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by rory 5y ago
Any curtains I've ever bought are "the ones they have at Home Depot." Fabrics with fancy French names seem like rich people things, regardless of gender, no?
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by rory 5y ago
They claim 1463, yet only show the first 1361! Where have you taken the missing animals, O'Reilly?! https://www.oreilly.com/animals.csp?x-o=1360
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by rory 5y ago
Ironically, the context in which the linked post uses the word "master" is closer to the slavery-related usage than the git context of the word.
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by rory 5y ago
This one's a bit disturbing. Problem words: lower the bar Suggested Alternatives: simplify, inclusive, make more accessible
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by rory 5y ago
I know a few upper-middle class small business owners (all non-retail sectors) whose businesses weren't substantially affected by the pandemic, but who basically got a free handout as part of the program. Two mentioned how they were in
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by rory 5y ago
Aside from interpretation, a major issue is the press and "influencers" selecting to promote studies that affirm their preconceived notions, and simply ignoring other studies that contradict them.
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by rory 5y ago
To be honest I don't find that sort of claim overly deceptive. % of infected that are vaccinated is an important metric because it helps describe the further reduction in infection that is possible through further vaccination. That&#x2
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by rory 5y ago
Hm yeah, that last catchall slipped by my read. Whatever that's meant to refer to, it should have been enumerated specifically. It sounds like a catchall added to appease the "moderate" supporters of freedom of expression.
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by rory 5y ago
By that standard, no energy source is carbon neutral since wind and solar also require mining and construction. To our best estimate, the footprint of nuclear is a bit higher than solar and wind, but much closer to them than fossil fuels. e
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by rory 5y ago
Those all sound like pretty reasonable caveats that clearly don't, in their spirit, stifle discussion. Could they be twisted by someone who doesn't actually believe in the spirit of this declaration? Sure, but it's not like t
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by rory 5y ago
Yes, but that doesn't mean reducing R from 8 to 7 (example numbers) is all that helpful without a plan to get from 7 to 0.8.
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by rory 5y ago
A bit odd to single out that Americans spend a lot of time commuting, when average American commute times are some of the shortest in the developed world. Example: https://www.statista.com/statistics/521886/travel-
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by rory 5y ago
I mean the description is correct, just not the most relevant identifier. If Ronald Blaylock (investment banker and another board member) made a statement like this, I doubt anyone would care. But yeah, having our required health treatments
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by rory 5y ago
> I think we would be better off targeting that issue upstream. I'm not sure I understand. You mean like banning certain foods?
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by rory 5y ago
A standard nursing degree in Europe takes three years. That's not a scientific law, it's not like it takes 365 * 3 * 2/3 = 17520 hours to learn how to be useful in an ICU. An LPN can be done in a year. We trained mechanical
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by rory 5y ago
Maybe if California was 93% vaccinated, not 68.5%. That's mathematically nonsense.
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by rory 5y ago
I'd be interested to see a poll of pro-vaccine-mandate individuals asking these questions: 1. Should smoking be banned? (by smoker status) 2. Should obese people be forced by the government to restrict calories? (by obesity status) I h
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by rory 5y ago
This is definitely the most pressing issue, but shouldn't we also, as a society, build the ability to e.g. double ICU capacity when needed? We're not talking about 100x here. As much as I support vaccination, it feels like gaps in
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by rory 5y ago
He's a former FDA commissioner, so his opinion is arguably relevant. I'm not sure why they called him "Pfizer board member." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Gottlieb
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by rory 5y ago
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but although the vaccine does greatly reduce probability of death, it's still very clear the substantially larger elderly population of Florida has a larger effect on their death rate t
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by rory 5y ago
Sure, it's obvious that you can't capture that complexity in a single number. I could tell you my weight, and it wouldn't tell you if I'm a smoker or a drunk, if I eat my veggies or exercise. But if I'm 400 pounds y
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by rory 5y ago
The knife had a fake mustache and googly eyes glued on as he waved it around, so people didn't realize it was a weapon.
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by rory 5y ago
As a percentage "rate" it does mean something very specific, and therefore not super intuitively useful. But it's still helpful as a directional metric. If the U-3 unemployment rate goes up, it's likely the number of peo
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by rory 5y ago
I sympathize the dehumanizing bit and get where you're coming from, but in general I greatly prefer to use the touchscreen machines at fast food places. I like to look through all the options and take my time choosing, which translates
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by rory 5y ago
What is true is more like "~80% of many jobs is routine enough to (theoretically) be handled by a machine." This phenomenon is obvious with e.g. grocery store checkout machines. For every 5-10 machines, there needs to be one perso
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by rory 5y ago
A good point, but the reason I have (and fight) this problem is much simpler: I like writing code. I dislike talking to people.
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by rory 5y ago
Sort of. Originally, it was just hackers making things on the internet. Now, it's the most popular way to make money in the world. So if there's a way to make money doing something reprehensible on the internet, someone reprehensi
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by rory 5y ago
I agree with this sentiment in principal. In this particular case it gets a little hairy since the service is illegal in Canada, but the company is based in the USA and no longer accepting Canadian customers. I'm not sure what the line
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by rory 5y ago
Oh. I think it is in most of the US as well? Or at least, I haven't been anywhere in the US where it is unsafe. In some places it tastes kinda bad. I have actually been to a couple of places in (Eastern) Europe where I was told not t
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by rory 5y ago
"Of defects did the spirit of those Saviours consist; but into every defect had they put their illusion, their stop-gap, which they called God."

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