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by basil-rash 2y ago
That’s under the assumption that evolution works as taught in gradeschool. Under big-step evolution, no such contradiction exists. Indeed the evidence would tend to point towards big-step being the primary mechanism of speciation (fossil ga
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by basil-rash 2y ago
I was hoping this would be about Oregon’s “humongous fungus”, which would seem to be larger than this in every metric (3.5 square miles vs 0.15; 7,500+ tons vs ~6,000). Unfortunately it makes for a far less impressive tourist attraction tha
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by basil-rash 2y ago
I was hoping this would be about Oregon’s “humongous fungus”, which would seem to be larger than this in every metric (3.5 square miles vs 1.5, 7,500+ tons vs ~6,000). Unfortunately it makes for a far less impressive tourist attraction than
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by basil-rash 2y ago
But if we don't have completely unfounded attempts at saying "my side good, other side bad!", what political discourse would remain?
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by basil-rash 2y ago
If I’m sitting down to watch something with someone, it’s because we’ve decided to allocate that particular time to watching that particular thing. The idea that I’d talk over the content and cause both of us to miss what’s going on in the
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by basil-rash 2y ago
That’s fine and all, but I actually consider it to be the übervector. There’s something very relaxing and human about having a dedicated ad break when you can get up, chat with your viewing partners, reevaluate whether you want to be in fro
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by basil-rash 2y ago
It’s good unless you want a repl (they pretend to have one but it’s miserable: >6s latency all the time when it updates), or you plan to use any native modules. The error messages are also significantly worse than node’s. I used it for
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by basil-rash 2y ago
Yes, I also have adblock on my computer. When I’m watching broadcast television, on my TV, I do not.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
This already exists. Channels like Freakin Reviews are experimenting with deep fake product review AIs. Bit different because their entire channel purpose is product reviews, but the results are so compelling that it will certainly spread.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
On my laptop sure, but not iPhone or TV.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
That is indeed the entire point of the thread. I fear your reading comprehension is not up to this task. Anyways, I don’t have a twitter but you can feel free.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
I really don't care to discuss this further, but all your points are addressed somewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40150716 Good day.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40160961
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by basil-rash 2y ago
The catch with all those things that "actually save people from dying" is that they happen to be the same things that "could potentially kill innocent civilians". Any pharmaceutical researcher, surgeon, civil engineer, u
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by basil-rash 2y ago
"which berthed them" makes perfect sense, and fits just as well as any other past participle would in that context. Just because a usage of a word is rare does not mean an experienced author cannot choose to invoke it. In fact,
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by basil-rash 2y ago
There is no categorical semantic difference between "berthed" and "birthed". They are both past participle tense verbs and fit equally well with no changes needed to the rest of the sentence. Perhaps you simply have more
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by basil-rash 2y ago
I also went to a/the top CS school. When I graduated I would have never considered working at a defense company. Now, after bouncing around big tech and startups for a few years, I am a few days away from accepting a position at one. W
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by basil-rash 2y ago
> But it is more common in English to use birthed as created than this kind of extended nautical metaphor. The question isn't whether birthed is more common than extended nautical metaphors in general , the question is given that
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by basil-rash 2y ago
It does. They were tied to a point in time. They are destined not to be. It’s really very simple. I’m sorry you can’t understand it. Mixing metaphors and claiming a now-unmoored vessel is more likely to be contrasted with one in a state of
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by basil-rash 2y ago
You’re reading “created” into it to justify that interpretation. If you assume he meant created then sure go with birthed, but that doesn’t prove anything beyond your initial assumption. A “berthed”-friendly interpretation would be “all boo
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by basil-rash 2y ago
To be berthed is to be attached to your home, as a boat. It makes way more sense to keep the nautical analogy going than to switch it over to biology. This was likely a transcription error and/or pun.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
Why not? If we’re starting with this nautical analogy (unmoored), immediately flipping to a biological one is odd. I strongly suspect this was a transcription error and/or intentional pun - the two are pronounced identically.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
Pretty silly to name your company a common word directly related to the product, then get upset at others using that same word for their product. It’s like if Grindr made angle grinders then got mad at a different company releasing an angle
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by basil-rash 2y ago
> In Canada, Icon Creative Studio is trying to unionize. This comes at a time of huge union wins in North American animation, including the new one at DreamWorks. This is the same DreamWorks animation guild that just had its entire TV st
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by basil-rash 2y ago
And if we do blow up the plane with nukes, there will still be new passengers. They’ll just be red-hardened. Maybe even rad-metabolizing. Evolution loves well-adapted organisms!
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by basil-rash 2y ago
The answer is 100% not to allow more 4 wheeled vehicles to take over the small amount of space the two/four legged individuals have left. I have 80% a mind to push every food carrying robot into the street where they belong when I see
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by basil-rash 2y ago
How would reflog help without a ref having been created? And I just don’t know what’s special about “this morning” in your sentence. If theres some important intermediary state you’d like to keep track of, by all means commit it. But to com
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by basil-rash 2y ago
There’s always ‘stash’ too.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
You in fact do not need to commit at the end of the day. You can just… wait until the work is done.
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by basil-rash 2y ago
That can all be true and it still be the case that very many people were forced to be vaccinated unnecessarily, and suffered more damage from that unnecessary vaccination than they would have otherwise. Healthy youth, for instance, should n

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