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The political correctness debate reminds me of the 'Covid etiquette' debate happening around the world now. I guess it's possible for both sides to be at fault - one side should be sensitive to others' preferences and pr
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The linked article [1] provides some context I wasn't aware of on Abraham Lincoln's involvement (linked from OregonLive). Maybe I'm totally misreading it, but it reads at first glance favorable to Lincoln, commuting 90% of th
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Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln(youtube.com)
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I started reading this article today thinking that the case was clear-cut - Oracle's wrong and Google is right. As I read the article and the comments I'm now not at all sure. We all are trying to come up with a good analogy to ex
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by f154hfds 6y ago
https://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2009/08/size-doesnt-matter-... TLDR: Importance does not equate to size, just as space does not equate to mass nor mass to value (value being the particular distribution of element
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLZW8Deq8vE
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This is debatable - affirmative action can be interpreted to give preferential treatment to certain groups (based on race/gender/etc). This isn't _necessarily_ a bad thing, especially in the short term. But extended indefinit
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Thank you for the response! Could I have some references for these claims? Not that I doubt you but this historical context seems very important to the debate.
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I've always wondered how people who advocate for more open borders justify their position. Could you expand? Naively I would think regulating borders is an essential function in maintaining rule of law - undocumented workers are fodder
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Uhh what? How is the US buying goods/services from India infringing on their sovereignty?
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I'm impressed with the downvotes on this. Anyone care to back up your tacit disagreement with pax-americana [1]? Is it because you don't think it is true? Is it because you don't like the geopolitical landscape today? Just cu
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This is a very weak argument for renewables. You have to make the case that nuclear is fundamentally not able to work in a similar way. The very article we're commenting on is demonstrating the more 'distributed' nature a new
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The problem with these renewables over time is that their energy density is fundamentally limited compared to nuclear by physics. We need sustainable _ecologically_ friendly energy sources and at scale unfortunately density becomes all impo
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The coastline paradox extends to much more than coastlines - pretty much all natural boundaries I would think. It's certainly doable, it just seems to add extra variables to what really needs to be as foolproof as possible.
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I've always found the perimeter over area close to the mark for jerrymandering but not quite good enough (because of the coastline paradox - forces picking an arbitrary segment size [1]). My idea - I welcome counter arguments - is to
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Not to be pedantic but the indictment is 'Negligent Homicide'. I believe this is involuntary manslaughter. The reason I bring this up is because I see people misuse the term 'murder' on HN often, leading their readers to
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I don't think we actually disagree on _any_ of your points. I was merely explaining an alternative perspective that I can respect and acknowledge. I will note too that I got plenty of downvotes as well (without any response but yours I
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by f154hfds 6y ago
I can't downvote you but I would if I could. The reason republicans/conservatives believe more in conspiracy theories is because part of their group ideology has become being mistrustful of authority (established media, tech and s
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Your post above seems to indicate that you would rather have no datacenters within the Earth's thermodynamic system? Good luck!
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Naive question here - is the 13bn years relative to the surface of the Earth? I assume this matters right? If we're in a bit of a gravity well wouldn't the vacuum of space experience this time a bit longer? According to [1], the r
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This is literally the opposite of what is true. Every _single_ thing that you own tells a different story than the sentence you wrote above.
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Hmm when I think of 'normalizing' I don't think of dividing by a max at all - in my experience it is more taking a quantity (perhaps in English measurement) and transferring to a more 'standard' unit (say metric). I
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Where did quantum mechanics come from [1]? Where did general relativity come from [2]? They came from _experiments_ and _observations_ that couldn't be explained by the current theories. You don't just take theories to produce exp
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Where does quack science end and legitimate science begin? There's a real bottleneck in theory right now and I don't see how pushing the envelope in various directions could be a bad thing (especially given the relatively low cost
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In your view, how do digital content creators such as artists make a living? I am honestly curious. Are you saying that the entire gaming industry should be open source and sustain itself purely on peoples' charity?
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vk is the abbreviation for vulkan... I would think these should start showing up eventually too. https://devdocs.io/vulkan/
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Thanks for the meta-analysis link! Looking at the other measures, it does mention HCQ in duration of symptoms. > Hydroxychloroquine might be the most effective in reducing the duration of symptoms. Remdesivir has intermediate effectivene
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I looked for homeopathy in the article to understand what you were getting at. To disregard a long article such as this on one sentence doesn't seem fair. The article if anything is about epistemology - so the sneer is in reference to
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This fascinating article was posted on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24251718 It talks about the history of the HCQ debacle and in the process taught me quite a lot about medical study methodology&
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The debate is simply our age old socialist vs. capitalist. The socialist will say that technology/society has changed to the point where extra safety nets are attainable and will tend to ignore/downplay incentives. Conversely the

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