Phileosopher

a guy who writes nonfiction public essays for fun, at https://stucky.tech

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2023-12-04 13:55:03

What does it take to become an elected official? Being a people person or a technical person?
What does it take to make good laws? People person or technical person.
If you know the answer to both, you've got a good idea of why our country's government sucks.

2023-10-24 18:43:25

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@npub16ne…thh0
Human nature has a tendency to live by face-for-an-eye reasoning.
I sincerely doubt anyone cares anymore about what Israel does at this point, and they already have an opinion:
A. Israel is bad/genocidal/evil, and must be destroyed.
B. Hamas is bad/genocidal/evil, and must be destroyed.
C. War is bad/genocidal/evil, and must be stopped.
D. It's a dumb fight that has nothing to do with me, so keep scrolling.

2023-09-20 07:05:19

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@npub1ajv…tppj @npub1v5w…ruqm
Hanlon's Razor must strike here. It's not malevolence, but incompetence.
We need "new", since it isn't burdened with the stupid of the older ossification (my full essay at https://gainedin.site/bad-systems).

2023-09-15 13:23:11

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@npub1v62…6c55
As a parent, I think those parents simply don't care. Same reason kids run around the store making the wage slaves' lives harder.

2023-09-01 04:44:52

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@npub1z3g…sd9s @npub1fag…c8c7
They wish. Oh, they wish.
To be a Muslim, you have to believe in God. We wouldn't have so many Marx-like fanatics if we didn't have a glut of secular thought running around.

2023-09-01 04:41:54

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@npub10ta…sw7k @npub1a0q…3tmr
Either you make your website offend them, or find a way to filter them out.
My personal recommendation is to discuss philosophy on your site, specifically what defines the essence of true manliness. Gets rid of them fast.

2023-08-30 15:08:12

Apparently, according to WebMD's symptom checker, all the standard signs of aging are evidence of either lupus, hypothyroidism, or cervical spondylosis. #SpondylitesUnite

2023-08-18 21:27:59

I'm thinking about making a PAC called the Privacy Party. Anyone with me?

2023-08-18 04:25:34

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@npub1t7s…e9ft
I'm sure the agent who died had no strong opinions whatsoever on anything about how the IRS should be run.

2023-08-18 04:22:12

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@npub1a0q…3tmr
EU startups have been plagued forever, and they all go to the US.
The problem over here is that everyone has a legal fiction attached to their SS #, which have been augmented into bureau-gathered datalist-for-sale about anything anyone does within the 50 states.
In other words, it's questionable for government to track everything you do without a warrant, but perfectly lawful to privately contract a corporation to do it.

2023-08-18 04:11:25

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@npub163k…hljx
Social media is the world's largest masquerade ball where most of the people are passing notes.
The other 70% of the people haven't weighed in their opinions because they're too busy doing things like working jobs. Things change when their way of life is disrupted, and they haven't forgotten the weirdness that happened 3 years ago.

2023-08-18 04:10:02

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@npub1a0q…3tmr
We've been pretty downwind from the dump ever since the EU made better privacy laws than the US has had. The GDPR now leads the way in giving individual citizens liberties.
I anticipate 1850's-style crap, followed by something like that one little war in 1861. The result of it will probably give the proles even *more* liberties.
Never underestimate the power of the unwashed masses.

2023-08-18 00:58:12

I'm going to call it: we're going to have an OJ Simpson-style court hearing circus during the 2024 election. The Democrats will get more disgusted at Republicans and rednecks, and the Republicans will get more disgusted at Democrats and large institutions. #rockthevote

2023-08-17 17:00:44

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@npub14w3…9vjx @npub1g8x…ey02
A more advanced question: have the cloud systems been in compliance for their origin country, or just the US?

2023-08-16 16:04:36

Social media is a masquerade party where most of the communication is passing notes to each other.
If you want more meaning in life, try that "reality" thing instead.

2023-08-15 22:10:18

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@npub1d4h…2ta7
Liberal arts doesn't go far enough: if you want to understand what the other 80% of people think, hang out with them instead of reading about them.
The fact that liberal arts is a recommendation for resolving bias is, effectively, a non-inclusive solution, and should be more controversial.

2023-08-15 21:56:24

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@npub1m2l…qlv3
What precedent are you using?
Bill Cosby? Or maybe OJ? Or Bill Clinton? Maybe Richard Nixon!

2023-08-15 21:54:54

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@npub1hdj…ck09
Disney has become like Las Vegas once was: formerly amazing talent goes there to cash in a check, and people still show up because they're drunk and it's there.

2023-08-15 21:50:34

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@npub1ahf…jdrc
You're not wrong, and it is most certainly a forced monopoly (my essay I wrote a while back at https://notageni.us/ip).
The key is that it's supposed to be a *temporary* monopoly, which gives freedom for the idea-maker to build meaningful things with what they discovered.
THAT breaks down in 2 ways:
1. It's often not temporary (e.g., Disney keeps extending copyright to forever minus a day).
2. Instead of helping creators, IP can suppress competition (e.g., patent trolls).

2023-08-12 03:04:44

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@npub106n…vfwa
I can explain that one somewhat, if your theory is true: nature has redundant self-correcting systems we don't even know about.
I could ramble on and on about how many systems exist in nature and social science that create negative feedback loops to bring things back to stasis. I won't imply it was designed, but it's hard to believe there's zero overhead management of this thing we call "existence".

2023-08-12 02:54:22

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@npub106n…vfwa
I do agree they'll fudge the weather, but weaponizing something is the easiest form of control.
Nuclear bombs are easier than nuclear power, same goes for making torpedos vs submarines or jets vs missiles.
Let's just not get ahead of this and think it's *all* control: Hanlon's Razor still applies.

2023-08-12 02:48:07

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@npub106n…vfwa
That gives them too much credit. If they wanted to do that, the weather would start giving accurate reports.
The weather right now is about 80% accurate. But, if you scrub away the obvious sunny/rainy days, it becomes 44% accurate, less reliable than flipping a coin or disbelieving the daily weather.

2023-08-11 15:02:01

Either we're hearing about HOW these wildfires started, or it's a climate change psyop:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/us/maui-wildfires-hurricane-dora-thursday/index.html

2023-08-04 16:03:09

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@npub16ne…thh0
Is a cup of Joe even legal in all 50 states? It sounds like something that needs government approval.