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by nuerow 5y ago
> It still does have a non-zero cost, especially in the long run, when security vulnerabilities pop up. It really doesn't. Unless you were planning on doing a one-and-done deployment, it's trivial to update and redeploy Docke
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Submitter, you cannot discuss a currency's half-life without discussing inflation. In fact, a currency's half-life is nothing more than a fancy arbitrary value determined from inflation: the time it takes for a currency to lower i
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by nuerow 5y ago
> Seriously. Adding a docker layer to a device as lightweight as a Raspberry Pi just seems like insanity. Your definition of insanity is perplexing. Docker in this context is pretty trivial to setup and run, and it's used mainly t
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> I think that would be more likely to be covered in a pure math program than applied math. Integration is pretty basic and used extensively, and I'd say it makes no sense to cover contour integrals within the scope of complex num
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> But they score well, so here we are debating what is said instead of what is substantive. Blanket dismissals of everything any commenter mentions without providing any basis or reason or counterpoint besides empty appeals to authorit
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> So how do you transfer this energy in isolated areas? The US Air Force is also working on mini nuclear reactors. https://interestingengineering.com/the-us-air-force-is-build...
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> If you are taking public money and come back the following year wanting more, there should be a plan and data showing why you deserve money. Specifically the effectiveness of what you are trying to do. Do you understand that you are
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> Who, then, is qualified to speak on these issues? For starters, can we agree that a publicity stunt like spending a week in a tent as a live action roleplay is no way to get any insight on a deep-rooted social and economic problem? S
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> "It seems to me you could fill a page of bullet points with the many causes of homelessness in SF. That's a far better outcome than mindlessly brushing everything under the rug with baseless knee-jerk reactions of pinning t
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> Their insincerity becomes very obvious when you start pushing for accountability - like status reports / reports on progress and effectiveness - when entities get public funds. I'm not sure what point you tried to make. I m
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> No it's not a disingenuous take. I read the article. You have a politician who actually goes and talks to a group of homeless (...) Sorry, it actually is. You have a guy who decided to live in a tent for a week as a publicity st
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by nuerow 5y ago
> Homelessness is an American (West Coast liberal) problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_California Also, considering the deep-rooted socio-economic problems in the Appalachia region, I wouldn&#x2
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> So you’re saying his own experiences should be dismissed because he didn’t gather information through “official” channels? That's a rather disingenuous take. Isn't it plausible that taking anecdotal evidence at face value d
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> Sounds like TSLA and many other publicly traded companies are bad stores of value according to that argument. If you intend to have a serious and honest discussion on crypto then the very least you should do is go acknowledge the fre
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> Sure, but the stock price would tank (note that the current multiple assumes growth), employees would leave due to poor compensation, and starts a downward spiral. This assertion presumes that it is impossible to propose any form of
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by nuerow 5y ago
> BTC are like casino chips. When you goto Vegas and at the Bellagio you give them $100 and you get back $100 worth of Bellagio chips (...) This comparison is not valid at all because, unlike any crypto like BTC, the value of Bellagio
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by nuerow 5y ago
> You counting some tiny subset of the votes is not an audit. We, it actually is. Audits serve to verify the results from one or more constituencies. Unless you somehow believe that each and every constituency has bee tampered with, yo
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> Sure, but it's still a tiny portion of people who can be chosen to count the votes The counting process is open to any interested party, and more importantly the ballots are made available to any group interested in auditing the
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> You mean as opposed to the current system that so many people understand and audit? The current system is trivial to explain, understand, and more importantly audit. I defy you to find a simpler, more robust system that the average J
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> the issue isn't that voting software is insecure, it's that it's too complex. That's a great point, and quite understated. However, perhaps the key factor is not complexity itself, but being able to be trustworthy
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> The argument you are arguing with is predicated now on what free-speech is it isn’t but on situating one side as the victim of free speech crimes. No, not really. I've pointed out the mistake of conflating the right to free spe
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by nuerow 5y ago
> That doesn't answer the question. Even they're both doing the same unsavory things, it doesn't follow that you can accuse one of them of being a hypocrite because the other is a hypocrite. You're being disingenuou
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> Statues are all about symbolism. Statues, and monuments, are way more than symbolism. Their purpose is to shape the public opinion regarding specific values and look up to the ideas that the statues and monuments represent, so that
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> What does gab have to do with "truth social"? From a skim of the article it doesn't look like they're related, aside from them both being right wing social media apps. It's a proto-fascist/full-blown fas
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> The ACLU sued in order to force the local government to allow the marches to take place. Your examples refer to government not being able to prohibit the exercise of free speech. Yet, you're using that example to try to justify
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by nuerow 5y ago
> Because there is no principled way to draw the line. In this case the line is pretty clear, and very crisp. You're talking about a political group that advocates overthrowing the results of free and fair elections aimed at subve
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by nuerow 5y ago
> Toleration doesn't imply support. That's the whole point of toleration. Except that in this case we're seeing people who feel entitled to everyone else's support demanding it under the guise of tolerance. Think ab
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> I'm not sure what nuerow was trying to say. Carcinogens aren't bad for you simply by looking at them. And it's widely known and often repeated to use respirators when cutting MDF. In case you are not aware, engineered
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Engineered lumber (MDF, OSB, glulam... all of them actually) also involves the same glues and chemical treatments used in bamboo, and both use formaldehide-based glues which are known carcinogens.
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> "reported cases" is not the same thing as "statistics show." Do you understand that statistics are calculated from reported cases? I mean, statistics is literally the discipline that concerns the collection, organ

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