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I mean, tautologically, I guess all the good parts of prosperity and none of the bad. Not a proof of correctness but a list: 1. Wealth gotten by one’s own work, or by wise manageme…

I agree, I also think it’s more like delayed gratification. Good incentives are for good people bad incentives are for fools. The further you can push back short-term incentives in…

No they just loudly say “It would be a shame if an unfortunate accident should occur to these bloggers”

The one straw revolution guy planted root vegetables among fruit trees in orchards I wonder if that would make a difference

Such an irony/nominative determinism around his name. The self cannot will its way out of the tangled mess, cannot will to be the good Christian he dissociatively admires. “it is n…

At least by analogy with sound, it doesn’t make sense to me to use the golden ratio. If you consider the tonic, the octave, the major fifth, you have 1:1, 2:1, and 3:2. It seems to…

Wood is rigid and won’t melt or scratch

I like how decades after the “Sokal Affair”, slatestarcodex is creating its own impish simulacrum of English departments in the 90s. The author would do well to note Frederic James…

I never enjoyed peanuts but I know Bill watterson the creator of Calvin and Hobbes was a big fan, so there must be something there

Common problem in man-made lakes. When you create a lake by damming a river it creates perfect conditions for lamination, deep narrow and filled with agricultural runoff. When they…

Do you think what Israel is doing is right?

Holy crap you’re totally right

You’re all made of stars you gotta let that shit shine okay?

I don’t take a position on this because I don’t know it but I think you’re (willfully?) misunderstanding the point. I don’t think all ethical problems can be legally defined. Somet…

Oh interesting, well maybe I’m wrong. I mean the nerves thing stands but yeah maybe it is that easy

Can you do this? Like, I’ve killed every animal I’ve shot at so far (legally, while hunting) and I know I couldn’t make that shot. The nerves alone Jesus. I’m always surprised and …

Is it possible that lefties twisted in the opposite direction

Ive wondered if to a bat a bat is more like a whale, swimming through the air, calling out at a rate and pitch sort of matching the distance its electrical signals travel. To them …

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Yes.

Well if this makes money good for you lol

Which is also mentioned in Strunk and White but I doubt they read it

> Just as Borges' Aleph represents the convergence of all points in the universe, Alephic stands at the intersection of AI, code, and marketing expertise. C’mon isn’t it obvious.

The problem is I don't think the first one says anything, which, however stylistic, is still the point of a script. If it doesn't actually make a meaningful expression then it's no…

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