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by Spellman 7y ago
copy-pasta from another of my comments For a reference essay on the shift from Big Bird to Elmo: https://kotaku.com/how-elmo-ruined-sesame-street-1746504585 Major thesis: "It started in small ways. A lot of stories use
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by Spellman 7y ago
For a reference essay on the shift from Big Bird to Elmo: https://kotaku.com/how-elmo-ruined-sesame-street-1746504585 Major thesis: "It started in small ways. A lot of stories used to be based around Big Bird, who was
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by Spellman 7y ago
As long as they don't come looking for those returns you promised
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And not only the politicians, but every lobbyist and lawyer and judge in the land would want a crack at changing things to their vision of a better Constitution. A Constitutional Convention is basically opening up one heck of a can of worms
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The Fight to Make Austin Affordable(texasobserver.org)
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Well, depends on how you define "truth." For example, here's an easy one, pi=3.14159 (if rounded to 5 decimal places). Great! I think we all agree this is true. The trouble is without context, this is trivia. Here is a harder
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by Spellman 7y ago
Another way I say it is that buying a house is a hedge against homelessness. TBH I stole that from an article I read a while ago that I can't seem to Google now...
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I kinda agree. He honestly doesn't add that much by being in the room vs if someone else had the same questionnaire sheet. And in some ways his wooden demeanor can even be detracting instead of some of the best interviewers who can mel
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Usually putting them in jail. Then at least you don't have residents complaining about homeless tent camps. And the cops feel like they have a tool to "fight homelessness." And the added (perceived) incentive of disincentiviz
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U.S. Taxes Are Progressive: Comment on “Progressive Wealth Taxation” [pdf](davidsplinter.com)
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Jason Furman: The US Tax System Is Overall Progressive(twitter.com)
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Cash/Consent: The war on sex work(nplusonemag.com)
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At higher levels, assume they are playing optimally and betting the strength of their hand, with maybe 5-10% bluffs (including some deviation above and below the true strength of their hand) thrown in to gain an edge.
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Non-determinism isn't great though. It could be useful to allocate a number of seats, but then deciding who filled those seats would be a matter of headache (or "trust the party!" goes into effect and removes direct voting)
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LA is definitely hub and spoke, except that there's only one hub (downtown LA) and on the spokes far enough out there aren't any ways to get North-South conveniently. LA is so spread out it really needs a grid.
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What sort of high-frequency public transport are you suggesting? The only thing that can work with the current system is more bus lines. But those are woefully inefficient for longer distances. Ideally you could have some sort of rail syste
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by Spellman 7y ago
Well, yeah, but the pure density isn't there. All of LA was built assuming car ownership. So there are large 4-lane streets everywhere breaking up the usable land. Not to mention huge freeways cutting a net through the whole area. Plus
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by Spellman 7y ago
Fundamentally a documentary is trying to sell a narrative using documentary cinematic style. Now sometimes this is mostly benign or even "good." Such as detailing an event in a in-depth matter-of-fact style. Works such as the earl
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Not to mention most are paying taxes as well (via ITIN) and aren't qualified to receive certain benefits.
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Generally they don't harass people unless something seems amiss and there is a large enough discrepancy to justify it. And there's eventually a marginal tipping point where more money spent in audits won't net more recovered
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They did, but I believe GP is arguing they did it in the opposite direction as the recent movements. To make sure terms are correct, "Weak" currency means higher Yuan:USD conversion rate. Devaluing your currency makes exports more
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They may already exist, but that doesn't mean we should amplify their voices and give them the ability to recruit more to their cause and ideology. Now, that's not to say disruptions of communication systems (e.g. censorship) is t
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by Spellman 7y ago
Asking the "dumb" questions is actually often a good thing. For one, you learn faster. Secondly, there's a chance someone else was thinking the same question and was too afraid of looking "dumb" to ask it. Just make
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As it turns out, the vast majority of any plant is actually Carbon! That it got from the AIR!!!! I remember when my friends' brains were blown that all trees are essentially made out of "air" that got converted to wood. Techn
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It still exists! http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/
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12-tone standard actually falls nicely out of the natural harmonics inherent in music though. So there's a pretty good reason for using 12 distinct tones. That doesn't mean you can't have amazing music once you break away fro
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by Spellman 7y ago
For Chess, it sounds like you need to improve looking at Tactics and Endgames. Tactics are looking for specific exchanges that benefit you. I'd recommend https://www.chesstactics.org/ as a great resource for being taug
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Trump agrees to prompt responses to license requests for Huawei sales(reuters.com)
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The US did get a National Anthem out of it I guess... And a burned down White House
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Strong Towns notes that the real cost of spreading out is all the infrastructure you need to maintain. Running water? Gotta run the pipes further. Road access? Gotta pave (and maintain) more road Power? Same thing Plus having decent respons

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