AlbertCory

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by AlbertCory 2y ago
In almost any profession, your word is all you have. Welsh on someone, and no one will trust you anymore.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
Yeah. But if you chop one up and dissolve it in olive oil before cooking anything else, then it's just umami
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
A lot of people refuse to believe it won't make your food taste fishy. Sigh.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I don't know how that all plays out, to be perfectly honest.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
> The prosecutor's recommendation of no jail time is frankly disappointing It could have been disingenuous. Maybe they knew the judge wouldn't go for it. As for her not cooperating: would you rather SBF skate free? I don't
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
In the real world, a prosecutor can only nail a higher-up with the cooperation of the people lower down. Those people only cooperate if they get a lighter sentence. It's too bad, but that's how it is and it plays out every day in
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
For some unfathomable reason, I can still remember their football fight song, to the tune of "Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame": Cheer, cheer for old Pivnick Tech We're gonna get it right in the neck. Send a sound of Taps on h
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
Hey, I want to thank you, erikaww, and underbiding for pointing me at a great research topic: a big rock I can turn over and see what's slithering around under there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41631995
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"Traffic Violence": The Grifters Go After Cars(albertcory50.substack.com)
14 points by AlbertCory 2y ago|17 comments
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Rescuing Some 80s Travel Slides(albertcory50.substack.com)
1 points by AlbertCory 2y ago|0 comments
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
> "debasement" and "pollution" read https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... Inventing inflated words to make something old sound like a fresh crisis is indeed debasement a
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
> You don’t gather at work for the fun of it, you come together to do great things. It stands to reason the peak moments of joy and bonding are fueled by a sense of accomplishment. Companies that spend a lot of time defining their "
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I just watched it. I don't think he's edgy. You can't explain it in terms of anything else, which was sorta my original point. Maybe he could have been more touchy-feely in his answer, but that wasn't his nature.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
https://archive.ph/HwKJk
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I'm reading "The Big Picture" (Sean Carroll) right now. I'd love to have a real physicist explain this, but: When we think of what a particle IS, we often think as though it were dirt, or a billiard ball, or something. A
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
> What are you gaining out of this? Stopping the deliberate debasement and pollution of our language. That's what I'm gaining. Or trying to. Call it what it is ("traffic accidents"), and we can stop arguing. Other cou
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
No, they are "traffic accidents." You don't get to rename them so they sound like something else.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
Classic propaganda device: if you're against calling X "Y", you must be in favor of X. "Traffic violence" is not a thing. Call them "traffic accidents" as we always have, and we can move on. And then, of c
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
HR gonna HR. Big stupid companies will get what they deserve if they enforce arbitrary, stupid rules like this. The smarter companies will say, "Good. More for me!"
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I've sold a lot of stuff on discogs; haven't bought any vinyl. Look at the quality. It's self-assessed, but you can look at a seller's ratings. You can also ask them questions and ask for a photo. As for costs: there&#x2
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I was ok until this: > Python is Esperanto No, it's not. Esperanto never caught on with ordinary speakers.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
No, krapp, you're wrong. "Rights" belong only to citizens. The fact that some government speech is protected does not mean the speaker has a "right." Language matters.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I think the revulsion, if I can call it that, is to the apparently-trendy term "traffic violence." What was wrong with "traffic accidents"? People had gotten used to it so you had to invent something new?
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
Very well put. People use the word "right" in sloppy ways, basically just "I like this." The government is protected for speech related to its duties, in clearly spelled out ways.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
Maybe because it's ignorant. The answer from salawat has some knowledge behind it.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
> This is just splitting hairs anywhere but a courtroom we were talking about the law, as I recall. > Anyway, a mall is a public space malls have been held to be public spaces, but not the insides of the stores.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
There's a difference between recording everyone entering your space, and recording everyone in a public space.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
This is a blanket statement needing substantiation, but then, so was mine and I don't feel like doing research. Maybe some legal scholar will weigh in. I predict a case about this will reach the Supreme Court in the next few years.
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
The issue with governments implementing mass warrantless surveillance is not training or standards, NIST or otherwise. It should be straight-out illegal. Governments do not have "free speech" rights. As for private citizens doing
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by AlbertCory 2y ago
I'd say watch it and then decide. No spoilers.

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