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by egdod 7y ago
I'm over the stigma. But it's still a private bodily function, and I still think it's in poor taste. It adds nothing to the article--it's just there for shock value/entertainment. Imagine if this were an article abo
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by egdod 7y ago
I'm guessing they're riffing on a used tampon.
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by egdod 7y ago
Seems unremarkable. Most businesses will do this if you owe them money and don’t pay.
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by egdod 7y ago
Fine, but... it’s just a table of numbers. There’s nothing interesting or thought-provoking about it.
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by egdod 7y ago
There are an awful lot of random Wikipedia articles being posted lately. Some of them are interesting and on topic, but this one? Come on.
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by egdod 7y ago
> It necessarily includes a formal system. That much has been hammered into the ground already, and you'll discover it for yourself as soon as you attempt to formalize your description. That’s a bald assertion, not an answer. And on
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by egdod 7y ago
Why would a description of physics necessarily include a formal system or arithmetic?
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by egdod 7y ago
Pretty strange. Why would she be racially profiling Asians as terrorist suspects? Have we had a rash of Chinese guys blowing up planes that I somehow missed?
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by egdod 7y ago
> finitely axiomatized formal system I said “description.” You’re adding additional constraints that may or may not be warranted.
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by egdod 7y ago
There is a description that’s correct. We may never find it, but it exists.
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by egdod 7y ago
Why would landing from a polar orbit be harder?
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by egdod 7y ago
Zima was sweet though.
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by egdod 7y ago
> An investigation by ProPublica identified more than 60 accidents since June 2015 involving Amazon delivery contractors that resulted in serious injuries, including 10 deaths. Is that supposed to sound like a lot? Amazon delivers a stag
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by egdod 7y ago
> {university|coach} will maintain the facade that money did not have any influence That's not really true though. For the coach, sure, as the payments happen is secret. But for the school? If I buy Harvard a new building and get my
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by egdod 7y ago
This is a bit tautological, but the definition of bribery includes doing something that’s illegal. If donations to a school—along with the expectation of advantage—aren’t illegal, then it isn’t bribery.
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by egdod 7y ago
The second one isn’t a bribe.
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by egdod 7y ago
This isn’t even in the same ballpark as the Rick Singer stuff. Bribing a coach to use his influence to get you admitted is waaaaaay worse than donating money to a school with the (universal!) understanding that this will help your kid’s cha
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by egdod 7y ago
> I also think it would be a little weird if I started every article that has an affiliate link with a 5 paragraph disclaimer to justify why I am using that link, but maybe I should write a post about that and then drop a 1 liner link so
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by egdod 7y ago
Using an affiliate link without mentioning it is scammy.
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by egdod 7y ago
A lot of people (myself included) try to forget the Brian Herbert books ever existed.
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by egdod 7y ago
When I worked in a research lab with some finicky bespoke equipment, I remember the boss making a related point. If our experimental device is made up of N components that are each 95% reliable, that sounds pretty good... until you start th
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by egdod 7y ago
How well do they hold an edge? What do you use them for?
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by egdod 7y ago
It was a question, not an assertion. I don’t have an Apple card, and I haven’t seen one in person. Keep your pants on.
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by egdod 7y ago
Did they really not chamfer the card? A metal 90 degree angle like that can cut skin like a knife. Any machinist would know that you have to break those edges.
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by egdod 7y ago
I don’t doubt it. I’d never heard of this scam before, but it seems obvious in retrospect.
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by egdod 7y ago
They do. This is a scam involving generation of QR codes, not reading of QR codes.
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by egdod 7y ago
> So before we go on, let me warn you: The rest of this column is going to give your eye-rolling muscles a very good workout. Well, thanks for the heads up I guess. No need to bother reading the rest now.
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by egdod 7y ago
> There might be a way to use this case as a basis for collateral estoppel, meaning that J&J would have a harder time disputing the liability (since they were decided to be liable in this case) but I'm not sure if that applies a
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by egdod 7y ago
I have so far resisted mechjeb (and other mods). Should I give it a try?
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by egdod 7y ago
Faithless electors are hardly a new phenomenon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector

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