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marky1991

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I would not like this. This is the kind of change that made google search so annoying. (Eg what if I want to track the history of 'self-driving' vs 'auto pilot' in sales pitches? Or more basically, what if the system wrongly interprets me wrongly?) Better to support | or similar old-fashioned search engine syntax and dwis and not dwim.

marky1991

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So does 'mark' and 'Mark', that doesn't mean I correct everyone (or myself) every time they/I type my name without using a capital letter.

marky1991

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This sort of language policing is pointless.

marky1991

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But no one, including the government, is omniscient. This turns all agency into "exploitation", and the only logical conclusion is that all decisions for all people should be made by the most informed. Surely you don't argue that would be a good thing?

marky1991

3 maanden geledendiscuss

Not all laws are are meant to protect people from themselves, most laws aren't.

Murder isn't illegal because we want to protect people from the results of their actions, it's illegal because we want to protect people from the actions of others. (Or, failing to do that, punish the aggressors in response) Surely you see the difference?

Basically, the argument is that people's liberty should only be restricted up to the point of defending the liberty and rights of others. If an action hurts no one other than its actor, the state has no right to restrict them. People should be free to live in line with their wishes and conscience up to the point of not violating the rights of others.

With regard to seatbelt laws, I would ask the same question, as I do think that the seatbelt laws are also paternalism and morally wrong.

marky1991

3 maanden geledendiscuss

This is mindless paternalism.

Who gets to decide what is 'predatory' and why do those people have the right to make decisions in place of able-minded adults?

marky1991

4 maanden geledendiscuss

I don't get it , he's buying stuff at estate sales. That's literally what they're for. I didn't understand what part of his behavior you consider uncouth.

As he already said, they're almost always run as a very detached thing, run by professionals with no connection to the family, other than the transaction.

marky1991

4 maanden geledendiscuss

Yes, I think the argument that "discrimination is fine so long as it doesn't result in complete shutout of a vendor/customer" is reasonable. But that argument didn't fly for the cake controversy case, so society doesn't seem to agree.

marky1991

4 maanden geledendiscuss

Why does it change whether it's discrimination or not depending on who does it?

I don't see how the distinction is material.

marky1991

4 maanden geledendiscuss

What is your justification for that?

If an employer did the same thing, would you argue that's also not discriminatory? Or, to pick a notorious example, if a cake shop only agreed to sell to straight couples, would that be the same? If not, why not?

marky1991

4 maanden geledendiscuss

Are you literally defending corruption? Why?

marky1991

5 maanden geledendiscuss

How dare you speak for the rest of us.

marky1991

5 maanden geledendiscuss

Mobile platforms are entirely useless to me for exactly this reason, individual islands that don't interact to make anything more generally useful. I would never use any os that worked like that, it's for toys and disposable software only imo.

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

Whom is on its way out anyway; I don't think I ever use it at all and certainly never hear anyone else use it.

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

I have no idea why someone would get mad about getting a vacuum cleaner as a gift. It's boring, sure, but if you keep complaining about your old one, it seems pretty thoughtful.

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

Could you summarize this into an argument of your own?

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

That's not what he said or implied, he's merely responding to your argument 'Donating any amount of money to prevent people you don't know from marrying each other'. I think you might have a justifiable argument here, but it's not clear at all to me what it is.

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

It's basic tolerance, it's not that hard. You do your job and collect your paycheck at the end of the week, same as everyone else.

marky1991

7 maanden geledendiscuss

This argument seems to be a) intentionally provocative and intending only really to ruffle feathers, not actually put a coherent argument forward

And b) about on par with saying "water is evil" because if you drink too much of it you'll die.

marky1991

8 maanden geledendiscuss

I've had recurring headaches my entire life. Have been to many neurologists, none have any idea what causes them, they just give me different pills to prevent them instead. This isn't unusual for headaches, quite often the cause is basically unknown. (If you ask people they'll give you a series of common things, eg water consumption, eating enough, etc, but it's just all unprovable folk medicine) Expecting everyone to "find the cause" is unreasonable.

If you have a headache, it's totally fine to take a painkiller. (If it happens on a regular basis, eg at least once a week, it can be a good idea to get those different pills from a neurologist, because the two main painkillers have bad side effects in the long run, but those different pills are just "masking" it in a different way)

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