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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Dentists are experts on neurology now? I don't think the debate here has anything to do with the effects of fluoride on teeth.
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Latency (such as you get when communicating over the phone) makes turn taking much more difficult. Even in-person it's still a non-zero false positive rate though.
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
That's exactly why I didn't use Republicans as an example; because I know there's lots of people on the Democrat side who consider that perfectly acceptable rhetoric as long as it's not targeting them. I maintain that th
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
"Black people are abusive, violent thugs, within a subculture of violent thuggery, in cities which lack..." Maybe a bit better, but you're still overgeneralizing in order to demonize an entire group of people. If you want to
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Okay, so if it was "democrats are abusive violent thugs" instead of "black people" then that would be acceptable discourse?
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
There's a difference between "black people in x city are y% more likely per capita to commit violent crime" and "black people are violent thugs". One is a statistical reality that can be used in a constructive conte
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Generally agree with what you said, but "Cops are known to be abusive, violent thugs" is a terrible thing to say completely unqualified like that. If you don't understand why, consider that crime rates are known to be higher
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
> very difficult because you do not have access to the surveillance database that would help you Is the legal process of discovery not a thing in the UK? Finding evidence that might exonerate you is precisely what that process is for.
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Normally I'd agree; people overuse the term "Stockholm syndrome", but in this case it's a perfect analogy. Apple has you trapped. You can't use a competing smart watch even if you wanted to, because Apple is block
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
This perspective is infuriating. It's literally Stockholm syndrome. Your device is being held prisoner in a cell that they refuse to give you the key to unlock no matter how much you beg, and you are actually thanking them for it. Ho
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Again, biometrics are fine for local access . If you cut your finger or scar your face just use your backup method (maybe a pin, maybe a different finger) to get in and update the scan. And if someone steals your fingerprint they can'
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Also an e-bike in the snow or pouring rain is miserable if it even works at all. There are some situations where they're great, but cars are just a lot more flexible. One vehicle that does everything.
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
> many of them genuinely have zero metric for gauging "how much is Aurornis working?" besides measuring the amount of time a butt is in a seat This is a legitimate problem though. Obviously making people do all their work from
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Shouldn't the response header returned by Chrome say "4-138724" then though, and not "4-1943507"? The synthesized response body doesn't include bytes "138725-1943507".
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Starcraft players presumably not surprised. But seriously, isn't this just a function of how much babysitting the robots require and how good the UI is for controlling them? I don't see why there should be any fundamental limits h
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
I've always felt Matt's channel was a bit too "cheerleady" (for lack of a better term) regarding the topics it covers. A lot of the videos seem to be in the format of: "Here's some long-shot green energy idea s
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
So is this just a more efficient form of ion propulsion? Or does it have enough thrust to potentially supplant chemical rockets for some lower-thrust use cases?
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
My point is that the article doesn't give any concrete reasons _why_ this man's family cut him off other than that they disagreed with him. It doesn't explicitly say he was ruining them financially, or that he refused to talk
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
The person I was replying to did exactly the same thing: "Without going too deeply, I sympathize with the writer on an extremely personal level." If you want to say I'm lying just because you disagree with my take on the issu
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
I mean, people are obviously free to choose to associate with who they wish. But let's be clear: if a person decides to cut someone off merely because their beliefs are different, then they're the one "prioritizing their be
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
So your position is that he placed a $10,000 bet on something he didn't actually believe in? That he's lying and doesn't really believe in those things, and is just claiming he does because he has an "emotional desire&qu
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Maybe. I guess it depends on how much of an impact that had; the article doesn't go into detail. Was this just an unusual hobby that his wife didn't like? Or was it completely consuming their life and financial resources? But you&
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
I agree it's one thing to hold different beliefs, and another thing to be constantly starting arguments over them and refusing to discuss anything else. Maybe that was happening, but if it was then the article completely omits that ver
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
> He is prioritizing these radical beliefs above his marriage, friendships, and relationships with his children. Was he? Maybe I missed something, but I didn't see any indication of that in the article. Unless by "prioritizing
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
How so? The article doesn't give any indication of that. It just says they disagreed.
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
I'm not going to go into the details of my relationships with the people I'm close to here. And yes, I'm specifically talking about the wife and daughter when I say that some members of his family decided to abandon him over
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
The situation described in the article isn't schizophrenia or bipolar disorder; or at least it doesn't seem to be. His father just started believing online conspiracy theories
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Having some degree of personal experience with this situation myself, I don't see why you'd ever sever a relationship over something like this. Like sure, maybe his beliefs are insane, but why would you let that affect your person
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Yes, forks can do anything. That's the point: to make it possible to create software that behaves the way the user wants and not just the way it was originally programed. There are lots of ways to figure out what version to install; wh
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by Ajedi32 2y ago
Yes, malware does exist in app stores. I don't really see how that's related to Free Software though? When I say user-hostile features I'm not talking about malware. Yes, I suppose theoretically you could fork a Free Software

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