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by omginternets 3y ago
Applying a bit of abduction, I see two narratives that track: 1. Some other illicit activity was going on in or around that plane. 2. The pilot thought he could make the whole mess go away by erasing physical evidence of the crash; his reas
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by omginternets 3y ago
One thing stands out to me: >The consumption of insoluble fiber tended to be more effective than soluble fiber intake in reducing the risk of total mortality and mortality due to CVD and cancer. My hunch is that this is an epiphenomenon,
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by omginternets 3y ago
Hello! No rush -- I'm happy resume discussion later, after you've gathered the necessary info. In the meantime, I'm noting a few things from your comments. Can you confirm my impressions are correct? 1. Field communications
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by omginternets 3y ago
Are you saying we shouldn't be suspicious of causality, here?
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by omginternets 3y ago
The Google keyword for you is “deontology”.
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by omginternets 3y ago
Addendum: I suppose the point would be that special-interest lobbying is corrupting academia. Thanks for the conversation. This has been interesting :)
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by omginternets 3y ago
Are you guys in need of any specific supplies? Coffee? Batteries? Radios? Car parts?
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by omginternets 3y ago
I’m taking bets that there will be exceptions. Seriously, any takers?
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by omginternets 3y ago
Those states have a hell of a lot more variance in their government systems than other modern republics, e.g. in Western Europe. I think your calibration is way off on this topic.
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by omginternets 3y ago
It’s explicitly against the site rules.
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by omginternets 3y ago
Ask him? I'd encourage you not to make it a loaded question, though.
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by omginternets 3y ago
>It's difficult to tell where the initiatives are coming from because the willingness to write and accept empty claims of relevance appears to exist at all levels and stages in the process. Is it, though? In the case of DEI, it app
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by omginternets 3y ago
That's a separate point (and we'd be largely in agreement, I suspect). In fact, I'm sure you've noticed the heaps of government-funded software trash.
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by omginternets 3y ago
Come now, the charitable interpretation is that the OP is not considering dictatorship as the alternative to democracy.
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by omginternets 3y ago
The United States of America is a republic, my friend.
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by omginternets 3y ago
>The problem is, our brain is constructing reality, it can 'make things up', this has been shown in countless studies. And now that we have AI doing it too, it seems like easy association to make. I'm with you until this p
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by omginternets 3y ago
>where there's no such thing as basic research anyway Did you mean "applied research"? >It's not like there's a shortage of it especially in the humanities and social sciences (where there's no such thing
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by omginternets 3y ago
At the risk of being controversial, the latter half of your statement tracks very well with my experience of organizational DEI initiatives, in particular. We have reached a point where tenure-track faculty are expected to provide justific
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by omginternets 3y ago
100% agreed. I've noticed major differences between companies that are deliberately organized to facilitate remote work, and companies that deep down wish they could convince people to RTO. The difference is palpable in, for example,
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by omginternets 3y ago
If you want to equate "emergence" with "making something up", then fine, I guess. I'm just not sure what what you can possibly conclude from that equivalence.
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by omginternets 3y ago
>Note: if the result is someone reporting having made a decision before brain activity is seen, my next question is going to be "How does that work?" My Ph.D is actually about this. Here's a paper: https://jou
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by omginternets 3y ago
We don't "make up" consciousness, but yes, there is a processing latency of around 250-300ms.
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by omginternets 3y ago
It's worth noting that as of 2020, Subaru is running an entirely new platform for their cars, and it has been remarkably solid. The FA24 engine, in particular, appears to be running unusually generous tolerances for things like cylind
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by omginternets 3y ago
Are you modded or tuned at all? I've admittedly fallen into that rabbit hole, and been steadily getting drawn into mechanical engineering. The WRX is such an easy platform to hack on, it's crazy. It's right up there with t
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by omginternets 3y ago
Whoops. Semantic collision with Tony Hoare ^^
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by omginternets 3y ago
Very possibly. Still not sure what to make of these rankings though…
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by omginternets 3y ago
> they would have probably released an STI variant for the new body :( Pow, right in the feels :’) But in reality, I suspect this has more to do with the following two things: 1. The STi package has always had abysmal fuel economy, and
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by omginternets 3y ago
Maybe something changed? Subarus used to suffer head gasket failures, and still suffer from this reputation despite the fact that it’s been fixed for nearly two decades.
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by omginternets 3y ago
Does this account for driving habits? I’ve just purchased a Subaru WRX, and I can’t fight the feeling that the reliability score is in some way influenced by the hoards of idiots that flock to this car for its tuning and hooning potential.
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by omginternets 3y ago
I think you're probably right, though I'm lacking a non-superficial explanation of what this means at a societal level.

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