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by bargl 6y ago
My comment was posted when the article linked here said, Trump was going to sign "something pertaining to social media" on Thursday. We had no details. The article could have been 1 paragraph. That was my point. I didn't h
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by bargl 6y ago
This is news to say news is coming the rest is speculation.
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by bargl 6y ago
I'm not making the freedom argument. I'm suggest we sidestep the freedom argument by working to convince people it's a good idea to wear masks rather than telling them they have to wear masks. Also, all legal requirements are
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by bargl 6y ago
Part of what was so effective about changing american minds about smoking were the public ads that decried it. If we want to change peoples minds about wearing a mask we need to campaign to change minds which goes all over. It's not a
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by bargl 6y ago
3. That's a great idea and something similar could be used on youtube videos and demonitization / takedowns.
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by bargl 6y ago
But now you know, you could easily add an edit and an "This wasn't originally there but after being outted the author added it." No I'm not saying link the paper, I was saying your HN link that's all.
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by bargl 6y ago
Edit: Thank you! Everything else below this is now no longer needed. I think your lack of mention of his disclaimer in your article even with the context that it was added after the fact is irresponsible. As I stated here. https:/&#x
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by bargl 6y ago
So he didn't think he needed a disclaimer, had a discussion around it, then added a disclaimer. That's exactly what I want from another human being. Someone who is open minded enough to have a discussion, opinionated enough to b
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by bargl 6y ago
He used We because his paper is open for PR and he was hoping to get contributions. He offered to change it and even put a disclaimer at the top. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23025809 If you'd like to submit a
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by bargl 6y ago
Thanks for your input! I'll try some of these. Also, I just saw Fareed Zakaria the between your first comment and today interviewing Bill Gates. It was really well done. A great recommendation. I remember seeing him before but he ha
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by bargl 6y ago
Have you looked into Consulting? I'm mid 30s and I see consultants way older bringing in cash by jumping in on projects that are using a slightly older stack (not all the time older) and crushing it. Seriously there is work out there
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by bargl 6y ago
I can get behind that. I really have a problem with Fox being the single source of truth for right wingers. But that's been changing a bit as the right moves further to the right. Another interesting albeit anecdotal thing I've
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by bargl 6y ago
On the topic of COVID-19 I can do nothing but agree with you. My biggest complaint about reporting at CNN on this topic is that they use Total numbers sometimes and Per-Capita others. Stick with one please. For example. We have done more
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by bargl 6y ago
>I was sharing a personal anecdote of something that happened to me. Fair enough. I infrequently get situations where I have to watch Fox/CNN or at least it's on in the background. But I find them both to be aggravating in si
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by bargl 6y ago
What's your point? I see you've posted this to anyone commenting on CNN/MSNBC.
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by bargl 6y ago
Who do you like on CNN? Any specific shows you like over there? I named Don Lemon, but I also really dislike a lot of what Anderson Cooper talks about. Shep was awful. What alternate news sources do you like to go to for unbiased news?
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by bargl 6y ago
I get really frustrated when people only mention Fox News and not CNN/MSNBC in the same sentence. There are people on Fox who are good, I.E. Chris Wallace. I mean he's my only example, but Jon Stewart did a skit with him and the
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by bargl 7y ago
But as we've seen from spots in Europe, you also have to invest wisely. I think (as harsh as it is to say) we can learn from this and pick healthcare models that work well even under strain.
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by bargl 7y ago
>Everything is essential to someone. No, we've built our economy on non-essential work. That's good 99% of the time but it's definitely not essential. The government shutting down these small businesses means, it should
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by bargl 7y ago
Agreed. I'd like to point out that some people equate "invest in public health infrastructure" with free healthcare. The two aren't the same. To deal with a pandemic you need a pandemic response plan for the spike to th
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by bargl 7y ago
We tend to want to lump people into camps so we don't have to go through and see all the various sub-categories and determine if they are OK or not. Some states are restricting fishing and hunting... That's not a team sport and i
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by bargl 7y ago
When this whole mess is behind us, find a local team and volunteer. It's been one of the best things I've done for my personal sanity and gives me a sense of a side project. I don't even have to do all the work. If you only
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by bargl 7y ago
This is very much not true on my team. I lead the programmers but I don't do the work for them. If I do have to do work, I do it with them. It's very much their system and if they don't want to work on it then it'll be
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by bargl 7y ago
This is really great advice. But it's important to know your audience too. I'm a fairly (very) blunt person. I'd follow this advice to the letter with most of my bosses and deal with fallout when necessary. At least that&
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by bargl 7y ago
Very true. The most basic modeling of by country is not helpful, it'd be far better to show it by city, metro area, etc. And as you said each area has their own start date. Shoot in the US most metro areas have their own quarantine da
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by bargl 7y ago
Wouldn't data like this make more sense in a per capita comparison? I get that we're outpacing Italy, but are we outpacing. US population is about Italy, Spain, Germany, France, UK, and Netherlands put together. For that matter d
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by bargl 7y ago
I think the simplest solution is to give money and raise taxes on the top 60%. Undo what Trump put in place and go back to taxing Americans a little more. This way the benefit only applies to the bottom 40% of tax brackets and at 40-60 you
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by bargl 7y ago
If you give money (enough to cover debt payments etc). It's the same thing but you can keep taxing people who can pay debt without problem.
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by bargl 7y ago
It depends on the church. The best churches to me are the ones who believe that church is for the "sinners" not the in-group. This means accepting everyone and not excluding anyone. But we also have to recognize that churches are
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by bargl 7y ago
I've seen this said here in many different ways, but not all religiously driven charities are built equally. To paint with such a broad brush is a disservice. I've seen really good organizations that just do good and don't ha

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