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Literally none of those quotes make any sense. Can you explain them?
The middle one means "spimes take up space because they exist"
And that's what passes as serious philosophy these days?
When you give a tree an email address
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Re: When you give a tree an email address
#52I wonder if people would have been this kind and thoughtful if the trees were on Twitter, or Reddit (topical!) . How would we interact with trees here on HN?
Maybe each tree could have its own git repo. Complete with branches
Re: When you give a tree an email address
#53I wonder if people would have been this kind and thoughtful if the trees were on Twitter, or Reddit (topical!) . How would we interact with trees here on HN?
Show HN: I made a fruit
Re: When you give a tree an email address
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I'm starting to think one of the trees was equipped with a Markov chain sentence generator that scanned a lot of philosophy papers and just spit out a lot of pretentious gibberish. To philosophers though, I'm not sure it would matter because nobody could tell the difference anyway.
Many modern laws were influenced by philosophers. While the language of computer scientists and philosophers may appear to be gibberish, they often influence laws with side effects on humans who may not understand the source jargon. When the laws for Internet of Things (including but not limited to huggable trees) are written, hopefully there will be diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty,…
> diverse philosophies at the table, including classics like liberty, speech and privacy.
Are you seriously claiming those philosophies are on a level with the gibberish you quoted, which may as well have come from Sokal?