Kalium

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I strongly suspect that in practice, those engaged parents handle it by moving to the next polity over that's not trying to use them to improve policies.
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> When you add a project that is built from scratch without using a framework that has strong stances on how files should be organized, all bets are off. You have to spend a lot of time trying to wrap your head around the custom abstract
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Usually the real answer is that it isn't actually $50k for a trash can. In something like an airplane, there's a whole bunch of costs that are overhead on the plane itself without being attached to any particular part (delivery, i
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You're absolutely right. I can see I was unclear. Almonds were an example, rather than a particular suggestion of the best place to start.
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Does it sound silly if I say things like "Maybe let's not grow rice in Texas using water from the Colorado"? Or maybe "Hey, let's emphasize the farms where the water already is instead of ones where the water isn&#x
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> Of course without agriculture we'd all starve to death, so banning farming is no solution. You're absolutely right. Yet, much like the "No Farms No Food" bumper-sticker slogan, there's some rhetorical sleight o
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Rat Park is an excellent example of how people pick studies that show the things they're looking for. When people point to it uncritically, it says more about them than about the world.
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Mobile notifications is one reason that springs to mind.
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Mods will definitely have a much more difficult time of it if all the useful moderation tools break.
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No, but power users are disproportionately to be invested enough to use third-party clients. Further, many power users play key roles as moderators. Community moderators on Reddit rely extensively on API access to enable the moderation tool
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> Maybe I'm missing it, but that claim seems unverified. Did Christian post a transcript somewhere of exactly what Steve said to the mods? It seems like this could all be a big misunderstanding... He posted a transcript of what Stev
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The trick is doing so without demeaning the value of basic carpentry. Which would be obviously silly in building a ship, but in computing we frequently have people looking to become software engineers without encountering or learning the fu
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IMO, being good at searching is a skill that's only really useful when you have some idea what kind of question you're looking for an answer to. I don't think we're actually talking specifically about binary. I am treati
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Most manifestations will be in the middle of something more nuanced than a demo statement, the people in question will often lack the vocabulary to describe what they're seeing, and it's rarely anyone's first or even fifth th
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I've certainly benefited from knowing about floating point error. I likely would have spent a lot of time confused about why certain kinds of math kept coming out wrong without know about the underlying representation of floats, how it
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You're completely right. That's a wonderfully kind, empathetic, and compassionate approach that's incredibly effective for teaching people what kind of power they are starting to have access to. I've found it's also
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You're absolutely right, it's definitely gatekeeping. That said, there's also a point in here that's often underappreciated. There's a big difference between someone who learns today's modern tools from nothing
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Encryption at rest is beyond the scope of any reasonable systems data interchange protocol. That's not a missed opportunity, it's a nonexistent one.
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State Farm does plenty of business in auto and other areas, so agents are not suddenly completely out of business.
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I don't think there is a simple concrete answer to that, because that answer lies on the far side of quite a few uncertainties. The answer is probably a number of them, because after investing in metering and efficient usage the City
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From a system perspective, the system functions better when everyone is incentivized to measure and ensure efficient use. That water both comes from and returns to the big river in time does surprisingly little to mitigate the basic limits
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My argument was and is that specifically and narrowly in conversations about AI and its impacts on the livelihoods of people, calling for empathy from others is deliberate emotional manipulation with the objective of cudgeling people into c
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It's been my experience that in conversations about AI, literally nobody actually wants empathy. People want to talk about empathy and deplore the people they disagree with as lacking it. The underlying assumption and implication is
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For the most common and most impactful ones, like 1098s, the IRS is aware because they are sent the information directly. Are they going to be aware of all deductions in all cases? You are absolutely correct, there's no way that's
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> you can’t falsify the theory of evolution, but the the theory still has meaning. The theory of evolution is falsifiable. As you say, medical interventions often cannot ethically be falsified. However, medical trials are typically set
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A few reasons, off the top of my head: First, only some jobs can be done efficiently in a remote way. We should not be in a rush to generalize this to every job. Second, public transit can be more energy and cost-efficient when in a den
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> Isn't it a slippery slope though?? You have to just keep adding supply but unfortunately the amount of living space that can be built in an urban area is constrained at some point both vertically and horizontally. You're abso
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It's very plausible to have public transit systems be publicly owned by a mix of local, regional, and national bodies. Each of which might have their own local goals to incentivize with no regard for what a system on the other side of
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You'll find it is! That said, many might face some challenges in doing so in a place they want to live. It's non-trivial to find a cheap piece of livable land in a city. In a more rural areas, you can expect some possible complica
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In the fullness of time, both generally get to grab for the pen. Plus other groups, such as those primarily interested in making sure there are not too may accredited professionals. It is perhaps not as simple as any of us might like.

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