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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Women have less bone density and less muscle mass than men. In an equivalent physical trauma situation they are more likely to be hurt than men, as both the physical reaction in the face of danger is less agile/powerful and the body is
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The reason why the consumers don't care about price is because of the federally guaranteed student loans that easily mislead decision making. The market would look very different without that compounding subsidy.
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Compare middle class life in 1970 to 2022 and consider how the current level of convenience and prosperity in all things from retail services to affordable furniture, etc was enabled by technology. Technology is more than just devices that
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Just today I ran across this widely promoted ABC/CBS article claiming that "Texas, Oklahoma ranked among least safest states in the country". The type of supposedly non-opinion flavor piece syndicated above-the-fold in Window
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Suicide when done for notoriety or self-righteous fundamentalism can be very selfish. He traumatized those who witnessed and cleaned up after him, put his pain on those who now grieve him, and stochastically inspired other mentally vulnerab
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Media Matters and Vox publicly campaigned for a year to demonetize YouTube, by methodically threatening brands with publication of screenshots of ads next to niche controversial content. This happened via private emails to executives, follo
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
As it should be. The media should not reward such delusional and dangerous self-harm. Coverage of such selfish perpetrators leads to copycats.
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Please be careful about spreading misinformation. Vaccines were not widely available until spring of 2021, after the election. Only select few essential healthcare staff were eligible in 2020, and US deliveries began December 14th, 2020.[1]
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I have a similarly mercenary and utilitarian POV as far as using products that personally benefit me. However, it's understandable that the idealistically minded prefer not to use/support enterprises they see as lobbying to degrad
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Usually there is no deeper reason than the fact that those private companies are staffed at the administrative and policy level by college-educated yuppies living in San Francisco and New York City, and that demographic has become increasin
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Community development is still thriving, a custom handcrafted setting is the most popular private server at the moment. https://uooutlands.com/
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The new show "The Terminal List" talks about it and uses such as a plot device (as a PTSD prophylactic).
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It would seem, given the vaguely described religious animosity incitement clause.
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Does this digestion actually break down the molecules into biodegradable organic compounds? If it leaves a significant portion intact it may just drastically increase the amount of microplastics.
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Many electricity co-ops and providers in Texas offer a choice of plans, one of which is higher rates during daytime but free electricity during nights and weekends. But that allowance doesn't kick in until later in the night, so a prog
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Perhaps not a single bad trip, but a couple years of bad drug habits can lead to permanent brain damage among those who aren't careful and knowledgeable about what they ingest and the dosage. It is a factor in the homelessness crisis.
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Battle.net communities and makers thrived for 15 years with zero moderation and a laissez-faire approach to peer to peer hosting. Entire game genres were invented (MOBA, TD). Imagine if Blizzard had cracked down in its infancy because of a
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Sounds like an application for ML, to determine which codes frequently coincide per-patient at each provider and then assign those groupings to cross-provider "Treatment XYZ" buckets to enable apples-to-apples comparisons.
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
The parent comment topic is the benefits to US workers working on US market products. If Ford's US market footprint and manufacturing workforce has relatively shrunk over the decades, then that is absolutely relevant to the concern of
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Don't look at the survival of a multinational as a metric, look at its places here. What happened to Detroit and those unionized jobs? Some remain, but much of Ford has been moved to Mexico. So yes, there was some folding and disappear
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Orcas enjoy pinning whales and entering the mouth to remove the tongue, even if they do not eat the rest. Perhaps rudders and boat undersides with similar shapes inspire the same play instinct.
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Unless one of those reasons is persistent government requests/pressure on Microsoft/Github. Then it's a convenient way around first amendment protections.
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His outsized image was due to being an ESG/progressive media darling, rather than any sort of presence in the tech industry or silicon valley.
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BBC government media used to have Monty Python doing satirical nazi salutes on prime time television. Shows how easily standards can change without constitutional protections.
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I think the motivating factor is an idealistic vision of eventually moving beyond Steam's corporate DRM and percentage cut taken out of all gamer and game dev transactions. Innovators are usually reluctant to entrench the incumbent mon
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Prices were already going up before July 2021, so this is not necessarily that positive (the amount of price increase is relative to an already heightened baseline).
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The reason for the doubt is that it wasn't transparent nor obvious. The Chinese government retroactively censored the institute's publications, Fall 2019 job postings, staff listings, and internal discussion of new symptoms amongs
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Kim Dotcom (the estranged founder of MEGA) has confirmed this and claims the backdoors were added purposefully due to the new owner's plea deal with CCP authorities. https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/153942
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That wasn't what was said. At the time of the mischaracterized comment there actually was ongoing research into therapies applying local disinfecting agents and UV. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/j
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The goal of the employees was to silence his free speech. Disrupting those censorious efforts by firing them is his dealing with Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance. He realized that to preserve a tolerant workplace, intolerance of their rising t

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