istjohn

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by istjohn 7mo ago
Is that such a bad thing? Plenty of people will take medications for the rest of their life -- statins, antipsychotics, antidepressants, ADHD meds, antiretrovirals. The stigma of chronic medicine use needs to go away.
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by istjohn 8mo ago
The entire idea of post-scarcity doesn't withstand the slightest scrutiny. Even if unlimited energy and matter could be summoned by magic, one would be limited by space and the speed of light, and by the threat of black hole formation
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by istjohn 8mo ago
AI detectors are snake oil.
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by istjohn 8mo ago
Your source doesn't support your claim.
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by istjohn 8mo ago
The Wikipedia article on that race is a must-read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_O...
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by istjohn 8mo ago
Our cities are being occuppied by paramilitary forces who are assaulting residents, routinely telling brazen lies about high-profile incidents, and racially profiling without pretense. This is not normal.
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by istjohn 8mo ago
These groups exist to observe and document the actions of federal agents and share that information with their communities. That is constitutionally protected activity.
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by istjohn 8mo ago
An Apple product in which design takes precedence over usability. Imagine that.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
It can always get worse, and it has.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
And the best way is...?
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by istjohn 9mo ago
E.g., Henry Kissinger
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by istjohn 9mo ago
To be fair, it's not the first extremely questionable Nobel Peace Prize award, for example, Henry Kissinger. While not nearly as egregious, Barack Obama was a bizarre choice, too.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
It's laughable to paint Islam as the enemy of Western liberty when it is masked agents of a Christian nationalist regime who are terrorizing the streets of my city and cities across the US.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
> Greek, meanwhile, uses "Γειά σου" (pronounced "yah-soo") as a typical informal greeting, offering a wish for health rather than a simple salutation. Ironically, the root of "salutation" in latin is "s
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by istjohn 9mo ago
in explanation
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by istjohn 9mo ago
I understand where you're coming from. It doesn't feel like such a heavy word to me because I know it's ubiquitous. It's like germs. I don't like germs, but I know they're everywhere, so I'm not scandalize
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by istjohn 9mo ago
> By this definition, we're all racist. Maybe that's true but it kind of ceases to be a useful distinction at that point. Does it? I would argue that recognizing that we all swim in a soup of cultural biases and familiarities t
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by istjohn 9mo ago
A supporting citation: > In 1965, mothers spent a daily average of 54 minutes on child care activities, while moms in 2012 averaged almost twice that at 104 minutes per day. Fathers’ time with children nearly quadrupled – 1965 dads spent
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by istjohn 9mo ago
Dry ice blasting
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by istjohn 9mo ago
This does not treat PFAS.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
Doesn't this allow one to prove x=y for any x, y? x/0 = x(1/0) = x*0 = 0, so x/0 = 0 for all x. So x/0 = y/0. Multiply both sides by 0: x = y.
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by istjohn 9mo ago
Gambling disorder was the first behavioral addiction to be officially recognized alongside chemical dependencies; the DSM-5 reclassified gambling disorder from "impulse control disorder" to "substance-related and addictive di
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by istjohn 9mo ago
Every human is not addicted to something good or bad. You're abusing the definition of addiction.
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by istjohn 10mo ago
It's not just brilliant, it's earth-shattering.
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by istjohn 10mo ago
Please double your prices, at minimum. (And port to Linux, so I can use it. Just CLI would be great.)
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by istjohn 10mo ago
Also see physics: "quarks," "strange," "charm"
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by istjohn 10mo ago
Yes. It's a horrible sentiment, and he should be able to air it. Free and open discourse requires me to allow you to say things I dislike in exchange for you tolerating my saying things you dislike. It isn't free speech if you&#x2
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by istjohn 10mo ago
You can't expect people to express themselves freely when a single mistatement could land them in prison.
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by istjohn 10mo ago
Dunn was jailed eight weeks for posting three memes: > Prosecutor George Shelley said Dunn had posted three separate images. The first one showed a group of men, Asian in appearance, at Egremont crab fair 2025, with the caption: “Coming
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by istjohn 10mo ago
Those examples are completely inoccuous to my sensibilities. Of course, there are plenty of countries that lack the broad speech protections Americans enjoy, but one doesn't expect such curtailments of personal liberty in a fellow Engl

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