carti | 5 years ago | on: Perseverance Toward Life Goals Can Fend Off Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorders
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carti | 5 years ago | on: I Got My Attention Back (2017)
I feel this way too. I think you can still get access to a lot of the "conversational currency" by just checking it less frequently. Making highly curated lists helps a lot too, since you can isolate a lot of the more drama/entertainment-focused users to particular feeds.
carti | 5 years ago | on: Thoughts on cameras in the age of excellent cell phone photos
Besides picture quality, there's definitely something to be said for using a device that's exclusively for photo/video. You've got better UX (hopefully), amazing lens options, no notifications or distractions, and a different state of mind (at least for me). It's also immediately obvious to everyone in the vicinity that you're taking pictures and not just messing with your phone.
carti | 5 years ago | on: Bye, Amazon
Totally agree. Realized my earlier comment could be read as suggesting inaction or complacency, which wasn't the point I was trying to make at all. Everyone should be acting with their wallet where and when they can and pushing corporations to behave ethically while keeping in mind the sort of behaviors encouraged by the larger structures at play.
carti | 5 years ago | on: Bye, Amazon
"There's no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism" comes to mind. Even if some folks are in a position to spend all of their money in ways that align with their values (which seems impossible given the extent of global supply chains), it's out of reach for the vast majority until systemic change is realized.
carti | 5 years ago | on: Bye, Amazon
The Cato Institute, founded as the Charles Koch Foundation, is pro-capital, pro-deregulation, and anti-worker.
Being a noted economist doesn't mean that you aren't full of shit.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do I learn JavaScript?
LeetCode, Project Euler, etc. are great if you're looking for a bit of structure with your practice and would give you a reason to go through the MDN docs in a more targeted way. A lot of older resources are more OO-focused, but functional JS is more immediately useful for working with modern front-end libs/frameworks, in my opinion.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Japan wants foreign entrepreneurs, but what's missing?
Not drastically, it seems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_issues_in_Japan
carti | 6 years ago | on: Why the Government Isn't a Bigger Version of a Startup
This was claimed for propaganda purposes and never substantiated, afaik.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
I wasn't assuming you did say anything about those things; I was merely saying that others commonly do so, and do in fact frequently lump those together with "they have opportunities, but don't want to take them" in a way that harms the communities like the one you grew up in, while being quite ignorant of the policy, available resources, and conditions in general.
I am honestly glad you made it out, by the way. I'm not so presumptuous to think that a comment here would "change your perception" or "co-opt" anyone to serve my "ideology."
Not sure why you'd think your personal experience is representative of the average experience -- decades of social science research suggest the contrary.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
There is a difference. Please ask some women you know about this, as the parent suggested.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
If you can't recognize the difference, you aren't talking with or listening to enough women in your circle about this sort of thing. I would highly encourage you to do so.
Regardless, the parent is not saying that men don't also experience the fear of violence.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
Citation needed.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
How many are rising out of that sort of situation in the U.S. in 2019? It's in the interest of those who seek to maintain the status quo to have people believe that this is a real possibility, when for most, it isn't.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor
Blaming the people in the ghetto for the problems of the ghetto is a common refrain of those who seek to deny the material conditions and motivations that created the ghetto in the first place. This train of thought leads to the justification of various cutbacks and reductions in social aid programs (exacerbating the situation), as the presumed beneficiaries of such programs are deemed lazy, morally unworthy, and lacking the desire to change their ways.
Changing this perception is key to making progress on this and related issues of class and resource distribution. There's heaps of research out on the positive difference a slight increase in resources can make in terms of human development.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Cyberpunk web design made easy, really easy
CSS Secrets: Better Solutions to Everyday Web Design Problems (written by Lea Verou) covers a variety of interesting techniques along these lines.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash and Why
A lot of the local guidelines I've seen mention that light grease is ok.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Functional Programming? Don’t Even Bother, It’s a Silly Toy
> I have personally taught a few junior developers functional programming in JavaScript, and they became really good at it in about half a year.
If only...
carti | 6 years ago | on: StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers’ data
This comment plays into some awful streetwear stereotypes. "ym bape compilation" is about as representative of streetwear as a video of Raiders fans rioting is representative of professional sports, if not less so. Sure, there are some assholes. Where aren't there?
I think the sort of behavior you describe can happen with any sort of niche or exclusive retail. It's not particularly fair to single out streetwear here, which already has a negative stigma in many circles.
I'd assume the bouncers would be there primarily to prevent shrinkage. Seems reasonable to have people around to ensure running off with hundreds of dollars of clothing is less attractive of a proposition. Sorry you had to deal with that confrontation either way, though.
I'm curious how much of the flakiness attributed to fashion applies to other arts or arts-adjacent areas.
carti | 6 years ago | on: Anyone who looks at this code instantly becomes insane
It's absurdly "bad" form taken to such an extreme that it's basically parody (or art).
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In my experience, many seem to encourage the opposite (a higher awareness of one's emotional state). Perhaps certain techniques could be considered similar to horse blinders, but I definitely don't think "blindness" is the goal.