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One particular sight while living in Tokyo was the checkout line snaked around the store at places like Tower Records. Students and businesspeople alike, each with a CD or two, buying them after classes/work. New releases had entire sections with lots of promotional material. Honestly creates this warm nostalgic feeling, and I like the Japanese trend toward a "collection" aspect of maintaining a physical library of music/books/film/other media, but personally Spotify already feels too integrated into my life to give up, especially for music discovery.

I wonder if there's also a social component with moderate drinking along with other factors; being able to enjoy drinks with colleagues after work or catch up with friends at a bar are culturally acceptable activities that seem to align with the relationship between a close social circle and longevity/health, especially amongst middle age and older adults.

i like Ghost's design aesthetic and usage, although what's most important is using whatever tool facilitates writing with least overhead

headline is a little bit misleading and withholds contextual information, making it seem more sensational than it actually seem

from the article's second paragraph: "The student union at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) insists that when studying philosophy “the majority of philosophers on our courses” should be from Africa and Asia."

while i might disagree with some of the nuances of the petition/movement, "Oriental/African Studies students want more representation from Oriental/African scholars" seems like a slightly better condensation of the article

this seems like a pretty standard enforcement of their policy - since real-life information was being shared on that community for the purposes of targeted harassment, banning has always been their primary recourse

No, it specifically relates to increased security checks and verification for refugee visa-seeking applicants (a major discussion point of R governmental agenda, but since it was enacted by a Dem president he is still clearly soft/weak on terrorism).

It's easy to see how this directly relates to subjects that the general HN readership finds important, including possible ramifications in technology (startups, hiring, logistics, etc) and engineering and scientific academia/research. In the past few days, the amount of links concerning U.S. politics/govt. has actually seemed fairly light, considering the amount of things that could be said.

How this is happening, the exact trajectory of how much worse these things are (and its potential to worsen) is somewhat terrifying, especially when you consider the cavalier disregard and easy ignorance that this policy represents. I know classmates and colleagues and friends who are discussing, in their groups and communities, how to best help people stranded, whether or not vacations and returns to see ill family members must be postponed or canceled, and how future plans to stay, live, and work in the U.S., or abroad, must be changed.

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While it's been easy to think about many possible negative outcomes in the proceeding days, weeks, months, another subtle aspect of this policy's ramifications is how it weakens trust and faith in the concept of stability for future American policy — the likelihood of future government actions, executed with little to no foresight, warning, or serious consideration, with serious consequences. How this effects this country's current reputation as a place to study, travel, find work, and start families + settle down can't be understated.

can you elaborate on your first point? i've read fringe theories relating modern healthcare philanthropy with a sublimated form of eugenics, but they've all struck me as somewhat polarized and devoid of evidence

the arbitrary enforcement of unclear policies makes egregious violations less noticeable—the increase of control through variance

search, interrogation, and intimidation are timeless and scary-effective ways of maintaining control of narratives and perspectives

the maintenance of physical borders is not only about the physicality of keeping people out, but ideas and expression, the conceptual border guard, too

don't preemptively judge your reasoning/analysis as cynical—it's a descriptor that's used to prematurely attack critique and commentary on feel good stories. if you don't buy into the narrative, you're being too cynical, doubtful, against the startup ethos. this kind of growth hacker, startup marketing clique, "hey look at my aspirational experiment journey" thrives off the lack of warranted criticism it receives

that kind of attitude is responsible for a lot of awful behavior in the startup community—why should a business venture be exempt from criticism for unethical/misleading practices just because they managed to parlay those practices into eventual financial success? what does that say about startup culture and the rewards, the "deserved congrats," we give out?

is there speculation that Japan might be, in the future few years, a promising place to establish startups and source promising talent? intuitively, i feel like there should be an amount of young engineers/designers/marketers and other professionals disinterested in typical salaryman positions at large corporations

is civilization locked into the "myth of progress" or, by living in civilization, is an individual's incentives (professional, financial, cultural, social) just more likely to be aligned with technology-centric and business-oriented practices? i don't think the issue is that we, as a society, are collectively choosing a path that may further erode personal liberties, societal cohesion, and maybe even personal happiness. it's just that rewards are positioned in such a way that many people, especially young and educated, will generally move toward that direction.

what's the response to an undergrad senior (CS major, typical software dev internships, portfolio) interested in working remotely after graduation? i assume the typical route is getting a full-time position and then transitioning—is it too arrogant/presumptuous to think startups would be interested in a new grad hire for remote positions?

any ideas on how this is similar to or differs from the prospects and structure of Darpa's explainable AI (XAI) contract?

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1606a25...

curious about the inherent trade-off between predictive power/complexity in ML model and the accuracy of system explanation's inferred by these models

hey now those new filters won't make themselves

thank you i've always wanted to order the audio cassette to the 1997 hit film "Good Burger"

it increases by $20/logo sold

The Baffler is far from real journalism—more like overpaid writers attempting to exercise literary contempt over topics they don't understand.