Ansil849

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by Ansil849 5y ago
> I actually used to work on redesigning the formulation and process for strawberry fillings. Nothing changed except your taste buds. Nothing changed, but you redesigned the formulation? What does that mean?
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> There is however significant evidence indicating a country other than Russia Such as?
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Yes, and the reason people die to drug use is because drug use is inherently dangerous for people.
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> There is a reason that AA is the way it is. What a weird thing to say. Please, what is the reason AA is the way it is? Other than religious brainwashing.
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by Ansil849 5y ago
According to the link you provided, the most dangerous drug is acetaminophen.
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So, I take it that you have never ridden in a car? And if you have, you've explicitly assumed responsibility for or complicity with, the potential taking of a life of a pedestrian? Is that what you are saying?
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Jaywalking is illegal in several jurisdictions. So no, the jaywalker is not just viewed as a victim. But yes, socially, of course like I said it is extremely sad to see, but also like I said...If someone made a choice to recklessly endanger
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by Ansil849 5y ago
My view on drug use has been described as uncompassionate, and I legitimately want to change my perspective, but I haven't been able to. I view drug use as a choice. Yes, there are tons of social, economic, even genetic predisposing fa
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Every time I read about a coding bootcamp, it comes off as, if not outright fraud, then at the very least sleazy and deceptive.
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Does it likewise amuse you when Europeans freak out if they are not allowed to smoke or if there is no designated smoking area in the vicinity?
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> They're basically saying that he's a terrible person because he... has sex with women. That is not at all what the comments appear to be saying. Instead, the comments are saying things like: > Hmm here he talks about takin
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by Ansil849 5y ago
I do a fair amount of travelling (both solo and group) myself, and I just very rarely take videos. I stick with photos.
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Basically a version of the two cows joke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows
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by Ansil849 5y ago
I tried watching a couple, and the guy just comes off as an insufferable douchebag. Acting like a twat and mugging for the camera. edit: having watched a couple more videos, this just reinforces my theory that the most popular youtube chann
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> Actually, this is a pretty reasonable heuristic. Except apparently in this case, eh?
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What does that even mean, in context here? Did the can have gemstones on it? Were there gemstones inside? Wtf?
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Who would've thought that buying a concentrated spray of chemicals from Walmart and then proceeding to fill your home with it was a bad idea? 'It's sold in Wal-Mart, in America, it _must_ be safe!'
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> neither the US or UK have ever imprisoned and tortured a journalist from a major publication (unless I'm overlooking someone). This was in the news just last month: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/soldiers-
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> you may give the signal out during work/while video chatting with a friend/relative while the abuser is unobservant but within hearing distance. It just seems like an extremely dangerous thing to do. If someone sees you doing
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> since few will recognize it. This is I think precisely why this signal is a non-starter. For it to be successful, it seems to require that a large percentage of people are able to recognize it. But if a large percentage of people can r
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> I hope you're joking. Why? There, by definition, is always a moment when you learn something. You're not born knowing SOS. At some point in your life you learn of it. To reply to someone who expresses that that this was such
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by Ansil849 5y ago
This is a story about someone slipping a note. It's a far cry from "someone doing a specialized hand symbol that someone intended noticed, while someone unintended did not notice". Or in other words, the amount of people who
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by Ansil849 5y ago
No. I am suggesting that the discretion of airport security staff about whom to pay closer attention to is. And my suggestion is known as 'profiling'.
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> Getting knives past airport security seems not particularly difficult from the experience of my circle and other anecdotal sources. I've had friends and family accidentally get knives through security on many occasions, and I have
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Yes, I understand this. What I don't understand is the expectation that I outlined above: wherein the abuser does not understand or notice the gesture, but the people on the other end of the line do both notice and understand the gestu
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by Ansil849 5y ago
I'm having trouble understanding a use-case for this. The point appears to be to use it if you are in a situation where for example your abusive partner is next to you, for example on a video call, and you want to signal on this call (
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by Ansil849 5y ago
> what is the mechanism that creates people like this. I think it's pretty straightforward: take one part a person who sees an opportunity to earn a sizable income, and one part a person with ethics different than yours. And there y
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...but apparently not as per the 2021 film. Seriously, where did the guild navigators go in the Zendaya version?
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This whole 250 comment thread is basically people discussing what they'd do or what you should do when finding yourself in a police encounter. My counterpoint is that none of that discussion actually applies. As for most people wanting
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by Ansil849 5y ago
Here's the thing: you can have all sorts of detached, academic discussions on a forum like HN or on a blogpost about what the best thing to do is, or the most pragmatic thing, or the worst thing when dealing with a police encounter. Bu

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