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by meowfly 5y ago
I of course might be wrong, but it seems Taiwan will not be invaded until the TSMC/UMC is no longer dominating the global supply of semiconductors. The rules changed for Hong Kong, for example, because it went from being 15% of China G
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by meowfly 5y ago
If you just look at excess deaths, thousands still seems correct. The Economist doesn't have recent numbers (I'm sure they are lower), but their last numbers showed ~16k excess deaths in a week. https://www.economist.co
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by meowfly 5y ago
The EFF sent me a letter encouraging me to contact my congressman to support a bill that would prevent federal funding of anti-encryption technologies by the FBI. ( https://act.eff.org/action/speak-up-for-strong-encrypti
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by meowfly 5y ago
There were a lot of good reasons to be against the TPP; particularly in regards to IP. The EFF who has been a consistent and well guided voice on this issue was firmly against it[1]. https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp
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by meowfly 5y ago
I like this idea. At the very least, I believe couples should be required to negotiate the terms of their marriage in a legally binding way. My current model is I think of marriage as a partnership and I accept the assets I brought to the p
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by meowfly 5y ago
Alcohol can kill brain cells, but from overactivity of withdrawals. > Scientists postulate that this syndrome [Alcohol Withdrawal] represents the hyperactivity of neural adaptive mechanisms no longer balanced by the inhibitory effects of
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by meowfly 5y ago
I'm not sure exactly what OP means, but depersonalization disorders are PTSD symptoms, often linked to trauma, and can be induced from cannabis[1]. My personal opinion is that legal states are making a mistake at treating concentrates
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by meowfly 5y ago
I think punishments need to have enough teeth to deter. Six months seems like it could be enough to deter without it unnecessarily keeping someone who is normally harmless incarcerated. I'm not too dug-in on this point though, it reall
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by meowfly 5y ago
Interesting. This doesn't make sense to me though because I thought part of the reason so much mining was happening in China is miners were taking advantage of electricity subsidies. Edit: This suggests that they are likely using VPNs
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by meowfly 5y ago
Having lived in China, there is very weak enforcement of a lot of laws (it varies from province to province). I'm skeptical that the crypto ban has actually stopped most mining.
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by meowfly 5y ago
It's also very well established that cannabis can cause psychosis[1] or depersonalization disorder[2]. Most conversations around cannabis risks usually just reference teens but that's just because there is a strong link between ea
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by meowfly 5y ago
I agree. It is my advice to people in similar situations that at the point a relationship with a coworker sours, move to a medium that allows lots of documentation and stay extra civil. Try to invite a third party to all your meetings and m
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by meowfly 5y ago
I have sympathy for the author and find a lot of the criticism a bit harsh. On my teams, I tend to be the person put in the role of doing DevOps-ish work because it's something I'm familiar with. I honestly find it incredibly stre
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by meowfly 5y ago
Your situation is is very similar to how mine was. I recently changed jobs after being on the same team for almost a decade. It's honestly a bit rough having to rebuild relationships. I'm working in completely new technologies, wh
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by meowfly 5y ago
Can you explain what you mean. I'm not sure exactly what you are implying. I'm assuming this is a Dune reference?
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by meowfly 5y ago
> Lives are consistently destroyed and everyone just shrugs their shoulders and goes "aw-shucks." There is such an asymmetry between how it feels to get piled on and watching someone else piled on. If I was watching a stranger
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by meowfly 5y ago
My anecdote here is, I quit drinking temporarily three years ago to lose weight. My blood pressure went through the roof (Hypertension II) and I had extreme general anxiety. My physiological response was so intense I started thinking I migh
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by meowfly 5y ago
I'd be interested in the amount of truth behind this. It it established Google keeps "shadow" behavioral data that isn't accessible to users? I'm sure they have some in other systems to some degree (i.e logging). I
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by meowfly 5y ago
If someone doesn't "trust" their team, I think they should also look inward at their own expectations. I've definitely seen micromanagers who should be able to trust their team but due to their own sense of pride/na
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by meowfly 5y ago
A bit tangential, but I've wondered about how courts feel about "leaks" from corporations that ultimately violate the terms of a separation agreement. Hypothetical: Apple HR and Martínez agree to 1 years severance with a conf
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by meowfly 5y ago
This book came out at a time where people were lampooning the excesses of startup culture. (e.g Disrupted and HBO's Silicon Valley). It's my opinion García Martínez thought he would capitalize on the trend and wrote a book describ
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by meowfly 5y ago
I'm just learning that I don't actually know PADI Open Water guidelines despite > 100 dives. I guess that syncs with my experience that Open Water cert doesn't necessarily actually train you. I'm like genuinely confus
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by meowfly 5y ago
After looking into this, I'm wrong and I'm going to edit my original comment. My apologies. Where I'm confused is the difference between a direct line of ascent (even when there is an overhead directly above) versus penetrati
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by meowfly 5y ago
Yes, I read my own link. OP was talking about a guided tour.
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by meowfly 5y ago
Edit: I was wrong with the above statement. After doing some research around this. Cenotes are an exception to the rule and even though Open Water Divers often do enter inner rooms in wreck dives and caverns what matters is maintaining a di
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by meowfly 5y ago
> I was quite careful to slowly ramp up the difficulty, and even now, I'm very cautious of really strong currents. This is most definitely how it should go. It seems like an inevitability you will eventually have something go wrong
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by meowfly 5y ago
Both caves and shipwrecks are allowed with Open Water as long as you are within a certain distance from an opening and natural light.
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by meowfly 5y ago
I'm an avid diver and I completely agree. My Open Water took place in a hot spring with extremely low visibility. The goal was the cert it wasn't skill mastery. My next dive was the Great Barrier reef where boats just drop you off
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by meowfly 5y ago
The science historian and author, Naomi Oreskes has argued that the hyper-individualistic attitude of the 70s-80s was a result of the cold war. The US was so anti-communist that anything that smelled of communism/socialism was denounce
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by meowfly 5y ago
I, very late in life, got interested in the NBA. I grew up a "nerd" and didn't think too highly of sports. Regardless of what you think of sports, they are exceptional ways to talk to people you just met. People, even of riva

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