Ash

Hello

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

Yeah of course, I am much more of a Caleb type than a Graham type myself

The point is if he himself lives the lifestyle that he recommends for low income people

For example, graham stephen would make a day in the life vlog where he shows how cheap and frugal he is, and teaching people to be the same

Caleb would likely not (maybe he could as a one off video, but it isn’t his brand)

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@mitchb146498 @sircalebhammer @sworland11 It seems you are not understanding what I am saying

Obviously he doesn’t need to do anything, I would probaby spend even more than Caleb if I were him.

I am just observing that there is a disconnect that some people find annoying (I don’t)

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

100% you are totally correct.

Butt, while it isn’t hypocrisy per-say, you aren’t acting as a great frugality role-model.

What you “model” is not being frugal, but focusing on making more money to live a great life while maintaining a budget.

So I guess there is a bit of a disconnect there

Graham Stephen on the other hand was a better “frugality” role-model (a lifestyle I find repulsive btw)

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@HunterBiden Oh cmon Hunter what the fuck is this

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@growing_daniel Ooof idk how I feel about this

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@HunterBiden Totally unbelievable, truly amazing blunder.

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@GundersonN3430 @Dennis_Ramen @andrewgrutt Yeah exactly, everyone is acting as if any architectural arrangement can account for the fact that you are launching a fucking softball that can break walls, cars, windows, or hurt someone

It clearly needs to be a tennis ball or wiffleball or something like that

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@powerbottomdad1 Yes

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

It has nothing meaningful to say, and may fundamentally be totally disjoint

I hope, however, that that isn’t the case.

That we somehow figure out what compositions of matter tend to allow for consciousness to emerge, and that that will take us some steps closer to understanding ourselves

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@corsaren Honestly this feels so relevant to most religious debates I’ve had hahaha

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

Yes exactly!

While becoming more mainstream recently (probably due to Peterson honestly), a deep appreciation of religion and religious themes, its “truth” outside of literal truth, is still quite rare and niche

Most religious people are shockingly close to the new athiesm caricatures

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

What’s your read on this I’m curious

To me, while Paul can come off condescending (annoying) at times, he is being reasonable. Palmer is being aggressive and antagonistic for no good reason, polarizing the discourse.

The name calling and bullshit arguments should be between the “no immigration at all” and the “sudanis deserve to live here as much as you” idiots, not paul and palmer who probably actually agree on what immigration policy should look like.

I could be wrong, but that’s my read

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

Interesting. The “right” position you have just described seems almost unassailable.

I guess that is why I do not appreciate this reflex to antagonize, as I feel like something like this clearly articulated would probably sound super attractive to almost all the tech-adjacent “lefties” in this ‘fight’.

Albeit a cliche, I think trying to find common ground would be super productive in this debate. Of course there are the 0 immigration types, and the “Somalis deserve to be here as much as you” types, but I do not think Paul or Palmer are either of those, so it is disappointing to see this type of dialogue.

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

I think it could be a great step forward to include cultural compatibility as part of the acceptance criteria for most immigrant visas

I do not think it would be a good idea to discount people completely based on their place of birth, but I do think it could make sense to have some qualitative ‘cultural compatibility’ assessment that includes place of birth when making decisions about an applicant

This is contrary to my liberal “fairness” intuitions, but I see the deep resentment towards immigrants growing in the US and something needs to change

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@MParakhin Yeah it is worse for ADHD, you need an aptitude for disciplined context switching to manage all the various threads, which almost definitionally people with ADHD do not have

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

Its more of an organizational concern. Across multiple teams contracts and microservices work best, a good representation of the actual operating structure and how decisions are made in the respective services

When its one team of 4 dudes with 22 microservices, it feels performative

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

What? The guy clearly believes H1B is good for the US, and doesn’t want to make it significantly harder to import top talent. Why do you assume he is not prioritizing the interests of Americans?

Not even being passive aggressive; is it because he is brown?

Don’t you think that is unfair?

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@theojaffee Would be by far the most interesting outcome

[Ash @ashrafwkhalil]

@C2_Cooper Would rank no change higher