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by oska 6y ago
> /r/GenderCritical (anti-Trans) This is not a fair portrayal of that sub. Reddit can do what it likes about banning political subs but the banning of r/gendercritical is quite concerning, in my opinion.
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by oska 6y ago
Called Peter Cat and it was in Kokubunji (western Tokyo).
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by oska 6y ago
Please don't misrepresent me. In no place in my comment did I describe WeChat as better to FB (and I'm not interested in taking a position either way). Nor was I promoting this: > A state regulated and censored siloed system wh
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by oska 6y ago
I'm running UBlock Origin and UMatrix too. And both of them are blocking eyereturn.com. But because I've got Firefox to alert me to fingerprinting (not a default option I think) I also got a little pop-up informing me that the sit
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by oska 6y ago
I saw the Washington Post describe Victoria as a small state today (in its Covid-19 coverage of the outbreak there). I went and looked up its size to compare to US states - it's bigger than Minnesota and Utah and all but 11 US states.
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by oska 6y ago
I think the very unhealthy dominance of Facebook will only start to properly recede when countries outside the USA start to block its use. This is a highly predatory company that takes away sovereignty in each nation's cyberspace and i
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by oska 6y ago
Stupid because the forward facing standing stance is wrong for mobility. Standing sideways is better for a fixed stance on a moving platform (e.g. surfboards, skateboards, snowboards, sailboards, etc). If you're forward facing then you
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by oska 6y ago
Ironically, Firefox gave me a fingerprinting warning for the website this article appears on. (The fingerprinting was being done by eyereturn.com)
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by oska 6y ago
> but the real reason is super simple: They were too expensive Disagree. I wouldn't buy one if they were one-tenth the price (and I think that sentiment would be shared by many people). The real reason is that it was and is a stupid
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by oska 6y ago
Dragon fruit is actually native to Central America, not SE Asia. It's the fruit of a cactus. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya
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by oska 6y ago
This is a debate in the broad sense of scientific debate. Both parties wrote their own piece separately (without knowledge of what the other was saying) and submitted them. They have now been published and both parties will now be able to r
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by oska 6y ago
This is just one side of the debate between Ioannidis & Taleb, which has already been submitted (at the top level): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521850
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by oska 6y ago
Arguments from analogy can be useful to infer some possible further similarity. So as a creative, inductive process. But using an argument from analogy to say why something can't or shouldn't be done is yes, as you say, problemati
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by oska 6y ago
Your last paragraph suffers from hyperbolic rhetoric and a faultful analogy (common with arguments from analogy). A librarian offering to photocopy a book for you is incurring cost of resources (the paper used for the photocopy) and giving
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Online debate between Ioannidis and Taleb on Covid-19(forecasters.org)
23 points by oska 6y ago|2 comments
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by oska 6y ago
Marshall McLuhan addressed this question in great depth.
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by oska 6y ago
Economies are already re-opening to each other and Sweden is being excluded. So no, Sweden has already failed.
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by oska 6y ago
Your argument has been repeated a number of times through this thread and it's bogus. Sweden's policy is already a failure because its economy has been affected to much the same level as other similar countries while experiencing
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by oska 6y ago
Hyperbole or not, Sweden is going to have to live with being excluded from a lot of EU & international travel relaxations.
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by oska 6y ago
There is nothing 'extreme' or 'revolutionary' about adopting strong containment (quarantine) measures during a pandemic. That has been established human practice for millennia. What is extreme is not doing so. And your
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by oska 6y ago
> People are quick to forget that the Swedish strategy was everyone's strategy in February. Simply not true. Taiwan (with a population 2.5 times that of Sweden) adopted a strict containment and suppression policy as soon as they det
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by oska 6y ago
You're interpreting the statement as being about wealth. I'd rather interpret it as being about influence and Murdoch has held more political influence than Zuckerberg and probably still does.
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by oska 6y ago
I share your dislike for voice control. But using it for some non-essential controls (like the air conditioning) while driving a car is the one place I've thought of where I would be comfortable using it.
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by oska 6y ago
There is undeniably a marketing angle, yes. But I don't necessarily see this sort of marketing as harmful. Or 'cringeworthy', harking back to your original comment. What I do see as harmful is push advertising and Tesla, rath
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by oska 6y ago
Thanks for the link. I see from that article that Boeing have commissioned a new customised Airstream van to transport crew out to the Starliner. So looks like responsibility for crew transport to launch is up to the commercial provider and
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by oska 6y ago
Bit of a strange criticism. They've got to drive out in something, why not an electric vehicle? And the spacesuits are bulky and difficult to move in, so the falcon doors on that Tesla model make sense for easy egress.
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by oska 6y ago
It wasn't explicitly calling for violence but Elon Musk's recent tweet [1] calling for "politicians & unelected bureaucrats" to be "tarred, feathered & thrown out of town" certainly was trending in that
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Elon Musk has a complex relationship with the AI community(cnbc.com)
3 points by oska 6y ago|0 comments
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by oska 6y ago
I just had a look through summaries of the 2020 Catalyst episodes and couldn't find it. Also looked through recent Landline episodes back to March. I'd be interested in seeing a more sceptical take, as I can appreciate extract
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Farm in SE Australia is growing native grains for flour and bread(theguardian.com)
161 points by oska 6y ago|102 comments

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