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811.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>I doubt the lack of test availability is directly increasing mortality. Directly being the key word and kind of a weasel word. The real question should be if it is indirectly impacting mortality. For example by making cases look less
812.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>it's fair to criticize any physicist who establishes a theory to be beyond testability and continues work on it Would the same apply to people who further explore questions like P = NP and what happens if it is true or false or wha
813.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>when they can, fail the test I'm not seeing why this is a bad thing. Every new idea we learn to test for, even if we test it and it comes back false, advances our knowledge and understanding. Could it just be the case we are so fa
814.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
There is an option 2b. We develop a vaccine and roll it out without as much testing, at least to some people. It has higher risks of something being wrong with the vaccine, but at the same time our existing process only tests the vaccine f
815.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
I guess the problem with with riders and such. If someone adds their own pork to the keep murder illegal bill, it could cause issues. But I think that is a case of pork being the problem, as it also causes issues with many other sorts of
816.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
How so? Take the current target of the initial article. It has support from both sides and I think of the 4 lawmakers who initially brought it forward, there was a 50/50 split Republican and Democratic. It is more that we get to pic
817.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>All emergency measures should have sunset clauses. I wonder if all laws should have sunset clauses. Even with as simple as murder there are needs for the legislature to discuss if the penalty is appropriate based on current science of
818.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
It isn't, it is more difficult, but it is a different kind of difficult. That is why both have a place, and will continue to do so until a social collapse, at which point only gold will remain. But until such a point, bitcoin exists
819.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>but what about if I have been in the stock market for 10+ years and I wanted to get out in the next month for my retirement? You shouldn't be. Unless you plan to die soon and really live it up, you should be have money you need no
820.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>employee-employer relationship This seems a bit difficult to define to begin with (look at the cases with countries deciding differently for gig workers at places like Uber), and it doesn't seem to have been a qualified exception t
821.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
I'm guessing the benefit is the ability to not have to bring up an IDE and download the code in cases where that isn't a quick option.
822.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. (Mark Twain, I think, but there are enough fake quotes even on major sites so I'm never sure.) Every day I find new reasons to appreciate the quo
823.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
What does the rootkit even achieve? People can easily have a second laptop available.
824.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
I think it is a great counter example given the word play people are engaging in. It is a silly example, but if a silly example fits, then it suffices to show the standard itself is also silly. It seems a variant of reductio ad absurdum bu
825.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Children work. Be it mowing a yard, working on a farm, or illegally violating labor laws and having an actual job. In some places, even in first world countries, there are children who are working under the radar (children of undocumented
826.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Does this count people who receive PTO that made be used as paid sick leave? If so, I'm not sure it should be counted. A person who doesn't have any paid sick leave nor PTO they can use it place of it has to take a sick day doesn
827.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
But that doesn't covered the sick leave portion of the claim, and in general unemployment benefits do not cover everyone who is unemployed (such as children, which is another group who may be working under the radar). It would effecti
828.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>Universal means covering everybody. Wouldn't this mean it is an impossible goal since unemployed people don't have it. This might sound a bit snarky, but I am being serious because unemployed does account for people who are w
829.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
A few possibilities: Disagreeing it is a dark pattern to begin with. For example, see how many people love opt out consent for organ donation and overlook the consent implications it has in that case. Another example is requiring email ad
830.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
There are known cases of the FBI running such sites and sharing such images. In general, people have not been outraged by the FBI's actions and the FBI agents themselves are fine doing so, even though by the very logic that makes the
831.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>By the way, if you are a programmer and you implement those sleazy dialogs, think about your life choices. I think the logic underlying this sentiment is never consistently applied. Do we call out the people working on Tor or encryptio
832.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>Either they are an indicator or they aren't. Third option is that it is an indicator as long as people aren't treating it as one, but once people react to it then it ceases having the power to indicate what is happening.
833.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
How long before someone extracted the algorithm and turned it into an application to test images before they are shared? Could even use it as a benchmark for software to hide from authorities. One thing to remember is that "The Net in
834.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Are they self made? They might have made billions, but did they come from wealthy well connected families that or were they self made? Turning a million into a billion is significantly easier than turning a hundred into a billion because
835.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
My guess it patents are that system. Not tractors, but I did listen to a podcast about how one of the main toothbrush manufacturers used patents to crush a group of dentist trying to make a better toothbrush for cheap. The patent holders
836.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
That seems much the same argument as saying "If you want a phone that won't be slowed down by an updated, buy a different phone." Such an argument has been tried and rejected.
837.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>From my perspective, this demonstrated real dedication to customer care and old device support from Apple. Lack of ability to replace the battery seems to suggest otherwise. >There is no magic solution here. Replaceable battery with
838.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Sounds like overfitting the defense against classification. Would existing solutions to overfitting possibly fix this (though make such a network even more expensive to train)?
839.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
I think it depends upon the audience and the work being written. Anything on the level of a news article definitely should spell it out, but a forum post about some game can get away with the common acronyms used by the community. It is p
840.
by SkyBelow 7y ago
Why would it not be a good thing? Every game involves people using public domain material and not paying the entity who would've owned it. Imagine if every game with dragons had to pay whomever currently held the IP for dragons, that

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