burkaman

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by burkaman 9mo ago
Yes that was also bad. I don't know why you say "that's nothing" though, this is just an additional example of a bad thing. We don't have to pick which one is worse and then minimize every other example.
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by burkaman 9mo ago
It's mostly in Minnesota at the moment, but has been present in many other states that didn't vote for President Trump. You can see it in news coverage, or if you're near Minneapolis you can go see it in person.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Yes, and people have decided I'm entitled to something by existing. That's what human society and civilization is built on. It's been true for the entire history of our species.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
I am not saying it's impossible for rights to be taken away, I am arguing against this statement: > If you can't defend yourself against that then you have no rights. I do not own a gun and I have no fighting skills, so I canno
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by burkaman 10mo ago
This is the Stephen Miller caveman view of the world, but it obviously doesn't make sense if you think about it for more than five seconds. It's a very straightforward consequence of refusing to ever admit you are wrong. "If
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by burkaman 10mo ago
This is already assuming terminal and account sharing. I meant to link this story, the original source: https://www.iranintl.com/en/202501060034 . The stat is based on 30,000 unique users. I don't know how many act
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Yes we do. Please read the IPCC reports if you're curious about where the data comes from, there is a huge amount of climate data beyond the direct weather measurements you're referring to.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
There are ~100,000 users, about 0.1% of the population: https://www.newsweek.com/starlink-usage-iran-skyrockets-brea... Compare that to the number of cell phone users which is very close to 100%. All estimates of the number
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Here's the US vaccine schedule pre-RFK: https://archive.cdc.gov/#/details?q=schedule&start=0&rows=10... Here's a site where you can view vaccine schedules across Europe: https://vaccine-sch
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Some direct, in-context quotes: > There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective. [interviewer pushes back, brings up polio vaccine] So if you say to me, “The polio vaccine, was it effective against polio?” I’m going to say, “Yes.” And if
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by burkaman 10mo ago
In his book "The Real Anthony Fauci" he spends a whole chapter claiming that HIV does not cause AIDS and it was actually caused by recreational drug use.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
The "scientific foundation" PDF does disclose several financial relationships with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and other cow-related lobbyists.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
I don't use Polymarket so if this is the established precedent then that's fine, but I will maintain that it's a crazy interpretation of the word. One country's military violently ___ing another country and taking prison
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Does this mean that any time an invasion fails it retroactively doesn't count? For example, the Bay of Pigs event universally known as the "Bay of Pigs invasion" was not an invasion because the US never took control of any te
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by burkaman 10mo ago
There were literally boots on the ground. They left, because that's what happens when an invasion ends. It doesn't mean the invasion retroactively never happened.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
The language says "if the United States commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela". Emphasis on "intended to". Speech does count as intention, even if you haven't suc
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Yes, keep this in mind when you see corporations pushing news stories about surging epidemics of shoplifting ( https://www.foxbusiness.com/retail/former-home-depot-ceo-org... ). Shoplifting is not growing, and external t
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Bike Index: the non-profit bike registry(bikeindex.org)
4 points by burkaman 10mo ago|2 comments
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by burkaman 10mo ago
My bike was stolen recently, and when I posted it on BikeIndex I almost immediately received emails from several different people who had been monitoring a known bike thief's Facebook Marketplace account. I didn't end up recoverin
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by burkaman 10mo ago
That article says it was higher in 2023 compared to past years like 1961 and 1900, not that it as increased continuously during that time. See page 4 of the PDF at the bottom where "traditional biomass" ("wood, charcoal, agri
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Tried that but I guess they got suspicious and didn't show up, or sold it to someone else before me. PSA for anyone with a bike: register it on https://bikeindex.org/ . I registered mine there the day it was stolen and
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by burkaman 10mo ago
It's very common with bikes, it wouldn't surprise me if they do it with cars too. I found my own stolen bike for sale on Facebook but still wasn't able to recover it. They just use a stolen or anonymized Facebook account so y
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by burkaman 10mo ago
You're right about coal and oil, but wood seems like it's been declining since 2000: https://ourworldindata.org/energy-mix . On coal, from the report they're citing: > For 2025, global coal demand is projec
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by burkaman 10mo ago
> No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. That's what section 230 says. The content in question here is
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by burkaman 10mo ago
> the uniquely American animosity toward artificial intelligence The poll they cite shows this is clearly not unique: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/10/15/concern-and-ex... . The US is (just b
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by burkaman 10mo ago
https://us-rse.org/jobs/
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Thanks, I tried to find that original source but wasn't able to.
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by burkaman 10mo ago
I don't think it's a pedantic point, this is supposed to be a site about learning math that NASA scientists use, and the exact shape of the Earth is very relevant to them. I just think it shouldn't be used as a canonical exam
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by burkaman 10mo ago
Only had a couple minutes to try this but I'm already confused by a couple things. - "UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE" I guess this is a joke but I don't really get it, just seems like a weird thing to have ther
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by burkaman 10mo ago
I doubt it, around ten million people watch 60 minutes live every week. Maybe that many will hear about the cancellation, but I don't think most will then seek out the full segment online, even if it's easy to find.

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