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by Fezzik 4y ago
The survey results I saw, the important citations I didn’t see is how they extrapolated the results to represent anything more than the responses of 2,079 people that are interested in surveys about cryptocurrency and cross-border transacti
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I read the whole thing, including the survey results summary, but nowhere do I see how a survey of 2,000 of their own subscribers can be magnified to “represent” three million people. That methodology is not mentioned anywhere that I can se
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by Fezzik 4y ago
This woefully-lacking-of-legit-citations article says nothing like what you are asserting it says.
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I work for a large State agency, the last type of employer I ever thought would be flexible, and for all staff — support/secretarial, managerial, and attorneys — we are on a permanent (optional) hybrid model. Non-attorney staff can opt
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by Fezzik 4y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/world-lost-one-third-forests and the rate at which we deforest and destroy grassland to make grazing land is ever-increasing.
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Another upside to the newer versions of the Kwikset smartkey systems: they are moderately difficult to force open, even for a pro, if they are trying to be remotely discreet - I locked myself out, deadbolt and doorknob, and it took a profes
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I got the tail end of this glorious era - even in to the early 90s we had magnificent structures almost this big, with swings that made you feel like you could touch the stars because the chains were so long. The entire class sprinted to th
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Maybe it’s pedantic, but in my experience the best summation of a scientific approach to beleif is to say ‘I will withhold belief until sufficient evidence is provided to support the belief.’ Most noticeably, this stance does not exclude th
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Not all consequences are the same, even if the initial conditions are of the same-type; not all people who acknowledge negative consequences think of themselves as victims. Saying one is aware that certain conditions and circumstances in ch
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Both Danielle Steel and J.K. Rowling appear to have sold more books. Steel’s numbers in the wiki entry are from 2010, and Rowling’s from 2018; I assume they have only increased since then. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I often envy people who get to read these great books for the first time - I promise you that you will not be disappointed. If you have not read Lonesome Dove I would recommend that in the near future. For some reason they remind me of one
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I’ve got a 55” 4k set and I definitely don’t have that problem - I live in the Oregon high desert, where we get a ton of sun, and with my set located about 8’ from a 9’ x 16’ picture window I have never had trouble seeing even dark movies,
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by Fezzik 4y ago
On TCL panels (recommended in a separate comment) you can toggle/select what input the TV boots to and then you’re never bothered again.
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Buy a TCL panel and never connect it to the internet. They are technically marketed as Smart TVs but there is no requirement that you connect them, and there are zero prompts or limits if you don’t. I’ve been using them for years and love t
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by Fezzik 4y ago
A bit of a tangent… but we are rather dumb animals. If you watch an animal like a Bowerbird, that expends oodles of energy to stack petals in color-coordinated piles to attract a mate, and really think hard about all the stupid stuff we do,
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Probably. Professional musicians are unable to distinguish between modern violins and Stradivari. It’s just hype. The key point is summarized in this very article: “In fact, a 2012 double-blind study of 21 experienced violinists found that
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Yup, the same thing happens with independent minors in the care of the State - they get a benefit from the state every month but if they have above [a tiny number saved] or earn above [a tiny paycheck every month] the subsidy is reduced, do
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by Fezzik 4y ago
If you live in a town with great outdoor dining near a main downtown-strip you will quickly notice that the same dingalings rev their modded cars trucks up and down the strip over-and-over-and-over-and-over again. Especially on Friday and S
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Panspermia and abiogenesis are different but more likely explanations than any religious explanation for the origins of life. That said, my comment is merely a reply to one thing: reasonably likely science vs gossip from illiterate, worship
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I think you’re misreading the article… the one and only conclusion for the article is that “Miller recreated in his experiments the atmosphere and waters of the primtive Earth. The role of the rocks was hidden in the walls of the reactors.”
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Abiogenesis has nothing to do with aliens: it’s the conclusion of “[t]he classic 1952 Miller–Urey experiment [that] demonstrated that most amino acids, the chemical constituents of proteins, can be synthesized from inorganic compounds under
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by Fezzik 4y ago
The origin of life (organic material arising from inorganic material) is actually not that interesting of a question - abiogenesis explains it just fine. Fairy tales from illiterates are absolutely not a better theory absent extraordinary e
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by Fezzik 4y ago
If true, noting that just shy of 50% of tech folk feel underpaid seems surprising… for how low the number is, not how high. Everyone I know (judges, attorneys, law clerks, doctors, administrative staff, teachers, baristas…) thinks that th
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by Fezzik 4y ago
I think, like most things, it’s a bell curve - the bulk of the people want to contribute a reasonable amount while some want contribute none and some extra. The glaring issue in the United States is how much capital is gained — though I pre
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Somewhat related to the anecdote you’re skeptical of: I was a law clerk for multiple years for a presiding judge and if you were a wise attorney rule #1 was be kind to the administrative staff at the courthouse - judges would find out if yo
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by Fezzik 4y ago
FWIW it’s worth (not much, obviously) I’m allergic to cats but I would much rather sit next to someone with a cat on an airplane than the absolutely noxious scents so many people insist in dousing themselves in before flying. The headaches
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by Fezzik 4y ago
He also did this a few weeks ago in an open tournament: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ7UH8nbB3I There are a bunch of analysis videos on youtube about how vast his game knowledge is and how quick and precise his reaction t
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by Fezzik 4y ago
Seems odd to have an article about age and Esports that mentions Tokido, aged 36, but not Daigo ‘The Beast’ Umehara, aged 40, who has been crushing Street Fighter variants for (almost) decades, including returning to dominance after a brief
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by Fezzik 4y ago
This reminds me of big law firms - I briefly worked at a gigantic law firm and it seemed the closer to partner an attorney was the more divorces, mistresses, and extreme health problems that attorney would have.
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by Fezzik 5y ago
Even brilliant for adults: I did my entire professional website in iWeb when I started as a solo attorney back in 2011. I think at that point it had been sunsetted, but I used it for a year and it was amazing. Nothing before or since has be

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