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  1. Comment on What the Prisoner's Dilemma reveals about life, the Universe, and everything in ~science

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    I loved this video - and the lessons to be predictable and retalitatory seem well aimed for international relations.

    I loved this video - and the lessons to be predictable and retalitatory seem well aimed for international relations.

  2. Comment on Affirmative action and its role in your life in ~life

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    Human psychology studies shown that we value the dollar we lose far more than the dollar we might gain in an exercise. It's called "loss aversion." https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/loss-aversion...

    Human psychology studies shown that we value the dollar we lose far more than the dollar we might gain in an exercise. It's called "loss aversion." https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/loss-aversion

    The same goes for what we notice. We don't see the advantages we get from our race, we see the downsides - and we don't notice the downsides for others. So one person's racial reality might be a few benefits they can see but mostly the negative experience of affirmative action, and for other their racial experience has been profoundly negative and affirmative action has seemed paltry in comparison.

    Neither of these people is wrong in what they're feeling - its the same as loss aversion.

    6 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Subreddits are such a fascinating microcosm of this given the seemingly universal experience of users as they grew. Without active mods fighting to hold norms, they devolve. - because the internet...

    Subreddits are such a fascinating microcosm of this given the seemingly universal experience of users as they grew. Without active mods fighting to hold norms, they devolve. - because the internet is so low-friction for subreddits.

    The rising internet is higher friction, and will have more exclusive communities.

    15 votes

  4. Comment on Movies that everyone likes (e.g. Shawshank redemption)? in ~movies

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    Totally fair! I'm not saying Ferris is good, I'm saying the movie is fun - the parade scene, the art gallery, hiding from the dad all over Chicago.

    Totally fair! I'm not saying Ferris is good, I'm saying the movie is fun - the parade scene, the art gallery, hiding from the dad all over Chicago.

  5. Comment on US Supreme Court strikes down President Biden's student loan forgiveness: Now what? in ~finance

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    I think we know now (happy to be corrected) that Bush would have still won regardless of the outcome of that recount. The poorly designed ballot and the number of votes for Nader were more...

    Bush's election was made possible by a 5-4 court decision in Bush v Gore

    I think we know now (happy to be corrected) that Bush would have still won regardless of the outcome of that recount. The poorly designed ballot and the number of votes for Nader were more determinative.

  6. Comment on Movies that everyone likes (e.g. Shawshank redemption)? in ~movies

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    The Princess Bride, The Wizard of Oz, Ferris Bueller, Good Will Hunting, The Lion King, Inside Out

    The Princess Bride, The Wizard of Oz, Ferris Bueller, Good Will Hunting, The Lion King, Inside Out

    11 votes

  7. Comment on Superhero fatigue is real. The cure? Make better movies than ‘The Flash’ in ~movies

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    Shang-Chi, Spiderman: No Way Home, and Guardians 3 were good! But yeah - the MCU needs good writing and plotting - more movies in different genres the way Winter Solider was a spy thriller.

    Shang-Chi, Spiderman: No Way Home, and Guardians 3 were good!

    But yeah - the MCU needs good writing and plotting - more movies in different genres the way Winter Solider was a spy thriller.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on What are you supposed to be doing right now that you're not doing? in ~talk

  9. Comment on Google has officially changed its mind about remote work in ~life

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    The price is because of past issues where daycares mistreated children. You have mandated ratios of adults to kids, training requirements (CPR), square footage requirements, and so forth. If you...

    The price is because of past issues where daycares mistreated children. You have mandated ratios of adults to kids, training requirements (CPR), square footage requirements, and so forth. If you need one adult for every three kids, that means three families need to effectively hire a full time worker for their baby's care - which is not cheap - and then pay their share of rent, management costs, etc. These are not high margin businesses.

    9 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzdVSMRu16g to be incredibly thoughtful - a conference talk on coming of age on the internet.

    I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzdVSMRu16g to be incredibly thoughtful - a conference talk on coming of age on the internet.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on These subreddits are going dark or read-only on June 12th and after. Some already are. in ~tech

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    It feels like we're seeing a trend where some of the places that traffic consolidated to on the internet (Twitter, Reddit) are fraying. Would YouTube be next?

    It feels like we're seeing a trend where some of the places that traffic consolidated to on the internet (Twitter, Reddit) are fraying. Would YouTube be next?

    2 votes

  12. Comment on These subreddits are going dark or read-only on June 12th and after. Some already are. in ~tech

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    The bar can be met by some, but I don't think r/sysadmin is one of them. I like your take here.

    The bar can be met by some, but I don't think r/sysadmin is one of them. I like your take here.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on North Carolina GOP censures Senior State Sen. Tillis for backing LGBTQ+ rights and other policies in ~news

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    It's tricky because if the cities are more concentrated with Dems, there's a "natural gerrymander." - North Carolina with algorithmic "neutral" maps is 4D-8R (with one tossup) or 2D-6R (with five...

    It's tricky because if the cities are more concentrated with Dems, there's a "natural gerrymander." - North Carolina with algorithmic "neutral" maps is 4D-8R (with one tossup) or 2D-6R (with five tossups). The gerrymander of the house makes it 3D-10R but the effect of the gerrymander isn't that strong.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! in ~tildes

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    Interesting! I very much prefer webapps for the most part instead of dedicated apps - I see the apps as harvesting more data about me (typically, Tildes wouldn't) but have a bias for the browser.

    Interesting! I very much prefer webapps for the most part instead of dedicated apps - I see the apps as harvesting more data about me (typically, Tildes wouldn't) but have a bias for the browser.

    11 votes