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Diese Frage hat David Deutsch in seinem Buch Der Anfang der Unendlichkeit beantwortet (ich bin der Übersetzer): anfa.ng
RT @reason_wit_me:
Time for Western feminists to openly and loudly oppose Islamic misogyny
RT @AlexEpstein:
“It is a tragic irony that Europe is counting on a mild winter for survival when they find themselves in this predicament…
RT @Ibrahim_S_Amin:
Mohammed himself changed Islam whenever that suited his convenience. When he wanted his dinner guests to piss off inste…
Sowas kann ein Rechner uebrigens prinzipiell auch.
Mag sein. Aber so oder so haben wir im Deutschen kein Wort für ‘computation’, oder?
Meinen Sie bspw. ‘kalkuliert’ im Sinne von ‘Absichten hegen’?
RT @VariantenGra:
Gestern ging es im Tatort u. a. um das Verschwinden eines Laptops. „Wo ist das Laptop?“, wird in einem der Dialoge gefrag…
@theflyingorc @vanillaopinions @JosephPolitano
It’s not what the US government was originally made for, and many people disagree on what governments should and should not do, so disagreement in this area isn’t weird at all.
@vanillaopinions @JosephPolitano
Please god don’t let politicians mess up this area too
We’re all adults here, we don’t need to turn our government daddy to solve problems whose solutions it hasn’t yet monopolized
RT @vtg2:
@JosephPolitano
FWIW, one way I have battled spam calls is I have a Google Voice number that I give out to any business that need…
Solutions: captcha for texts? Other puzzles? Honey pots? twitter.com/JosephPolitano…
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“You know, I was showing this to somebody. I was giving a demo to somebody a little while ago, who had never seen this b…
RT @ApostateRidvan:
Islam is so strong that a woman’s hair is a threat to its existence.
RT @YasMohammedxx:
It’s fascinating that there are ppl out there trying to convince you that the Islamic Republic of Iran has nothing to do…
RT @LPMisesCaucus:
@ninaturner
The minimum wage should be abolished. pic.twitter.com/8cGIFuEiSE
RT @petergyang:
Kids are using AI to write essays and get straight As pic.twitter.com/i0yyXiVEtU
I’d prefer to know the flavor over the color. Like, why did the marketing department think it would be a good idea to put the color, which we can already see, on the label, but keep us guessing about the flavor?
Just read amazon.com/dp/B005DXR5ZC and make the check out to @DavidDeutschOxf
@ScottAdamsSays @ChierstinSusel
She knew that it messed up her life in a big way but she loved the dog too much, so she was trapped. This was years ago but my guess is she’s still trapped and will remain so until the dog’s death.
Just please don’t do this.
@ScottAdamsSays @ChierstinSusel
She almost always had to spend the night at home, too. Her PhD program suffered as well. Her life was far more constrained than ‘just’ 40%. Almost everything revolved around that dog, and when in doubt, the dog came first.
@ScottAdamsSays @ChierstinSusel
So in addition to the usual responsibilities (walking and playing), the dog couldn’t be left alone because that would make it even more scared, and it couldn’t be left with other dogs either. So she had to take several significant breaks throughout the day to spend time with it.
@ScottAdamsSays @ChierstinSusel
I used to date a PhD candidate with a dog. She was way too busy to have a dog. Not only did she have a dog, she had a pit bull. Not only did she have a pit bull, she had one with serious problems who was scared of everything and would lash out at people and other dogs.
RT @PessimistsArc:
Kids don’t sweep chimneys like they used to!
Wollte bzgl. Nomen einen ähnlichen Kommentar hinterlassen.
Aber ob das mit Verben auch geht? Haben Sie ein Beispiel?
It may have found a way to trigger and train its flight mechanism.
Could also be a ‘vestigial’ feature from a genuine accident (but the commenter misinterpreted his cat’s ‘intentions’): reddit.com/r/Pets/comment…
I think you nailed it so there’s not much to elaborate except that there were probably multiple iterations of behavior leading up to this.
I once saw a video of a cat pretending to have a hurt paw ‘so that’ its owner would open the door for it.
@IiiEndicott @JessicaVaugn @ScottAdamsSays
Clearly, but being overly worried about that significantly limits one’s options, too.
Having public political opinions limits your options by 40%, too.
Huh? Why?
RT @ScottAdamsSays:
The worst life decision a young single person can make is getting a dog. It limits your options by about 40%.
LOL @amazon’s email footer still says “We’re closely monitoring the developments of COVID-19 and its impact on our employees, customers, partners, and communities.”
RT @_Islamicat:
Dreaming of ride explosive-laden bikes into infurdel crowds pic.twitter.com/Nd2kKIm0YI
Camel cloud. Real or ‘AI’-generated? pic.twitter.com/HyvpEv0qjT
RT @TCSparents:
“Work or play are all one to him, his games are his work; he knows no difference. He brings to everything the cheerfulness…
RT @hdagres:
Young Iranian woman has taken off her headscarf, and is walking around a square with a fountain in Tehran as she cuts her hair…
RT @NirZicherman:
I am so excited to finally be able to announce that audiobooks are live on @Spotify! Starting today, any Spotify user in…
RT @AlexEpstein:
I am working on an article on the top 50 people responsible for today’s global energy crisis.
Please reply with suggestio…
Gotta add Gerhard Schröder, from what I understand.
