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These are fabulous and really solidify a lot of concepts. I would have loved this when I was in school.

>started excluding people of a certain race or gender Race and gender is about something you are, political opinions are not something you are.

That's what happens when a browser made by an advertising company becomes dominant.

I have an HP Microserver N54L and it's been incredible. I use XigmaNAS (similar to FreeNAS) and it's been rock solid for many years.

Why not blame both? Pharmaceutical companies did in fact knowingly take actions to increase abuse potential because it made them more money.

You're omitting part of the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brian_Sicknick#D.C._m... >Diaz told the Washington Post that there was no evidence that Sicknick had an al…

>All you are doing when you post something like this is causing a visceral reaction in the people that need to get vaccinated of "fuck you internet guy, I am not listening to you, …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_att... >Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old responding Capitol Police officer, was pepper-sprayed during the riot, and had two th…

I would love it if the government required vaccination but the last time the government did something controversial, a bunch of looters and thugs stormed the US Capitol and killed …

Is "vaccine refuser" a protected class or something inalienable about a person? Does everyone have the right to work anywhere they wish? Plenty of other vaccines are required to at…

Why does the freedom to infect others outweigh the freedom to survive a preventable disease? You don't get to pick and choose which parts of the social compact to follow as it suit…

You're right, because it's not about having a platform for speech, it's about escaping consequences for speech.

>Then you could say that the average person's 401k isn't being used either. But the average person has much more marginal utility for their amount of wealth. Going by the average 4…

>Most of the time that is not the "money" that we are talking about here and would not be subject to the utility and use being discussed. For example, the vast majority of Bezos' w…

I agree with your assessment and reasoning. Unfortunately, a large portion of the public, who are disproportionately powerful because of the structure of state and federal governme…

>If you're giving billions away in a philanthropic organization that you run (ie Gates), then you've found new utility for that money. Billionaires give away far less of their mone…

Your comment is very well put and reminds me of this quote from Boethius: >It's my belief that history is a wheel. "Inconsistency is my very essence" -says the wheel- "Rise up on m…

The cost of living and costs of raising a child have both increased dramatically while wages are flat, of course people are having fewer kids. We could increase government childcar…

Does boundless optimism about every announcement drive innovation in the long run?

Not everyone has the time to prepare healthy meals, that's why convenience foods are so popular in our overworked society. If the average person spent less time working, they would…

Doesn't that mean the cause is related to car culture (drive-thru) and processed foods, not just overeating?

>The problem is overeating. We've had a food surplus for a long time, why is obesity a relatively recent problem?

>Windows is sort of the default computer choice for a lot of normal, non-technical people, so I can understand that Microsoft wants to simplify things for them by taking some inspi…

This is too bad. Apple taking the "appliance" path with their computers makes me wish Microsoft would lean into power user features and customization options to play to the strengt…

So what happens when every economy becomes developed? What happens when we can't rely on the existence of low wage workers?