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by notadoc 7y ago
> bad faith actions like having a 127 character pronoun means that it must be reported: Why is that assumed bad faith? What if someone has a legitimate 127 character pronoun and that is how they identify themselves? Are you not refusing
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by notadoc 7y ago
Do propaganda bots increase user engagement metrics?
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by notadoc 7y ago
What specific blame do you put on the voters and government?
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by notadoc 7y ago
If we destroy ourselves first, agree. If we persist and advance technologically, disagree.
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by notadoc 7y ago
I think that's overly optimistic. iOS 13 has moved even further away from Obvious UI (and more broadly, iOS since 7).
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by notadoc 7y ago
That has become the attitude of many companies toward China. Money and market access >
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by notadoc 7y ago
Any past transgressions or wrongthink will be weaponized against you or your legacy, and that past will never be forgotten or forgiven. Welcome to the new era of outrage based cultural purges.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Healthier people are healthier, indeed. The challenge for some people is how to be physically fit, or how to fit that activity into their own lives or within their own limitations. But surely any activity is better than none. And limit calo
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by notadoc 7y ago
> Scientist Who Discredited _______ Didn’t Report Past _____ Industry Ties Fill in the blanks for many industry studies.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Except outrage mobs, you mean?
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by notadoc 7y ago
> I haven’t read Foucault but No PoliSci 101 flashbacks? Foucault, Gaventa, Lukes, Nietzsche, Voltaire? Or maybe they have been supplanted with something?
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by notadoc 7y ago
What country will adopt this next?
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by notadoc 7y ago
It's the economy, to point out the obvious.
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by notadoc 7y ago
> Before the Kellogg deal was finalized and he was about to suddenly become very rich, Rahal got worried. “Can I seriously find someone who’s going to love me without the money?” This seems like an easy thought exercise to work through.
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by notadoc 7y ago
You could simplify it even more by saying that the politicization of the discussion is the major problem. It's worth remembering that often something becomes politicized for the benefit of the politics, not the actual issue.
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by notadoc 7y ago
It's easy to see parallels to other cultural revolutions and irrational mob activities, none of which are looked fondly upon by history.
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by notadoc 7y ago
I remain convinced that social media is bad for society
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by notadoc 7y ago
Considering that anyone can go on Fiverr and pay for hundreds of 5 star glowing (or 1 star negative) reviews for nearly anything that can be reviewed on the web, I would say online reviews are largely BS.
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by notadoc 7y ago
"Researcher funded by [fill in the specialist interest group] says you should [do thing that benefits special interest group]" Perhaps I am too cynical, but much research and many studies are generated from that model.
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by notadoc 7y ago
I recall long ago OKCupid used to do a lot of in-depth data analysis like this, why did that stop?
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by notadoc 7y ago
College athletes already were getting paid with free tuition, room, board, meal plans, expenses, etc.
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by notadoc 7y ago
It sounds like an industry argument that would be introduced by insurers to benefit insurers, since it would obviously benefit them. I see no benefit to the patient to limiting medical error liability, but I'd be interested to hear the
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by notadoc 7y ago
Not directly, but anyone with a Hackintosh (modified PC running Mac OS) must have it disabled, and a fair number of pro users disable it for various purposes.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Or perhaps if they were exposed to heat, oxidation, or physical stress even (dropped, squeezed, overly pressurized)
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by notadoc 7y ago
Are you concerned about electrolyte imbalance with drinking distilled water?
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by notadoc 7y ago
My suspicion would be that at least some of the plastic particles are coming from the bottles themselves. Plastic degrades over time, so this would not be too surprising.
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by notadoc 7y ago
Many people do not use SIP.
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by notadoc 7y ago
You think the government should cap the price of suffering? What do you think should happen with malpractice or medical errors? For example, take this recent news story and pretend this was in the USA, where a woman goes in for a routine pr
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by notadoc 7y ago
> Medical schools/the AMA are artificially limiting the number of students and residents for their own ends (keeping wages and scarcity high) so they need to charge a lot... That sounds like a strange conspiracy, do you have evidenc
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by notadoc 7y ago
The American health insurance and payment system is a huge mess and is only getting worse.

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