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by mrangle 3y ago
Or even at France, if memory serves.
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by mrangle 3y ago
That would be interesting. I think you'd have trouble finding enough incrementalism to provide meaningful data. But a place to start might be in European nations that only allow hunting guns.
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by mrangle 3y ago
So Obama is "proof of democracy" (and I assume "not angry") and Trump wasn't elected but "usurped" power (from the every-man Neocons who haven't since stopped causing chaos and trying to jail him?) be
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by mrangle 3y ago
Or how about overthrow a King and install a democracy? The game theory is that it is likely that most of the time successful Revolutions are backed by powerful opposing States or quasi-States. Any others get squashed, but likely most often
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by mrangle 3y ago
I disagree that it's "blatantly misleading as a concept". Just as it is, as a concept, it's essential to being able to argue any conclusion. Which, in turn, is essential to science. There can't be fences. Even if yo
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by mrangle 3y ago
I take your point. The US is wildly low-density outside of the major metros. It's one of the better things about this Nation. Conversely, the very dense portions are built for cars and facilities are relatively close but still require
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by mrangle 3y ago
>our fossil fuel consumption must have been reduced drastically compared to now. Tens of millions of people, and possibly more, see this argument as low credibility. Meaning, that the argument for EVs should probably be made according to
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by mrangle 3y ago
They're still too expensive. They are made "affordable" via financing. That was a banking solution. EVs can be financed. Yet they are still too expensive, over the life of the car. "Expense" also including the incon
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by mrangle 3y ago
Bicycling is a viable form of transportation, for short distances and recreation. However, it isn't an option for many if not most needs outside of the house even in suburbia. Not to mention the rural areas / exurbs. A Mom of a co
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Driving isn't negotiable, when living in the USA outside of the few major metros. Unless you've done it, you may not know what I mean. Most of the US is truly remote, even from the closest grocery store. Health doesn't play i
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by mrangle 3y ago
LLM's aren't past it if they can't do it as well as humans. As dogs? As mice? No, not yet? You are conflating the meaning of "creativity". In this dicussion, "creativity" refers to a type of definable cogn
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by mrangle 3y ago
Respectfully, that prediction is a very general set of events that could be applied to any government. It will come to pass unless it doesn't. If you'll forgive the glibness, all good gamblers know that the past does not predict t
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by mrangle 3y ago
That's been the case for decades. Those young people eventually became older.
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>Every point on that curve that doesn't touch an original data point is by definition novel. The very algorithm itself is literally 99.999% completely generating solutions that don't exist. That may be the case, conceding your
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by mrangle 3y ago
Show me where ChatGPT4 can solve for a novel allegory. That type of processing is not within the scope of its capability. Ask it. Prod it. Try to force it. It'll tell you. I like Ai. But It's important to be realistic. It can&#x27
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by mrangle 3y ago
You think that you're making a point by implying that what he said was different than what it was? All that he said is that he's going to enforce existing border law and drill for oil. Two things that are within the scope of &quot
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by mrangle 3y ago
Media relies on generational amnesia to recover its credibility. Go back any number of decades and the clumsy partisan propaganda will be evident, in a manner that is insistent on steering major events or their responses. Pick any decade. A
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by mrangle 3y ago
Trump could have been charged with 9 or 911 felony charges, and it would still look like political persecution. If this precendent was going to be set, it can't have come after four years of a press induced national Russia hysteria tar
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by mrangle 3y ago
Arguably the human-ness (or even animal-ness) of thought is, at its root, characterized as the ability abstract in a novel manner (the neurocog term for innovate). In other words, it is the ability to find patterns between two concepts that
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by mrangle 3y ago
Yes, it's about scalping. It's become a standard practice for novel, in-demand, pricey vehicles. The policy seeks to ensure that buyers are driver-owners and not dealers-flippers. For the crowd that desires a CT to drive, its a go
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by mrangle 3y ago
1. Drug use and the fallout was infitesimal compared to what it is after it was widely culturally promoted and approved of. Neither has alcohol abuse been supplanted. 2. Drug addicts (which especially includes pot users) will argue for maxi
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by mrangle 3y ago
Regradless of the issue at hand, the authors are appealing to a platform of free speech that these student bodies long ago jettisoned.
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by mrangle 3y ago
So, you want something that is equivalent to paid Canva. Not just free Canva. I suppose that would depend on how you use Canva. I use it for rapid iterating. I haven't found anything that matches Canva for that. If you just need an edi
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by mrangle 3y ago
Its up for debate as to how attractive EVs are to consumers.
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Why should they be serious about a strong-arm power tactic from the declining political class?
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No one will let go of oil at all. Nor should they.
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Everyone will become poorer. Not to mention after the severe "population shrink". Of course, countries don't want to actually do away with fossil fuels. As leadership also depends on them. What they want to do is justify cont
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by mrangle 3y ago
You understand that your illogical and immoral death pact works both ways, right? Who is dominant militarily? Does it look like the U.N. is going to be able to continue the theater of pulling the reigns on Israel? There is a logical reason
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by mrangle 3y ago
Your comment implies that Palestinian civilians can't have peace until Israeli territory is ceded back to them. This is in the context of October 7th and a the current Gaza seige. It is reflective of the loudest echo in the war zone. T
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by mrangle 3y ago
There was always going to be an opinion war after 1200 massacred civilians, when a large portion of the other side doesn't take the primary tack of "stop bombing Palestine" but instead "Free Palestine". This particu

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