PraetorianGourd

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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
Because what is the difference between a remote worker in Kansas vs. a remote worker in Bogota, apart from 80,000 USD / Year?
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
If this is the case, why is Tesla the outlier? Ford, Hyundai, GM etc. all seem to be able to accurately estimate range. In fact, as the article mentions, Hyundai is slightly inaccurate in the opposite direction (though not by the same margi
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I always wonder why the truth gets buried. What I said was accurate, but it does go against several popular narratives. Nobody wants nuance, but these things are entirely comprised of nuance.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
A majority of Americans still have access to abortion that is _less_ restrictive than most EU countries. The Supreme Court did not outlaw abortion. In my state, abortions can be legally performed right up until birth.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
“Towels around their heads” is derogatory and offensive phrasing. Please refrain from that language.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
It is concerning to me to center science on what are "the problems of our time". Take "infectious diseases", I doubt that topic would have been included in 2019. Of course COVID changed what is a problem of our time. But
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
It seems to me that there are a few caveats that may explain this. The first is that the blurb covers _furnishing_ the archival/photocopy, not creating the copy itself. This is more akin to whether I can give a friend a copy of a book
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
The author of this piece, who seems to primarily write about Return to Office, runs a consulting firm on “the future of work”. So no doubt his opinions are rooted in sound research and not a vested interest in selling books and consulting o
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
Your comment itself carried implications. “Some of us think…” is aggressive, and it contrasts the “enlightened” view against others. And you assume that the OP was ignoring those deaths, when they simply said it isn’t at the forefront of th
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
3.4 million people die every year in the US. What makes these deaths acceptable but COVID a tragedy? And yes, many of those 3.4 million are preventable.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
They should have never used “permanent” or “forever”. New leaders come in, old leaders go out. Realities change. Should every subsequent CEO be bound by some promise of a prior CEO? Seems unsustainable.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I would want to see the data by income or other socioeconomic factors, in addition to race. And it can still be racism in that racism explains economic disparity to a degree. My intent isn’t to absolve racism from being primarily responsibl
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I wonder if there has been any research into what motivates an officer to approach a traffic stop in a specific way. I don’t want to jump straight to racism because not every encounter with a Black motorist included the more aggressive post
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
The “False” before every explanation is so incredibly off-putting. I think the site would be more effective if the explanations were just the explanation. The title has “fallacy”, no need to repeat that these assumptions are not true.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
SVB was essentially a social-media fueled bank run, and it took out FRC as well. They were both vulnerable to a run in ways that should not be allowed, but the fact remains both would be solvent still had the rumor-mill not sunk them. Inste
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
It is not now banned, it is scheduled to be banned in January 2024.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
Money? Power? Ego? He is entirely capable of making his own decisions.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I want to assume best intention, but you have absolutely no reason to believe he was “thinking with his dick”. That is a rather sophomoric take.
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
But it does have cultural significance. Filipino dishes are served with a fork and a spoon, not with a knife as is common in the west, or chopsticks as in some other Asian cultures. It is a very culturally specific thing, and something that
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
A mixture of: 1. The home being in a state of disrepair such that most lenders won’t fund a mortgage 2. Being located in a region where the local economy can’t support high home prices 3. Because of the lack of desirability, a lack of specu
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
I agree that vaccines are probably the single biggest achievement in the history of science. But refusal to be vaccinated is a lot more nuanced than simply anti-vax lies. For example, the lower rate among Black Americans can be directly tra
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
The United States had some of the highest vaccine acceptance rates, with the two most effective vaccines being the vast majority of doses given. The EU had 72%, USA had 69%. Not enough of a difference to attribute differing guidance to. ht
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
People should have been and to adapt to the need to fight off COVID. 1. Wear a respirator. 2. Live a healthy lifestyle to avoid obesity and chronic health conditions so the body is better and to fight off infection. See? Being a twat is eas
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
No, the point is that we all collectively shit ourselves over COVID, absolutely turning society upside-down. But we shrug at so many other existential threats because they are already by accounted for (like traffic fatalities) or happens to
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
No, that isn’t the case. The article did not try to imply that green energy is to blame. But let’s pretend it did, is that not a perspective we should analyze? If we are going to actively restrict sources of energy, we should quantify the e
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by PraetorianGourd 3y ago
Does COVID impact Europeans differently? The European equivalent to the CDC does not recommend additional boosters to those under 60[0]. I get this is a still novel virus but the divergence in guidance gives me pause, and I think that it is
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
I want a progressive, inclusive society. I want a society that argues and fights for actual change, not just changing word usage. I bristle at the “master vs. main” debate not because I’m racist, but because it distracts from real impactful
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Right in the most literal interpretation of the term, there is alignment. In other news, I can’t believe the yearbook committee wanted to take mugshots of my kid! As you can see, there is what something colloquially means, and what somethin
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
So not mug shots. Using dramatic language ruins your argument when reality doesn’t live up to the drama.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
This is super useful, but the font betrays that usefulness. The "fun" font is reasonable for titles but for the content, I would stick with a readable sans-serif font, or a monospace for code snippets. I don't mean to be nega

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