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Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by maxerickson »

noah_buddy wrote: post #24
maxerickson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He'll block you on twitter for politely quibbling with his presentation of facts.

Is there a deeper meaning to take from this? Some people block anyone negative on Twitter. He's free to use the platform as he pleases, I see no reason why someone should feel obligated to have or present an externally valid reason for blocking others.

No, I'm just petty and small minded.

On the other hand, when someone confidently opines about a lot of things and then rejects mild corrections (I literally just said something like "thing isn't part of B, it's owned by the same parent company"), you wonder what facts are feeding into those opinions.

Re: Oh, 2022

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cwmma wrote: post #28
noah_buddy wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a deeper meaning to take from this? Some people block anyone negative on Twitter. He's free to use the platform as he pleases, I see no reason why someone should feel obligated to have or present an externally valid reason for blocking others.

Stross just blocks nazis and terfs even when they are polite about it. This pisses some people off who see JUST ASKING QUESTIONS!

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Re: Oh, 2022

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TigeriusKirk wrote: post #16

Asking because I have no idea - Will other mRNA vaccines have short-lived efficacy like the covid one does? Will you need an AIDS vaccine booster every six months?

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Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by toyg »

noah_buddy wrote: post #24
maxerickson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He'll block you on twitter for politely quibbling with his presentation of facts.

Is there a deeper meaning to take from this? Some people block anyone negative on Twitter. He's free to use the platform as he pleases, I see no reason why someone should feel obligated to have or present an externally valid reason for blocking others.

Some people also have a quixotic definition of "facts", and figuring out if that's the case can be exhausting for popular users with thousands of followers.

Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by maxerickson »

evgen wrote: post #30
maxerickson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He'll block you on twitter for politely quibbling with his presentation of facts.

Quoted post unavailable.

I don't really understand your tone. I think you are mocking me, but I'm not sure why you think you have the necessary context to do that in an effective way.

Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by user982 »

maxerickson wrote: post #13
jodrellblank wrote: post #8

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He's also a HN user: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross

He'll block you on twitter for politely quibbling with his presentation of facts.

'I am forever advising people, "Why hit Reply when the Block button is right there?"' - jwz

Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by ska »

maxerickson wrote: post #13
jodrellblank wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's also a HN user: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cstross

He'll block you on twitter for politely quibbling with his presentation of facts.

That may be a bit harsh, but nobody owes you a conversation and people with a ton of followers have to do something to manage the SNR. It's not obvious what the right answer is, and almost anything you do will have false positives.

Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by BlueTemplar »

elkos wrote: post #2

Charlie Stross is a hard science fiction author, I believe his works (like Accelerado) have been quite influential and inspiring for many hn users. I believe it could be interesting to discuss his (pessimistic) take on this year.

Speaking of Accelerando, here's a similar retrospective of his about 2018 :

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2018/01/the-cra...

(The first chapter of Accelerando is about a two decades in the future 2018.)

Re: Oh, 2022

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Post by kwhitefoot »

voldacar wrote: post #6

> Quite possibly the Antarctic ice shelves will be destablized decades ahead of schedule, leading to gradual but inexorable sea levels rising around the world. This may paradoxically trigger an economic boom in construction this is known as the broken window fallacy

No it isn't. The only thing they have in common is something being a problem.
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