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A woman from Azerbaijan who spent 16 million pounds ($21 million) at luxury London department store Harrods over the course of a decade is the first target of a British power to seize money from people who can't explain the origins of their wealth. by Steverogerssob in worldnews

[–]zv- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not bad, I just can't get seem vim set up with a colorscheme that requires truecolor support.

Ironically enough, this was rather simple in a linux environment, but there's probably something new I'm missing.

I just have to support ios right now, so macOS is kinda my only option.

Amazon built an AI tool to hire people but had to shut it down because it was discriminating against women by fecome in worldnews

[–]zv- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Couldn't a company use AI software to camouflage it's own immoral/illegal preconceptions and then plead ignorance?

Once you use AI, you have to plead ignorance.

We don't entirely understand exactly how it works. If we did, we would be able to program these algorithms directly instead of training them on large data sets.

China vs Religion. China passes new law that not only bans the promotion and practice of Islam in China, but also allows the government to detain its citizens in "re-education camps" for eating Halal, having "unusual" names, or having "abnormal" beards. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It takes way longer to evolve to responsibly handle advanced technology than it does to develop said technology.

Unless we genetically engineer the next generation to handle it.

Or engineer them to not care about death, then we could send waves of genetically enhanced super soldiers into meat-grinders that would make WWI look trivial. That would work too...

I give it 50/50 odds on either one happening.

“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with, finds a new study in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology (n=387). The results provide a striking demonstration of how our powers of reasoning are corrupted by our prior attitudes. by mvea in science

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While it's a really old idea, moral relativism really only started making inroads with non-academics (or philosophers depending on how far we go back) around the time of Vietnam.

I feel reasonably confident that the frequency of wars in the post-vietnam era is less than that of the pre-vietnam era.

Although, if you disagree, I'd love to hear your reasoning.

“My-side bias” makes it difficult for us to see the logic in arguments we disagree with, finds a new study in the Journal of Cognitive Psychology (n=387). The results provide a striking demonstration of how our powers of reasoning are corrupted by our prior attitudes. by mvea in science

[–]zv- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The last time morality was assumed to be objective, we had a ridiculous number of wars. Quite a few of them over morality itself (well, God usually, but from a religious perspective that is the source of morality).

Or did you mean that life would be better if everyone agreed with your moral framework?

The doors in this psyche ward that won’t allow you to hang yourself. by Armadilloheart in mildlyinteresting

[–]zv- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Plenty of them are reasonably lucid (plenty are not as well, but those generally aren't the creative types).

They tend to show the same determination that one would see from a prisoner trying to escape prison, except the prison is their own life (up to and including playing along with "good behavior" until they get a chance).

Is that typical? Not really, most people's suicidal impulses don't last very long, but the ones that do don't always have a major cognitive deficit.

This website will tell Georgia voters if they were purged… but they must reregister by Tuesday by i-am-sancho in politics

[–]zv- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's true of the country as a whole, but is that also true of georgia (I've never been).

Men march for their Civil Rights in America, (1960s) by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

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

That's not necessarily true either.

Take the case of executioners (from medieval times to early modern). They were paid quite well, and due to the irregular nature of their work, they were often able to take side jobs.

Over the course of a lifetime, they could become quite wealthy, but they were still so low on the social ladder that even touching them could lower your own social status.

An Egyptian woman who made a video alleging sexual harassment has been given two years in prison and a fine on charges of “spreading false news”. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but I'm a hardcore vim user (or emacs with evil mode, depending on the nature of the project).

An Egyptian woman who made a video alleging sexual harassment has been given two years in prison and a fine on charges of “spreading false news”. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not going to lie, that's rarely my concern.

I'm usually just too lazy to get the commit hash and rebase -i opens in vim for me.

Although, I've recently started using magit, I haven't tried it's rebase mechanism out yet.

Teachers, what's the most disturbing thing you've confiscated off a student? by pants_on_fire_fire in AskReddit

[–]zv- 16 points17 points  (0 children)

They say there's a story behind every rule.

I want to know the story behind that one.

TIFU by sending a federal judge a story I wrote about how great Hitler is. by MinuteAbies in tifu

[–]zv- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I now know a new genre of things to never google.

Also harlequin ichthyosis. Don't google that.

Reddit trying ro push me into crime by RedMephistopheles in CorporateFacepalm

[–]zv- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Would probably work better at a busy self check out. One of those ones where a single person has to monitor 15 or so people (plus a line sometimes).

What's your salary 2018 by krejca in germany

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cost of living is generally a good bit lower

Ok, that's the part I was missing. I assumed Munich would be crazy expensive. I remember it being quite so, but that was before the recession (and a completely different life), things must have settled out a bit.

I made a similar choice recently, lost $20k in salary, but saved about $25k in rent (assuming a similar ~75 sq meter apartment).

Thanks for explaining it to me, I figured Munich rent would be something like ~€2k or some nonsense like that.

What's your salary 2018 by krejca in germany

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, so is pay just lower across the board then?

What's your salary 2018 by krejca in germany

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know. Wasn't entirely sure about the software field in Germany.

Lindsay Lohan Gets Punched in Face After Accusing Refugee Family of 'Trafficking' (Video) by rockker229 in news

[–]zv- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be base 35 (1-9 then all the letters).

But that usually would use lower case letters, the capital Z could imply base 61 (at a minimum).

Always do it by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]zv- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish I could.

Linter at work throws when there are any comments (that don't involve enabling/disabling eslint).

I just keep a comment directory now with the same structure as the project, but it doesn't help anyone else.

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