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Having been there personally and spent time with others in by same place: it probably can't be anything but "impulsive" for most people. It really is a "hang on til it hurts too mu…

I don't really see what Elon actually does beyond cultivating public image and having money.

> Ultimately the choice is the user's That's really not how choice seems to work in real life. Anecdotes about recovered junkies are meaningless until you talk to those, which in m…

Still doesn't seem like you've given it any thought... If I go round giving people the 'choice' of free samples of heroin, with full knowledge that they're highly likely to become …

What are you talking about? Did you read any of what I wrote?

A much less dishonest (or maybe just less naive) way to frame it is to ask whether we're okay with someone exploit systemic weaknesses in human nature en masse for personal gain an…

The ‘docs’ subdomain should make authorship pretty clear…

Given a quick read of both articles, maybe that author should have said that computational technology maybe reduces cognitive load so we can focus on other stuff. No shit… The impl…

I mean the title of the nature article is pretty much a summary of a null result, but it’s phrased in a way that is very easy to interpret as positive (or at least non-negative) wr…

“We didn’t find anything significant, here’s tasty phrasing that you can misinterpret and make sensational headline” If you write a scientific publication you should really really …

Like rats off a sinking ship...

Same in pretty much every sane country

> ... easier to regulate one giant company than a myriad of smaller ones This sounds... incorrect. Small players are much more vulnerable to fines and other penalties which range f…

Outside of scifi plot devices I don't see how that would be feasible.

The word 'shill' was a poor choice, my bad. > It seems like everyone wants to believe that the people they disagree with are being paid. It's a form of conspiratorial thinking. Get…

So far most of the the sibling comments miss the goddamn point: Lululemon reps, salesmen on quora, and in generall situations where you know the person is selling you something are…

No. You just missed the entire point... I do have strong opinions about exploitation of other humans though, and probably stronger ones about modern mental gymnastics apparatus whi…

Ignorant of the existence of some inane bullshit that they don’t actually need, because they haven’t been motivated to look for a solution to a real problem? Sure! This is exactly …

I really don't think you can solve technology with more technology...

> simple is not better than possible. Dang, that's just the most perfectly succinct phrasing of (an answer to) my pet hate in software/developer attitude/life in general. But it al…

Honest question: Which bits don't make sense? For me it's the other way round, git clicked way faster than other systems.

> 3. Because of 1, 2, and 4. Use ^L, when you need it. > 4. Same as 1. > ... saves tons of time No. It really fucking doesn't. How is it ever supposed to be faster to try and figur…

I think quality is almost the only thing that matters. Personal anecdotes aside, we're mostly terrible at dealing with new ideas when they conflict with stuff we already know or is…

This connection doesn't mean shit compared to someone you see face to face and share experiences with. Yet this watered down form of connection seems to have replaced the latter, w…

An avoidable tragedy. The main tangible thing that gave the label it's public power. And at the same time, did everyone expect an entire geopolitical region to just sit there and l…