jtbayly

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by jtbayly 3y ago
4 hours is not fine in a lot of circumstances.
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Shadow profiles are - collected by FB - without even the pretense of consent - sold to the highest bidder
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by jtbayly 3y ago
To be clear, I’m not claiming it’s legal (or agreeing with the guy who says it’s no big deal). Just pointing out it is fairly equivalent. More than I expected before I started thinking about the comparison.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
FB has pictures of people who are not users of FB, as well as shadow profiles of such users. Seems very similar to me.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
IVF is exactly how one would implant these embryo "models," and that's why I brought it up in my first comment. Here's an example of how IVF embryos are graded at day 6, prior to implantation: https://flo.heal
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by jtbayly 3y ago
You don’t appear to be able to say anything helpful about what “model” means in this discussion. The only explicit claim you made (that they were different because they would have been implanted in a womb for a week already) was incorrect.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
None of your quotes indicate that it would be impossible to implant these. The article is beating around the bush, but essentially it is saying "These could potentially be implanted." That's why people are somewhat up in arms
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>"For one thing human embryos would have already been implanted in a womb for a week at that point" At what point? Implantation typically occurs 6-12 days after fertilization. This experiment starts at the equivalent of day 7.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
That’s only one aspect of the problem. Lots of people have been bitten by suddenly unsupported devices. I think it could do some good.
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There was an error first. "Salt==bad."
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by jtbayly 3y ago
“If you look back at when CODIS was established, it was originally for violent or sexual offenders,” Anna Lewis, a Harvard researcher who specializes in the ethical implications of genetics research, told The Intercept. “The ACLU warned tha
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by jtbayly 3y ago
Yes? If you want to get it amended, then by all means, make a case for why it should be amended. In the meantime you wanted to know why mass surveillance isn’t an option. The answer “because it’s against the law” is a simple, good answer. I
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by jtbayly 3y ago
Correction: the rest just ends up getting searched thousands of times, in direct violation of the US constitution.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
If you want to argue that they can scan people outside the country and not US citizens, and that that has a benefit, go ahead and make that argument. You might even convince me. But it’s just begging the question to say there’s immense bene
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by jtbayly 3y ago
It’s guaranteed by our constitution, among other reasons. Search of my communications for no reason is, by definition “unreasonable search.”
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I can. I’ve had it happen. That’s why I don’t use debit cards anymore. The fees “I” racked up were terrible because of bounced checks missed CC payments and so forth.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
Video?
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by jtbayly 3y ago
We could argue about the meaning of the word "pregnant," but let's be plain. contrary to the original comment, fertilization does occur still at times, and then biology tells us that a new life with its own DNA has entered
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by jtbayly 3y ago
A blastocyst that is intentionally prevented from developing further by making the uterine environment inhospitable is precisely the same thing both in intent and outcome as what happens with a medication abortion (RU-486): “RU-486 works by
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by jtbayly 3y ago
You are spreading misinformation about basic scientific facts. You should do some more study. The Pill prevents birth via two major methods. One way is preventing ovulation, yes. The other main way is by preventing the fertilized egg from s
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by jtbayly 3y ago
Quoting an actual person at the scene is not hearsay, is it?
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I think the context of it being an imperative is what makes it so jarring to me.
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“try it out!” translates to an emphatic command, possibly shouted, to me.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I had an emergency one time on the road where the laptop I was using late at night randomly shut down in the middle of audio editing. Weird. I booted it up and it died again fairly quickly. Next time even sooner. Eventually I realized it wa
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by jtbayly 3y ago
Insisting the lab leak hypothesis was a conspiracy theory worked to save lives? I can’t see any effect other than destroying their own credibility.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I assumed they were impersonations. But if they aren’t, it could be the real person who did the popeye voice, so not a giveaway after all.
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They literally couldn’t get rich if they kept it out of everybody else’s hands.
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I assumed only one of the photos looked like the perp, which changes it quite a bit. Makes it even worse. How is the person supposed to not pick the facial recognized one at that point? At least if all 6 look like the perp, he might have
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by jtbayly 3y ago
What is the likelihood of the computer picking somebody who doesn’t closely resemble the perp for the photo lineup? Then what is the likelihood of the victim being misled by the doppelgänger the computer found? It is ridiculous to pretend
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by jtbayly 3y ago
I read it. The article gives a perfect description of how it happened. The software picked her because she looked like the criminal, and then they put her in the lineup. They wouldn’t have had a photo lineup without the software. That’s

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