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Even if it's not a strawman, the only actual problem is the FOSS person saying that some program can replicate her workflow when they don't actually know if it can. And even that i…

"Talk to any FOSS acolyte about something and the conversation will often go like this: You: I'm having a problem with [proprietary software], I'm really frustrated. Them: scoffs I…

I know that it strikes most people as faintly ridiculous if not outright dangerous to talk about anti-white-male sentiment, but can we at least stop kowtowing to it? Like, sure, "f…

Lawyers won't allow themselves to be replaced even if it makes sense to do so.

Every file that I've looked at (a dozen or so) is very heavily redacted. This is a joke.

>release They weren't actually released. They're like 90%+ redacted. This is a slap in the face.

The other person who replied to you noted that this is not true in British English, but beyond that, it appears to me that my generation (Millennials) essentially all came to the s…

If that's what's meant, it's a hilarious perversion of utilitarianism.

Just teasing here, but I presume you’re a social conservative…? ;)

There’s definitely a tension between having a low tolerance for crankery and being open to fresh perspectives. If I’m being charitable to the critics of Rationalism (big “r”), I su…

Is the argument that we should try to do things that will benefit our theoretical and theoretically multitudinous descendants? Or is it that just taking action to make their existe…

Perhaps part of it is that local action can often be an order of magnitude more impactful than the “equivalent” action at a distance. If you volunteer in your local community, you …

I thought it was generally understood that Hilbert didn’t literally believe that. Do you seriously believe that he believed it?

Sorry, but all I see here related to school are two ideas, namely that being put on the spot is uncomfortable and that college courses are too difficult, the latter perhaps part of…

This is all very vague and abstract. Can you provide some concrete examples? The only somewhat concrete example you gave is that students are graded in process in early math course…

I will admit to a conspiratorial bias, but I curb it by asking basic feasibility questions, one of which I'll now ask you: how many people would need to be involved, and to what de…

>Largely, those who worked in factories did so because the benefits/costs exceeded that of farm work. If there were no incentives to change, everyone would have stayed on the farm,…

>I'm pretty sure there is a slight widespread lack of respect for software engineers I get the opposite impression. If anything software developers get more respect than they deser…

The judge wasn’t arrested for following procedure. Read the complaint.

I just read the complaint. What’s the problem? Was the administrative warrant invalid? According to the complaint, the agents didn’t enter the courtroom, but rather waited in the h…

It’s things like this that turn my reaction to Trump’s bullying of universities from “That looks like an abuse of power” to “That looks likes an abuse of power…but…”

If we ever reach the point where we aren't interested specifically in what prominent elders have to say, we're screwed.

I wonder if this is a subconscious reaction to the drawishness of the game. There are certainly very many beautiful defensive motifs, but strong players might be biased against tra…

If I report a question, I should skip to the next one. Why do I have to answer what I consider to be a bad or unfair question? If you’re waiting on a response there’s no way to get…

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