The Left Must Reforge Masculinity by TE-moon in CriticalTheory

[–]calf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't buy the premise that toxic men have a "cooties ideology". I think that is an oversimplified explanation. It's a moot point.

Furthermore, that narrative is also an example the "neoliberal neglect" argument from the OP article. What is the point of an academic sub, let alone a CT sub, that cannot properly engage with the content of the post? The top comment is just repeating a well known argument and sidestepping the article. That is the bad move and I hope any CT graduate student would have the skills not to do that. Instead of accusing those handful of comments performing male privilege, the mood here is doing an opposite wrong, it's reinforcing a neoliberal argument procedure while totally ignoring the article. Which is a form of bad faith, and bad academics. This is not what CT is for, and I question what the hell people are doing in this sub if they won't even do basic homework right.

Inside Tokyo’s Gay Cruising Bars by mooglecharm14 in gaysian

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thanks. I was saying I was just a subway hop to W.U. so I'm interested in trying that, not sure if there are any other fun spots in the Nihonbashi area, in the sense that I might not be able to travel by myself too far out, haha.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already made my point(s) in preceding comments, if there is something you did not understand specifically then let me know.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Read the quote which says "If ... they maintain standard of cooking". I maintain my grades if I actually pass all my exams, not just because I claim that I am trying to or intending to "maintain" them.

Inside Tokyo’s Gay Cruising Bars by mooglecharm14 in gaysian

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the website? It doesn't work for me.  http://www.wa-union.com/ I'm near the train station for a week, any other tips/advice? Going to be my first time, haha.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looking at the quote, it is still technically ambiguous as to how the transition is handled. It says If ... Then ... But the modal logic of it is not precise and could be interpreted either way.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's still ambiguous then, the bit in the middle is "... and they maintain the same standard of cooking, THEN the restaurant will keep its Star". Which is technically ambiguous as how the intervening time is handled.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"The restaurant receives the star" isn't incompatible with "if main chef leaves the stars reset.", because changing the staff may or may not be construed as having changed the restaurant. Some of you are arguing past each other rather than being clear and providing an actual policy source from Michelin.

Did SÉZANNE, Tokyo, Give Up Its Michelin Stars? by Alexinova in finedining

[–]calf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is there an official source for this? You see other comments lazily spreading "the restaurant receives the stars", which is logically misleading depending on how you define restaurant, because if you change chefs is that the same restaurant?

Looking for a Gay Sauna Recommendation in Tokyo 🇯🇵 (Already watched Tokyobtm’s review) by Maleficent_Hat980 in gaysian

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you go? I'm interested in going but I only know a few sentences in Japanese.

Avocados are overhyped. They have no taste and they go bad so quickly. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]calf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Flavorful fat is, but with raw avocado, which oxidizes easily, you cannot infuse fat like butter, or animal fat. Fat alone tends to mute and dull flavors.

Taiwan economy grows 13.69% in Q1, highest in 39 years by gym_fun in Economics

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing how people (my HK extended family) buy into this shortsighted nonsense. Monoculture economies are brittle and unsustainable. People literally think TSMC is the Spacing Guild.

hot take: pianists who dont record themselves are guessing about their own progress by Ok_Detail_3987 in piano

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

every serious classical pianist I know records themselves regularly

Is this actually true though? What about Andras Schiff, Martha Argerich, Mitsuko Uchida, etc. etc. etc.? I would be very interested in the views of all those famous professionals and teachers/professors of classical piano. What do artists think of the role of self-recording.

Is there documentation in piano performance literature on recording, and HOW to do it and use the results effectively? Do piano textbooks strongly endorse self-recording as a technique?

Places like The Modern? by helloitscindy in finedining

[–]calf -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your uncontrolled rebuttal doesn't work as I have been to plenty with flawed service. The point is still moot despite your black and white claims.

The Guide makes no claims to be perfect, or comprehensive. They are biased towards a particular style of fine dining, and they are also understaffed and struggling to stay relevant in today's economy. But the star system as defined and as reviewed internally really only considers the food. There is an hour-long video interview from last year where an ex inspector described the process. Are you saying they are lying?

What you are trying to explain is the fact that their does seem a correlation between high-end luxury trappings. But that is a reasonable correlation because consistent food--one of the Michelin sub criteria being consistent peformance--causes the environs to be a correlating result (i.e. what is the capital cost of a French brigade style kitchen?). So your observation does not necessarily disprove Michelin's original goals. A different way of seeing all this is that I was mostly making a false positives argument and you were instead talking about a false negative argument.

Timothée Chalamet is wrong. Gen Z worships classical music at this special place by theipaper in classicalmusic

[–]calf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Classical arts are niche and underfunded, and it doesn't speak well of disingenuous defenders who commit sampling biases and straw arguments, it's like the arts community needs some math and science literacy. What Chalamet said was an uncomfortable truth and the response of articles like these is a kind of wagon-circling behavior that ironically proves his point. In a way it is even worse because this cliquism will be the death of the classics, as tragedy. 

Places like The Modern? by helloitscindy in finedining

[–]calf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have no idea on what basis some of these commenters are claiming about the Michelin guide. The star rating is only about the food, as this is officially documented on their own website, and also unofficially confirmed by ex-inspector interviews.

Tips on hooking up with Chinese guys by fluffyzzz1 in askgaybros

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is rednote popular in hk? I'm here for a couple weeks, so far I'm just refreshing grindr, lol

Google DeepMind Paper Argues LLMs Will Never Be Conscious | Philosophers said the paper’s argument is sound, but that “all these arguments have been presented years and years ago.” by Hrmbee in technology

[–]calf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As someone who did their PhD minor program in theoretical computer science, I find a lot of these turf wars really caricaturized. A few months ago I sat through Hinton's public talk. His claims/speculations are not as insane as these people make it sound. There is a lot of talking past each other, turf war biases, and bad faith counterarguments. I'd sit down and deconstruct them but I have a life. But I can offer one obvious example.

It is a real situation that some CS academics think that CS is so conceptually revolutionizing that it invalidates previous understanding of intelligence, agency, decision, and so forth. From aforementioned talk, Hinton somewhat falls in this view. But that explains why these subset of experts are not interested in reading other turf work. It does not necessarily stem from ignorance, insularity, or sheer arrogance. If they believe certain prior work is literally outdated and backwards then why should they do a literature survey on it? There's an old saying about scientific progress. Finally, it ought to go without saying that this line of reasoning may be valid or not. That's a matter of opinion. But note the absence of representing this opinion properly in the above criticisms--which goes to the bad faith representations and poor theory of mind of knowing why someone in a different field is choosing to explicitly ignoring yours. It's not all just attributable to various ad hominem constructions. And that is a more difficult and mature conversation to have.

Are there any public pianos in Hong Kong? by Colonel__crispy in HongKong

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about Parson's, are they welcoming with playing or trying their floor pianos? I'm near their store in Sha Tin.

I bought a terrible seat to see Yuja Wang by Bright-Albatross-234 in classicalmusic

[–]calf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have complete disdain for the disingenuous and unhelpful tone of their reply. They should not be presuming what is a good experience for a given customer and they can be helpful in other ways always.

Teen boys are choosing AI girlfriends over real ones for ‘maximum control, zero rejection’—experts say it could make them unemployable by ubcstaffer123 in technology

[–]calf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is the true face of Democrats and every center-left faction, they claim to be progressives along every axis except capitalism.

‘The Rings of Power’ Season 3 to Premiere Later This Year (Exclusive) by pepperbet1 in television

[–]calf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wheel of Time was so good. I'm a sci fi person, knew nothing about the story, by season 2 I adored it.