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by p_j_w 1y ago
> Your use case is totally out of scope of my project. You have a completely different use case from the OP, but still had no problem telling them that they were doing it wrong, so it’s pretty funny to see you use this line of defense fo
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>In the physical world, the Biden admin gleefully abolished the police. When did this happen?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>All the 5G conspiracy theories are just a reaction to how aggressively and undemocratically 5G was pushed. What the hell does this even mean? Are we upset that carriers and handset manufacturers adopting 5G wasn't put up for a vote
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by p_j_w 1y ago
I dont find “How tall is the Eiffel Tower” to be any more compelling than “height of eiffel tower.”
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>Ethernet [...] has not improved substantially in consumer devices since the previous century. We've gone from 100 Mbps being standard consumer level to 2.5 or 10 Gbps being standard now. That sounds substantial to me.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
I'm not a neuroscientist, but it seems that hypothesis existed before that paper and has more supporting evidence than what's been retracted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry_of_Alzheimer%27s_...
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>No doubt that's factually correct but it sounds like some kind of serious disaster. That headline doesn't sound like it's trying to convey that this is a serious disaster to me. Why do you think it is?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
That's irrelevant or we'd see a blip upward around that time. Instead, the trend has been clear and almost entirely monotonic. https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/191247/reported-larceny-t...
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Your crisis doesn't exist, at least not in the US: https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/191247/reported-larceny-t...
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by p_j_w 1y ago
The rates in 2023 were 66% of what they were in 2010. That decline has not been driven by reduction in crack usage.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Okay, but do you have a counter to the points they've made here?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
I never drink tap water. I cook with it, though, and would still very much like for that to be filtered.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
> Are you not far more likely to die in a car crash? Indeed they are. GP has done an extremely poor job of risk assessment.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Does the Euro NCAP test for the likelihood of a collision occurring or only what happens if we assume a collision will occur? It's important, because if a class of vehicles is safer under the assumption of a collision but the collision
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by p_j_w 1y ago
> So submarine cables were limited to 0.67c and now aren’t? I think it’s more like in the future they might not be. It’s anyone’s guess how mass production and deployment of this might look.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Mission accomplished then.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Suppose I’m a 5 year old born to poor parents. Should I have just made better life choices?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
How does a 5 year old use their 401k to increase the quality of their education?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Have you any evidence for this proposition?
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by p_j_w 1y ago
> Look at what Texas has been doing to California. What might that be? California is still at the forefront of every technological innovation this country is seeing while Texas is at the forefront of theocracy. California may be seeing a
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by p_j_w 1y ago
People like to do a lot of not well justified hand waving. Author is not exempt from this.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
> Remember it doesnt matter what the video shows, it only matters who showed it to you. Both matter.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>LED bulbs are about 10x the price and don’t last any longer. Every bit of research I've ever seen shows LEDs DO last substantially longer. 5-50x longer, depending on which kinda light you'd like to compare to [1]. They're
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by p_j_w 1y ago
I think you've hit the nail on the head here. After being pleasantly surprised at how well an AI did at a task I asked of it a few months ago that I thought was much more complicated, I was amused at how badly it did when I asked it to
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by p_j_w 1y ago
That line was crossed when we re-elected Mr. January 6th.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
There are apps for iOS that will read .org files and allow you to edit them and include the ability to sync with iCloud. beorg is one of them. I'm not sure about Android, but I have to imagine they exist there as well.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
Conservatives famously advocate for similar policies here in the US.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
>People would vote the same way now, most likely. The opinion hasn't shifted around much… I don't know where you're getting this information, but it's in stark contrast to all of the statistics I've ever seen on
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by p_j_w 1y ago
"You want everyone to live in a prison cell and eat nothing but bugs" is not discussion.
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by p_j_w 1y ago
> I think that China has a significant advantage versus the U.S. — they are primarily selling very small vehicles for intra-city use This does not match what I’ve seen in China at all. Nor does it match up with any data I’ve seen about t

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