janeroe

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by janeroe 5y ago
> one of the greatest blunders in the history of public health policy Is it a blunder when malice is involved?
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by janeroe 5y ago
In theory. In practice I see too many comments that use the phrase ("as an immigrant") as a way to turn their opinion (not always very smart) into some kind of fact. Look at the parent comment, it's not in the form "in m
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by janeroe 5y ago
> As an immigrant I can tell you... Being an immigrant, of course, makes you an expert.
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by janeroe 5y ago
Back in school I often used my native dialect of math all the time, the professor was racist though, probably a supporter of white supremacy or something, and required the standard dialect. It warms my heart the times have changed. Now I wa
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by janeroe 5y ago
> Reading lots of english makes very little to your listening skills. It makes a lot. In fact, it's the most effective way to master the speaking and listening skills. There are 2 things that you need though: 1. Read out loud. 2. Us
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by janeroe 5y ago
> even the greatest non-fiction books aren't optimal when the objective is learning Says who? I say he's doing it wrong. > the methods he's suggesting have decades of research suggesting to learning that's much mor
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by janeroe 5y ago
> even a genius ... will forget to listen to the victims of the sacrifices he requires for the greater good, and that voice must be heard too How do you know someone is a leftist? He will show you his fascist nature.
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by janeroe 5y ago
> Why books donʼt work They do. First, just like with everything else there are brilliant, good, mediocre, and outright poorly written books. Among those some may work for you, others miss the mark completely depending on your prior expe
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by janeroe 5y ago
> Volunteer run organizations are way more ... high quality than anything commercial In what universe?
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by janeroe 5y ago
> Net negative for most, net positive for a few, good learning experience for all. You mean the printing press, right?
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by janeroe 5y ago
> From wikipedia Your wikipedia links references merriam-webster which says: > propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio
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by janeroe 5y ago
Thanks God neither Google nor Apple complied because "it's extremely [difficult] for them to" do so. Oh, wait, they did comply, too. Different jurisdiction, no HQs in Russia and yet both succumbed to the authoritarian regime.
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by janeroe 5y ago
> my point is that what you cited as a piece of evidence for malign intent on Google's part isn't actually supporting evidence It's worth noticing that it's pointless to censor requests like "gab.com" anyway
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by janeroe 5y ago
Good for them. The thing is I want a search engine, not a catalogue of web-sites approved by the ministry of truth.
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by janeroe 5y ago
What does "us election fraud" shows, any web-sites that are not in line with "the correct" narrative? For me google shows one side, yandex both of them. Now, "голосование на пеньках" (voting on stomps) is a moc
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by janeroe 5y ago
Where are you from? I checked from American IP and it's indeed the first result. Not the case with Asian IP.
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by janeroe 5y ago
> You can't find many things that Russian government deems inappropriate in Yandex What are those things that Yandex can't find? It seems to me it shows pretty relevant results for "putin's golden toilet" [1], &q
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by janeroe 5y ago
> Over a century of monetary policy has shown that decentralization isn't aligned with political or economic goals. Or rather it has shown that decentralization isn't aligned with the political or economic goals of those who co
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by janeroe 5y ago
> [regulation of social media] > muddied with libertarianism Right.
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by janeroe 5y ago
> yet another libertarian cess pool > The reason so much stupid policy comes out of Australia Here we go, the real reason.
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by janeroe 5y ago
Promotion of piracy web-sites on the front of HN, nice. While we're at it, gen.lib.rus.ec is a good one, too (less fancy but without the 5 books/day limitation).
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by janeroe 5y ago
> I find it really hard to read anything because of the math notations and zero explanation of it in the context. So many answers and no correct one yet. Read and solve "How to Prove It: A Structured Approach", Velleman. This i
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by janeroe 5y ago
If you forgot the parent comment was about "reckless behavior". Bombing weddings, hospitals, whole families who worked for the US (as in the latest case in Afghanistan), and running civilians seems quite reckless to me. I have no
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by janeroe 5y ago
What war zone has to do with people sitting in a secure facility and drone attacking civilians on the other side of the planet? Then covering that up. > you’d have to then go and find all sorts of unaccounted for airliners that disappear
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by janeroe 5y ago
>> Still, kind of difficult to believe the US only had two incidents of that nature. > Why’s that difficult to believe? Because of stories like this: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airs
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by janeroe 5y ago
Same story on desktop. It shows all the stuff I didn't ask for (pronouns, hobbies, etc.) but no actual content.
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by janeroe 5y ago
> the pandemic caused supply shortages Right, it's that Pandemic guy who is ruining everything. He's the one who prints money, closes cities, organizes supply shortages, exacerbates poverty. Someone must arrest him already.
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by janeroe 5y ago
So there was some kind of agreement and it wasn't supposed to be an unconditional capitulation?
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by janeroe 5y ago
Nice. > wish we would pass ranked choice voting Do you believe that parties that in a joint effort "fortified" debates in 2000 to make sure no 3rd party could receive air time and wider audience, would commit political suicide
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by janeroe 5y ago
> The kind of evidence provided by the GOP? Yes that kind. Do you assume I somehow care? This and then Obama's 8 years of drone bombing of weddings in Pakistan, hospitals in Afghanistan, prolongation & expansion of mass surveill

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