jjulius

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by jjulius 2y ago
>... heedful (he wasn't for AI) Preceding the use of that word as an example, it clearly says "having thoughts" as the definition. Between the blog he posted, the interview he gave, and the fact that he was assisting an ac
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by jjulius 2y ago
>Reference: merriam-Webster thesaurus Oof, are you using a thesaurus to determine the definition of a word? That's what a dictionary is for; a thesaurus is a list of words that have similar or opposite meanings. But within that, the
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by jjulius 2y ago
Even thoughtful people can be wrong, make mistakes, or have lapses in judgement. Nobody is perfect, we all have flaws. Edit: Heck, even by definition, "thoughtful" doesn't mean "accurate". You can put a lot of thoug
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by jjulius 2y ago
In Lafferty et. al. v. Jones , Jones was ordered to be deposed under oath in March 2019, as part of the trial. This was the deposition in which he admitted the deaths were real. It wasn't until 2021 where the judge in that case found
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by jjulius 2y ago
If "Condolences, he seems to have been a principled person" is flaggable to you, then I think you may be letting some very strong beliefs or biases cloud your judgement.
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by jjulius 2y ago
Following HN's guidelines, I'm going to assume that you're a pretty smart person who knows that our northern/southern hemispheres mean that there are only two options for when summer occurs, and when winter occurs, and
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by jjulius 2y ago
I've vented in previous comments this year about how weird it is that we've collectively become okay with corporations, politicians, public figures, yadda yadda, putting out statements that everyone knows to be bullshit. It's
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>... when the voters get to exert control. If*. We hope we can.
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I'm sure that those interactions are frustrating and are very hard to deal with. I'm sorry that you have to take on that stress so frequently. That said, someone being unable to answer a question isnt necessarily indicative of a s
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by jjulius 2y ago
>You have 5 employees who do what 1 could do... Do you have a specific example that fits this description that you could point to?
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by jjulius 2y ago
>He didn't even show up to court. Yes he did, under oath, and he didn't do so well - he was caught lying about evidence during his testimony, and famously admitted that he knew that the shooting wasn't staged. https:&#x2F
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by jjulius 2y ago
As I've said elsewhere in this thread, my belief is that healthcare should not be for-profit, full stop. Everyone should be able to get the care they need, full stop. Whatever that looks like, just not whatever the current bullshit is.
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by jjulius 2y ago
>What do you think is a reasonable profit margin for a for-profit insurance company? Healthcare should not be for-profit, full stop. >How many people are dead because you didn’t personally volunteer all of your disposable income to pa
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by jjulius 2y ago
No, it's not that black-and-white. The politicians are to blame, as are the corporations and business interests who continue to take advantage of the system for financial gain, as opposed to working to fix it from within.
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by jjulius 2y ago
>... some of those customers are unhappy... That's a tremendously generous way of saying, "Many of their customers are dead because the company opted for profit over treatment".
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>The anger here on HN seems focused on the greed of the insurance companies, but that corporations tend to optimize for profit should surprise exactly no one. Where's the anger at our corrupt government? I imagine the anger is on th
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by jjulius 2y ago
The complete inability for anybody in any of these companies, in the past few days, to ask themselves, "Well, okay, are we the baddies?" and instead just doubling down on rhetoric like this and beefing up their own personal secu
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by jjulius 2y ago
Probably unapproved third-party merch, like those bumper stickers where Calvin is pissing on something. Watterson is famous for having always been anti-merchandising.
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Likewise. Stopped in on a whim, and was pleasantly surprised. Delightful little area in that harbor, and the food was better than expected. I appreciate the surprise nostalgia from this webcam. :)
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Ah yes, I forgot! Thanks for the reminder!
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by jjulius 2y ago
Well, life is incredibly nuanced, there's no black and whites and we often have to deal with double-edged swords. :) To me, there's a bit of a difference between the two. In one instance, you've got a single corporation ownin
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by jjulius 2y ago
You're definitely right that children would love that sort of thing. My perspective, as a parent of a 2 and 4 year-old, is that it would just be another stuffed animal. Both of my kiddos have their own massive pile of stuffed toys that
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by jjulius 2y ago
You'd be keen to know that, a year or two back, Watterson published his first piece of work since C&H ended. It's great - short, sweet, but great. :) https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mysteries&#x
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by jjulius 2y ago
>They can experience it the same way that we all did - in syndicated comic form. You can also buy the entire series in a single collection. I've got it, it's great, and my kids love reading it with me.
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by jjulius 2y ago
The committee was Republican-led, yes.
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by jjulius 2y ago
I'm not saying that you're wrong, or that I feel that killing is OK, but as others have expressed throughout this thread, it feels weird to say stuff like that in regards to a company that itself has normalized letting people die
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by jjulius 2y ago
>There are almost no situations where you will not be buying your firearm from an FFL and you will have to fill out a background check form and have a waiting period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_show_loophole
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by jjulius 2y ago
I can respect that. I guess I'm just not sure how to have a discussion around discovery/engagement without also understanding why someone would or wouldn't be interested in discovering more, but hey... that's why I'
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by jjulius 2y ago
>He was on his way back to Northern California to pay someone for some stuff that had been fronted + re-up. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this very much sounds like "drugs". If that's the case, your point about him nev
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by jjulius 2y ago
If the user is determined, they'll press on and discover it, as I and others have. If they're not, then they won't. Perhaps a drop in discovery/engagement suggests that using that feature wasn't as vital as others t

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