bananabiscuit

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by bananabiscuit 2mo ago
In every company I have worked so far, for the very large majority of decisions I've seen everyone try to act very ethically and morally. However, every once in a while, a temptation to make a greedy decision comes up, and what I see d
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by bananabiscuit 2mo ago
I've found the new AI customer support bots that a lot of websites started using are usually more knowledgeable and honest about whatever product they represent than human agents are. I'm sure that will change eventually when they
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by bananabiscuit 4mo ago
It dissolves a lot easier in warmer water, like around 45 degrees.
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by bananabiscuit 4mo ago
Passion tax.
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Solving Factorio with Terraform [video](youtube.com)
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
https://x.com/i/status/2010037103665787019
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I watched the video and I saw Renee attempt to hit the ICE agent with her car. After doing that, lethal force is unfortunately on the table. The officer doesn’t have time after that to wait and see if she is going to try to kill him again o
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Yeah, at some point every rule will run into its exception and you will have to think on your feet about which of your bad options you should take. Cops do need to be severely punished for abuse of authority, nothing I said so far contradic
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I never said the U-turn was the only acceptable reason that they could be there, I only mentioned it because it was the most innocent possible reason for Renee to be there that I can think of. In these cases, isn’t it usual for evidence to
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Specifically in the officer POV video (2nd link in my original post), with how the car was positioned, and that Renee’s partner was walking around outside and was not in the car, and the style of the back and forth dialog between, Renee, he
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
You describe a very unfortunate situation, and it’s the reason why impersonating an officer is such a serious crime. In the case at hand, however, there is no mistaken identity. I think for there to be any chance for government officers to
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
That’s interesting, because I’m actually also frightened. But the thing that scares me is how quick everyone wants to jump to conclusions as long as it supports their existing world view.
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Sorry, had a sentence mangled due to some editing, should have read “due to Renee’s positioning of the car, and her wife’s interaction with the officers”. As for my biases: I don’t care for Trump, I like some things he does, I hate others,
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I think this situation is very tragic, and I wish it had not happened. The reason I am taking this stance, is because I think that, unless they are fine with becoming a martyr, people should not go and mess with government officers in the s
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I hope you are not claiming perception of intent is enough to claim a life. It is the actual intent that counts. No, I am not claiming that. I explained previously why it looked to me that Renee intended to hit the officer with her car, v
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Not sure if there anything definitive. I got the impression that Renee and her wife were positioning their car specifically to impede ICE, going off of what I saw from the interaction in the second video I linked in my original post. Does n
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Once the officer sees that Renee attempted to hit him with her car, he (tragically indeed) has the right to use lethal force. When somebody tries to kill you, I don’t think it’s reasonable to (in that same split second) give them the benefi
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
This seems like an intentional misunderstanding to me, but I’ll clarify anyway: What I said was that she was looking directly at the officer while having her wheels pointed in his direction and accelerating hard (to the point that she lost
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I would agree with this more if Renee was just a random person that ICE decided to give a hard time. But in this case, it was her decision to become involved and attempt to obstruct the officers from doing the job they explicitly have the a
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Alright, at the very least, can we admit that there is an argument to be made here? The innocence or guilt of the officer does seem to hinge on some fine details, I’m just surprised that anybody is already claiming with certainty that this
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I have only looked at this incident closely. If in other incidents ICE agents ran down civilians, yes, of course they should be taken to trial.
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
Yeah, that would be good. ICE should be prosecuted for all their murder attempts. I just don’t think it’s beyond a doubt that this one in particular was a murder.
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
the front wheel never pointed at the PO. My whole point is that this isn’t true. Look at the first video I linked, in the first couple of seconds, the cop is in front of the bumper, the cars wheels are still pointing slightly to the left,
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by bananabiscuit 9mo ago
I don’t think this is as clear cut as anyone on either side is claiming. Looking [1], it does appear that Renee attempted to run the car right into the ICE officer, the wheels were still pointing slightly left, and the officer was still in
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by bananabiscuit 1y ago
But didn't people also think unmodified RNA cannot be transcribed back into DNA until this article showed it was possible just four years ago? Also we are relying on mRNA vaccines being manufactured correctly, but that link in the chai
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by bananabiscuit 1y ago
the Pfizer scientist explained that it was not biologically plausible: "RNA cannot reverse transcribe to DNA and transport from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and then integrate. That requires a set of molecules and enzymes that don&#x2
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by bananabiscuit 1y ago
I love non-technical writing. Outside of work, the majority of what I like to read is non-technical. It’s a mistake to confound non-technical writing with bad writing. Sometimes you have to admit when the emperor is nude.
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by bananabiscuit 1y ago
Really? I’m a decent way through the piece and I still don’t understand what she is rambling about.
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by bananabiscuit 1y ago
Do you mean you will likely make an error when implementing a standard textbook linked list? Or that a standard textbook linked list has non-obvious errors in its design? If so, would be curious to learn more.
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by bananabiscuit 2y ago
It’s necessary to whatabout when threads about Russia come up because there are usually plenty of top rated comments (see above) dehumanizing Russians and calling for their extermination. I have never seen any thread critical of US meddling

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