapping. Your "flow" is just habits, things you've taught yourself to do. You weren't born with the ability to use either a keyboard or a mouse, there is no "natural" or "intuitive"…
I don't care if it's on GitHub at all, it's not hard to work with any arbitrary git remote. CVS would be a weird choice, but it wouldn't be a dealbreaker on its own. Fossil or some other modern alternative VCS wouldn't…
> This feels backwards—if the service gets worse, simply cancel your subscription. It's not backwards. I've canceled many subscriptions because software has gotten worse. I occasionally check back in with those services…
Okay, well I don't want most of the updates I get for most of the software I've paid for. I often cancel subscriptions due to unwanted updates. Spotify was a good app once upon a time, but it sucks now. If I could pay…
Not quite as lazy as ""Everyone I disagree with is Hitler" is such a lazy way of thinking"
> This is like the textbook definition of an ad hominem. No, it isn't at all. Ad hominem is only in effect and fallacious when the logic turns on the personal attack. "You're wrong because you're stupid" is ad hominem.…
It depends on what job you're talking about. I've definitely been shitty at several that I've had in my life, if you're talking about those I would simply agree with you.
I have never once in my life cared about where a programming language kept its source and I think if anyone is using that as a basis for decision-making, they are truly a moron.
> Linus attacked bad software "Nvidia, fuck you!" [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4SWxWIOVBM
> There is no numbers, no statistics, just your anecdote here. Which is ok, but that's why two people immediately called your opinion out as being extreme. No one else provided any, either. If you have strong evidence…
> You should think this through. The logical endpoint is that all age based content restrictions are "authoritarian". Obviously, I do think that. > So it should be ok to stock movies like Martyrs[1] or Men Behind the…
> one of them is not appropriate for elementary schools because it includes essays debating which sexual acts are appropriate for feminists to perform and other adult topics. Why is it "authoritarianism" to say that a…
> If human+ level AI takes off one would expect to see a great decoupling of power from population. One would also expect to see sharp declines in population from just such an event, so I wouldn't celebrate too much.
> crypto used more energy than banks (which proved to be false, but whatever) The true accusation was that crypto used more energy than banks per transaction. Your framing is very dishonest.
> The founder is very good. He builds a plan that, on paper, is flawless and airtight: manufacture a more efficient oven using new technology. Selling it is easy. Want to work more efficiently? Buy our oven. End of…
Free-market libertarianism is a disease for which evidence is no cure.
Collusion is not a market force and is actually highly illegal and corrupting of markets, so this doesn't seem relevant at all.
You saw a faked screenshot, but the meme is definitely referencing the direction that the industry is going and mocking this kind of artificial scarcity.