mmooss

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by mmooss 3mo ago
> overdose is not uncommon Anecdotally, I hear about it far more in Internet comments like the parent than elsewhere. How common is it?
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by mmooss 3mo ago
I looked up the author, Johann Kurtz. I'm not sure of Kurtz's background otherwise - any economics? Kurtz has a position at the C.S. Lewis Institute, which describes its mission, "we develop wholehearted disciples of Jesus Ch
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by mmooss 3mo ago
Is disregarding laws, defrauding shareholders, and corruptly buying government contracts - as just a few examples - a 'market economy'? Is there a market for those government contracts, other than the market for the president&#x27
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> According to AI But what is the actual source?
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by mmooss 3mo ago
Yes, indeed! The similarity across place and profession is hard to believe. Is there some other explanation other than all these people - many professional designers - making the same design choices? Maybe something to do with how they were
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by mmooss 3mo ago
They have a developers section.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
Very interesting, thank you. For designers and similar creatives, I'm surprised that there isn't more artwork. Also, the workspaces - the desks and especially the monitor screen area - are much smaller than I expected.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
See my response to the sister comment, if you don't mind. > anyone can make something insecure Many consumer products, including iPhones to a significant degree, are designed to prevent this, much to the frustration of hackers. &#x2
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by mmooss 3mo ago
I don't mean to be a jerk; I didn't know what you meant: A problem with writing like that - in loose exaggeration and hyperbole - is that the reader knows the literal meaning likely isn't intended (but sometimes is!) but they
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by mmooss 3mo ago
People in IT vastly overestimate what others understand: > Google Play Store and Google Play Services can be installed from the App Store. Few will manage this on their own. What is Play Store? And what are Play Services? What does &#x27
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by mmooss 3mo ago
Is GrapheneOS usable by everyone, including the most non-technical phone users, in a secure way? They also recommend at least 12 GB RAM. What about domestic abuse survivors requires that?
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by mmooss 3mo ago
How do you know what they installed? Also, I understand that GrapheneOS installs are very simple now.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
The OP is about helium on an exoplanet. That's unlikely to impact helium supplies on Earth.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> A lot of people seem confused about what "new species of [insert terrestrial animal]" means in 2026. Are there comments here reflecting confusion? Species is a relatively straightforward term, especially in a relatively scien
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by mmooss 3mo ago
Typically in developing economies, economic growth is very unevenly distributed. I would expect that in an economy that has grown 4x, many people would not experience any economic growth at all. I would be very surprised if that didn't
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> Each citizen doesn't need to, only some citizens need be able to. > I'm glad we moved away from a system where an anointed cadre of people tell us what's what. Those 'some citizens' are the experts. The &#x2
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> each citizen has a volition and a voice and a vote Each citizen can't evaluate climate data. Specialization is necessary.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
I'm going to 'detach this comment and move it to' the second level because I'm late to the party and the chance you'll see it will drop from slim to almost none (unless you have a reply detector?). https:/&#x2
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> interferometric lenses formed of holes in their "skeletons". > That was the first ever discovery of purely interferometric lensing in biology. Very interesting - do you know any citations? I searched around but didn't
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by mmooss 3mo ago
It's a standard research technique. You can have 2,000 people answer an automated survey but you can't have hour-long conversations with them. Researchers in many fields would like a better solution for in-depth interviews.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> Nuclear is a politician's vanity project. And politicians do have a knack for choosing the wrong thing at the wrong time, by ignoring the market. Nuclear benefits the politicians' vested supporters, major corporations. Renewa
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> That would have a bunch of advantages such as sounding familiar to leaders whose heyday was in the 1970s, of not making us feel bad about the state of the world, and occasionally giving financial kickbacks to government leaders. Beside
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by mmooss 3mo ago
He's not 'the public' but a highly educated and experienced leading expert in the subject. You have no idea what he knew (afaict) and even if the chronic problems were indeed unknown to him, anyone, even a member of 'the
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by mmooss 3mo ago
We can reduce climte change-causing emissions. We could do it dramatically if we wanted. The only thing stopping us is that it's hopeless.
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> I prefer seeing a specific example of something you could do and an explanation about why it might help. Great! Come up with an example!
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by mmooss 3mo ago
> Sometimes people really are in hopeless situations. The fight for despair is surreal; at least people believe they can really be hopeless and won't let anyone stop them.
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by mmooss 4mo ago
Interesting - what is that based on? He's not some incidental commentator. He's an engineer and a principle force behind this technology. He is responsible for the outcomes - 'I didn't know' is reckless negligence.
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by mmooss 4mo ago
> This is a political act of resistance. Margaret Thatcher's motto, after all, was "There is no alternative," by which she meant, "Stop trying to think of alternatives." The bully's trick is to present your
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by mmooss 4mo ago
> Accidentally Based on the OP, it wasn't at all accidental. They knew it was dangerous and chose it because they could make more money than with safer alternatives such as ethanol.

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