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DagAgren commented on I Am Deleting the Blog   slatestarcodex.com/2020/0... · Posted by u/perditus
zozbot234 · 6 years ago
Political discussion relating to the culture wars was not banned, it was corraled in order to encourage non-culture-wars discussion. And by and large, nazi $#!+ and "white people are superior"-style bigotry was banned and got zero attention. (When people refer to racist views at SSC they don't mean that literally as a rule, they're just disparaging uncomfortable views about very well defined issues in social science and the like, that have zilch to do with superiority or supremacism of any sort, naziism etc. Shooting the messenger, basically.)
DagAgren · 6 years ago
> When people refer to racist views at SSC they don't mean that literally as a rule, they're just disparaging uncomfortable views about very well defined issues in social science and the like, that have zilch to do with superiority or supremacism of any sort, naziism etc. Shooting the messenger, basically.

Do please specify what those "uncomfortable views" actually are.

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DagAgren commented on I Am Deleting the Blog   slatestarcodex.com/2020/0... · Posted by u/perditus
vorpalhex · 6 years ago
No, that would be if we called cancel-culture racist and anyone who perpetuated it a white supremacist.

By assigning moral outrage to one side of the debate, we remove the pretense of a debate. It's no longer about evidence and facts but vilifying one side. It's ad hominem 2.0 if you will, and it works because we as a society have a visceral negative reaction to some labels.

The problem is that pavlovian-esque training can be untrained. If you call everyone who does something you don't like a nazi, then pretty soon it doesn't seem like being a nazi is all that big of a deal. That in itself is bad because by abusing the term you buy cover for actual, literal nazis. The same issue applies when you label everything racist or sexist or otherwise.

Words have power, but that power can fade if misused.

DagAgren · 6 years ago
> it works because we as a society have a visceral negative reaction to some labels.

Do you know why we have that reaction? Because of millions upon millions of dead, innocent humans. That is what those ideologies lead to. We learned this lesson once, and we learned it very well. We don't want that to happen again. We don't want to let those ideas spread again. We don't want to see the mass graves again they lead to again. We learned that.

Some people have forgotten, though.

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DagAgren commented on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/hhs
dmarcos · 6 years ago
Current headsets resolution is already surprisingly good with some dev tricks. We use something called Compositor Layers at https://supermedium.com/ to render comic books in VR that look sharp and vivid. Not “retina” resolution yet but improving very quickly. Give it a couple of headset generations. We already have much much higher resolution and density panels but need to work within other constraints like small form factor, mobile SOCs limited compute power, weight, thermals and battery life.
DagAgren · 6 years ago
It's still unclear to me what the benefit is, though. The drawbacks are obvious - I have to wear a headset, I lost the physical interfacing, both in terms of input interfaces and in terms of being able to, say, just a put an e-reader down to stop reading it. What do I gain, after giving up all that?
DagAgren commented on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/hhs
dmarcos · 6 years ago
A VR headset can also give you a single good display on demand. What about reading a 100” mural scale comic book while laying down in bed?
DagAgren · 6 years ago
It definitely will not have the relative resolution of a physical monitor.
DagAgren commented on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/hhs
dmarcos · 6 years ago
You could potentially always have with you as many displays you want to whatever size you prefer and use them wherever you like: desk, couch, laying in bed... VR / AR Headsets can be a more convenient and comfortable replacement for traditional displays and desk setups.

[edit] typo

DagAgren · 6 years ago
Yeah, but all the things mentioned are things that require my full attention for longer spans of time. I don't need separate displays for them, I need one single good display.
DagAgren commented on Apple’s secretive AR and VR Headset plans altered by internal differences   bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/hhs
ngokevin · 6 years ago
That's interesting, I think a lot of people may use their Quest a lot often because of that hurdle to put on the headset (or charge batteries, etc).

This is sort of a self-plug, but we're experimenting with the idea of an app that has a comic reader, book reader, Reddit client, art viewer, video player syncing/streaming from a desktop, if you are interested in trying builds. We sort of looked to build the same thing, something you use a little bit everyday because it's better than tiny screens.

And I think as usual, Apple may be what will make VR mainstream, and that'll take quite some time given their AR/Glass focus.

DagAgren · 6 years ago
> we're experimenting with the idea of an app that has a comic reader, book reader, Reddit client, art viewer, video player

Why? I have all of those on my computer without strapping anything to my head.

DagAgren commented on Wirecard CEO exits as search for missing billions hits dead end in Asia   reuters.com/article/us-wi... · Posted by u/hhs
gizmo · 6 years ago
They didn't just IPO, they were included in the DAX 30! In addition, Wirecard claimed to be vastly more profitable than their competitors, but they never actually explained how they made all their money. There was certainly enough smoke to warrant an investigation, but regulators were asleep at the wheel.
DagAgren · 6 years ago
Regulators were definitely not asleep at the wheel. They were apparently actively defending them, for instance by attempting to sue the Financial Times for reporting on the irregularities.

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