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by arrrg 4y ago
"Kilo-" as a prefix just means thousand, derived from Greek. Doesn’t seem arbitrary to me. Can you explain what you mean by that? Of course, all number systems are arbitrary in a sense.
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That’s a bad argument, no doubt.
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by arrrg 4y ago
No need for a hierarchy, just a simple rule: if someone goes to the police to report a crime the DNA they provide as part of that process cannot be used against them. That‘s a very simple rule.
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by arrrg 4y ago
It seems the article extremely clearly communicates (as your plentiful quotes aptly demonstrate) that the evidence in question is a computational model. I do not get your point about this being bad science communication at all. Your own quo
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by arrrg 4y ago
Are you talking about low light modes? Image stabilization is of immense value pretty much whenever you take a photo not in bright sunlight. Any kind of indoor scene benefits from it. This is independent of any low light modes and does not
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by arrrg 4y ago
Just one thing: National parks aren’t exactly expensive, right? During our travels through the US they definitely provided the most bang for the buck, especially given that we had the $80 annual pass. In that context it was actually state p
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by arrrg 4y ago
Not everything is a conspiracy theory. (Opposition to) nuclear energy is an emotional topic in Germany, one that mobilizes people. In a democratic society that leads to effects like the phase out of nuclear. It’s mind-numbingly simple and I
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by arrrg 4y ago
Why? Can you explain why the two should be treated the same? That‘s not at all the case in many other legal contexts.
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by arrrg 4y ago
They weren’t in charge of energy policy. In Germany for the last 16 years. They had completely different policy ideas to what was actually implemented. Blaming the greens is internationally some kind of dumb idea that likes to reduce politi
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by arrrg 4y ago
Can’t heat with nuclear. Not in a way that’s relevant for this, anyway. Heat is the main challenge and heating alone is problematic all by itself. Gas dependence was a huge mistake, nuclear is not the short term solution we are looking for
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by arrrg 4y ago
You are misjudging the mood regarding nuclear power in Germany completely. You would have to expend so much political capital to keep those running, it‘s simply not worth it. Not for the benefit they provide, not for any communication goals
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by arrrg 4y ago
If we could reduce car infrastructure to the point where only people who need a car for the transportation to be accessible would use it that would be a dream. I don’t get the accessibility angle at all. It’s a non-issue because you will ha
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by arrrg 4y ago
I want the EU council to hand over many of its powers to the parliament and commission. (I’m fine with the parliament itself proposing and voting on the commission head, I’m not in favor of a directly elected head – but that’s just the Germ
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by arrrg 4y ago
Certainly they do not have to follow illegal orders or commit crimes. Presidents are not absolute monarchs. The Secret Service is not the President’s private army to stage insurrections. Your assessment is too simplistic and naive. And pres
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by arrrg 4y ago
Even the cheapest iPad is more expensive than a Switch. And the setup is complicated and finicky. You need some way to stream to your TV or connect to your TV, you need a controller, iPads aren’t exactly optimized for gaming or easy to set
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by arrrg 4y ago
All the designers I know are awesome at being open and responding to outside inputs. I work as a user researcher and in general designers tend to be the very best, both at showing a real interest and investing themselves into the research a
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by arrrg 4y ago
I also don’t quite get it. Firing that designer would not increase my trust in the design leadership. It would seem thin skinned, skittish, cruel, deeply immoral and evil, leading me to lose a lot of trust, feeling as though creating a cult
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by arrrg 4y ago
What does your first sentence mean? That you cannot have likes and dislikes and that you cannot want to improve the things you dislike? I don’t get it. Could you explain that.
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by arrrg 4y ago
Why does organizing mean you hate your workplace? Organizing means you want more power, more control. Also, there are many dimensions to liking or disliking your workplace. You may love the product your working on. You may really like your
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by arrrg 4y ago
Long notice periods typically soften the blow in Germany. After the first six months (where both sides can call it quits with two weeks notice and without cause) the notice period is four weeks to the 15th or last day of the month (and firi
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by arrrg 4y ago
They massively iterated on Safari after receiving bad feedback. I really like the version that shipped: I love the much more reachable address bar and use the quick tab switching by swiping (and also the quick tab creation) all the time. I
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by arrrg 4y ago
German regulation on wind turbines does not and will not in the future ignore birds. Absolutist statements aren’t very helpful in that context. Obviously wind turbines do kill birds. The correct consequence of that fact is not to never buil
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by arrrg 4y ago
We know about how much wind power we need and how much space is needed for that. Theoretically the federal government can define the regulation around the necessary distance of wind farms to where people live. However, the federal governmen
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by arrrg 4y ago
What greenwashing? We had a government that was actively dragging its feet and, in many ways, hindering progress. You can call that greenwashing, I would describe it as paying lip service to transformation while doing little to get ahead an
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by arrrg 4y ago
That‘s partisan, not left.
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But why then not pick the car? The US are mind-bogglingly car-centric. If you want to explore them, chances are you need a car even if you then want to hike, bike or do whatever. On our road trip from Miami to Seattle (via New Orleans, Los
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by arrrg 5y ago
I would be wary of insurances that require visual proof since that’s really never guaranteed. The insurance my friend got only needed proof that he purchased a sufficient lock, which they do tell you beforehand, so you can just keep the bil
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by arrrg 5y ago
Not sure about bagels (could just be tradition), though, for example, the Brezen* shape achieves a contrast between crunchy and soft with its shape. Also makes it quite hard and impractical to spread stuff on it (which leads to some just cu
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by arrrg 5y ago
More whataboutism. Ukraine is being invaded here. By Russia. Neither the EU nor NATO are involved. You make literally no sense at all. Also, the tyrant slaughtering his own people was disposed of by them. You can make all the legalistic arg
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by arrrg 5y ago
Content moderation is hard and Facebook often makes mistakes and sometimes even intentionally does harmful stuff vs Russia invading its neighbor with no justification at all. Yeah, that‘s a comparison that does make sense to make. I’m sarca

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