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by Geekette 9y ago
Nevertheless, I'm sure it'll be done in a pulp-conscious manner despite their feeling the squeeze of such pressing times.
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by Geekette 9y ago
The interesting split is to see when something is called "ideologically" driven versus something merely painted as the act of a "crazed" person. Indeed. It's interesting to see how people's framing of a topic
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by Geekette 9y ago
"Why were the media and the public so ready to dismiss Kaczynski as crazy?" I've always marveled at people's insistence on not believing that others can cultivate and act on bad/evil impulses without necessarily b
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How Unite the Right planned to obscure racist goals for Charlottesville march(revealnews.org)
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How snobbery helped take the spice out of European cooking(npr.org)
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by Geekette 9y ago
Thanks for posting; it was very informative. I'd been looking for a succinct explainer of the what and how of the flood disaster but kept running into situation updates instead.
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by Geekette 9y ago
They might be unhappy but a higher frequency of chargebacks (and possibly bank/card issuer responses) may be the kick they need to re-evaluate and overhaul their current system of maker accountability.
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by Geekette 9y ago
With more cases like this popping up, it seems the safer route is: Back product on Kickstarter and set reminders for 2 weeks before chargeback deadline for credit card used. If product is undelivered by that date, then cancel order with mak
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by Geekette 9y ago
A better video of Pepper in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5cPawxFUs
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Pepper the robot to don Buddhist robe for its new funeral services role(japantimes.co.jp)
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What a physicist sees when she looks at a fancy gown(racked.com)
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by Geekette 9y ago
"The nuance I'm interested in is whether a person in this situation would reasonably assume they would lose their job, or promotion opportunities, etc, if they didn't do the illegal task as asked. And if so, does that create
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by Geekette 9y ago
Your anger is misplaced: He IS guilty of wrongdoing (and doesn't dispute it), therefore, entitled to being held accountable, especially as an exec who led a related engineering division.
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by Geekette 9y ago
Given the typical pattern of cooperation and plea deals, I assume his cooperation was in exchange for lesser charges and/or a relatively lenient sentence, i.e. it could have been much worse without.
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by Geekette 9y ago
Doubtful. He made his decisions as an adult, fully aware of what was right/legal - he could have refused but chose not to.
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Researchers say Exxon duped public over climate concerns(bloomberg.com)
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Danish police identify torso as journalist last seen on Peter Madsen's submarine(reuters.com)
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Woman’s body found as Danish police search for missing journalist(theguardian.com)
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How the perceived neutrality of engineering affects work and hiring practices(hbr.org)
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Survey results on startup workplace culture (from 200 men and 750 women) [pdf](womenwhotech.com)
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by Geekette 9y ago
" I think it's extremely hard for social science. It's really hard to be NOT biased if you're a part of the hypothesis you're trying to prove." That's why mechanisms such as control groups and blind anal
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by Geekette 9y ago
I view it not as a denial of difference but outlining that regardless of physiological differences of male and female human bodies, most brains are a composite of traits/features associated with males and females. "Neuroscientist
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There is no such thing as a male or female brain(fastcompany.com)
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The iterated nazi dilemma(facebook.com)
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Cities prepare for infrastructure overload during total solar eclipse(citylab.com)
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Tests show dangerous pollutants in military’s open burns greater than estimated(propublica.org)
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Morgan DeBaun on reaching 20M millennials with Blavity (video and transcript)(blog.ycombinator.com)
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by Geekette 9y ago
No, you are projecting your irrational beliefs on the article. It clearly states the parameters of discussion and titled the report according to the conclusion. They found that nuclear is safest major energy source They never blankly st
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by Geekette 9y ago
"I only read the first 3 paragraphs but ..." You can't have a informed conclusion without reading the entire article. That said, it clearly states in the 2nd paragraph that the assessment is for energy types with the lowest
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by Geekette 9y ago
500 startups have several accusers come forward against at least 2 of its leaders[1][2][3][4]. Nobody can necessarily know the full extent of what happened without having been there when each incident occurred but there has been enough info

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