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by Udik 6y ago
> even if I was only 10% sure it was happening I would demand investigations and proof it wasn’t because the consequences of it being true is so horrible True, I agree with this. > I also feel positive that it’s being picked up and sp
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> intents reflecting the beliefs of others about a country Or simply the different intent of foreigners vs locals. If you search for "mujeres americanas" you're probably not interested in politicians or women in culture an
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by Udik 6y ago
> happy outgoing/extroverts Are going to find it easier because they are more attractive (or, attractive to more people).
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* self-reported, if I understand correctly. And if I do, it sounds like a post-hoc explanation. "Flirting skills" seems like a superficial skill without real value, the lack of which might condemn you to be single but in no way di
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I too hope that Italy's new prime minister won't waste money in financing startups. The issue of Italy is primarily cultural: it's stubbornly resistant to any change, blocked by an obtuse bureaucracy and an even worse judici
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by Udik 6y ago
Do you really think the people involved in this 13 year survey are so stupid they didn't think of the issue you could identify in a good 5 seconds of thinking before writing your comment?
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The overwhelming majority of Chinese people stand by their government, with levels of approval and satisfaction way higher than Americans' for theirs (95% vs 38%) [1] All this talk of "the CCP" is just a very thin veil of sel
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by Udik 6y ago
Where are the outrage crowds when someone uses the word "rape victim" both for the person that was slammed on a pavement, threatened with a weapon and beaten into submission, and the one who had nice sex with the wrong person?
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You went from someone claiming to find something "utterly repugnant" to a minority "being bullied". There's no necessary relation between the two. Because you don't know if the bullying is real, and if the mino
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True, it's a private, spontaneous witch burning. So much more civilised than places where the witch burning is done by the state.
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by Udik 6y ago
> "utterly repugnant" You forgot to add: "to someone, probably a minority, possibly entirely wrong".
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> When your “bugs” are consistently found to be discriminatory Unreliable automatic face recognition is a bug or a feature? I'm not sure. If the parts were inverted, I' pretty sure someone would say "Hey, whites are privil
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> "a far-right Christian fundamentalist who has said he is “led by God” against China’s government, deplores homosexuality and gender equality, and has taught exclusively in evangelical theological institutions."
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> Any leftover charge is a dead weight that only slows you down. Uh? Can you explain this?
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Sure, but this is an effect of people getting upset about it. Start from any perfectly neutral expression X, and if people insist enough that it should not be used because it's offensive, then using it becomes a statement- either of in
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There's also a long funny history with the use of the word "niggardly" (which means "stingy" and is in no way related to the racial epithet): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_
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by Udik 6y ago
> as soon as you start explaining yourself, you have lost the argument (I learned this when I tried to explain myself to my partner) Yes. When it's about minor things, you don't care to be right when the relationship with your
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Same for me. My MBTI personality portrait is so spot on that the feeling is that the test really is providing more information than you put in by answering the questions. That said, a lot of people who took it didn't have that instant
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I just don't understand which of these criticisms doesn't apply to the Big Five too.
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It's true, but making the statement time-invariant is also an oversimplification. Time does not end with the fulfillment of the prophecy and everybody knows that. Where does $GME go after reaching the moon? It can only stay there or go
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For the same reason Santa has a beard, lives at the North Pole and passes through the chimneys.
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Isn't that equivalent to starting up with VC money (and stocks, later)? You get billions to start up, and if you fail you don't have to pay anything back. It's the business model of Amazon, Uber, Tesla, Airbnb...
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It seems the hack started in 2018, so you should be safe. Note that all the procedure of incognito tab, disconnecting from the internet, etc., wouldn't have helped you, as the key has been generated on the server before you loaded th
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by Udik 6y ago
> Israel does not actually have legally recognized borders Let's start from this. Israel has a legally recognized border with Syria which doesn't include the Golan Heights. It also has a legally recognized border with the West
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I think Zwarte Piet is racist only when seen through American lenses. Which unfortunately today is the norm, but that doesn't make it more sensible. Zwarte Piet is basically Santa's little helper, as they exist in many traditions.
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Today the issue is not the existence of Israel- right or wrong, it's the birthplace and homeland of millions. The issue is its recent and ongoing expansion in territories outside its legally recognized borders, and the violence and opp
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According to the HeLa Wikipedia entry, it was common at the time to use patients' cells without their consent. The fact that she was black doesn't seem to have much to do with it, and all she was subjected to was a routine biopsy.
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by Udik 6y ago
I didn't mean to criticise, I actually appreciate the spirit of the comment I replied to. But I do think- and wanted to point out- that waving it off as "stupid politics" is maybe a form of self-deception, when you live in a
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> but stupid politics I wouldn't call 800k Israelis living on Palestinian land "stupid politics". That's a bit dismissive of the issue, don't you think?
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