defertoreptar

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by defertoreptar 6y ago
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
I was wondering if anyone knew enough to clarify a couple of things from this part of Dean's letter: > Unfortunately, this particular paper was only shared with a day’s notice before its deadline — we require two weeks for this sort
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
> This happened to me last year. I was in the middle of a potential lawsuit for which Kat Herller and I hired feminist lawyers who threatened to sue Google (which is when they backed off--before that Google lawyers were prepared to throw
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
At first I thought this was going to be about the ever popular "why I quit Google" posts, where people get to feel morally superior as well as humblebrag about the impressive tech firms they've quit.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Anti-Streisand effect? This article "spoils" the surprise of NYT's article. I don't think it's odd, and it's probably the best they could've done if all the people responsible really no longer work there.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Where they could get you is how they can protect their "likeness." If you reduced the simulation to only functional aspects of the game, then I don't see how it'd be a problem.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Wouldn't student loan forgiveness only put more fire on that inflation?
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Maybe, but in this case we're literally talking about moving tax money directly into people's student loan accounts. I'd say, "yes, really true."
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
What inflation are you referring to.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
As someone who was in the thick of it, what do you think could've been done differently to improve the problems with the rating system?
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
> then they would simply perform the fraud 'properly' such that the given technique(s) don't show evidence Unless the fraud is decentralized, for example when some scattered districts fudge their numbers but can't nec
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Why? Parent poster was making a judgement as to what people should be allowed to believe, and they didn't point to any authority or why that authority should be in charge. How do we know the parent poster doesn't consider themselv
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Isn't that more than a bit paternalistic? Who gets to decide what people can believe about the election? You? Give people the facts, and let them come to their own conclusions.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
That's not so much an argument against approval voting as it is an argument for carefully and clearly wording the ballot. That's true of any voting system.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
> Has anyone come across strong, detailed arguments against it? There's a simpler way that's much easier for voters to understand: "approval voting." You mark all the candidates you approve of, and the candidate(s) wi
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
> Most importantly Solarpunk is a rejection of dystopic fears and a return to hope, not as a con-trick, but as a construct. Yeah I just don't find that to be very "punk." In cyberpunk, we have drug-addicted hackers, aliena
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Normally, those high comps would motivate people into earning the credentials for taking that career path. But you can't address local scarcity in this way when the law incentives you to instead import cheap labor from abroad.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Maybe this has to do with women entering the workforce, increasing supply and putting downward pressure on prices. Look at real median family income: 1968, 55745 2019, 86011 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEFAINUSA6
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
To me, the author is trying to express a feeling that I've also experienced before. It happens when someone in a discussion appeals to the spirit of freedom of speech, and the other guy shuts it down using the argument in the Xkcd co
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Paywalled, but I see it's dated 7/28, so I'm guessing it's based off this paper https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768841 > Question What is the discriminative accuracy
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Or it's just acknowledging that it can be disruptive and divisive at a place where your goal is to focus and communicate effectively.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
I've lost almost 20 lb so far. I eat between 11 am and 7 pm, and on one day a week I only eat one meal (dinner). The first month was tough, and I overate during my eating windows. I did calorie tracking many times (sometimes successful
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
The Democrats wanted the nomination to go through, but the Republicans blocked it. There's no real precedent unless both parties are for it.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
I understand that you equate voter ID with voter suppression. However, when you say someone's "on the record," you ought to use their own words. Those politicians went on the record for supporting voter ID.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
How does this compare to pre-covid S&P 495?
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
I just read the article again, and I don't see any language in it to support the idea that it's implying you'd have any less wealth than it calculates that you would.
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
That's one way to look at it. Another way is to say that if wealth tax offsets growth exactly, then the government has taken the difference of what your wealth would have been after 60 years. For example, 1 - 1000*(1-.01+.01)^60
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
The difference is that a postal service is rival + excludable. Most roads are (generally) non-rival and most people at least expect them to be non-excludable, but as you mentioned, some use tolls. When you have rival + excludable, it is str
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by defertoreptar 6y ago
Prefunding medical pensions is not the reason for their cash flow problem: > In addition, with respect to financial reporting, here are the key figures for 2019: > Healthcare benefits paid out of the Benefit Fund: $3.7 billion. > N

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