AuthorizedCust

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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
It reflects a system where that shields creditors from fewer risks. Nothing wrong with that per se.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Just because the government claims something to be a mere privilege does not justify bad policy.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
If “just” is absolute, you’re right. This is a human system, so it will never be perfect. “just” needs to be relative. This isn’t a framework for wholesale ignoring of problems. Rather, an appeal for a degree of grace in our judgments.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
> Human exceptionalism has poisoned so many studies. …then goes on to describe a human exception.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Pursuing status makes sense where the value of the decision rights or autonomy you get outweighs the cost of the pursuit. The value of the decision rights or autonomy can vary from person to person.
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The new Microsoft Teams is here with big performance improvements and UI changes(theverge.com)
2 points by AuthorizedCust 4y ago|0 comments
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
If we pause, then that gives [adversary] an invaluable opportunity to leapfrog us.
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Publishers beat Internet Archive as judge rules eBook lending violates copyright(arstechnica.com)
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Americans Pull Back from Values That Once Defined U.S.(wsj.com)
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
The lead: “Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans, a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds.”
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Who cares? Libraries are already in a death spiral. Circulation is way down and still plummeting, and there’s no realistic future that changes that. The traditional function of librarians and libraries has been obsoleted by technology for c
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
The whole point of diversifying is because some investments won’t do well.
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Warning: Don't Let Google Manage Your Passwords(pcmag.com)
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
It is reducing the value of something merely to one attribute.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
> A lot of products really have gotten shittier replacements. A perpetual pattern in humanity is this refrain coming from old people. :-) You can find examples of it from centuries ago.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Unlikely. I see this frequently, where niche vendors charge a lot for discontinued products.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
The Amazon price is high because you’re buying a discontinued product from a niche seller.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
I love this. I wish there was a straightforward way to get this sensibility into Google Docs, MS Word, or WordPress. So far, not seeing this. (The WordPress themes centered on this appear to have been abandoned years ago.)
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
In other words, the supervisor holds the vision of the output, and that person assures that the people interested in the craft are acting towards creating the desired output.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
You’re missing the point. We don’t need a surveillance society to achieve societal goals. But the UK made that choice. What does that say about the UK? The mere presence of a potential harm does not justify all means to correct the harm. Wh
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Affirmed by gross mass-proliferation of automated ticketing machines on UK roads.
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BSA just limited Cub Scout campouts to one night(scouting.org)
2 points by AuthorizedCust 4y ago|1 comments
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Vision Zero Accomplishes Zero [in Denver](ti.org)
1 points by AuthorizedCust 4y ago|0 comments
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1Password will soon skip passwords in favor of passkeys(engadget.com)
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A Study [Suggests] Stoplights Need a Fourth Color: White(popularmechanics.com)
1 points by AuthorizedCust 4y ago|1 comments
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
The parent posts mentioned 970 and 980, not 850.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
Except the evidence on flossing isn’t strongly in its favor: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tossing-flossing-2016081...
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
How is that ID fake? It would have to imitate some ID issued by some organization to be fake. I think “novelty ID” may be more correct. Just like those novelty dollar bills that kind of look like real currency in some ways but still have si
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
It’s only fake if it’s imitating an ID issued by some other organization.
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by AuthorizedCust 4y ago
When party X acts wrongly, it hands a win to party Y. Here, the Arizona GOP is handing Arizona Democrats an easy moral victory. When you no longer support something as essential as open records, you’ve sunk to despotism. Open records should

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