Your comment is useless. Is this not feature comparable with others in its class? What don't you like about it? Is something not worthwhile if it's not first? Aaaaand you've convinced me to again eliminate my HN account…
I also don't care if they show me pictures of wallets I like over wallets I don't like. I do care when any third party knows where I've been, what I am interested in, and otherwise monitors my activity. Like everything,…
Ya, really. Of all the sites I visit and get valuable content from, most of them I pay for. The only outstanding ones I can think of are google search, gmail, and HN. Facebook? NYT? Buzzfeed? Not really in my interest…
Yes, it makes sense if you think about that "tax" as the payment for the lottery ticket of a functioning body and brain. Every person here won that lottery ticket, when we could have just as easily suffered from any…
Correct, but that's just because of the inherently unpredictable nature of future telling. What are the alternatives? One could simply not engage in projections, which is difficult because they're so tempting. A third…
I'd just like to say that Disneyland has always felt like BNW to me. In that sense, it seems more realistic, because I've experienced something like it in today's society.
I suppose it depends on how you define "lucked in to". Even building my own company, bootstrapping over these 5 years, I feel like I lucked into where I am. Not because I'm undeserving, but really because I feel lucky…
IMO, religion is something organized and part of a community. "Spirituality" is when it's something personal (and, as I get older, I am coming to believe is an important part of my life, even though I don't believe in…
Generally it means that you do not identify with a particular religious sect. It may also mean that you do not believe in the organized supernatural ideas that most religions do.
I don't see it as a goalpost for poverty, more of a milestone -- it's the first symptom of poverty that IMO humanity wants to relieve
Not familiar with Modern Perl, and I guess you could call 2007 not modern... but check out http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/han...
Also, what if someone's wealth changes between the ticket and the penalty? If they are rich when given the ticket, but lose it all, is it still fair to charge them the higher rate? My point is: changing from an absolute…
Should we also do prison sentences based on life expectancy? Suppose the penalty for murder is 50% of your remaining life. Should we put a 20 year old away until he's 50 (assuming 80 years expected lifespan), but only…
The argument that I've commonly heard is twofold. One, Manning was in the Army, so lots of his actions fall under military jurisdiction, where the primary concern is not the rights of the accused. Secondly, Manning…
In my baseless opinion, the "shame on you" radar signs are probably pretty effective. And definitely preferable to robot overlords handing out tickets. And doubly less offensive than charging people more based on…
Just my experience, but I bought a year's VPS from these guys during one of their previous sales. I quickly abandoned hope of using their servers -- over subscribed more than I expected (unusable CLI). Their support was…
Poker has very little to do with reading other people's tells. If a player relies on reading another in order to play his game, the first player is probably not going to do too well.
I recommend reading Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem". Arendt discusses this very issue WRT Nazis in WW2 -- in most cases, the systems are structured in such a way that there isn't an evil overlord making those…
This thread has gotten way out of hand with the thought experiments that reveal more about the author than the subject... but I can't resist! If it took 100 people to make/sell/distribute, and you are the owner of the…
Do you have any evidence that supports the possibility of LED beings more labour or capital intensive, or is this a hypothetical, "well maybe it could be worse" in an effort to confirm your existing opinion?
Let me first say that I am sympathetic to your situation. My startup was financially ruined by the Google penalties. However, I'm not sure that anchoring yourself to "they used to think I was good enough" is a valid…
Not every startup has to produce a "minimum viable" product. Treatments also do not have to start with human trials.
I apologize if my tone led you to believe that -- it was not my intention. My critique has nothing to do with the topic (health care), and everything to do with how the author presented their case. If they were talking…
The takeaway from my comment is to consider the source and agenda for things you read, especially regarding controversial issues. The biases in how the author frames their points, as I outlined in my original comment,…
Your comment is useless. Is this not feature comparable with others in its class? What don't you like about it? Is something not worthwhile if it's not first? Aaaaand you've convinced me to again eliminate my HN account…
I also don't care if they show me pictures of wallets I like over wallets I don't like. I do care when any third party knows where I've been, what I am interested in, and otherwise monitors my activity. Like everything,…
Ya, really. Of all the sites I visit and get valuable content from, most of them I pay for. The only outstanding ones I can think of are google search, gmail, and HN. Facebook? NYT? Buzzfeed? Not really in my interest…
Yes, it makes sense if you think about that "tax" as the payment for the lottery ticket of a functioning body and brain. Every person here won that lottery ticket, when we could have just as easily suffered from any…
Correct, but that's just because of the inherently unpredictable nature of future telling. What are the alternatives? One could simply not engage in projections, which is difficult because they're so tempting. A third…
I'd just like to say that Disneyland has always felt like BNW to me. In that sense, it seems more realistic, because I've experienced something like it in today's society.
I suppose it depends on how you define "lucked in to". Even building my own company, bootstrapping over these 5 years, I feel like I lucked into where I am. Not because I'm undeserving, but really because I feel lucky…
IMO, religion is something organized and part of a community. "Spirituality" is when it's something personal (and, as I get older, I am coming to believe is an important part of my life, even though I don't believe in…
Generally it means that you do not identify with a particular religious sect. It may also mean that you do not believe in the organized supernatural ideas that most religions do.
I don't see it as a goalpost for poverty, more of a milestone -- it's the first symptom of poverty that IMO humanity wants to relieve
Not familiar with Modern Perl, and I guess you could call 2007 not modern... but check out http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/han...
Also, what if someone's wealth changes between the ticket and the penalty? If they are rich when given the ticket, but lose it all, is it still fair to charge them the higher rate? My point is: changing from an absolute…
Should we also do prison sentences based on life expectancy? Suppose the penalty for murder is 50% of your remaining life. Should we put a 20 year old away until he's 50 (assuming 80 years expected lifespan), but only…
The argument that I've commonly heard is twofold. One, Manning was in the Army, so lots of his actions fall under military jurisdiction, where the primary concern is not the rights of the accused. Secondly, Manning…
In my baseless opinion, the "shame on you" radar signs are probably pretty effective. And definitely preferable to robot overlords handing out tickets. And doubly less offensive than charging people more based on…
Just my experience, but I bought a year's VPS from these guys during one of their previous sales. I quickly abandoned hope of using their servers -- over subscribed more than I expected (unusable CLI). Their support was…
Poker has very little to do with reading other people's tells. If a player relies on reading another in order to play his game, the first player is probably not going to do too well.
I recommend reading Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem". Arendt discusses this very issue WRT Nazis in WW2 -- in most cases, the systems are structured in such a way that there isn't an evil overlord making those…
This thread has gotten way out of hand with the thought experiments that reveal more about the author than the subject... but I can't resist! If it took 100 people to make/sell/distribute, and you are the owner of the…
This thread has gotten way out of hand with the thought experiments that reveal more about the author than the subject... but I can't resist! If it took 100 people to make/sell/distribute, and you are the owner of the…
Do you have any evidence that supports the possibility of LED beings more labour or capital intensive, or is this a hypothetical, "well maybe it could be worse" in an effort to confirm your existing opinion?
Let me first say that I am sympathetic to your situation. My startup was financially ruined by the Google penalties. However, I'm not sure that anchoring yourself to "they used to think I was good enough" is a valid…
Not every startup has to produce a "minimum viable" product. Treatments also do not have to start with human trials.
I apologize if my tone led you to believe that -- it was not my intention. My critique has nothing to do with the topic (health care), and everything to do with how the author presented their case. If they were talking…
The takeaway from my comment is to consider the source and agenda for things you read, especially regarding controversial issues. The biases in how the author frames their points, as I outlined in my original comment,…