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anonymars
·قبل 9 ساعات·discuss
None of the ways of dying in wars sound particularly appealing to me; instant disintegration doesn't sound like the worst of them

If we're going to move the goalposts, why don't we just move them to the logical endpoint and proclaim "why don't we just not have wars"

Which, by the way, perhaps it's of interest to compare the frequency and severity of war before and after the invention of atomic weapons

Anyway, I'd be curious to hear your ethical solution to the trolley problem? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem)
anonymars
·قبل 9 ساعات·discuss
None of the ways of dying in wars sound particularly appealing to me; instant disintegration doesn't sound like the worst of them

What's your ethical solution to the trolley problem?
anonymars
·قبل 9 ساعات·discuss
What's your ethical solution to the trolley problem?
anonymars
·قبل 9 ساعات·discuss
Counterpoint: how many people died to war before and after the atomic bombs?

None of the ways to die in war sound particularly appealing to me
anonymars
·أمس·discuss
Almost like a Prince Rupert's drop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop)
anonymars
·قبل 3 أيام·discuss
Let's also not forget how much fresh water has been ruined with fracking

"Nuclear fission: the worst energy source, except for almost all the other ones"
anonymars
·قبل 6 أيام·discuss
I don't know how to fix the social contract that "the things you buy should work and not be rug-pulled" but I certainly refuse to normalize the idea that "the issue here" lies with the author and not Verizon
anonymars
·قبل 10 أيام·discuss
And an indictment of the favorites/bookmarks UX
anonymars
·قبل 11 يومًا·discuss
Can you at least explain the reasoning then?
anonymars
·قبل 11 يومًا·discuss
Yeah, but do all those people get residuals? When you buy a real copy, who gets money from that?
anonymars
·قبل 11 يومًا·discuss
Related point: try legally playing 4k content* on your PC

* obviously I mean movies/TV/etc. and the like where you have to pay money (as in the article)
anonymars
·قبل 12 يومًا·discuss
Or launch atop an unprotected flat slab of concrete
anonymars
·قبل 12 يومًا·discuss
Maybe multiple things can be true

Like when doctors insisted they didn't need to wash their hands (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis#Conflict_with...)

or "science advances one funeral at a time" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle)
anonymars
·قبل 12 يومًا·discuss
Related reading (Exploration–exploitation dilemma): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration%E2%80%93exploitati...
anonymars
·قبل 12 يومًا·discuss
Can you link to the source?
anonymars
·قبل 20 يومًا·discuss
Peter Principle strikes again!
anonymars
·قبل 20 يومًا·discuss
I don't follow the logic - because incompetent people are running the show, some other group of incompetent people can't be running the show?
anonymars
·قبل 22 يومًا·discuss
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anonymars
·قبل 24 يومًا·discuss
> Your shallow morals are disgusting

Something sure seems to have touched a nerve. Maybe next time count to 10 first?
anonymars
·قبل 25 يومًا·discuss
> Ya god forbid people want to have careers at leading tech companies so they can have a more abundant life built by their skillsets and discipline

This seems like a fancily dressed up "fuck you, got mine"