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  1. Comment on Need help planning a pseudo-upgrade for my computer tower in ~comp

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    I just upgraded my PC from Micro Center recently and the RAM+CPU+MOBO combo. I didn't end up using the AM5 motherboard since it's ATX sized and was going for a mATX build. Never opened the box....

    I just upgraded my PC from Micro Center recently and the RAM+CPU+MOBO combo. I didn't end up using the AM5 motherboard since it's ATX sized and was going for a mATX build. Never opened the box. It's a Gigabyte B650. Lmk if interested, I'm trying to get $70-90 for it + shipping (US).

    https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-b650-gaming-x-ax/p/N82E16813145449?item=N82E16813145449&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-_-motherboards%20-%20amd-_-gigabyte-_-13145449&utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic+shopping&utm_campaign=knc-googleadwords-_-motherboards%20-%20amd-_-gigabyte-_-13145449&source=region

  2. Comment on Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable in ~science

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    I still don't know if it's a mercy or a tragedy that the most miserable don't live long. Observed in prisons for those serving long sentences, life expectancy is decreased by 20+ years. Loneliness...

    I still don't know if it's a mercy or a tragedy that the most miserable don't live long. Observed in prisons for those serving long sentences, life expectancy is decreased by 20+ years.

    Loneliness isn't that different. It's still just misery. What do you do when you find yourself in middle age and nothing to live for anyways? Why do I even ask. If anyone is going to find that out, it's probably me, lol

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  3. Comment on Why do negative topics dominate social media sites, even here? in ~tech

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    Interesting. Came across a post a while back, explaining how to take advantage of this tendency, where by successfully framing something as "problematic", you prime people to seek resolution. By...

    Interesting. Came across a post a while back, explaining how to take advantage of this tendency, where by successfully framing something as "problematic", you prime people to seek resolution. By making something a problem, there is now an invented problem to which progress can be made. All this, just to have a sense of progress. The post was mostly criticizing this tactic, but it seems like a pretty apt description.

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  4. Comment on VHEMT: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement in ~life

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    Funny. I've always thought of it as exactly the reason the movement has never caught on. That the order of their values are too unconventional (the same would be true for most other fringe...

    Funny. I've always thought of it as exactly the reason the movement has never caught on. That the order of their values are too unconventional (the same would be true for most other fringe groups). I suspect it's just how they are as a person. That's why I don't believe in their selflessness, and recognize it as simply ego. Service of nature in turn serves themselves.

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  5. Comment on VHEMT: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement in ~life

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    Valuing consent is the pragmatic thing to do. If you want to have your autonomy respected, it seems like making sure you respect the autonomy of others is in your self-interest. I know I said...

    Valuing consent is the pragmatic thing to do. If you want to have your autonomy respected, it seems like making sure you respect the autonomy of others is in your self-interest. I know I said something somewhat contradictory earlier, but I don't really think it's that unlikely that they believe consent has intrinsic worth that outweighs nature as well. Voluntary is in their name, after all.

    I don't think the fact that humans haven't reached carrying capacity is an answer to the question of overpopulation, because it simply assumes that the carrying capacity is the optimal population. All that means is that we are far from starving if food was effectively distributed, but it doesn't mean the population has not exceeded the optimal number that takes into account factors such as sustainability and standard of living. It is probable, but still not clear if society has exceeded the population that maximizes the standard of living possible.

    The very repugnant conclusion simply shows that it is difficult to determine this optimal population.

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  6. Comment on VHEMT: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement in ~life

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    Value judgements eh? I've always believed that the individual frame of reference was the default. With the framing of self-interest, consistency in terms of value judgements is trivial. I would...

    Value judgements eh? I've always believed that the individual frame of reference was the default. With the framing of self-interest, consistency in terms of value judgements is trivial. I would say that people value (the rest of) humanity because it is provides a greater psychological or material benefit to them than "nature". In this case, the idea of consent seems to be the most in their interest. Nature is secondary. The intrinsic value of anything does not necessarily play into it.

    Eco-fascism does not value consent. I also think you dismiss the overpopulation argument too easily. It's been a long time, and there's still no answer to the very repugnant conclusion.

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  7. Comment on VHEMT: the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement in ~life

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    If anything, antinatalism seems complementary to any egalitarian movement. As a form of protest, it seems pretty effective to say that you refuse to generate more "human resources" - to not create...

    If anything, antinatalism seems complementary to any egalitarian movement. As a form of protest, it seems pretty effective to say that you refuse to generate more "human resources" - to not create any more exploitable labor, future consumers. The best labor conditions have always been when human labor was valuable and scarce, like post black-plague. Just consider it a balancing force, proof that humans won't get used to anything. Quite an optimistic way of looking at things.

    Also philosophically, it has been mostly assumed that humans have a unique capacity for suffering as a result of their intelligence. Maybe it's intuition, but intelligence and biology seems to determine a capacity for suffering- and a human can mourn more than a fly. I see the contradiction, but I think it can easily be mentally sidestepped in multiple ways. Perhaps people simply don't want to be responsible for suffering on a personal level.

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  8. Comment on Now political polarization comes for marriage prospects in ~life

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    I actually think that the difference shown by the data is better explained by an education gap, rather than by preference for one political alignment over another. Statistically, those with a high...

    I actually think that the difference shown by the data is better explained by an education gap, rather than by preference for one political alignment over another. Statistically, those with a high school degree or less seem to have had a fairly dramatic decline in terms of marriage prospects. This is a problem that I don't think any amount of guru advice would be able to solve.

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