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by object-a 3y ago
Yeah administrative areas are very arbitrary, and based on historical factors. If you really wanted to compare, I think comparing MSA's might get you closer. But either way this is a terrible metric
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by object-a 3y ago
There's a few things about this data that indicate why this is not useful: 1. The New York City Sq Mileage number includes water. 2. Density for each of these cities varies widely by community. For example, 6% of Chicago's sq mile
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by object-a 3y ago
What is the prompt you used for this? I can't recreate it
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by object-a 4y ago
When you deposit money at a bank, it is made very clear to you that only $250K is protected by the FDIC. Any more, and you either buy insurance for it or take a risk on losing it in a bank failure. These depositors knew that and still acted
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by object-a 4y ago
FWIW, Mercury and Brex are not banks. Mercury provides services and a frontend, but their banking services are provided by Choice Financial and Evolve. Brex is also not bank. The Brex business account is an FDIC Sweep account, which constan
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by object-a 4y ago
For microservices, the "rewrite" fallacy usually takes the form of: "Why are there so many small services running? Surely we can shut down / delete/ merge together a bunch of them to clean things up" I'm p
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by object-a 4y ago
I am extremely skeptical that Netscape 4 is a lot more complex than modern day Twitter.
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by object-a 4y ago
Is there evidence that the CDC (as opposed to the WIV) was doing coronavirus research, let alone research that was closely related to SARS-CoV? The WHO report linked in this thread says that there was no storage or research of related virus
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by object-a 4y ago
Curious what the “vulnerable third party media software” that the hacker exploited was Edit: NVM, the article says it was Plex
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by object-a 4y ago
Low Confidence in intelligence assessments has a particular meaning, which is worth considering in this context: > Low confidence generally means questionable or implausible information was used, the information is too fragmented or poor
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by object-a 4y ago
This is a ridiculous statement. There are lots of people who will avoid investing in companies for ethical reasons. You might be a religious investor who chooses not to invest in “immoral companies”. I also doubt the people you have in mind
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by object-a 4y ago
I don’t know if this is true — we’re largely talking public companies here, which should have resources to meet compliance and governance goals. If they can’t, then they are probably riskier investments. But even if I accept it as true, it
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by object-a 4y ago
I don’t think they’re doing it for an ideological purity test, they’re doing it because: 1. They believe there is investor demand for funds that take environmental and social impact into account 2. They believe that companies with better en
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by object-a 4y ago
I don't know what this site is or why it should be treated as authoritative, but putting Jacobin and NYT Opinion on the same plane seems pretty divorced from reality.
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by object-a 4y ago
I'm curious whether earlier accommodations or therapy can ease the pressure to move forward with surgical transition, and thus reduce the number of people who feel regret for their decision. That said, I'm not sure these articles
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by object-a 4y ago
There are a few non-controversial reasons that this could be the case: 1. The study on Rapid-onset gender dysphoria could be flawed -- it asked parents, and not youths themselves, which might skew the data on the prevalence and incidence of
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by object-a 4y ago
Yeah, between poor customer service, massive wage theft, understaffed locations, and excessive security that ruins the customer experience, it's not surprising they have challenges.
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Walgreens executive says ‘maybe we cried too much last year’ about theft(cnbc.com)
8 points by object-a 4y ago|4 comments
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by object-a 4y ago
I don't think this is a correct representation of the interview. Sorkin starts by reading a letter from an FTX customer that directly accuses SBF of stealing. The next 30 or so minutes are repeated follow ups on commingling of assets b
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by object-a 4y ago
There's a lot of outrage performers invested in crypto who want to make this about _anything besides crypto_. So instead of people taking a close look at the crypto space and saying "wait, maybe a lot of these other projects are f
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by object-a 4y ago
Funnily enough, this is a pretty succinct description of the article that's being called a puff piece.
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by object-a 4y ago
"Self-censoring" over the response to your speech and thinking about the impact of what you say is called judgement. People do this all the time, based on context, power dynamics, etiquette, etc. I have no power to "weaponize
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by object-a 4y ago
This article reports on: - commingling of funds between Alameda and FTX - conflicts of interest between the two, including SBF's relationship with the CEO - use of customer deposits to pay off loans for Alameda - that FTX and SBF are u
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by object-a 4y ago
They ask about the real estate purchases, they ask about the transfers, they ask about conflicts of interest and criminal liability. How can a live unedited interview with those questions be a puff piece?
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by object-a 4y ago
The NYT profiles I've seen is pretty clear that Alameda and FTX were mingling customer funds, that he refused to answer questions about the handling of funds, and that he was under investigation. > But he would offer only limited de
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by object-a 4y ago
What's an example of a puff piece?
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by object-a 4y ago
I'm not sure reporting that Alameda + FTX had little to no financial controls, terrible accounting, and unaccounted for deposits is really puffery, unless you stretch the definition. And I've seen stories about SBF spending FTX mo
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by object-a 4y ago
The Twitter official wasn't personally attacking Musk. And if your posts have the power to force someone from their home, you do have a moral responsibility to use that power carefully. Musk isn't just saying the official made poo
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by object-a 4y ago
Madoff was also planning to cash out and distribute the money he had left to family and friends. The FBI probably acted to prevent that
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by object-a 4y ago
People were mad that he kept getting invitations to speak, but I bet all those interviews and comments show up in evidence.

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