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archonis
·9 minutes ago·discuss
Well said. As mentioned in another post, it's not about intelligence, it's about vulnerability. One particular type of misery is mourning, and the western world does a pretty good job of creating mourners in a number of places where terrorist groups flourish.
archonis
·16 minutes ago·discuss
Terrorists organizations are members of high control (ie. cult) groups.

High control groups succeed because they apply their tactics to people who at vulnerable. Vulnerability has no correlation with intelligence. Lots of intelligent people are exploited by high control groups because they are recruited at a time when they are vulnerable.
archonis
·4 days ago·discuss
I wonder if Metroloft cut corners on structural engineering practices given that they also exploit non-union workers.
archonis
·12 days ago·discuss
How did you come to that conclusion?

Were you alive and in the Northeast US during the 80s and 90s, if not, what are your sources?
archonis
·12 days ago·discuss
You're talking about acting vs. lived experience. That doesn't invalidate the premise of the article, it actually strengthens it if you aren't overly pedantic in your read and interpretation.
archonis
·17 days ago·discuss
Sometime in the 90s we started getting really good Dostoyevsky translations, and they make a huge difference.
archonis
·26 days ago·discuss
It's not just 5 grams of some random cubensis, it's 5 grams of the enigma strain, which is ridiculously potent.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Style is a thing. Your version is not better.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Might be a great article. Overriding scroll behavior and velocity so that content moves when fingers aren't touching the screen seems like a suicidal choice for a publication.

Mobile scrolling is a solved problem unless you make it one.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Writes about a romantic relationship and:

References Steve Jobs in a positive way

References Elon Musk in a positive way

References Ayn Rand in an extremely positive way

Their inevitable breakup is going to be spectacularly dysfunctional and likely play out in an extremely public/online way.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Return on capital generates income at a much greater rate than return on labor.

Time is a factor, but it doesn't seem like that's what you're talking about.
archonis
·last month·discuss
May her passing be a gentle one.

For what it's worth, a random person on the internet just shed a tear for the both of you.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Really glad you finally got a correct diagnosis, and thank you for the tools/utilities you've contributed.

My early rust skills benefitted significantly from having read your code!

Good luck and good health.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Seriously. Exploring the topic and jumping from 1970s to 2003 without mentioning the Cocteau Twins is criminal.
archonis
·last month·discuss
Who needs occam's razor when you've got a mobieus shaped breadknife?
archonis
·2 months ago·discuss
I wonder how many people IBM will layoff to celebrate this one.
archonis
·2 months ago·discuss
Loitering laws have existed since english commonlaw, but in the modern era were adapted to penalize homelessness, unemployment, etc...
archonis
·2 months ago·discuss
Agents interacting with humans on an emotional level is manipulative.

You've repeatedly stated that your goal is to make agentic conversations seem more human. This is deception that most people neither want nor need.
archonis
·2 months ago·discuss
If you want to reform the justice system, more power to you, but while it exists the last people who should be exempt from its reach are those who wield its power in criminal ways.
archonis
·2 months ago·discuss
If you don't hold people accountable for removing the liberty of others without just cause, those who abuse their power will continue to run rampant.