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by leroy_masochist 4y ago
Our area has an older-than-average population so I guess this tracks.
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by leroy_masochist 4y ago
My theory of why we ignore car crashes as a source of deaths boils down to a basic reality of American politics: old people vote. I'm a volunteer firefighter in a rural town in the Northeast. We handle a fairly large area and go to abo
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by leroy_masochist 4y ago
So he does know how to pull out...
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'Unsettling' PsyOps Recruiting Video Ignites Debate Over Its Mysterious Intent(charlotteobserver.com)
6 points by leroy_masochist 4y ago|2 comments
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by leroy_masochist 4y ago
I'd be interested to hear whether other HN users consider this site social media. My mental model of HN is that it's basically a longform version of Twitter with a more interesting/intelligent and (slightly) less shrill user
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Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring (Paywall)(nytimes.com)
1 points by leroy_masochist 5y ago|0 comments
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
If the author thought we had a cultural crisis of righteousness when he wrote this (circa the George W. Bush presidency), would be interesting to check in with him now.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
It's perfectly plausible that someone at some point may have told the US Attorney, "Holmes should be charged, look at what she did to Jim Mattis", but it's not as if that needed to happen in order for charges to be filed
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> you're argument is basically that any speculation on an issue is unreasonable. I'm sure you never speculate on anything I try not to make nonsensical conjectures in public forums, if that is the question you're asking.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
Got it, so your argument is basically an abstract appeal to cynicism. Not sure why you'd think it's "a reasonable bit of speculation" to baselessly posit that Mattis decided to obstruct justice by reaching out to a regio
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
I don't think it is a reasonable point to claim without evidence that, as sitting SecDef, Mattis worked behind the scenes to get charges filed against Holmes in order to protect his reputation.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
Mattis left the Theranos board when he became SecDef and as such was not a board member when charges were filed in 2018.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> Once it was clear this wouldn't go away quietly, I'd bet they pushed hard to ensure criminal prosecution. You're saying that Mattis, Cohen, etc had the ability to influence decisions within Trump's DoJ and exerted t
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
I've been planning a trip pretty similar to this for years, and like to think that I would have done it in summer 2020 had COVID not happened (my planned route is Skye-Bali and involves a couple of ferries so not 100% train). I cosign
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
RIP. Some ugly truths are surfaced by the case of Major Fishback: - People who are motivated to do hard things like go to West Point and SFAS sometimes have mental health issues; anecdotally, would say maybe even at a higher rate than the g
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
Isn't the reason that women perform better than men at ultra long-distance swimming that they're more buoyant and it's such a long-distance / low metabolic rate pursuit that structural efficiency (more buoyant body) is t
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
One consequence of this essay being published in a high-profile literary magazine such as Harper's, whether intentional or not, will be Sheila's sense of humiliation upon reading it. I bet it's intentional.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s all-powerful founder, made a reasoned statement after this week’s wave of anger. He was ignored or ridiculed and increasingly looks like a liability. The article ends with this statement, and I think it&#x27
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
That's interesting. On whose behalf are you reviewing resumes?
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
I bet McKinsey also never told the Department of Transportation that it was working for both the DoT and major car manufacturers. Executives senior enough to approve hiring McKinsey to study something, whether they're F500 CEOs or gove
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
Not in the case of the two SSBIs I've been through. YMMV, I guess.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> They're going to talk to your friends and neighbors and there's a good chance they'll find out. They're going to talk to the three friends you listed on your SF-86 and your former landlords at the address listed. Ma
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New book alleges Peter Thiel told others Zuckerberg made secret deal with Trump(dailymail.co.uk)
12 points by leroy_masochist 5y ago|0 comments
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> This seems unreasonable - all of these things were substantially worse before technology got involved. I'd agree -- the OP ledger, despite seeming well-intentioned, seems completely imbued with the current on-campus value system,
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
It looks like Palantir is blaming FBI's mismanagement of ACLs as the root cause of what happened here.
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
BPC and TB are highly synergistic with HGH, so it's not really an either/or. Sermorelin+ipamorelin at night (HGH secretogogues) make the BPC/TB more effective and have the added nice effect of driving some fat loss/worko
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
BPC/TB worked great on my BJJ-induced golfer's elbow. I'd recommend giving it a shot!
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
I too have used BPC/TB for fixing nagging injuries and it works great. One thing to note -- you don't need to inject BPC at the site of the injury. Subcutaneous anywhere on the body works just as well. Your body will direct the pe
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
> Moderna is seeking 56 individuals, aged 18 to 50 and who are HIV-negative, for the trial, which is estimated to begin on August 19 and conclude in spring 2023. Probably a dumb question given that I have little domain knowledge here, bu
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by leroy_masochist 5y ago
No discussion on this thread yet of the role of AKT1 gene, which I find surprising after 300 comments. If you have a C/C pair at AKT1, your risk of developing schizophrenia jumps from slightly-below-average if you don't smoke mari

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