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by redthrowaway 8y ago
So let's be clear about what happened, here. During a meeting about offensive words in comedy, Friedland said the word "nigger". We don't know the context, but we do know that people who were in the room with him were un
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To Err Is Homicide in Britain – The Case of Dr. Hadiza Bawa-Garba(thehealthcareblog.com)
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by redthrowaway 8y ago
Network effects are powerful. But beyond the original secondary tech centres of Seattle, Boston, and NYC, there are now thriving tech scenes in all sorts of smaller markets--Portland, Denver, Austin, etc. It's easy to see every major t
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by redthrowaway 8y ago
>No, sirs and ma'ams, your home's price appreciation isn't a right. No, but they do have a right to vote for policies and politicians that defend their interests.
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by redthrowaway 8y ago
What is far more likely is that people will simply leave the Bay Area, and demand will fall. It's far easier to create tech clusters in other cities than it is to convince a bunch of NIMBY boomers that other people need places to live,
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
This could turn out really well for them. I've got several friends, from real estate agents to concert promoters to plumbers who already use Facebook in this manner.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Hell, just look at HN. This place was pretty damned libertarian not five years ago. The sea change to identity-driven progressivism has been swift.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
This is the dumbest bubble. I put in about $1000 and took out $1500. It's gambling, pure and simple. It's shits and giggles; I had my laughs and now I'm out. Seriously though, the dumbest bubble. There's no value here. T
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Politicians support the businesses in their districts/states. Republicans are ideologically pro-corporate, viewing that stance as the best way to generate growth and jobs, but not many politicians are above getting a dig in at the othe
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Blackmail is certainly a concern, but even garden variety harassment would be made far more harmful by the inability to have it removed.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
I can see this being a pretty terrible tool for doxxing.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Doesn't appear images are actually stored, just linked. So imgur or whoever would, presumably, remove it and miners would just have a broken link in their blockchain. I can't think of plaintext that would be both illegal and small
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
How is it that Alsup ended up with both of these high profile cases?
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Presumably this didn't apply to CFCs or sulfur emissions?
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
I actually think this is a step too far, conceptually. The isochrone map actually maps better to how I think about travel, and I would find it much more useful.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Leave aside everything she did wrt Wikileaks. That's a can of worms that need not be opened here. What has she done since? Has she done anything to warrant a Harvard fellowship? As far as I can tell, her greatest contribution to huma
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
We're getting 503s on s3 assets. Definitely having issues. Cloudfront is still good.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
>FWIW I have always considered the test ban treaty itself as a means by the nuclear powers to attempt to kick the door closed behind them (because they can use numerical simulation instead of real world tests) rather than an honest attem
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
You're not wrong. The failure of the West to honour its agreement with Ukraine is a serious impediment to future disarmament.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
I wonder how plausible a decapitation strike would be. The Chinese apparently had a coup lined up until Kim killed his uncle. Would the US and China be able to assassinate Kim and install a pliant regime from the existing elites in exchange
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Government action might be required to manage and regulate AI, but it's inconsequential in its development. AI will be developed by private American companies, and the lead they have over international competitors is staggering. For m
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
>Want to buy a Tesla? Use my referral link! Man, this only needs to work once for it to easily outstrip all other forms of revenue a blog might generate.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
> Also, combat zones != California suburbs. We're just going to leave that one tee'd up, aren't we?
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Future of symmetric warfare, sure. Future of asymmetric warfare looks a whole lot like Skynet sending robots to kill humans, but Skynet takes a mandated 15 minute coffee break every two hours.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
What's the point in the Army developing its own, parallel autonomous vehicle technology? Why not just have DARPA funnel funds to Google or someone and piggyback off their research?
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
So what happens if a big volcano goes off and we suddenly need that sunlight again? Not too easy to clear debris out of a Lagrange point.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
All of these are true. On top of that, they're lifestyle and identity products. That carries a massive premium. Those yoga mats you see suburban moms hauling around probably cost $0.30 to make, but they'll easily sell for $20+.
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
Is there a good resource for what Google's diversity efforts actually include?
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
>He does, however, clearly state that Google's hiring standards had 'lowered the bar' for women and minorities. I think it's awfully charitable not to infer that he considers the women/minorities at Google (on av
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by redthrowaway 9y ago
>I disagree that it’s possible to write what he did about general populations, then walk it back to say “but of course it doesn’t apply at an individual level.” I'd be curious to hear an actual defence of this line of thinking. I m

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