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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
The cohorts are huge (120,000+ people) and they controlled for a number of other factors in the analysis, so I don't think sample error is here to blame for why they observed high-pesticide fruits/veggies having less health benefi
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
In the hypothetical that you're hiding from an authoritarian state, you can avoid websites because you expect this behavior. The problem here is the app was deceptively processing contact lists without user consent, and when asked to g
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
This appears to be good for a game engine, but is there any good literature on game design?
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
The difference between now and 2019 is the proximity to herd immunity.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
El Salvador also doesn't use Bitcoin. 91% of El Salvadoreans prefer to use USD, and most stopped using Chivo (the privately-owned, government controlled wallet) after withdrawing their initial deposit. https://www.elsalvador
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
>How can there be evidence-based distinctions if there is no evidence either way? There are plenty of evidence-based conclusions made about the new virus, but it is still new so not enough observation has been done to make claims (eith
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Only if you don't read it. At this point I'm beginning to wonder what your burden of proof is for Musk doing anything that could be considered wrong.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
"Verbal agreement" that has no stipulations about price or anything concrete that a U.S. Judge could find. You asked for an example, and received one. No True Scotsman 'ing the violation doesn't change the fact that Mu
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
The Twitter offer came before the stock market drop, making it both a low-ball offer and making the Twitter board smart to call his bluff. Musk only needs to pay the $1B breakup fee if he can't procure enough financing , among other
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
(I think their comment was satire)
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Or are simply used to bypass Twitter's semi-aggressive login wall. Anecdotally, I know plenty of non-robot people who have twitter accounts but don't tweet.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Musk has a history of making public, bad-faith declarations to pump assets he later sells at profit. More than one person has pointed out that Musk likely wanted to sell his Twitter stock, and was using the official-looking, low-ball buy of
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Thankfully, miniature space hamsters can't catch the evil that is COVID.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
>Others use bitcoin as their primary currency. No, not really. While some crypto-enthusiasts are using BTC as hobby money (in which most payment processors convert to USD right away anyway) the vast majority of people using BTC are specu
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
That is a cynical take, because China doesn't need to declare martial law (in Shanghai or elsewhere) if it were to take Taiwan in this scenario. It's more likely that martial law is very good at stopping transmission of a plague w
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Again, there is no evidence to suggest that COVID transmission from wildlife happens other than in rare cases. Suggesting that it does happen because we just don't know is considered an argument from ignorance. It's important t
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Based on the evidence available, there is no reason to believe COVID spread from wildlife is anything other than rare. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/...
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
It's worse than that. Every dollar taken out of crypto is at the expense of someone else. Those coiners trying to change $1->$2 are heavily incentivized to lie, manipulate, and convince the naive in the public to put their $1 in. Y
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Sure, but it increases friction that forces a re-eval of cost/benefit of the bot(s). Newest captcha services are a prediction score, not even a verification screen, and you can feed polluting data to bots you are certain to exist.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
True, but Levine talks about that wrgt going against the SEC. Twitter is a billion dollar corporation with a signed IOU from Musk and a duty to go after it. It's not the same as what Musk has pulled in the past, but will still be inte
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
Not if the board negotiates a lump sum settlement for breaking the contract instead. That's free money for Twitter shareholders. I don't think people are aware that the Twitter Board knew they were calling his bluff and are going
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
>If that isn't accurate I bet you it allows them out of the breakup fee. Not really. There's nothing in the deal contingent on this and Twitter has no fiscal or regulatory responsibility to report which accounts are fully huma
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
It's a red herring, and now you're arguing about fish. Musk made a serious, legally binding offer to buy with no contingencies for users (human, cyborg, bot, or otherwise). Now he wants out so he's using this bad faith argum
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
More like attempting to pump TWTR before he sold his holdings there. Twitter board called his bluff and now he's trying to weasel out of it.
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by minsc_and_boo 4y ago
It doesn't matter what twitter has internally, they have no fiscal duty to report what percentage of users are or are not fully human driven. It's the buyer's responsibility to undergo due diligence before making serious, leg