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by nr2x 5y ago
Except the people who'd benefit the most from loan forgiveness are POC, so there's no need to float hypotheticals.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Because one IRB makes a bad decision doesn't mean, in general, deception studies are easy to get approved. Furthermore, this study used an "no human subjects" exemption to avoid a full review - which should not have happened
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by nr2x 5y ago
Or the US government is taxing the poor kid who worked at a non-profit more, relative to his wealthy classmate who graduated debt free and landed a job at his dad's hedge fund.
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by nr2x 5y ago
What exactly is the "punishment" here? Serious question, how are you negatively impacted by loan forgiveness? Anybody currently holding student debt is required to pay the US government an interest rate exceeding what the Fed giv
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by nr2x 5y ago
specifically, deception studies are really hard to get approved - and for good reason. looks like this wasn't properly reviewed.
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by nr2x 5y ago
If they think stamp collecting is a way to get rich quick, sure. But I think passion for the topic is the driver. That and actual scarcity behind the asset, as opposed to Ponzi scheme.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Show me who is spending $1M on a sticker thinking they'll double the money?
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by nr2x 5y ago
Oh I wasn't trying to be condescending, I actually hold people hawking NFT to suckers in deep, deep contempt.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Some people are spending huge amounts of money to claim they hold a wholly theoretical form of "ownership" over art that at best could be a sticker on a kids laptop. Other people think that's insane. They aren't equally
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by nr2x 5y ago
Nothing so serious as a cup of coffee.
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by nr2x 5y ago
I think you're using the wrong ones.
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by nr2x 5y ago
The pharmacopeia is vast.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Drugs work.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Software where the term "crash" is quite literal no less.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Alexa was the strongest Tranco input, actually think this is quite bad for them.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Yes, this guy: """ 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams said he felt 'abused' by Trump for failing to condemn white supremacists at the first presidential debate, but says he'll vote for him anyway "&qu
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by nr2x 5y ago
I too remember using a rotary telephone.
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by nr2x 5y ago
To add to that - younger children are really good with mask wearing in my experience - which is a big factor compared to the teenagers who ditch the mask as soon as no authority figure is in sight...or the adults with the maturity level of
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by nr2x 5y ago
I think also even if it is semi-benign to start, it could further mutate of course, and not for the best.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong (seriously), but isn't a very contagious, but low-severity, variant a good thing? Wider spread, fast immunity, lower deaths, etc. than Delta continuing its march?
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by nr2x 5y ago
A majority of the country now lives in places where weed is legal.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Ultimately they are fighting the tide with a broom: most people - most voters - want stricter tech regulation. Per Pew: "Some 56% of Americans think major technology companies should be regulated more than they are now, and 68% belie
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by nr2x 5y ago
Given what's going on with climate change inaction, we may be headed towards a world where the only way to get anything done is via direct action, and that gets very messy, very fast.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Great article, links to an equally fun video from Pixar's early days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQaU9UP6dlg
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by nr2x 5y ago
They also routinely go after journalists and critics, in at least one case by using antisemitic tropes (as you noted).
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by nr2x 5y ago
Yeah, DDG is just privacy Chrome on top of bing. As far as I can tell they've made no efforts at building a proper scraper or index. If Microsoft gets tired of the deal there is no more DDG. Risky proposition.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Prior to mdn w3schools was a decent way to quickly find info on random HTML tags. Not sure why it gets so much hate.
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by nr2x 5y ago
IMHO, Mainly it made people realize how bad the status quo is all over the world. It's a global hit for a reason.
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by nr2x 5y ago
Starting with the idea that Sergey has anything to do with how Google is run these days established how much credibility this article deserves right off the bat.
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by nr2x 5y ago
One person having one more thought of suicide is too many. So no number - other than zero - is "meaningless". If Facebook made money doing something they knew there was a non-zero risk of pushing even one person to suicide, they

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