Pfhreak

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by Pfhreak 6y ago
The civil rights was full of people begging for unity, and asking Black leaders to just calm down and wait. All the calls for calm today are exactly the calls for calm they've always been in America -- calls from folks who are not suff
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
> It's pretty clear that prostitution is bad. I'm sorry, it's not at all clear that is true. > it's not safe almost by definition If it's illegal, sure. It absolutely could be done safely. > it involves t
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Interesting. Looks a long ways away (I'm in the Seattle/Pacific Northwest neck of the woods.) I wonder if the universities around here have any ideas though.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I've considered this too, and honestly considered exiting the software industry to dive into this space. But I haven't really sat down and done the legwork yet.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Biochar, the solid product of pyrolized biomass, is considered a beneficial soil amendment (it's basically elemental carbon -- like what you'd get in a charcoal filter). It's probably not a good idea to breathe it though. I&#
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Burying biomass produces methane as it anaerobically decomposes. I'd imagine that capturing that is fairly challenging compared to (essentially) burning the biomass and separating out the carbon. Biomass can be pyrolized to produce fla
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
One thing I've been curious about -- I've got a few hundred acres of forest land, and I'm maintaining it in a natural state, but that still involves regular thinning/removal of biomass. I've wondered if there's
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I'm not able to read any of these as faces, either way. Which may say more about my ability to parse faces than the success of this project.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
The phrase ladies and gentlemen does have it's own problems, mostly because it fails to address non binary people. > This seems like a completely made up problem. Only because it doesn't impact you. Consider developing more emp
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You've labeled this an "activist policy", but it seems to me that label actually means "a policy I personally disagree with." If banks decided to invest in carbon producing companies, is that an activist policy? Wha
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I'm sure it does, but I don't believe it does materially in this case. People are going to have a perception of other terms, e.g. RMS, as well. While yes, what you describe may have influenced an emotional response, I see no evi
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Denylist contains the verb you are looking for, the phrase would be, "This was denied." That's the point of the change -- it's clearer about what happened.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
There are plenty of examples, from titles of things (eg. " Guys and Dolls"), to expressions that are clearly understood to be gendered. (Eg, "I only date guys." Or "if the guys will please leave the room for a momen
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
The US had a history of spending capex on flashy high rise housing. Then failing to spend the opex necessary to maintain what they built. Large buildings are harder to maintain and require more specialized labor. Means testing and segregati
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Neither. I'm asking for evidence that this phenomena would have materially moved the result. I'm willing to believe that 5% of people cast a vote here contrary to their opinions (though that feels high). Even so, the results lik
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Sure, but do you have evidence it would have moved the needle in the vote. There are many, many well documented phenomena that influence every vote. While they may influence a small number of voters, I've yet to see any evidence that t
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Yeah, it was definitely napkin math. I'll edit my comment.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I may be misinterpreting or misapplying how they do a "passes majority" check, which seems to indicate 222 for and 166 against for option two. So it might be more correct to say ~3/5s?
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
You should read up on how they conduct votes. Every voter essentially gets a chance to rank every option against every other option. So the number of options should not impact the vote totals.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
No. Do you have evidence that anonymity would have mattered? The vote totals seem in line with historical votes.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
No, they should have used a standard process for general resolutions and not special cased it. Which is what they did. They have a constitution and a democratic process that requires proposals, seconding, a period of open discussion, and th
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Your hypothesis is that people voted opposite of their beliefs? Or that they chose not to vote at all? Both of those feel like possibilities, but probably not in any significant number. In absence of evidence to the contrary, I'd say i
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I didn't imply there is ambiguity in the result. But there is a difference between "what we agree on as a whole community" and what the majority opinion is. The community agreed on no comment, full stop. A significant prefere
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Here's the letter that details the concerns about RMS: https://rms-open-letter.github.io/appendix It's significantly more detailed and complex than "allegedly defending Epstein". Here's the letter s
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Look at the row for option 2 in the data table, it will show you how many people preferred that option over other options. Roughly two thirds preferred removing RMS over "we should talk about this further", for example.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
If you look at the results they link, the picture becomes clearer. They proposed 8 options. 2 directly called for resignations at FSF, 2 directly supported RMS, one said to stop working with FSF, one said to call for governance improvements
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I agree that we're doing things that harm the planet, but I downvoted you because it's more complicated than just "there are too many people", and "We're cutting down forests". If you look at the advanced
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
I certainly would. But I love the idea of worker co-ops. Hell, I'd be looking for ways to select suppliers based on their CEO comp ratios.
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Don't misinterpret what the parent is saying. It's not "one introduction will", it's "one introduction could". If you are wealthy and connected enough there are many folks who will gladly ensure your child
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by Pfhreak 6y ago
Rather than using %s, %i, %o, %f, etc. You can use a templated string, like this: `This is a string that has been printed ${someVar} times.`

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