This differs only in degree, not in principle, from other AI-advertising lies. twitter.com/PR0GRAMMERHUM0…
RT @SJobs_Stories:
“I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’ garage when I was 20. We…
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
Wouldn’t understanding that women are objectified be a reason not to fail to see that? Or did you mean to say ‘yet you fail’?
In any case, I asked for ways to convince you otherwise, not for reasons you’re right.
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
I’ve explained why I’m not arguing in bad faith but you’ve maintained that stance anyway.
Is there anything I could do or say that would convince you otherwise? If not, I’m afraid this discussion serves no purpose because you laying into me will change neither your nor my mind.
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
and 2) because they immediately assume I’m sexist and that I would therefore favor men unfairly.
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
My guess so far has been that people allege that I wouldn’t post it on a man’s video because 1) they misunderstood the meme I posted to mean that no man shows his face in coding videos (that’s false, of course, but also isn’t what I meant)
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
Men aren’t cute like women, so one has to find something that will work, but muscles turn many women on, I’m not making a direct comparison between faces and muscles.
And no, I’m not asking to be disparaging. If that was my goal, why did I not just leave a rude statement?
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
There are cases, however, where I would post it on men’s videos. For instance, if a man did what I describe here: twitter.com/dchackethal/st…
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
Well, I have already explained why it’s different for men (after you asked me to), so you could have inferred that I (generally) wouldn’t post it on men’s videos. It’s not like I’m hiding that. So it simply isn’t true that I’m arguing in bad faith.
RT @dchackethal:
Explain Irrational Minds!: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/explain-…
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
The situation partly sucks for women because some men won’t take them seriously when they do look cute.
I’ve pointed out elsewhere in the replies that trying to shut this discussion down doesn’t do women any favors.
Please try reading it from a charitable POV.
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
Men won’t typically gain views or followers around coding videos for looking cute. It’s a lot harder for men to capitalize on good looks than for women. Partly because of differences in looks, partly because many men are a lot more desperate for sex than women.
@BrakNicholson @corg_e @trunarla
I don’t think I’m sexist but I’m open to being wrong about that.
In the replies I’ve been repeatedly accused of being misogynistic and I’ve repeatedly denied it.
But even if I hadn’t, why would that mean others are fine with it? What if I just don’t care for others’ approval in this matter?
Please provide a quote of mine that you think shows I think less of @trunarla because she’s a woman
Why you’re bringing race into this I do not know
RT @dvassallo:
Lessons:
• Coding is probably the most lucrative skill.
• USA salaries have almost no ceiling, unlike almost everywhere el…
i’m guessing feminism is strongly correlated with being a liberal, but fair enough
some employers don’t consider moral disagreements a terminable offense either
they entertain the idea that they could be wrong
Because not every employer thinks like you, or considers political alignment necessary to hire people (or lack thereof a terminable offense)
RT @pickover:
This joke may be of interest to those of you interested in artificial intelligence, mathematics, computer programming, and ma…
i don’t know who that is but probably not since men do it for different, imo uncontroversial reasons
review the ensuing discussions on my comment, variations of your question have been asked multiple times
@KieraStansMagik @trunarla
Yes, feminists (or what I imagine to be) are lovely and compassionate people: pic.twitter.com/DwUu2eHkkR
no one got hurt by this decision, i agree, but it’d be interesting to explore whether the decision itself is a result of a female culture that does often hurt women
sadly, this discussion is mostly shut down
Still, the fact that you even had to ask at all doesn’t bode well.
It seriously took Apple three months to validate your report? Weak.
RT @RonMasas:
Here is the story behind CVE-2022-32883, on how I was able to use Apple Maps to leak your precise location 🛰️🛰️🛰️!
https://t…
Google Maps is fun since it puts the coordinates in the URL.
Every place you seen is exposed using the CSS :visted le…
RT @firstofequals:
Our Glorious President Joseph Biden has done it!
RT @jbrowder1:
Credit repair companies offer to “fix your credit,” for hundreds or thousands of dollars.
We sent a DoNotPay employee to in…
Like, some women may describe overtly sexy outfits on other women as ‘cute’. That’s really stretching the meaning of the word.
Oh boy, bringing up the “distracting” point. 🙄
What’s wrong with that?
Cute has the same definition, regardless of gender.
I disagree. I think men who are described as ‘cute’ have qualities different from those of women who are. There’s also a difference in how men and women perceive women who are described as ‘cute’.
no I’m quite comfortable around them
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
If you’re annoyed I suggest again that we take a break. Otherwise I’m not sure how fruitful this conversation is going to be.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
That’s a common but invalid method for judging ideas.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
Its super weird of you to claim that women inherenty have diffirent reasons to show their face.
That’s not exactly what I said but you seem to be judging whether my view may be right by how much it differs from yours. If it differs sufficiently, you consider it to be false.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
You write carelessly btw, eg this tweet of yours is really bad in terms of spelling and grammar: twitter.com/MorkSamuel/sta…
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
I had previously looked through YouTube search results and also found lots of ppl with facecam.
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
If the latter, I even granted that you may well be right when I wrote “But assuming you’re right, I’ve explained that men do it for different reasons, and they profit from it in different ways.”
@MorkSamuel @DuncJake @trunarla @GIPHY
yes, it is obvious that most streamers have facecam. > Your insistance that this isnt the case […]
My insistence that it’s not obvious or that it isn’t true that most streamers have facecam? If the former, pointing out once that the truth isn’t obvious is hardly insisting.
Explain Irrational Minds!: blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/explain-…