nswest23

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Does Mutually Assured Destruction still work?(realcleardefense.com)
3 points by nswest23 5y ago|1 comments
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Beliefs about creativity: evidence for an insight bias(cell.com)
2 points by nswest23 5y ago|0 comments
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by nswest23 5y ago
> ...poke fun at English society’s sacred cows. so as an american i shouldn't feel too bad if i don't really get it?
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by nswest23 5y ago
I was under that impression that it _might_ be the case that tire/brake dust pollution was misdirection started by the oil/gas industry? Anyone more informed than me know the real answer to this?
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by nswest23 5y ago
> mean that renewables will soon be able to supply all of our energy needs pure propaganda. Otherwise why all the panic about global warming. If true we'll have no problem hitting all the targets to avoid the a global warming catast
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by nswest23 5y ago
same here this is when i switched to bitwarden and haven't looked back!
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by nswest23 5y ago
Seems like a reasonable assumption to me. A trade agreement doesn't compel a country to accept literally anything that a trading partner wants to export. For instance Mexico couldn't force the US to import cocaine since obviously
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by nswest23 5y ago
> I seriously doubt governments actually care about children. Goverments don't care about children. Twenty-six first graders were massacred and the US government did nothing.
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by nswest23 5y ago
I had a BA in business and wanted to get into tech field (no idea what, at the time). Decided to get MS in Information Science. That helped me get an internship which enabled me to add some tech-related experience to my resume which was a j
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by nswest23 5y ago
> 99% of what's said is trivially derived from "where do you get your propaganda." haha this is true of most topics.
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by nswest23 6y ago
No, the first error is that costs are fixed (stupidest), the second is that they are easily forecast (just kinda stupid).
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by nswest23 6y ago
Nah he's right. Someone collapsed while walking obviously walking was the cause of death. Also, people die in hospitals with astonishing regularity. Better stay away from hospitals too.
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by nswest23 6y ago
Brakes can get rusty if they don't get engaged frequently enough b/c you're using the regenerative braking most of the time. I've read that a lot of newer EV's will periodically engage traditional brakes to help all
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by nswest23 6y ago
> Many utilities already offer off peak rates generally. My utility offers incentives to install an EV charger which is networked and then gives you a rebate for charging overnight after 11pm. Where in the world are utilities offering th
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by nswest23 6y ago
yeah what is the concern that she's going to hack the president's phone and steal the launch codes? /s
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by nswest23 6y ago
> The decline in total testosterone was observed even among men with normal body mass index.
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by nswest23 6y ago
that's kind of his thing...it's why he's on substack where he doesn't have to worry about an editor.
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by nswest23 6y ago
The thing about reality is that there's actually only one. Some of us have come unmoored from it.
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by nswest23 6y ago
plausible deniability at every level makes this impossible.
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by nswest23 6y ago
> Mandates have never and will never manifest technological/scientific advancements out of nowhere. I don't think that anyone is arguing that. I think the point is that the free market doesn't deliver these kind of safety
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by nswest23 6y ago
If they had the kind of control over the human consciousness that you're suggesting they probably wouldn't be in the position of being sued by the federal government in the first place.
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by nswest23 6y ago
This was an entertaining read. I'm probably more of an adherent of the worst than then best. The ideal is probably somewhere in the middle as it usually is. I bought my kid a cheap bike and it fell apart while he was riding it. So then
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by nswest23 6y ago
Can we please stop assuming we know someone's life story based on one comment they write on HN?
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by nswest23 6y ago
If it was technically feasible they would would be calling for a back door into private thought.
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by nswest23 6y ago
Obviously it used to be like that everywhere (except where you can't pump your own gas by law) but I'd rather pay a little bit more to not have to wait in line behind all the people buying cigarettes, chewing tobacco and lotto tic
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by nswest23 6y ago
...meddle in russian "elections"
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by nswest23 6y ago
I do not understand why we are not putting more resources into figuring out nuclear fusion.
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by nswest23 6y ago
sorry nuance like this doesn't fit in a headline this just won't work /s
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by nswest23 6y ago
It sounds like you're suggesting that it is possible to get unbiased factual information about the world? Am I correct in that assessment? I think that's what the parent comment was saying is not really possible to do and I think
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by nswest23 6y ago
Sounds like survivorship bias to me /s

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