mydogcanpurr

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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
If you import people who disagree with the fundamental premises of your country for economic purposes, you reap what you sow.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
No, it’s valid reasoning. All things that transport charges are electric currents. Students transport charges. Therefore, students are electric currents. It could be that we disagree on what it means to define something.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
My advice to electricians starting out: find a construction job underway and fix wiring issues for free. His advice might not be wrong, but there is obviously something wrong with software engineering as a profession.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
I believe that was for colon cancer specifically (and maybe some other ones). Perhaps eating red meat has a net negative effect on other types of cancer?
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
>It’s not malice or incompetence. It’s training. Am I really supposed to believe that corporate lawyers don't have personal agency? You can defend it however you want, but ultimately I believe that people are responsible for their a
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
The blog is currently down for me, so here's an archived version in case it helps anyone else: https://web.archive.org/web/20231117165517/https://blog.abct...
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Ctrl+f “exercise” - 0 results Ctrl+f “diet” - 0 results The conclusion might be true, but the methodology is junk.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
I'm not trying to say it. I'm saying it. Read a book.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
You're right. Thanks for the correction.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Even a cursory study of history should disavow anyone of the notion that progress (however defined or measured) is linear or guaranteed.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
But they are where the vast majority of researchers are educated.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Fair enough.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
> Are you still unethical when you don't know about your incompetence? You're correct that reality can be more complicated, and it depends. I can imagine a scenario, e.g. the plot of "Manchester by the Sea" which does
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
I'd argue it's still unethical to put others at risk due to your own incompetence. I wouldn't offer to rewire someone's home because I'm not an electrician, and their house could burn down if I do it incorrectly.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
The people generally get the politicians and government they deserve.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
I don't even know what a good answer to that is. Some integers are stored in registers. Some are stored on the stack. Some are stored on the heap. Or you could be asking how integers are represented, with two's complement being th
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
> We have so many opportunities. Speak for yourself.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
> Employees are hired in order to create value for the company. Employees get jobs in order to get paid in exchange for that contributed value. Lots of tech employees get hired to grow their director's/VP's little fiefdom
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Do you have an alternative explanation? Or is your stance that it just couldn't possibly be immigrants?
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Ear infections are not minor. If left untreated, they can lead to permanent hearing loss.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Don't make me point at the sign... https://killedbygoogle.com/ That's just one example, and I really don't care enough to list more reasons.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Yep, it's optional until it's not.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
There's a huge confounder missing in your analysis which is that they're also typically quite old by the time they retire. People don't change their habits easily at that age.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Part of my point is that if we all lived like the Amish, we wouldn't have a modern military.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
The Amish exist because the government allows them to. If they didn't have a modern US military defending them, they could be easily conquered by almost any country. The point I'm trying to make is that technology is a bit like pr
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
If there are no consequences, they have no reason to stop.
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Why were they jumping ship to maximize TC? Was it because raises are dead?
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by mydogcanpurr 3y ago
Hence bonuses and promotions...
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by mydogcanpurr 4y ago
I believe that only works if you believe you'll benefit from moving the stock up and are in a position in which you actually can. Both seem doubtful to me for many workers. This is also why commission is a great motivator for sales peo
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by mydogcanpurr 4y ago
The approach is less mysterious if you recognize it as going back to definitions, which is a common problem solving technique.

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