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601.
by dwd 6y ago
Maybe watch the Red Dwarf episode "Better Than Life" which is more how I could see it playing out.
602.
by dwd 6y ago
Need some of the mitigations they use in Japan like calming blue lighting at the platform ends, full length barriers and gates.
603.
by dwd 6y ago
Psychologically not, but staying home is physically way less stressful which possibly makes the difference.
604.
by dwd 6y ago
All the more reason to take train drivers out of the picture.
605.
by dwd 6y ago
Bamboo doesn't really grow in a way to do this unless you tried training the shoot to follow a path as it extended that loops around. A bamboo shoot has a telescopic appearance (I have Bambusa Lako) in that it extends and then thickens
606.
by dwd 6y ago
You're pretty much talking about most AI there.
607.
by dwd 6y ago
Interesting list, surprised to see Doug Pinnick on there. I'm mainly familiar with his bluesy style with Kings-X in the early 90s and would not have suspected he had that kind of range.
608.
by dwd 6y ago
David Lee Roth? Michael Kiske (Halloween) and Rob Halford (Judas Priest) also had decent ranges.
609.
by dwd 6y ago
I've been voting 3rd party in the Senate since I first got to vote (originally the Democrats and lately Greens) but probably got that notion from my parents who would have instilled Don Chipp's "Keep the bastards honest"
610.
by dwd 6y ago
Unless they come out with details of a convoluted deeper infiltration, escalation of privilege, and careful exfiltration of data over a period of time to escape detection I wouldn't buy the PR bs.
611.
by dwd 6y ago
I would think it fairly disingenuous to claim QAnon as a distinct thing with no history or causality and that it appeared fully formed and unchanging. It should have by rights have disappeared into obscurity after the imminent mass arrests
612.
by dwd 6y ago
It's worth noting that with the process of eliminating the last candidate, their votes are redistributed by preference and not simply discarded - so in the end your vote goes to one of the last two candidates unless there was a runaway
613.
by dwd 6y ago
In the US context who would get voted in using the Australian Senate model is an interesting thought. GOP and Dems would obviously pick up the majority, but I could imagine a fishing/hunting coalition (with possible NRA support) pickin
614.
by dwd 6y ago
But what about the best alternative of all - the single transferable vote? Call me biased as an Australian but it's served us well for giving small groups a chance in the Senate and electing 3rd party candidates such as Adam Bandt. ht
615.
by dwd 6y ago
The Greens in Australia are a sad case in point. They turn over people like crazy and I suspect that is largely due to the stress and pressure of basically herding cats. I've been silently wondering whether they were even infiltrated b
616.
by dwd 6y ago
If you're a casual employee and don't have any sort of paid sick leave you either turn up or forgo the money (and potential future work). There are also those who pride themselves on never taking sick leave and "soldiering on
617.
by dwd 6y ago
I would say "completely disorganised" rather than "loose organisation" and I can't see that changing. The left is a vast collection of competing factional ideas that in many cases the only common purpose is a demand
618.
by dwd 6y ago
You could start with the guy who charged into the pizza shop back when this all began. Fortunately he didn't kill anyone but he's now in jail after sincerely believed children were being abused and that it was being covered up. h
619.
by dwd 6y ago
It's potentially not a bubble but a bet against other car manufacturers who are a) supposedly five years behind Tesla on some of the EV technology b) struggling to catch up So, either Tesla continues to gain market share and expand int
620.
by dwd 6y ago
Right now is a good time to look into this with a lot of hospitals around the world suspending non-essential surgery to free up resources deal with COVID-19, without having to wait for the next strike. Still, what do they need to learn - wh
621.
by dwd 6y ago
I agree with you completely, he was outing the guy whichever way he tries to spin his motives. Should have done him the favour of pointing it out and left it at that.
622.
by dwd 6y ago
In places like Japan you are expected to wear a mask if you're sick, so there's no reason that shouldn't become standard in the West. More important could be that workplaces require staff to either stay home and not infect th
623.
by dwd 6y ago
Perception is everything. Doesn't really matter if you said or did a particular thing - if people think you did then no amount of explanation will fix that. He can say that he was just mentioning it as an aside of the story, but that&#
624.
by dwd 6y ago
You need to read the journalist's own account as to how this all blew up. He provides a lot more context and nuance as to who tweeted what and when, but basically screwed up and should have checked his own online history as well. http
625.
by dwd 6y ago
It unfortunately doesn't work because people in general don't get that knowledge progresses and what may previously been considered a truth, no longer is - and that should be how it works because we learn and grow as a civilisatio
626.
by dwd 6y ago
When it comes to smoothing out a burn-down chart, the trick is the break up the tasks in a way that allows for each to be completed in full according to how you work on them. It may go against the logical or functional division of the proje
627.
by dwd 6y ago
You may also have been thinking of Myers-Briggs which is pseudo-scientific nonsense and quite worthless given the ease it can be gamed when answering the questions.
628.
by dwd 6y ago
Their dedication and mental stamina (maintaining focus over multiple long games) is a big factor. Their proficiency is like any game that you might practice to extreme: whether speed-cubing or competitive video games. Getting really good (f
629.
by dwd 6y ago
What is sad, is that there are people who seem to thrive on company politics, gossip, and all the infighting and backstabbing.
630.
by dwd 6y ago
Conscientiousness can be broken down further into 5 factors: two of which correlate with openness to experience: industriousness and achievement. Creatives tend to be low on the other three: order, dutifulness, and deliberation. Probably sa

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