Tycho

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by Tycho 6y ago
Why do we need the term “disinformation?” Deeply suspicious of this word. Seems to let politicians ignore allegations without having to declare them as false.
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by Tycho 6y ago
the whistleblower had pink hair
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by Tycho 6y ago
Every story based on the word of unnamed sources, for a start.
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by Tycho 6y ago
Crux of the issue is that everyone knows there’s a double standard. Why do they co-ordinate to block this story and not the countless other “unverified” scoops? Because it threatens a protected politician.
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by Tycho 6y ago
I've always used it as my homepage / page to check the news. It was an unpretentious news aggregator with a comments section where you could check to get the details which the articles neglected to mention. Lately they've shu
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by Tycho 6y ago
Your suggestion would force rich people to find some other way to buttress the careers of their progeny, and it would probably be worse.
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by Tycho 6y ago
The universities produce knowledge, but also produce and preserve culture, and attract students from overseas, and dish out scholarships to students otherwise unable to afford tuition. Plus, you get beautiful campuses.
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by Tycho 6y ago
It’s pretty benign when you think about it. Rich, successful people creating public goods so that their less-brilliant children can save face. What better trade-off are we going to get?
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by Tycho 6y ago
I suppose another possibility is that the market just deals with it. Through wages, employee retention, or 'danger money' for the non-convict colleagues.
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by Tycho 6y ago
If you read between the lines, it’s obvious that Sweden never had a serious case against him, looked for every excuse not to actually resolve it when they had ample opportunity, and then promptly abandoned it once it was no longer serving t
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by Tycho 6y ago
Remember all the people, including HN commenters, who said he should just turn himself in and clear his name in court in Sweden. Only conspiracy theorists believed that powerful authorities were gunning for him behind the scenes.
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by Tycho 6y ago
You have to consider the stochastic nature of crime and policing. The size of the population, the size of the force, behaviour altered by substance abuse, the prevalence of deadly weapons, the mental toll of dealing with criminals every day
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by Tycho 6y ago
We can split hairs about 'defunding' vs 'abolishing', but I just get the distinct impression that many people have got no real idea about the threat that crime poses to the prosperity of a community (or city or state), a
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by Tycho 6y ago
Is it possible to securely transfer bitcoin offline? Like if someone hands you a thumb drive and says “this contains a key for a $1m wallet”, you don’t know if they kept a copy of the key. But is there some mechanism whereby it could be gua
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by Tycho 6y ago
Almost all English language fiction is written in past tense...
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by Tycho 6y ago
You can go into software engineering within finance.
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Why did Yahoo suspend user comments?(hitc.com)
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by Tycho 6y ago
I don’t think it’s necessarily robust against the increased visibility and coordination that social media brings.
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by Tycho 6y ago
Justice system is probably going down the pan anyway. Judges and jurors will be harassed by online mobs.
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by Tycho 6y ago
I recommend getting a good box set, eg Classic FM Favourites, which will be filled with popular pieces or the most memorable sections of longer works. Then see what you want to hear more of. There’s orchestral, solo piano, chamber (eg. stri
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by Tycho 6y ago
Strange thing about that song - I can never remember what the verse melody goes like. I can remember the bridge and chorus always. Usually I would just sort of play through the song in my head until I get back to the verse but never seems
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by Tycho 7y ago
OK, if you actually think the president was recommending that people start injecting themselves at home, rather than asking a scientist if there could be experiments to develop a new treatment, then we’re simply not experiencing the same re
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by Tycho 7y ago
So just to clarify, your position is that Trump literally told people to inject themselves with disinfectant? And that this was part of some plan of his, something from his playbook? Trump said it was a joke today - if you saw the original
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by Tycho 7y ago
You say I'm being very charitable. This is what I see: - President brings scientist on stage to talk about new findings that will help combat COVID-19. Why? Because it's important to show people that progress is being made and we&
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by Tycho 7y ago
But notice that Trump didn’t suggest that anyone bathe in reactor pools, instead he asked the scientist if it would be possible to harness UV radiation for some kind of treatment.
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by Tycho 7y ago
Who said it’s not the president’s job to show scientific progress to the public and engender discussion of new ideas? I realise many people are very used to dry, carefully stage-managed government briefings written in ObamaScript, but being
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by Tycho 7y ago
Radiation also causes cancer, yet we have radiotherapy. I mean this is really basic, think-a-tiny-bit-below-the-surface stuff that anyone not afflicted by TDS seems capable of.
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by Tycho 7y ago
But he didn't say that. He had a scientist up to announce promising results, and he suggested some avenues for further research or invention. At no point did he turn to the camera and say "so you see folks, if you're worried
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by Tycho 7y ago
It's just people playing "get Trump." Nothing wrong with lateral thinking. UV and disinfecting agents kill the virus on surfaces - OK, is there some way we can use that to kill the virus inside the body? I bet chemotherapy so
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by Tycho 7y ago
Anti-intellectualism isn’t the same thing as anti-nerdism. People respect originality and innovation, but who really is going to respect those who shut themselves away to cram their heads with facts, to please their teachers and get good gr

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