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by brvsft 3y ago
> And like, all of that aside, even if you meet NONE of those categories, I still, frankly, believe it's not only possible but the only ethical response to all of this is: we should have a society that leaves enough room for people
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by brvsft 3y ago
These comments are so blatantly absurd considering in all the cases we're talking about, the user signed up for the service initially. Even if it's a trial, the user is forced to make it abundantly recognized that they will be cha
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by brvsft 3y ago
Which part is abusive? I might view that last item as a sort of dark pattern (exploiting the sunk cost fallacy), but I still fail to see how it's abusive. If you're not using the service, cancel your subscription? Is everything yo
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by brvsft 3y ago
I am starting to use coworking spaces now because WFH has something of a toll on my family, primarily because kids are loud, and it can be frustrating to work while your loud kid is screaming in the next room without enough of a sound barri
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by brvsft 3y ago
> 25% of US/Canada trade depends on a single privately owned bridge Where are you taking this analogy?
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by brvsft 3y ago
> People blame social media, but they never ask why social media is like that. This is the kind of worldview that comes from years of navel-gazing in a therapist's office. "Why do I beat my kids? ...Because my father beat me!
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by brvsft 3y ago
Highly misleading title. Although I disagree with the plan either way, the state is not building a 'porn preference register.' This concept is introduced in this particular article, but there technically are ways to store user pre
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by brvsft 3y ago
Why did they refuse? That makes it sound like they had cars but decided not to give you one, despite your pre-payment.
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by brvsft 3y ago
Most of my car rental experiences are like that one Seinfeld episode. I reserve car X, and when I get there, they say they don't have car X (that they allowed me to reserve) but I can use car Y. Sometimes it doesn't matter at all,
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by brvsft 3y ago
> A botnet is a system. How would you detect that these requests are coming from the same "system?"
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by brvsft 3y ago
> people who were fully responsible... We're talking about people who 'friended' others on 23andme, right? How is that responsible user behavior? I had an account with 23andme before I forced them to delete my data, which
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by brvsft 3y ago
Lol, enjoy your $20 because someone reused their password.
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by brvsft 3y ago
> Alec Baldwin was shot and killed by a "prop" gun... RIP Alec Baldwin
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by brvsft 3y ago
> This all costs money that they presumably will need to raise taxes for. I don't inherently disagree, but proponents would point out that the alternative also costs money and has other costs (especially for victims where a person t
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by brvsft 3y ago
> Honestly, I buy that completely. We've known our tastes change as we get older. I used to hate tomatoes, now I love them. I used to hate eggs, and now I love them, and I am aware of that change in my taste. The concept that tastes
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by brvsft 3y ago
I haven't used it in a while now, but I had found it productive for a few things: * writing blog posts and outline for blog posts * writing SEO descriptions Generally though, its output was just a starting point, and I'd have to m
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by brvsft 3y ago
https://wolfstreet.com/2019/12/05/what-worries-me-about-hedo... I think this sums it up well. People mostly don't know or care about how hedonic regression is used in CPI (myself included, on knowing). I
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by brvsft 3y ago
https://vegetarische.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/understanding-... > Tomato Puree > Made from cooked tomatoes that have been strained of seeds and skins. Often this is just “reconstituted tomato paste,” ma
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by brvsft 3y ago
One side-effect of DEI is that I take HR even less seriously than ever. Any HR-hosted event is most likely a hard pass for me. Even if it's something I am slightly interested in (say, company event to celebrate Diwali because we do hav
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by brvsft 3y ago
Are you being facetious? Stalking and harassment alone wouldn't justify a life sentence.
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by brvsft 3y ago
> The problem is people don't want housing for the homeless (or any housing at all, usually) built near them. Oh, actually I think the problem is that I would like temporary housing to be built for the homeless, just far away from m
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by brvsft 3y ago
> An insolvent tenant that has not yet filed for bankruptcy can usually be summarily evicted under contract law, but previously, collecting such evidence of insolvency was time consuming and not cost effective, giving the tenant time to
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by brvsft 3y ago
Either one, doesn't really matter, and it is up to the parents. Although, not sure if you know this, but fathers can't breastfeed, no matter what you read on Twitter. It affects your options for the early years.
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by brvsft 3y ago
I would also wager that potential repeat customers eventually just bought their own scooter. It's not like they're particularly expensive. If you really enjoyed using one of these, why rent? (I know there are reasons, e.g. I w
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by brvsft 3y ago
> Homeless man we gave $750 to, how much did you spend on illicit drugs? > > Oh uhhh... like $15. > Okay, thanks. I am writing that down in my report. Now it is a fact .
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by brvsft 3y ago
What did I say that makes you think what you said is contrary to my own comment?
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by brvsft 3y ago
Just more pearl-clutching about AI. The images are mimicking several original images of a person with some artwork they made. The 'stolen' images are of a very similar form, but with changes to the person and the artwork. Presumab
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by brvsft 3y ago
This is denial. There are absolutely problematic side-effects with the existing calendar system, and the obvious use-cases that jumped out to me are on the business/financial side. Yes, the changing length of months makes financial pla
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by brvsft 3y ago
Do you think it's holding us back? What social benefit is there behind allowing 13-year-olds to easily view this content? But to your point, when I was 13, I was able to find much worse (or better depending on how you look at it) por
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by brvsft 3y ago
I too have seen the same regression shortly after <imminent election did not go the way I wanted it to>. Crazy.

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