istjohn

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   by istjohn 2y ago

   I had never heard of three out of five of your "quite common" words.
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   by istjohn 2y ago

   If we aren't going to abolish the death penalty, we should at least require a higher standard of proof than beyond a reasonable doubt to carry it out. It should require incontrovertible proof. Circumstantial evidence should not be allo
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   by istjohn 2y ago

   I mean, that's how a tuning fork, bell, string, or chime works in the real world. Frequency is inversely proportional to wave length.
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   by istjohn 2y ago

   I think of it like combing the tree's hair. A tree sends out branches in all directions, but many of those branches are growing towards branches that are already there where the sky is already shaded. Many of them will naturally die of
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   Heron's Bonsai on YouTube has a few videos, e.g. [1], where he prunes garden trees and describes his thinking. There are just a few principles to learn: cut to discourage growth in a given direction and encourage growth in the other di
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   I would be more concerned if a human rights watchdog didn't have critics.
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   After Uvalde, that Texan braggadocio looks sillier than ever.
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   For several years, I lived next to a small church that operated a soup kitchen. The thinly veiled disgust many neighbors had for the kitchen's clientelle was unfortunate, but I was bewildered to learn that the Eastern Orthodox bishop o
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   Darwinian evolution isn't the only way death facilitates progress. It's said that science progresses one funeral at a time. The long arc of the moral universe Dr. King spoke of no doubt bends towards justice more quickly as new ge
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Does it rhyme with Pikea?
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    AI is not a "complement" of a social network in the way Spolsky defines the term. > A complement is a product that you usually buy together with another product. Gas and cars are complements. Computer hardware is a classic comp
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Thanks for the reminder to check out the book Death in Yellowstone. According to Randall Munroe it's quite a read.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    I'm not a regular drinker and even a coke after 11 am means I'm going to have a late night. It's frustrating how often there are no caffeine-free diet soda options.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    You might want to get diagnosed so you can get a proper ADHD prescription. I'm told Vyvanse is like a smooth day-long caffeine high without the jitters or stained teeth. OTOH, if caffeine is working for you, it sounds like it's pe
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    I read your comment to be a sarcastic critique of those who are opposed to our carceral state. But it's clear there is a huge disparity between the way we treat white-collar crime and blue-collar crime as the article makes crystal clea
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Most PPE has very real tradeoffs. Respirators are uncomfortable, especially in hot weather. Safety glasses get dusty and smudged. Gloves limit dexterity. Mortar mixer grates make it difficult to clean unmixed sand and mortar from the sides.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Or a mirror
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Yes, a top-down safety culture entails some level of bureaucracy and process overhead. That is the price that must be paid for jobsite safety. No one is saying there's a free lunch.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    The homicide rate in the U.S. is triple that of other G7 countries.[0] 0. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1374211/g7-country-homic...
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    The distinction you're making is basically immaterial for the general public. The key takeaway for us is that hydrocarbon extraction is polluting groundwater and contaminating surface land. The exact reason for those negative externali
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Well Gov. Mike Dewine and the Ohio Republican lawmakers aren't above a little graft: > The Ohio nuclear bribery scandal (2020) is a political scandal in Ohio involving allegations that electric utility company FirstEnergy paid rough
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    They're not going to risk having it land on some poor unsuspecting sloth below them! That would be barbaric.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    > We can also mention the case of psychiatrists running the "Presence francaise" groups who, appointed to examine the prisoner, started off boasting they were great friends with the defense lawyer and claiming both of them (the
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    I wonder if this HN post will get torpedoed as fast as the one from yesterday[0]. 0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40435440
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    After 2 hours it's at #71
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    OP was commenting on the analogy of a boat that has the water underneath it suddenly drop away.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    Never trust a "Sam."
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    To be precise, she has claimed she was sexually assaulted. She has not publicly alleged rape to my knowledge.
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    > The U.N. says at least 500 trucks a day of aid and commercial goods need to enter Gaza. In April, an average of 189 trucks entered a day - the highest since the war started.[0] 0. https://www.reuters.com/world/midd
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    by istjohn 2y ago

    The US fought in urban settings in Iraq without putting civilian populations under siege and starvation. By all appearances, Israel isn't even trying to conduct a lawful urban war.