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> to use a real manly brush to do a real manly job What does manliness have to do with this?

> (and also enabling things like money laundering, drug trafficking, etc.). If you're trying to take a dig at blockchain technology for its decentralized nature and ability to circ…

> In technological terms, it is old. Doubtful. In what sense is it 'old'? In the words of Roy Amara: We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underes…

International mail is far from being a distributed system like OpenBazaar.

The recent SESTA/FOSTA debacle is just one example of why such decentralized networks are needed.

Why do you think that is damning?

> you rarely engage politically with the world Why do you think arguing on social media is the only or even best way to engage politically with the world? > So I'm left confused by…

> Android bastardized Java > I feel real damage has been done to the health of the Java ecosystem by having billions of devices run fragmented Java-but-not-Java Your feelings are n…

> The "easy-ness" diminishes the quality of interaction. For you, maybe. For me and others, it makes it easier to organize events and coordinate meetings with friends. Why do you a…

> Even to this day there are a lot of things that "normal" people do that are utterly foreign to me, like going to clubs or watching sports on TV. My idea of a good time is reading…

I’m not sure what you’re trying to argue here. So your value proposition is to make it harder to organize events and find out what’s going on?

So, guilty until proven innocent?

> The Immigration Act of 1990 limits to 65,000 the number of foreign nationals who may be issued a visa or otherwise provided H-1B status each fiscal year (FY). An additional 20,00…

Do you mind sharing what browser extension this is?

Not sure why you were downvoted, but this is correct. Facebook (or anyone else) can easily create more domains.

> I'm going to guess this dodge is here because you support, or at least wish to avoid antagonising, people who believe that killing other people is a legitimate criminal punishmen…

This comment is relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/5hmduk/prof_sch... . > For example, nuclear energy is a real physical phenonenon. It doesn't exist because of…

What does all of this have to do with panpsychism?

> Why do you think that? Your comment implies philosophers think panpsychism is true because it brings them "comfort" (i.e. your example "I want to be loved by a god and live forev…

Why should the person who profits most be held the most responsible? Suppose the person in charge of safety clearance makes less money than the original developer. How does that sh…

I stand corrected.

Obama was a senator for 13 years before being elected president.

Why do you think panpsychism "ought to be treated as a reductio"? Why do you believe panpsychism deserves less time than it receives?

> The mind consists of atoms and molecules. This is a type error. It's like saying the number 3 is made of atoms and molecules, or Wednesday is made of atoms and molecules.