Well, lets agree to disagree :) Have a fun life in the human factory farm.
> you will probably live 30 years longer than if you were born 2 centuries ago. Is what the OP said, and it's false. I will not. The average may be 30 years longer, but that's a fairly meaningless statistic.
The way people live today is extremely unhealthy. Cooped up in cities like factory farms, eating mass produced "food" and becoming morbidly obese. The best way to improve your quality of life is not to look to science…
Those stats are faulty - the infant mortality rate 2 centuries ago was massive, which dragged the life expectancy down massively. Also, I don't think extending our life past 80 or so is a good idea. Quality of life is…
You're probably going to die from cancer or heart disease. Even if you just look at environmental factors, we're more likely to die either from the bee population dying due to pesticides, or because of the massive…
I can see the worry with vaccination, as it directly affects everyone, but does everyone necessarily have to agree on the other two issues? Is it a real issue if someone is doing really good things for society, being an…
I didn't say that. Regulation and vetting is there for a reason. It helps minimise the risks of several things. But it costs money.
Don't be ridiculous. Uber isn't cheaper because of code. It's cheaper because they ignore the laws and regulations. Just like airBnB. Code has absolutely nothing to do with it.
You do realise there's a good reason it's cheaper don't you. How many accidents have you been in which required claiming against their insurance (or lack of it). What about unvetted drivers who might rape you? After…
It's cheaper. Until something horrible happens or goes wrong. It's exactly the same as airBnB. There's a reason these things are properly regulated.
Not to mention the danger of them possibly being sex offenders, rapists, murderers. Who knows!
I'm not the one claiming to be saving the world. A lot of startups do seem to genuinely believe that what they are working on will save humanity (Or they'll sell the crappy website for billions and spend the money…
BS. How does Magic magically know my address or payment details? In any event, I usually order pizza online, and it takes a couple of clicks. Even on the phone it's less than a minute. Do you really consider your time…
You know who's specialised in taking pizza orders and delivering them? Pizza delivery companies!
It's all about who you know. That's all that matters in the startup world. How is texting a pizza order to Magic, who then text it to a pizza company (Introducing a middle man) making the world a better place? It's so…
Choice? In what sense? The JVM is a ridiculously good VM, with tons of languages that compile to it. Why are we reinventing the wheel?
We have separate events for women in chess tournaments as well. Could it possibly gasp be that womens brains are different to mens? Or is that utterly too horrifying to some to comprehend...
Browser froze choppy horrible (Latest Chrome). As computers get faster, our ability to program them in less efficient ways increases.
It's a tax on the poor.
Well, lets agree to disagree :) Have a fun life in the human factory farm.
> you will probably live 30 years longer than if you were born 2 centuries ago. Is what the OP said, and it's false. I will not. The average may be 30 years longer, but that's a fairly meaningless statistic.
The way people live today is extremely unhealthy. Cooped up in cities like factory farms, eating mass produced "food" and becoming morbidly obese. The best way to improve your quality of life is not to look to science…
Those stats are faulty - the infant mortality rate 2 centuries ago was massive, which dragged the life expectancy down massively. Also, I don't think extending our life past 80 or so is a good idea. Quality of life is…
You're probably going to die from cancer or heart disease. Even if you just look at environmental factors, we're more likely to die either from the bee population dying due to pesticides, or because of the massive…
I can see the worry with vaccination, as it directly affects everyone, but does everyone necessarily have to agree on the other two issues? Is it a real issue if someone is doing really good things for society, being an…
I didn't say that. Regulation and vetting is there for a reason. It helps minimise the risks of several things. But it costs money.
Don't be ridiculous. Uber isn't cheaper because of code. It's cheaper because they ignore the laws and regulations. Just like airBnB. Code has absolutely nothing to do with it.
You do realise there's a good reason it's cheaper don't you. How many accidents have you been in which required claiming against their insurance (or lack of it). What about unvetted drivers who might rape you? After…
It's cheaper. Until something horrible happens or goes wrong. It's exactly the same as airBnB. There's a reason these things are properly regulated.
Not to mention the danger of them possibly being sex offenders, rapists, murderers. Who knows!
I'm not the one claiming to be saving the world. A lot of startups do seem to genuinely believe that what they are working on will save humanity (Or they'll sell the crappy website for billions and spend the money…
BS. How does Magic magically know my address or payment details? In any event, I usually order pizza online, and it takes a couple of clicks. Even on the phone it's less than a minute. Do you really consider your time…
You know who's specialised in taking pizza orders and delivering them? Pizza delivery companies!
It's all about who you know. That's all that matters in the startup world. How is texting a pizza order to Magic, who then text it to a pizza company (Introducing a middle man) making the world a better place? It's so…
Choice? In what sense? The JVM is a ridiculously good VM, with tons of languages that compile to it. Why are we reinventing the wheel?
We have separate events for women in chess tournaments as well. Could it possibly gasp be that womens brains are different to mens? Or is that utterly too horrifying to some to comprehend...
Browser froze choppy horrible (Latest Chrome). As computers get faster, our ability to program them in less efficient ways increases.
It's a tax on the poor.