kashunstva

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by kashunstva 8mo ago
> harmful donations… Her philanthropic work and contributions focus on racial and LGBTQ+ equality, HBCUs, affordable housing, etc… Real “harmful” stuff there… /s
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by kashunstva 8mo ago
> special level of delusion to think you're pulling one over on the billion-dollar company Except that’s not the only reason to participate in such a boycott. Perhaps they simply do not want to participate in one voluntary node of p
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by kashunstva 8mo ago
Given that dementia can result from various pathological processes, I wonder what it is about dementia that leads you to conclude that these forms of cognitive stimulation cannot possibly reduce one’s risk. I agree that the title is mislead
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by kashunstva 8mo ago
> Becoming a parent is basically a destruction of the self. I am a parent and have definitely felt very stressed on account of children. But as for feeling like my "self" was destroyed, I can't really say I ever experience
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by kashunstva 8mo ago
> it could be better for everyone Unless the life-expectancy also falls significantly, the rising dependency ratio would become an even larger problem.
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by kashunstva 9mo ago
> Donald Trump is wickedly smart. I highly doubt that. Certainly not in any conventional sense of the word. A former professor of his at the Wharton School characterized him as the “dumbest student he ever taught.” More objectively, ling
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by kashunstva 9mo ago
https://archive.is/dVusK
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> some tech CEOs harbor the fantasy of becoming a progenitor of the human race Musk's project to create as many offspring as possible (Wikipedia has the count as "at least 14.") is suggestive.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
Hardly surprising to see another billionaire acting in ways that appear opportunistic and self-serving. Who knows what Benioff actually thinks - he supported Democratic presidential candidates as recently as Hillary Clinton's last run.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> I can see it being a good thing if done carefully. My experience with raising three kids is there’s a limit to the amount of messaging that gets through with any fidelity. So, the only financial teaching I did with them, was the stocks
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> Why are we asking for profits companies to fight our fights? Maybe we're not asking them to fight our fights, but to stop tipping the scales one way or the other. There's a difference between asking them to aid progressive or
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by kashunstva 1y ago
There is a science on talent development, famously popularized in part by Malcolm Gladwell in his over-simplification of the "10,000 hour rule," which he presented as "do something for 10K hours and you'll have mastered
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by kashunstva 1y ago
The result of monomaniacal focus on GDP and DJIA as the sole indicators of economic success… But the good news is that Musk reached $500 billion net worth, the Gini index be damned. /s
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by kashunstva 1y ago
The AoA failure logic does not allow for manual reversion of the master/monitoring FCC. It still requires cross-checking sides in the event of an AOA DISAGREE annunciation. But since the update, MCAS is disabled in this scenario. As fa
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> more like an ordinary plane giveaway I’ve been around aviation for a good portion of my life, and oddly enough, I’ve never encountered an “ordinary plane giveaway.”
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> I play viola Username checks out.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
He was just in Toronto earlier in the year and played the entire Sonatas and Partitas in back to back concerts on sequential days. Spectacular. Interestingly, his encores were just to replay a movement of Bach. I mean, after that, what else
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by kashunstva 1y ago
…which of course is a good reminder not to make assumptions about domains in which one has limited or no knowledge. I too have spent my entire life in classical music - I’m a collaborative pianist. But I have to guard against making judgeme
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by kashunstva 1y ago
You know, for most humans, empathy is a thing; all the more so when facing known or suspected health situations. Good on those who have transcended that need. I guess.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> they were disregarded. As were the Partitas and Sonatas for unaccompanied violin. It wasn’t until the great 19th century violinist Joachim began playing them in recitals that they came to light again. Even then it was not widely accept
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> * there is no evidence linking acetaminophen to autism This is not entirely true. Several large observational studies show a statistically significant (but small absolute) difference in rates of neurodevelopmental disorders including a
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> I'm more pissed off at Obama's inaction in the last 7 months This. There’s a deep vacuum of leadership in the Democratic Party. Obama is a widely trusted figure on the progressive side and has nothing to lose by saying plainl
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> but perhaps your bingo card was more prophetic Usually I read these “how could you/they not see this coming?” statements less in reference to a specific occurrence and more like “Given this man’s profound and enduring disinterest
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> But you are going to find vegans working in a slaughterhouse. Your first link is the first-person account of a vegan who went undercover to document the abject cruelty that exists in slaughterhouses. The pragmatism was in service of a
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> Either way, stupid aftermath doesn't seem to figure into the calculus of either Putin or Trump. Maybe they can share the Nobel Peace Prize that the U.S. president so covets.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
Now fact-check Fox News. Let’s just say that the alleged shooter’s political philosophies are likely complex and are yet to be fully understood.
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> I’m pretty stunned that there was actually momentum enough to take him off the air. Very little was needed. The U.S. president had already ominously threatened Kimmel and other late night hosts the day after Colbert was canceled, weeks
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> My rural patients are so much more insufferable than my urban ones… I retired from medicine, having spent my career at a well-known institution in the upper midwest of the U.S. Over the course of my tenure there, I took care of patient
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> it's very possible to increase the supply of qualified doctors to re-balance. In many cases, the rebalancing that is needed is from subspecialties to community based primary care in rural and other underserved areas. Some new medi
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by kashunstva 1y ago
> suppose that Elon Musk never immigrated to the US That’s certainly one version of how events may have been different - a sort of “It’s a Wonderful Life” scenario. (Though comparing Elon Musk to the kind and ethical George Bailey would

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