> Because Fridman will literally have a guest with platform A, like Netanyahu, and agree on 95% of his controversial points with little pushback. And then immediately after have on Yuval Harari, with the opposite opinion on those controversial points...
Isn't that his whole schtick? Letting people voice their different opinions? Yes his questions are soft. And yes, I'd love to see Netanyahu and Harari debate - can you make that happen?
The Lex Fridman interview was awful. Milei hasn't said a single interesting thing. I was expecting a lot more from (I think) the first politician following the Austrian school of economics.
Many of the people who appear to me to talk the most sense (eg: Tyler Cowen) follow the Austrian school. It being fringe does not mean they're wrong. It could be the mainstream is wrong. I'm not an economist and don't know.
Why is it that every time the word Java comes up, some rando without any apparent insight into Java shows up to make weird Kotlin remarks.
1. There is no such thing as "strictly better syntax", that's impossible to objectivize.
2. Kotlin, while growing in popularity, doesn't even hit the 1% mark on the TIOBE index. It is currently less popular than Prolog. Java sits at 10%.
3. Don't yuck someone else's yum. It isn't constructive. It doesn't promote good discussion. And this just reeks of uninformed, subjective "java bad"-bandwagoning.
You're of course mostly right. In my defense, I'd say it's mostly informed "java bad" bandwagoning ;)
Java is impossibly verbose and the language is sort of dumb. I understand why it's often used in corporate setting as the lowest common denominator: even the less bright can write it and read it.
This is all often-repeated nonsense that has little basis in truth, especially when it comes to modern Java. I was willing to argue in good faith, but your final remark is rather galling, and I can only assume you're an ass.
Many of them have sued for defamation over being called a nazi and lost because the court ruled that the alleged defamatory statements are true and as such not defamation.
Fair. Though I'd rather say "confirmed" than "certified". Also it depends which court ruled that: I'm sure a Russian court would rule that there's a significant number of nazis in Ukraine.
And I'm surprised a nazi would sue for defamation: I'd guess most nazis wouldn't.
I'd trust that more than a Russian court for sure.
Though having seen the enormous German self-flagellation about Nazism and WWII, I wouldn't be surprised if their courts overcompensated somewhat in the other direction...
> I think one thing I worry about is my daughter possibly not growing up with a mother. Like how that will affect her.
Don't worry about that! My daughter lost her mother when she was 1.5 years old. It's important to have a sensible female role model. A grandma or an aunt will do just fine.
When my partner died, I read up a bit about the problems children face when being raised by a single father. By far the biggest problem was the father's alcoholism. So I decided not to become an alcoholic (a prospect which actually looked rather enticing at a certain point in time). Also I try to be gentle with myself: it's ok to mess up.
Again, hang in there and best of luck to you and your family!
As always, yes and no. I'm a single father, my partner died when our daughter was 1.5 years old. A baby requires constant attention and care, so I didn't quite have the option of falling into some kind of depression and just doing nothing.
That said, I quite miss the abundant free time I used to have in my other life. Nowadays is constant battle about the littlest things. I pour the milk the wrong way and get screamed at for 15 minutes.
It's difficult to say what is a choice and what isn't. Is anything my choice? Perhaps the world is deterministic, so nothing is anyone's choice. But also, I have seen people who seemingly choose to wallow in their grief.
Also what is depression? I'm very sad that my partner died. I miss her. Some people have a chemical imbalance in their body. These are entirely different things. Perhaps I shouldn't have used that word, which has so many different meanings as to lose meaning altogether.
When you have a kid and don't want to get out of bed the whole day, eventually the kid is hungry enough to start screaming, and it will keep screaming until you get out of bed and feed it. It really is in everyone's mutual interest, depression or not. It's harder to stay depressed when you have to do things. It's easier to stay depressed when you can lie in bed the whole day.
Thanks for restating, I get where you're coming from.
Also your reply to another comment made me realize this is also a language mixup on my side. I didn't realize there is a depression (mood) in English. My native language has the major depressive disorder as depression, not sure if there is a term for the mood. Sorry for not checking this assumption before but I guess my perception of suggesting 'have you tried not being depressed?' just didn't sit well with me.
It is never a choice and it is always a choice because it is fundamentally an internal psychological battle.
I personally think that viewing it as a choice is the more productive of the two. That is to say, people have the choice to persevere, keep trying to improve, and trying to recover. Nothing will change without intent.
Wikipedia says "Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity" - that's what I meant.
Mental illness is I think a different thing. Depression doesn't imply mental illness, nor does mental illness imply depression. I understand and agree that many people let mental illness come between them and whatever. It's a problem. It's just a different problem.
Isn't that his whole schtick? Letting people voice their different opinions? Yes his questions are soft. And yes, I'd love to see Netanyahu and Harari debate - can you make that happen?
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