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abuse, harassment and threats targeted at people are illegal. I agree that they're unacceptable. Ideas have no such legal protection, for good reason. If they are stupid or poorly …

> I want experts to be able to talk about their work without feeling abused, harassed, or threatened Most experts are idiots (specifically “intellectual yet idiot“). Protecting bad…

People are going to feel all kinds of things. Asking whether or not they should feel them is a dead end in the context of public forums, because nobody controls anybody else's feel…

Anecdote: I know a guy who works solo and throws every project away (usually games) at least five times, often more like ten. According to him, each iteration tends to go smoother …

I have two friends. One lives by “Don’t be a drip, ‘real artists ship’”. He’s got ~20 products shipped. The other friend drips hard, with a comparable number of projects abandoned …

Not really, unless one believes such extracts and tea leaves* are equivalent. Edit for pedantry reasons: *prepared as a beverage

Since this is so longwinded, here’s a language-model-generated summary from kagi.com: - Being anti-mimetic means having the freedom to counteract negative forms of mimetic desire t…

Goodheart’s law may not precisely capture what you’re getting at, but seems closely related https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

My position is that large vehicles can be accessibility tools. It's okay for people to need and use such things. The way you react to that is pretty rude.

> Seek medical assistance, immediately. It's not a medical problem. I'm just tall and small cars are the wrong size for my body. Like choosing a piece of clothing, the solution is …

> Humans without cars should feel even more anxiety and panic! I mean, pedestrians do, right? I guess it depends on the local driving culture. My best friend is blind, and this is …

I'm tall. The doors are too low to the ground and small, so I injure my back getting in and out. Edit, more context: I've routinely gotten in and out of small sedans all my life. W…

> A giant car is probably the most harmful-to-others luxury indulgence you could pick Some people are simply refusing to harm themselves when they choose a large vehicle. Getting i…

TLDR: - Social software requires designing for group success, not just individual success. - Software developers need to consider the sociology and anthropology of the group that w…

The linked site speaks in absolute terms, perhaps that's where they got the idea

https://archive.ph/I6mJI

I don't disagree, with one caveat. I'm still curious about your opinion on your own question: > Why are people reading mediocre content with questionable accuracy? How would you an…

> Why are people reading mediocre content with questionable accuracy? For most people that consume content, accurate information is not a priority. Being entertained, belonging to …

This project was inspired by the days when I used to stay up all night researching Magic the Gathering decks I wanted to build on Gatherer. I'd always wanted additional ways to dis…