jshevek

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by jshevek 7y ago
Sarcastic strawman arguments damage the quality of discourse.
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Carve out can mean spin off, but it can also mean exception, including an exception to a law that lets a company operate. That's how I interpreted the parent.
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by jshevek 7y ago
> raising a middle finger > Which one seems like a smarter response? Amazon's response seems reasonable to me, under the circumstances. Your characterization of their response is unfair.
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by jshevek 7y ago
I don't understand your argument. Are you thinking that there will be two kinds kinds of counties at each point in time, those "deemed safe" and those "deemed unsafe"? If so, that would explain my confusion. I im
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by jshevek 7y ago
Yes, we already have to do this at the state level, at the moment. It's in the best interest of a region's government (whether county or state) to make sure the rest of the country is aware of their rules, so they don't have
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by jshevek 7y ago
I think you are asking specifically about the enforcement issues that derive from neighboring populated counties with different policies? Neighboring counties can and should coordinate to address this, possibly choosing to enforce the same
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by jshevek 7y ago
I see this as an argument for a county-by-county approach in which the specific circumstances of the county are taken into account.
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by jshevek 7y ago
You phrased your response in the form of a question, but in general that format doesn't preclude a commentator from misrepresenting another's views. Your comment was of the form: > "so [statement A]? [question predicated o
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by jshevek 7y ago
I also think that small firms should have different rules than companies like Amazon or Walmart, in many domains. Most people agree, and the law reflects this common opinion. I'm not saying you are necessarily doing the following, but
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by jshevek 7y ago
Sports and politics can both give people an easy feeling of belonging to something greater than themselves. Both can give you addictive neur-ochemical rushes while interweaving the experience of victory and defeat with tribal identificatio
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by jshevek 7y ago
I agree there are serious problems with brainwashing on both sides. My criticism was directed leftward only because it seemed most relevant to my disagreement with the GP.
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by jshevek 7y ago
I also tire of paywalled links, as they stratify the community by ease of access. In case this helps anyone, Brave is able to view the article just by toggling 'block scripts' Edit: Presumably Firefox with a script blocking add-on
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by jshevek 7y ago
Like you, I find myself arguing on a 'side' that I disagree with. I don't agree with the parent you replied to, but they would not be wrong to speak of a right to free speech detached from the US constitution. Maybe they sho
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by jshevek 7y ago
All of the posts by this account are off topic.
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by jshevek 7y ago
It looks to me like you may be poisoning the well. Separately, there is no "appeal to authority fallacy" in the post.
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by jshevek 7y ago
> It is legal, but, I believe, completely unacceptable to just about everyone. This is not true in my experience. Many people on the left, particularly under 35, earnestly believe that their political opponents are by definition racist
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by jshevek 7y ago
I agree that it's vital to consume heterogeneous media, but as for 'why would they': Because they should not be mere propaganda machines. Incidentally, I have seen anti-GOP coverage on Fox and anti-DNC coverage on CNN. Not e
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by jshevek 7y ago
> How come the people who propose this strategy never put up their hands volunteering to make the required sacrifices? I've known many environmental activists in my lifetime, and can confidently say your extreme characterization is
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by jshevek 7y ago
Yes, also USPS is only one of several carriers here. Each has a slightly different market. Decrease in one could occur simultaneous with increase of another.
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by jshevek 7y ago
Breaking the data into "current daily" is the most extreme way of framing the data, given that we are currently suffering a rush of deaths due to the delayed effect of accelerated infection rates that occurred before the shutdown.
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by jshevek 7y ago
> so your belief is that information about deaths from a current pandemic or terrorist attack is not newsworthy? You misrepresent the parent comment. In no way did they imply that information about deaths is not newsworthy. We have mo
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by jshevek 7y ago
Every time they post total numbers for the US, I divide by 3.3e8 and marvel at how small the numbers actually are (so far).
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by jshevek 7y ago
USPS volume is said to be down in the US, not total residential mail & shipping volume.
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by jshevek 7y ago
I'm excited about the possibility that the covid experience (and data) will strengthen the arguments and motivations for various ecologically sound cultural shifts, but I'm less sure about the specific issue of bears getting comfo
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by jshevek 7y ago
I wouldn't say we "need" it, but it sure would be helpful.
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by jshevek 7y ago
I think you are most likely correct, but to argue devil's advocate there has been a significant change the way our society collectively discusses and reasons about these events, and a change in our views of acceptable losses.
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by jshevek 7y ago
Are you trying to paraphrase the parent? I disagree with the person you are responding to, but I feel you severely misrepresent what they actually said.
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by jshevek 7y ago
The ensemble was effective in delivering an emotional impact. Its not often that a tech demo makes me feel such a range of emotions, moving me through profound sadness and hope. It left an impact far greater than typical marketing videos,
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by jshevek 7y ago
Yes. Thank you so much for saying this. It seems like there is only a handful of people who are trying to keep the focus on the truth in the midst of this partisan battle of competing narratives.
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by jshevek 7y ago
From the title, I thought this was in reference to a car powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, like the kind used in spacecraft and some lighthouses. But the article mentions being powered by uranium pellets, and wikipedia co

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