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by kgwgk 2y ago
“Already”? This is about a language abandoned 15 years ago!
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Is it? If you visit https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Anch... and follow the first link labeled Main article: Anchoring (cognitive bias) you may be surprised. Actually, you may also read th
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by kgwgk 2y ago
“Leave them in peace. We can always shoot them later.” https://cerncourier.com/a/reviews-2/
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That’s also why it makes complete sense to say that in places/times with anti-miscegenation laws in place there were effectively lots of sexes.
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The instructions for opinion and analysis articles used to say: “We look for fact-based arguments. Therefore, if you are making scientific claims—aside from those that are essentially universally accepted (e.g., evolution by natural selec
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by kgwgk 2y ago
> Intersex variants are 1% of the population Only if you use some definition of “intersex” that has nothing to do with the “two ovaries and a penis” you mentioned before. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1
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by kgwgk 2y ago
In white-striped males, tan-striped males, white-striped females and tan-striped females a less enlightened person would see two sexes (male and female) and two color forms (white and tan). > It's almost as if the White-throated Spa
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by kgwgk 2y ago
Seems similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_maximum_entropy#T...
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The point is that using Florence or Cologne in an English text doesn’t sound weird at all even though they are (were) French names.
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The World Health Organization thinks it’s Louvain - or at least it thought so in 2004. https://eucliduniversity.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/who_...
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Antwerp.
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An interesting map: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/06_02/playgraphicDM1406... Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-462091/How-children...
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> a video I recently watched during medieval sieges Not so recently then.
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https://x.com/SenJohnThune/status/1793001514211967288
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> they said Clinton had a 70% chance of winning. No, they didn't. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential... https://www.reuters.com/article/world/clinto
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by kgwgk 2y ago
That’s about 2016-2017. Estimates of illegal crossings in the South border were below 200k per year, I think, but over 800k last year.
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I don’t disagree. I guess the DNC objective of stopping socialists in the primaries takes care of itself because there are no socialists in the party.
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Arab can mean multiple things: a: a member of an Arabic-speaking people b: a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arab
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Fun fact: Harris is the second-most liberal Democratic senator to serve in the Senate in the 21st century. “During this period, there were 109 different Democrats who served in the Senate and cast a sufficient number of roll call votes for
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Old people?
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by kgwgk 2y ago
I don't where is "around there" but https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/con/17848 says: Très familier. Stupide, imbécile, idiot.
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by kgwgk 2y ago
The original meaning of "con" is cunt. It's also used for very unpleasant or stupid people (like cunt, but much more).
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It’s interesting that the origin of “swearing” is also the blasphemy / vain oath sense.
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Not necessarily somebody - it could be something. I’d say cursing things is more frequent.
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Many nigger-word-related incidents in the US are extremely funny when seen from outside. They look like the stoning sketch from The Life of Brian.
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- less impressive results - most people don't care because they're not contemplating upgrading after one year - those who care will find the benchmarks elsewhere
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There are dozens of us! Dozens!
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The past: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102292 > Recharge the built-in battery in your Apple keyboard, mouse, or trackpad [...] To charge your device's battery, connect a Lightning to USB cable to its Lightni
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> I can't imagine buying a computer in the 21st century that can't be opened and upgraded Because opening and upgrading computers is a 21st century thing and not a 20th century thing? I'd say it's the other way around
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Even simpler is trying to calculate |i| (i.e. the distance between the points 0 and i on the complex plane) as √i² = √-1 = i.

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