PraetorianGourd

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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Well Stevie Nicks might disagree that it is less prone to abuse.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Maybe if you're the leading provider of meeting software used the world over, you should work to ensure that it is incredibly trivial to host a secure meeting
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
I threw up heavily and daily on straterra. Just because it doesn’t have the same suffix as meth doesn’t mean it’s a panacea. Doctors should have the ability to prescribe what is best for their patients
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Klonopin is a very powerful benzodiazepine, whereas hydroxyzine is a more akin to Benadryl. You undercut your point when you prepend your point with easily falsifiable information.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Opiates are incredibly effective at treating debilitating pain. Not headaches, not toothaches, but overwhelming “please just kill me” pain. I take adderall with a prescription but I am not going to pretend that my psychological needs are so
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Tesla Crashes into Firetruck in Fatal Accident(wsj.com)
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Do not reply in bad faith. You know the person you are replying to was not saying that capitalism is the only system to ever exist. They were saying that, despite its numerous flaws, it appears to be the most successful system we’ve tried.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Human nature is often contradictory, and is in no way universal across humanity. No system of organizing humanity will fit neatly with human nature. No economic system, religion, moral system, government, educational model, language, and so
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
If you can afford to buy food, but decide to shoplift instead as a moral stance, you are hurting the poor. The stores will raise prices to cover the loss and the poor can’t gamble on a $2,000 fine. You can argue that stores ought not raise
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
There is a reason it has been rebranded as "global climate change" because the _real_ expected impact is for more extreme weather, both cold and hot. If anything Russia will have more leverage in the future, as methane can/is
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
The _presentation_ is impressive, but the forecast is often the raw output from various models, and thus not entirely reliable. For example, I live in a valley where most forecast models smooth over giving more snow/cold than we ever g
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
And for a lot of "low-value" targets, this is still a completely reasonable suggestion. It _is_ demonstrably better than shared passwords or easy-to-guess passwords.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Cool now do influenza. Viruses fuck you up. That has been the case forever. SARS-CoV-2 is not all that unique.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Assume best intentions. Don't attribute anything to an immutable aspect of one's character.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
It is very unfortunate. Snowden is no hero. What he revealed was abhorrent, and should have never occurred. He did right by the world in revealing what he did. But it was reckless. It was sloppy. It was "baby with the bathwater" i
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
As someone else said, Snowden pawned off the responsibility to redact and protect to a group of journalist with no subject matter expertise. It was a reckless and irresponsible choice. If anyone in the chain of custody knew what to redact t
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
If there is a "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" example in this industry, this is it. Open source is not a panacea, in fact it can be the opposite. I don't know the opposite of a panacea. But a mai
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Do you feel the same about Snowden or the other WikiLeaks dumps? I am not accusing you of being in this camp, but the conventional wisdom at that time was that information should be released as soon as possible with no redactions, even if d
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
That may be a popular wisdom but it doesn't make sense. You really think a multi-billionaire who is moderately good-looking couldn't get a date? With literally anyone?
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Sure that is great comedy fodder, but it isn't really at the same level of the others.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
While not popular here, I would say Bezos has done a relatively good job of keeping his head amongst madness.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Not exactly. It is year-over-year, so it is possible that prices are lower in November than October, but still higher than they were last November. In reality, prices rose by .1%. We will probably see negative month over month here soon, th
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Are you sure? Because last time I went to Target, they had a literal “bargain bin” of mainstream BluRay disks. i am talking dollars for a mainstream blockbuster. Maybe you should focus on convincing “the masses” that they should pay per gam
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
But the moral argument is the same. Unless you are saying that monetary interests (which can be used for everything from basic survival to re-investment) are less important than “credit” which can be used by a limited number of people for a
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
That is cool for you, but I would argue you aren’t the “average consumer”. Buying physical games in antiquated for a lot of people. And I think the vast middle ground is where most consumers are. Use GamePass for a majority of games, and bu
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
I was being purposeful not to extrapolate out to cities/cultures I do not personally know or have experienced. I can speak only for the Western USA, which is why I tried to limit that comment to that region. I am sure other locales hav
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
I think you are missing a bit of nuance in the wording. The long-form would be "Prior to reviewing the latest data, scientists were confident that carbon emissions would not surpass previous levels, and continue a downward trajectory.
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Isn't this the same argument pharma companies make in support of drug patents? Huge R and D can't be recouped if a third-party takes the formula as soon as it is published and then undercuts on price, without having to worry about
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Think of the layout of a modern office tower. Nearly open floor plans, one or two multi-user bathrooms per floor, one or two kitchenettes per floor. Designs optimized for ingress and egress via a single path. Sound abatement is minimal. Sup
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by PraetorianGourd 4y ago
Agreed, but I am concerned over the chance that lots of these models are used in critical scenarios without much validation of the data set.

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