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by polski-g 3y ago
That is a decline in those specific religions, not in religiosity. If you look at all religions ("a belief in something absent evidence"), religiosity hasn't moved an inch.
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by polski-g 3y ago
If that company moved to the US, their model could never be regulated because of Bernstein v DOJ.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Just think of how many planets in the universe had life but it was extinguished because the star died. Or the entire system flew into a black hole. Or an asteroid wiped it out. It took a third of the age of the universe for intelligent li
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by polski-g 3y ago
I use NoMachine for remote desktop across all 3 platforms (the client runs on Android too). Works out of the box with zero configuration needed. Even supports copy/paste.
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by polski-g 3y ago
They already did. The code browser is unusable now and breaks your browser's back button.
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by polski-g 3y ago
If a makeup company wanted targeted ads for their dark-colored cream, they would advertise on BET instead of Hallmark TV channels. They have traditionally had this functionality.
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by polski-g 3y ago
They could fire 4000 employees and almost meet the count that Epic has (and who has a better engine/ecosystem)...
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by polski-g 3y ago
Given that only 300 people (specific individuals, not "poor people") commit a third of all property crimes in NYC: yes it makes a huge difference: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/sho
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by polski-g 3y ago
The purpose of incarceration is not deterrence, nor for "rehabilitation" (whatever the fuck that is). The purpose is *incapacitation*. It is for society. It is not for the benefit of the criminal. It is to protect society from the
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by polski-g 3y ago
Its shocking how unusable Fandom is if not using an ad-blocker. I don't know why developers just don't host their own mediawiki installation. The Paradox Studios wiki's are the best: https://eu4.paradoxwikis.com&#x
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by polski-g 3y ago
Because gmail stopped supporting user/pass auth and instead switched to a retardedly complicated Oauth nonsense.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Race-conscious hiring decisions have never been legal. There was a carve-out explicitly for college admissions.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Honeypots; sting operations. Almost all crime is committed by an incredibly small number of people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arre... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g
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by polski-g 3y ago
Euthanasia is legal in Oregon.
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by polski-g 3y ago
If you are a painter and you create a compromising painting, does your argument still hold water?
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by polski-g 3y ago
There is one way: https://gwern.net/embryo-selection
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by polski-g 3y ago
That is not what revenge porn is. This is de novo artwork.
798.
by polski-g 3y ago
I posted a question on Reddit last night and searched Google for an answer about 10 minutes later. I saw my very own post as the first result. That is some impressive fast indexing on Google's part.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Nice to see Apple catching up to Samsung finally! (re: Dex)
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by polski-g 3y ago
US data centers use 208V
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by polski-g 3y ago
Even if Brand is convicted of something and sent to prison, a parliament member should never write such a request. I thought recidivism was a concern?
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by polski-g 3y ago
Abraham Lincoln violently suppressed a rebellion of his people.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Andrew Yang should read up on Duverger's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law
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by polski-g 3y ago
Just tax agricultural output until their property values drop, then use eminent domain to seize it for pennies on the dollar, rewrite the deed's water rights, lower agricultural taxes and then resell the land.
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by polski-g 3y ago
They don't need to seize the water rights. Just seize the land, rewrite the deed, then sell the land back on the market.
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by polski-g 3y ago
The presence of debt makes you more susceptible to bribes and blackmail.
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by polski-g 3y ago
If you are eventually granted citizenship, it can be stripped for fraud.
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by polski-g 3y ago
Malicious persons will spin up Windows in a VM with slightly different hardware, install the game, repeat.
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by polski-g 3y ago
https://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/09072023bipa... Most of the things listed in this document are in violation of the First Amendment per Bernstein v DOJ.
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by polski-g 3y ago
4x worse performance is within one order of magnitude. An order of magnitude would be 10x worse.

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