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I agree with you of course, people should be ethical. But if every human exists on a spectrum of evil good, and we can't change this, then regulation/law serves a critical function…

> Garrett: At the highest level, nothing would make me happier than if we had state-by-state regulation on this type of technology. That to me is so crystal clear, because the lack…

> in 2014, [Graham] had recruited Altman to be his successor as president. > [Graham's] judgment was based not on Altman’s track record, which was modest, but on his will to prevai…

As a Pittsburgh resident who exclusively used bus for 5 years, this certainly seems like a reasonable take. In Oakland and Squirrel Hill the bus almost stops every single block - w…

The post script was pretty sobering. It's kind of the first time in my life that I've been actively hoping for a technology to out right not deliver on its promise. This is a prett…

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In many states private schools don't need the same certifications as public institutions [1]. I'm sure they would prefer it in applicants but beggars can't be choosers. [1] https:/…

> Ofc teens should be kept away from this for obvious biological reasons. Why of course? Is the reason this is obvious to you unique to teenagers? When they turn 18 (or 20) do the …

These are not fair analogies to wealth inequality unless you think all people who have more than you got it by cheating people. A better analogy would be the movie Moneyball, about…

It seems to me that democratic society runs best where the distance is minimized between individuals with maximum agency vs. individuals with minimum agency. Agency is power, the a…

So much of language opinion is based on people's progression of languages. My progression (of serious professional usage) looked like this: Java -> Python -> C++ -> Rust -> Go I ha…

Why stop there? EVERYBODY deserves healthcare and education too! I would say in a perfect world everyone should have all of these things. The problem is that the marginal cost to g…

You're under representing the sadness of lost artistry. For example, there is a marked degradation in the quality of fine art between the late classical period and the early mediev…

I watched the final match after seeing the memes, another thing the commentators kept saying about the guy (Yusuf Dikec) is that he is 51, an age rarely seen at the highest levels …

I got a text from some random number: U S Po st O ffice - Your package is with us, but we couldn't deliver it due to incomplete address information. Please update your details with…

For those curious about solar powered fixed wing airplanes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Zephyr > One Zephyr can replace 250 cell phone towers. It can be used to perform in…

It's a 17 minute video.. that's quite the round up. Just saying because for me the difference from 15 minutes to 30 minutes tends to go from: "yeah I'll check this out" to "boy thi…

How does the author dismantle everything? He literally concludes with: > Conclusion: I Genuinely Don’t Know What These People Are Thinking Two things can be true at the same time (…

I was tracking with you till the last sentence - why is this bad? I tend to think it's a good thing that 40% of Chinese people (580 million people) aren't starving. Britain hasn't …

Let's not blame the protestants of 200 years ago for our current problems - we have an inability to forgive. Punishment really has nothing to do with it. Part of the problem is tha…