“Costco: grocer of choice for large households of Singularitarians, such as those at the celebrated Minicamps!”
Haha, I didn’t think of that. It’s a fair point.
It would be grating if a dozen companies made posts like this every month, but that isn’t the case. I’m trying to make it easy to donate, in a community where akrasia is an obvious problem and many of us are not old enough to have made much money yet. Perhaps you’re disgusted by it, but do you really think it’s bad on net?
It would be grating if a dozen companies made posts like this every month, but that isn’t the case.
I’m a little wary of this. You think it would be bad if other people acted in a way similar to you in sufficient number? What determines who “gets” to reap the benefits of being the exception?
Yes. Yes, I do think it is bad, and I wish it would not be here. I don’t happen to wish it authoritatively enough to click “ban”, but I do wish it enough to say so.
I would not have complained about an Open Thread comment that straightforwardly detailed the offer without being so salesy.
So, to be clear: you are bothered by salesiness, not the offer itself? So much so that you considered banning me from Less Wrong? I don’t think you’re being a consequentialist right now.
I’d like to discuss this with you through email, if you care enough to make the time.
I am bothered by the salesiness and the location as a toplevel post. If it had been a non-salesy Open Thread comment it would have been sufficiently unobtrusive, and sufficiently not-annoying, that I would have let it pass without remark.
I cannot ban people, I can only hide posts.
I can’t say I have any reason to be interested in talking to you outside this format.
Good point. Too many people with the same name gets confusing. (I have two friends called “Christine”. Recently they both went and got married… to brothers. Now facebook has all sorts of trouble working out who I’m referring to!)
Haha, I didn’t think of that. It’s a fair point.
It would be grating if a dozen companies made posts like this every month, but that isn’t the case. I’m trying to make it easy to donate, in a community where akrasia is an obvious problem and many of us are not old enough to have made much money yet. Perhaps you’re disgusted by it, but do you really think it’s bad on net?
I’m a little wary of this. You think it would be bad if other people acted in a way similar to you in sufficient number? What determines who “gets” to reap the benefits of being the exception?
Yes. Yes, I do think it is bad, and I wish it would not be here. I don’t happen to wish it authoritatively enough to click “ban”, but I do wish it enough to say so.
I would not have complained about an Open Thread comment that straightforwardly detailed the offer without being so salesy.
So, to be clear: you are bothered by salesiness, not the offer itself? So much so that you considered banning me from Less Wrong? I don’t think you’re being a consequentialist right now.
I’d like to discuss this with you through email, if you care enough to make the time.
That seems likely. Alicorn is a professed deontologist.
I am bothered by the salesiness and the location as a toplevel post. If it had been a non-salesy Open Thread comment it would have been sufficiently unobtrusive, and sufficiently not-annoying, that I would have let it pass without remark.
I cannot ban people, I can only hide posts.
I can’t say I have any reason to be interested in talking to you outside this format.
You are missing out! He’s quite good looking, rather charming and generally fun to have around.
Sure, but his name’s Michael, and I know too many of those.
Good point. Too many people with the same name gets confusing. (I have two friends called “Christine”. Recently they both went and got married… to brothers. Now facebook has all sorts of trouble working out who I’m referring to!)