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by foerbert 5y ago
I've got nothing to say about what the actual cause is, but I see many lines of thought go this direction and don't think they are credible. Not everything is a simple linear effect. There are all kinds of interactions that do not
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by foerbert 5y ago
Because it can influence the behavior of people who might be going into adtech. If working for adtech becomes known for coming with a cost of harming future career prospects outside of adtech, it becomes far less attractive even without hav
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by foerbert 5y ago
Well, considering the guy from Pfizer quoted in this article says they don't believe the vaccines they are currently developing will be needed, and that you say we can't trust them when they tell us about the need for the treatmen
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by foerbert 5y ago
I think this is far too important to be called a nitpick. This is a very easy trap to fall into - both on your own and when guided to it. Assuming children here means under 18 as the article never mentions a specific range, then the populat
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by foerbert 5y ago
I think it's probably the correct argument to use. As you pointed out, what the vast majority of gamers will respond to is performance. In order to get performance, you have to start cutting other areas like graphics. However, those ar
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by foerbert 5y ago
Honestly, this reads as more damning of the US political system than it does the Democratic party. Don't get me wrong, I've got plenty of bones to pick there. But the overall theme from everybody mentioned in the article is that t
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by foerbert 5y ago
This is the one position on taxes I cannot believe is uttered in good faith. There are many things people say about taxes I can agree with. There are many things people say about taxes that I disagree with, but I can understand their reason
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by foerbert 5y ago
There's no way it's a genuine comment from somebody that has given the topic enough of a passing thought to actually comment on it. The sheer number of things everybody interacts with everyday that are very directly related to tax
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by foerbert 5y ago
> The problem is that "winning the game" is about publications, tenure, and ... Totally. 100% with you there. I didn't mean researchers aren't doing those things, but rather that papers built for those ends are probab
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by foerbert 5y ago
> I wish I had your generosity of spirit about contemporary practice and motivations of academic science. Ha! I seem to have given you a false impression. There's... so many problems. However, I don't think most (any?) research
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by foerbert 5y ago
I'm inclined to agree with you, but I think the answer is actually more nuanced. At a minimum, it seems like a good way to run a cheap and quick way to try to validate an idea before dumping more time and money into it. If it seems lik
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by foerbert 5y ago
Welp. I guess that's my daily dose of 'oh god everything is actually worse than I thought and I don't know why I'm surprised again.' There's no way that's a decent no-history guess for what is intended.
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by foerbert 5y ago
Yep. It's way beyond anything I consider acceptable. I'm disgusted, really. It's still pretty fresh, so it's possible my opinion softens later, but right now I'm thinking it's appropriate to consider Chrome and
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by foerbert 5y ago
It wasn't my argument. I was explaining why I downvoted your comment, which I probably should have been more clear about.
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by foerbert 5y ago
You started by dismissing the proposed solution out of hand and then went on to attack a strawman. You do end with a couple ideas of your own, but overall I find this comment more disingenuous than not.
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by foerbert 5y ago
I don't think I can agree that the GIL is mostly unnoticeable. I don't do all that much in Python and mostly use it as a scripting language for little personal stuff. I haven't had all that much need to dive into multithreadi
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by foerbert 5y ago
My understanding is that when it comes the US maneuvers in international waters of the South China Sea, the purpose is actually defensive. Part of international maritime law determining the owner of waterways includes considerations for act
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by foerbert 5y ago
I don't know, I think it's possible Canada has more weight in this kind of thing than you'd expect from it's basic stats. It might not harm Huawei much directly with a ban, but I can easily see that kind of thing spillin
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by foerbert 5y ago
I might be inclined to agree somewhat, except for the situation described in the article. It's one thing if somebody raised internal concerns about possible misconceptions and it was ultimately decided that it wasn't likely. It&#x
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by foerbert 5y ago
One other aspect is that it's often not even fiscally reasonable to attempt to get the cash back. The costs of an attorney to take the case often outweigh the value of the cash seized. This means many times the only options are to give
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by foerbert 5y ago
This is true, but people can also judge ahead of time when problems are more likely to occur, letting them put down the cellphone and pay attention to the road when it is more likely they'll need to react quicker. I'd also guess m
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by foerbert 5y ago
I'm not sure that would work quite the same. The personal shopper has very different abilities and incentives. They can actually be at your house to manage the delivery and potential returns, they will get to know your preferences in a
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by foerbert 5y ago
I was trying to use an absurd example to point out that it's not unreasonable to set some limits on what an employer can ask of a (possibly potential) employee. I was not commenting on what those limits are or should be. I was only poi
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by foerbert 5y ago
I mean, there's some big questions left out there. It says 'certain' apps. Is it all? Or just some? If you do opt-out, does anybody get notified? Is it reasonable users are concerned somebody might get notified? There's
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by foerbert 5y ago
I mean yes, but also no? And I think a lot of it depends on how much you want to take from the overall tone of the comment vs a particular statement in it. Not everybody is going to read the whole article. Not everybody is going to put 2 an
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by foerbert 5y ago
Right. I wouldn't put things quite so extremely, and I think many YouTubers would honestly disagree with you. Which is why I think the GP's point was relevant in the first place. But that's where people end up, not where they
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by foerbert 5y ago
I don't think the financial incentives question was so much a sincere question as it was bringing up a concern about other influences on his position. I think it's a valid one. Humans are really bad at fully separating and underst
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by foerbert 5y ago
I didn't get the impression the author alleged YouTube had any obligation to let him broadcast his material. He even mentioned understanding why YouTube would be wary of his content, and mostly was unhappy that YouTube did not put some
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by foerbert 5y ago
There's a huge difference between government regulation of email services and a government email service. I doubt many people calling for the former would use the later.
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by foerbert 5y ago
This seems patently ridiculous. How can there be no limits just because a perspective employee can theoretically refuse? What if all the companies decided to have these requirements? There's an inherent power imbalance here that isn&#x

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