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by drnonsense42 5y ago
They haven’t sufficiently demonstrated correlation for me. I think the last chart demonstrates it’s a lot more complicated. Just one example… How many obscure art films are there with highly-selective audiences which receive perfect critica
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Yikes. Call me philistine, but seeing that Last Jedi score peels the scab off the idea that there is any intellectual value remaining in their job. I’m not sure about the critics of yore, but, as all of your scores evince, I am drawing the
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Meat prices are up close to 30% for me in NYC since January. I am aware meat prices don’t dictate inflation numbers but I’m really having a hard time believing any official estimates at this point. The actual Covid numbers over the past ~1.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
It’s rarely a good look for anybody to claim that the US government is this competent
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Reading this thread is surreal. If this is the litmus test for being an adult, we’ve really jumped the shark as a society (certain groups, anyway). It’s like watching a group of domesticated cats debate which characteristics makes them a ti
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Honestly, I find certain topics, like the need to procreate, are impossible to reason for or against; I might as well be handing out Bible copies. But, an obvious argument for procreation is an aging population, coupled with swelling nation
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Someone who refutes conventional medical knowledge, which was presumably crafted in part by women and is likely regularly scrutinized by a large body of female medical researchers, as sexist without any counter argument, does not sound like
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
This is the type of modern wisdom that the person you’re responding to is deliberately contradicting. This modern wisdom is why our birth rate (at least for citizens) is so catastrophically low. Sure, you can’t be a 20yo janitor with a hous
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
That’s only one limited side of it. The very limited tax contribution you’re making towards their education pays off in spades for you. When you’re old, they’re fully funding your social security, providing you with healthcare, keeping you
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Would love to see these folks hijack certain conferences :). Might be good for “science” in the long run
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
In this context, people born in the US who circle Caucasian when filling out their college applications honestly, and this Brooklyn white journo caste is typically middleclass+.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
This reads more like a haphazardly-inserted, boring and vanilla anti-Trump virtue signal rather than a thoughtful critique on Christian values.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Yes- that’s roughly what I’m saying as well - they would shut up more if they were beholden to a corporation that feeds them a lot more. I conclude differently than you in that I take issue with what I interpret to believe would be society
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I am definitely not a Christian but I find that statement blatantly ridiculous and counterfactual. A Christian will hold a firm set of values for their entire life, whether or not they actually practice those values (not a Christian-specifi
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
At the very start of the article, I was deathly afraid the author would conclude these people should be paid more. Most of the white (not going to sugar coat this) liberals in Brooklyn don’t actually have any firm values of their own; they’
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
The company began to censor because people complained. Also, the federal government threatened them just days ago (I’m not sure if this sounds like a free market mechanic to me, what do you think?). People are free to call for censorship. P
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Yeah, get that promotion! Developers, developers, developers!
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
The entire purpose of an abstract is for fellow experts in the field to grok the paper quickly, not for the general public to get a hand-wavy interpretation of jargon. And quite frankly, absurd practicalities aside, there is a lot of harm i
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I’m not sure what to make of this. But, Wallace belonged on Fox about as much as Megyn Kelly belonged on NBC. I think it’s safe to say, although likely to offend some, that he votes with his new network and has increasingly more in common w
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Everything else aside, you’re claiming you know what you talk about when you make a post about midtown and send a link to UES? I don’t think you know the city at all
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Frankly, you’re the one exaggerating. The above poster is discussing “high quality” apartments. 300k will get you 250 sqft or freshly plastered bullet holes.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I agree, that’s ideal when that option is available. Typically that project will be strictly within the confines of a grant and heavily influenced by your advisor, unless you’re lucky (or unlucky) and they’re extremely hands off.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I think it’s important to note that it’s a little misleading to think of it as being paid to go to school. In most cases, especially past your first year and unless you’re on some special grant, you are paid because you are working for your
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I had to comment because you’ve pulled off possibly the biggest non sequitur I’ve seen on this site. Congrats.
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Just to clarify, haven’t seen it in others’ post, Ethiopia’s PM, Abiy Ahmed, has escalated rounding up ethnic Tigrayans to be slaughtered/sent to concentration camps over the past week after a major city was captured nearing the capita
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I agree that 2.6b is chump change relative to the US housing market. In fact, it’s not a large hedge fund, regardless of what they’re trading. I think the real concern here is if this model proves to be profitable and that 3b increases by s
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
That’s one of the talking points parroted by HFT firm representatives defending their business. There’s a lot of research on it as well. I bet successful real estate firms will use that same argument. I personally have a hard time believing
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Real estate speculation has likely been around for thousands of years; it’s certainly not new. But, do you see any difference between A. individuals in the mid-2000s speculating on real estate based on individual whims and taking out mortg
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
I disagree strongly with this sentiment. Clearly Zillow is not going to buy all the houses in America and turn us into serfs overnight - that is an absurd strawman. What? Zillow is far from the only actor here trying to enter this space. It
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by drnonsense42 5y ago
Do you really think toys or food or comparable to Facebook? You go into a store, you see the product your child wants, and 99.9% of the time you know exactly what it does. You cannot walk away from a child eating a happy meal for 5 minutes

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