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by drewbug01 2y ago
I can’t remember the exact, pithy phrasing - but there’s a sentiment expressed sometimes in activist work that I find helpful: “We wish you were with us before, but we are so happy you’re here now - there’s much work to do.” A meditation, p
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by drewbug01 2y ago
My friend, this is not productive or rational discourse. It’s certainly not empathetic. There is no place for it on this site. Perhaps you would feel more comfortable in a different community, one more amenable to listening to the “facts” t
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by drewbug01 2y ago
Those details aren’t known; because the order is so broad and vague. That’s part of the problem.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> You effectively told me to shut up because of the way you feel when talking about facts. You waltzed into a thread about the CIA suddenly changing their tune about where COVID came from; and started making assertions that it wasn’t tha
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Yes I am sorry for your loss. Now let's get to the point I hope that people do not treat you with the callousness with which you treat others. > Because I understand statistics and am making sweeping statements I can and will m
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by drewbug01 2y ago
You have some interesting thoughts. But: > 0. COVID-19 was mostly harmless. Even more so than Douglas Adam's books. At the beginning of the pandemic, I found out that my father and his partner had COVID. He lived, at the time, about
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> It's not a gotcha to say "They just want to hold China accountable". Sure, it’s not a gotcha if we divorce such a statement from all of its surrounding context. But context in communication is incredibly important, and i
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> The agency made its new assessment with “low confidence,” which means the intelligence behind it is fragmentary and incomplete. I do believe that's all one really needs to know about this shift in their thinking. In other words: i
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by drewbug01 2y ago
I definitely don't consider the BSL to be a true "open source" license. However, I think that if the Additional Use Grant is written clearly and unambiguously, it may well be a reasonable compromise. That said - the Additiona
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by drewbug01 2y ago
I suspect that many engineers do not expend significant energy on reviewing code; especially if the change is lengthy.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> but never really actually cared about the outcomes To be clear, I'm referring to the outcomes of the DEI programs in and of themselves; not the outcomes that resulted from having those programs (and/or appearing to have the
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by drewbug01 2y ago
I believe the author worked at Facebook in the past. The "fifty years" bit is likely a reference to that company's recent policy change that explicitly re-authorizes the use of what are rightly considered slurs - even if they
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by drewbug01 2y ago
I believe the comment is implying that having DEI programs at all was a song-and-dance put on by the C-suite; not that your spouse is insincere in their work. Put differently: the C-suite set up these programs (and hired very sincere people
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by drewbug01 2y ago
The broader policy shift this announcement is part of reads as trying to curry favor with the incoming administration, and it’s really kinda disgusting to watch unfold.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Studies like this should be deeply scrutinized because of the biases of their authors (an “urban planning expert”) and their fields. One man’s “bias” is another man’s “expertise”. Who, exactly, would you say is qualified to study this
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by drewbug01 2y ago
One of the more interesting bits is buried halfway through the article: > Overall, the commission tends to collect about two-thirds of its money judgments, officials said. Puts the $10B number in perspective, I think.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Otoh some medical providers like to over bill and over treat. This is true to some extent, but the share of medical providers that over-bill and over-treat really doesn't justify the way the insurance industry does business. It&#x
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Maybe I’m in the minority, but my health insurance makes it very clear what the benefits I paid for are. There’s guidance after guidance and tool after tool to help minimize any surprise costs. ...and how has it gone when you tried to
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by drewbug01 2y ago
Fine, I'll bite: - You keep stating that UHC "provides healthcare" (paraphrasing is mine). That is a ridiculous thing to interject into the debate: UHC can be described as paying the bills, but they are not actually providing
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by drewbug01 2y ago
You really shifted the goalposts there, yeah? Seems a little disingenuous to me.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Do you think those patients would have been better off with that $0.20 still in their pocket Yes, if that means that $0.20 went towards patient care. The money is better spent caring for patients than compensating one man.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
There’s an awful lot of wiggle room in the “more of them” phrase, so I suppose the only realistic answer is “it depends.” But speaking more generally - I think a lot of people would, indeed, shrug. The US healthcare system is one of the mos
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> Can't help that the religion which emphasises compassion and selflessness has become unpopular. Some of the cruelest, most selfish, and least compassionate people I have known have also been deeply religious; and some of the kinde
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by drewbug01 2y ago
“Had”, not “has”, a long history of not endorsing candidates. They’ve been endorsing since the 80s. The proper framing is “the owners stepped in to change the policy, to mirror the same policies they had before the 80s”. Whether that’s righ
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by drewbug01 2y ago
Link?
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by drewbug01 2y ago
This is attempting to buy “a seat at the table.” I have a lot of negative feelings about the morality of that. But what really stands out to me is how misguided the attempt is here. Trump only rewards absolute fealty - not campaign cash. If
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by drewbug01 2y ago
Something is very weird with that site and adblockers. Here’s an archive link if you’re having issues loading it, like I was: https://archive.is/sZglD
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by drewbug01 2y ago
As a contributor to (and consumer of) OpenTelemetry, I think critique and feedback is most welcome - and sorely needed. But this ain’t it. In the opening paragraphs the author dismisses the hardest parts of the problem (presumably because t
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by drewbug01 2y ago
> What if you realize that the board is wrong? It is wise to be exceedingly cautious when deploying ends-justifies-the-means logic. Most of the time, history doesn’t remember those who employ it too fondly.
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by drewbug01 2y ago
Lying to the board, if true, is radically unethical. If you equate lying with “outsmarting,” that’s rather concerning.

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