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by esja 6y ago
I agree with benlumen. I think there is a group which is trying very hard to redefine what racism means, in order to advance a different ideology. It seems to be working, at least in America. For those people, To Kill a Mockingbird is very
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by esja 6y ago
Australia is even worse.
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by esja 6y ago
It's ridiculous to believe this would have played out the same way if the lab was based in Denmark. Or Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, or any number of other Western countries. They would have welcomed the inspection and it would hav
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by esja 6y ago
It's less complex. The lab theory is a superset of the bat theory because it includes the bat as the original source.
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by esja 6y ago
In my experience the "easy answer" here is the one that excludes the lab. Most of the people advocating the lab leak hypothesis are also saying it originally came from wildlife, i.e. understanding their position requires understan
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by esja 6y ago
Perhaps we can thank evolution for that. The people alive today are descended from the survivors of disasters.
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by esja 6y ago
Amusing to read the conclusion then flip to the next page listing their other reports. Top of that list: "Financing a Greener Planet".
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by esja 6y ago
Yes, that's one of their stated reasons (there are others). But it hasn't worked for a long very time - the net effect is well and truly negative by now. My view: Deliberately stoking massive asset price inflation and wealth inequ
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by esja 6y ago
The best (worst) part is: they don't even need to use actual company funds. Thanks to our wonderful (awful) central banks, they can have the company borrow huge amounts of money at almost zero interest. Outcomes: the company is more le
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by esja 6y ago
Similar effects have been seen with Multiple Sclerosis. People of the same genetic background who move to Western countries are more likely to develop MS than those who stay behind. I can’t remember the specific countries unfortunately.
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by esja 6y ago
Some of the other episodes look great as well. Thanks for sharing!
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by esja 6y ago
Can these endocrine disruptors also contribute to gender dysphoria?
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by esja 6y ago
Where does this quote come from?
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by esja 6y ago
I am yet to see a single piece of evidence which rules out the lab leak hypothesis. Meanwhile the circumstantial evidence in favour of that hypothesis (including China’s behaviour) continues to pile up. We may never discover the truth, but
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by esja 6y ago
I've been typing for 36 years now (since I was a child), and have never had RSI once, or anything close to it. I think it's because I never learned to touch-type "properly". I use most of my fingers, and I type very fast
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by esja 6y ago
This is a wonderful way of expressing something I've been thinking about for a while. Thank you.
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In which case you’d expect to hear “we can’t comment due to an ongoing investigation”. Whereas this situation is more consistent with the CCP’s inability to acknowledge any error.
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by esja 6y ago
Same, most days for almost 13 years, and mostly lurking. I think "the medium is the message" applies here. The minimalist design is a huge part of HN's success. That and the excellent moderation.
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by esja 6y ago
The lesson here is: you are too big. If you were smaller, you could manage these issues. But you choose to be big instead.
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by esja 6y ago
Why not both? They aren't mutually exclusive.
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by esja 6y ago
What do you mean?
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by esja 6y ago
Even the expensive COVID vaccines are an absolute bargain compared to all the costs associated with not having them (economic, social, health, geopolitical...). The EU has just created a huge problem for themselves (which will result in ext
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by esja 6y ago
Human rights law in many countries prevents their citizens from being made stateless. The UK has tried to strip the citizenship of some ISIL members, e.g. Shamima Begum, but it’s tied up in court: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
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by esja 6y ago
That’s a great idea.
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by esja 6y ago
My concern was just with trianglem misrepresenting reality. “Literally no plan” means: literally no plan. You’re making a different (and better) argument here, which I have no problem with at all. Although if you look at the situation in Eu
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by esja 6y ago
Right now a lot of people are getting vaccinated - an unprecedented achievement. Did that happen by magic? That’s one example that a federal plan existed, and there are plenty of others if you care to look for yourself. It’s been 12 months
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by esja 6y ago
“Literally no plan”? How did you arrive at that conclusion? Even the most cursory effort would tell you it’s not true.
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by esja 6y ago
Germany is not at all representative of the rest of Europe. Have a look at Belgium, Italy, etc.
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by esja 6y ago
HN has the same problem with upvotes. It would be healthier not to display karma scores at all, even privately. Use them for ranking etc but hide the numbers completely.
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by esja 6y ago
Make a list of the distinct demographic categories in your hiring pool, ordered by size. You may be surprised. Depending on location and role, “Trump Voter and offended non-Trump Voter” could easily be second only to “Male non-Trump voter”,

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