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by alsaaro 4y ago
The subtext in the article claims the room temperature superconductor exists at 'near-ambient conditions', though reading further in the article this material is a superconductor at about a gigapascal (about 9.8k atm). I have hear
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by alsaaro 4y ago
When movies featuring nudity are censored for network TV, do we use such loaded phrases as "cultural vandalism" to describe this censorship. To me this is a case of "capital over all things" our censor is not the vandal,
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Yeah, but my point is UFO means alien craft in popular parlance, hence the clickbait.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Reuters sacrificed common sense for sensationalism, these are drones/balloons, not alien space craft, and everyone knows it. Clickbait!
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by alsaaro 4y ago
At an academic symposium somewhere someone said something silly, now we must bifurcate our universities; perhaps our queer theorist is right, objectivity has truly been deconstructed.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Its pumping heat from its the "outside", as you know heat flows from hot to cold, and the gas in this case (uncompressed helium), is colder than the outside, absorbing heat from the outside.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
The not so secret subtext of this angst between Musk and advertisers is that Tesla doesn't advertise, yet has experienced the most growth and is the most valuable of all automotive firms. Other firms, certainly must question the value
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Why does it matter who does the arresting? Remember arrests occur after arrest warrants are issued by a judge.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
There is an error in the opening paragraph of the article, while it's true Trump added another conservative to the Supreme Court, prior conservative courts have always upheld the legality of affirmative action; indeed, every iteration
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by alsaaro 4y ago
He already has lost so much money. This decision is particularly bizarre decision considering it sets back his bailiwick of a multi planetary human species, probably the most expensive endeavor any can undertake. In his pique he wasted 44 b
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Who speaks for Oberlin, how can a college slander? "local speech codes" = whatever offends the sensibilities of small town Ohioans.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
You can organize a boycott for any conceivable reason, the reason doesn't have to make logical sense, be politically correct, or moral. Do you believe business are entitled to your money? And if they no longer earn your business they s
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by alsaaro 4y ago
One lesson potentially learned... Oberlin and its students must comply with local "speech codes" or face being sued into non existence. And people think "woke" political correctness is bad, at least the snowflakes use sp
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by alsaaro 4y ago
This judgement is problematic on so many fronts, most concerning is it chills free speech, and attaches popular moral precepts to political speech. Oberlin is now responsible for the speech of its adult students and now must censor them in
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by alsaaro 4y ago
The kids accused of shoplifting were charged with felonies and eventually plead down to misdemeanors. Race is always a factor in America, especially its criminal justice system, are the students confessions genuine contrition or motivated b
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Trump proved he was a unique evil after he tried to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power by usurping democracy. Remember, there are also questions about Trump's loyalty to the United States, he was literally placed under a counter-i
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Why does this "penalize" students who have paid off their loans? If cancer were cured, has everyone who had cancer prior been "penalized"?
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by alsaaro 4y ago
The article says some of the stones are still erect, why weren't they noticed before?
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by alsaaro 4y ago
I have a hunch that Snowden is a spy himself. Like Cypher in The Matrix, who wanted his machine masters to reinsert him as a celebrity after his betrayal, Snowden's Russian masters made him into a celebrity after his betrayal.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Apparently the issuing judge, Reinhart, wants the warrant released, as does the DOJ, what is stopping them from releasing the warrant?
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Bret Weinstein voluntarily resigned his position at Evergreen; Thomas Sowell is still a member of Stanford's Hoover Institution. If you want a case of an academic being drummed out of academia for their beliefs, the best example is tha
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by alsaaro 4y ago
There are other policies universities have established to create a student body that is somewhat reflective of America -- they discriminate based on geography(multi-regional), on socio-economics (first generation students preferred), on sex
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by alsaaro 4y ago
The purpose of affirmative action policies is to help under-represented groups. Asians aren't under-represented at Yale, they are 19 percent of the student population, while only 6 percent of the American population.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
A quote from the Lt. Gov of Texas, who is also leader of the Texas state Senate. "“During the upcoming 88th Legislative Session, one of my priorities will be eliminating tenure at all public universities in Texas. To address already-t
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by alsaaro 4y ago
California already uses a committee like this, so do other states.
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Not if the Supreme Court rules that the Constitution requires active approval by the legislature, not laws creating a legal framework passed by the legislature. For example many states require electors for the electoral college to be alloc
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by alsaaro 4y ago
It is important to remember that the Clean Power Plan, the subject of this ruling, was never implemented. They took this case to strike a blow to lay low the EPA, no plaintiff had any standing. It is telling that just this particular iterat
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by alsaaro 4y ago
You are correct to question whether there is a connection between welfare and drug use, perhaps there isn't. But a broader point is that for most people your income is due to someone's spending, so a reduction in income (welfare a
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by alsaaro 4y ago
Curious there was a massive spike in reported hate crimes against blacks (45%), to 2,871 (2020) from 1,972 (2019). Strangely, Alexander writes: "there was no corresponding rise in hate crimes the way I would expect if this was whites t
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by alsaaro 4y ago
My pet theory is that the 2020 homicide spike may have been caused primarily by Covid unemployment checks, for which almost all were eligible -- at least at their base line level --, eligibility even extended to people who did not qualify f

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