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Is 3x1/2<=2 or 3×½≤2?
Install the #Glypher browser #extension! ✓ Paste correct and expressive #Unicode #chars wherever you need them, in no time, via a couple keystrokes — no need to grab the mouse. Glypher is tiny, the only permission it requires is access to the clipboard, and it's #FOSS (so you are sure it's not doing anything fishy).
#Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/glypher/
#Chrome / #Chromium / #Brave: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/glypher/glfmhcgkfoiamppjioonmpcefnohkjic
Boosts and reviews welcome!
tripu
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@aral I'm aware of your #FOSS convictions (and deeds). That's why your toot surprised me. You wrote:
🗨️ “‘Linux’ by itself doesn’t solve anything.”
But then, *nothing* by itself solves anything. Not better legislation, not more transparent companies, not educating users… Because it's a truism, your statement read as criticism, or dismissal, of Linux. I think that's why I (and others) jumped to nuance.
I think we're on the same boat. Keep up the good work.
tripu
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I am so old that I can remember when other people's achievements were considered to be an inspiration, rather than a grievance. https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/status/1369654186338566150 #Mises
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“Think of #Google as a kind of Godzilla that slurps up data about its users at one end and craps out gold ingots at the other.”
https://casparwre.de/blog/stop-using-google-analytics/
tripu
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MaskOn by Daryna Oheekolts #cyberpunk #digitalArt #WearAMask #scifi #sciencefiction
“We don't see any #discrimination against #women who want to get into male-dominated occupations. But we find considerable discrimination against men in female-dominated occupations.”
🇸🇪 ♂️ ♀️ #sexism #gender
https://liu.se/en/news-item/man-hindras-att-ta-sig-in-i-kvinnodominerade-yrken
One of my favourite tracks, ever.
❤️ #Röyksopp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6UnKr6Bwg
tripu
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@TheRealPaulRB@bitcoinhackers.org
I meant to ask if you would share your summary of “Humankind”, and in what ways it contradicts #Pinker, since unfortunately I won't have the time to read it any time soon…
@TheRealPaulRB@bitcoinhackers.org
OK, thanks. (TL;DR…?)
Man, do I love #StevenPinker…
“A typical essay by #ScottAlexander is deeper, better reasoned, better referenced, more original, and wittier than 99% of the opinion pieces in #MSM. It's sad that the #NYT can see him only through the lens of their standard political & cultural obsessions.”
https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1360787817459253251
#SSC #SlateStarCodex #rationalism
tripu
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When I was younger, I was often afraid to start #conversations with #people I found “interesting”, or to ask them questions, for fear that my approaching them would be misconstrued. For instance, I had teachers in college who had amazing biographies, hobbies or research interests, but I rarely engaged in casual conversations with them because I thought everybody would think I was an arse-licker. Same with bosses I liked at work. And same with female classmates/workmates/acquaintances who seemed to have original personal stories or viewpoints similar to mine, for fear they would think I was hitting on them.
Nowadays, I'm more forward and try to discount “what people will think”. There are just so many interesting people near me, personal connections are difficult to find and keep, and I hate the idea that I'm missing #friendships, information or opportunities to learn and have fun because I am too conservative in keeping distances…
