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by mvzvm 5y ago
I wonder what they saw...
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by mvzvm 5y ago
This is an oddly pessimistic view - what are you implying?
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Actual title: "Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could become first-ever home cure for COVID-19" - Edited down as best as I could to fit the length.
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Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure Covid-19(montrealgazette.com)
831 points by mvzvm 5y ago|491 comments
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Disco Elysium is high art if there ever was any
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by mvzvm 5y ago
PR fluff piece?
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Rather disappointed with the low quality of comments on this thread. Is it because diet is something everyone has an opinion on?
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by mvzvm 5y ago
I am not sure what you are implying. Can you elaborate? Are you saying Israel would go attack its neighbors and seize land? From Egypt? Jordan? Lebanon? If so, that's an absurd proposition with absolutely no geopolitical data points to
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Israel is not governed by religious law, and has full rights for women, minorities, and LGBTQ. Its basis for most policy is a blend of social democracy and neoliberalism. Its military is purely defensive. I cannot say any of those things ab
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Oh! Afterthought - If anyone reading this actually knows how I can get in touch with them, LMK! I am still interested.
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by mvzvm 5y ago
I think this is not an interesting link drop. And I'll go one step further - I went out of my way to try to volunteer here. I emailed them, I added some of them on linkedin, I tried (pre-covid) various different methods of reaching out
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by mvzvm 5y ago
Iran is a theocracy that has stated multiple times a desire to "Wipe X off the face of the earth", where X is another country / race / religion.
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Zoos are bastions of conservation. They are usually only filled by rescue animals, and their funds are often used in conservation and animal welfare programs.
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Why was this flagged @dang?
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by mvzvm 6y ago
The silencing of dissenting voices
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by mvzvm 6y ago
"it should fucking terrify you that a movement that’s been tasked with addressing pressing social problems is designed in such a way that any substantial criticism is met with aggressive punishment. " Couldn't agree more. As
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by mvzvm 6y ago
The reprehensible act is the tweet. Keeping records and archives of what people do in a public forum is not.
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by mvzvm 6y ago
This is a wild misunderstanding of how the world actually works. Welcome to Realpolitik.
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Poor waymo, having to pivot to selling peripherals it developed ever since dad cut the purse strings. I wonder how this bodes for their long term plan? From what I understand, Alphabet is getting less and less bullish on a lot of these moon
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Yes, please, I am very interested in what the OP meant here...?
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by mvzvm 6y ago
> I guess they can’t afford to cover costs given current prices so they sell customer metadata to Facebook This sentence, your thesis, is absurd. Where does it say they make money from selling data? Furthermore, "I guess they can’t
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Agreed 150%. I think a lot of older generation engineers like him because he is an asshole, and says things to women that they, in turn, feel. I think the sun is setting on the old, rude, archetype of engineer that cannot tolerate those dif
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by mvzvm 6y ago
Why is that? Perhaps they get business value out of it?
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by mvzvm 6y ago
This feels like an almost intentional misunderstanding.
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by mvzvm 6y ago
The data from Rio de Janeiro. Did you read the article?
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by mvzvm 6y ago
I worked on a product, in the IOT space, through a major Telco's research lab, that was meant for US Gov deployment. The things I saw...
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by mvzvm 6y ago
What a toxic little website. Do not follow the advise here. Do not label your co-workers. Trust them, listen to them. If you see them exhibit traits you perceive as negative (and fall into these crude buckets) - talk to them, and give them
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by mvzvm 6y ago
This kind of comment is why every single project needs to be justified with "What problems are you solving?" and "What usecase are you supporting?". Because I could 150% imagine somebody getting excited about this and th
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by mvzvm 6y ago
In what way is Github not free?
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by mvzvm 6y ago
You are all over this thread being snarky, and commenting in what seems to be bad faith. Please stop, this is not reddit.

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