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by selfportrait 5y ago
The whole lesson of gangster films is centered around regret and the tragedy that befalls the family. It's actually a good test on people and their views of status. If someone emulates gangster bravado, it reveals a lot about them and
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“In Sweden, researchers found an average 6.7 percent greater risk of heart attack in the three days after the spring change. Inspired by that finding, a group of U.S. researchers conducted their own study and determined that heart attack ri
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by selfportrait 5y ago
I agree with this comment, and it reminded me of this Twitter thread of Seny Kamara’s ( https://twitter.com/senykam ) talk which in part addresses CS education and its narrow quantitative focuses: https://twitter.c
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by selfportrait 5y ago
What is missing in Sheets that would save you 20 hours a week vs. Excel? Genuinely curious to hear real world examples from a power user, because in the worst case scenario I use JS/G Apps Script to automate analysis/organization,
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by selfportrait 5y ago
> Despite previously claiming that Tether was backed 100% by cash, the company’s breakdown of reserves at the time showed that less than 3% of Tether reserves were actually held in cash. If this does not eventually implode cryptocurrency
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by selfportrait 5y ago
1. Are Israeli figures to be trusted? There are countless - literally countless - of examples of abuses and arbitrary detention from the state. Including detention for “terrorism”. 2. What qualifies as “terrorism” in their book? Does throwi
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by selfportrait 5y ago
No, they are awful. Does this exempt Israeli’s own actions?
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by selfportrait 5y ago
“The Zionist Jews who founded Israel had three basic objectives in mind when they thought about the kind of state they wanted to build, Israeli political scientist Areyh Naor liked to tell me: They wanted to create a Jewish state, a democra
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by selfportrait 5y ago
A slave escaping their master was once illegal. It’s worth noting the value of reparations in this case - some people suffered the consequences of having a marijuana conviction on their record (oftentimes a certain type of people, dispropor
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by selfportrait 5y ago
I think you overstate the overlap of Musk fans and crypto climate impact critics. You would be mistaken to think that Musk fans are in large part anti-crypto. It’s a weird notion for you to even submit.
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by selfportrait 5y ago
Literally not even comparable. One is about a child sex trafficker who has had deep connections with the state, academia, the sciences and technology. This isn’t petty pop culture drama. It is shameless just how uncaring some people are abo
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by selfportrait 5y ago
Yes, go on and ignore all the points made - especially your incorrect point about the value of cryptocurrency pollution in providing double spend protections - a feature that can easily be abused by a handful of powerful miners. Sweep it un
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by selfportrait 5y ago
How did you go from reading a story about one of the richest men kindling a connection with a prolific child trafficker to twisting this into a reactionary incel narrative about the “oppression of the white man” and the “injustice of divorc
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by selfportrait 5y ago
> Agreed, they have essentially nothing in common apart from the name. I don’t know if it’s your English, but you just said you agreed that crypto mining is an offender on the level of other forms of mining. > Why? You can get pretty
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by selfportrait 5y ago
This entire chain of replies is skewed. Yes, real world mining is a serious offender, but that doesn’t exempt crypto mining. Have one look at one photograph of a crypto mining farm for one second and this will be obvious to anyone. On the p
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by selfportrait 5y ago
> I would highly encourage you to find different sources for news. I’d be curious to know the type of apolitical source of news you consume, considering the flat out incorrect claims in your post.
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by selfportrait 5y ago
I really do appreciate this response but to discredit this story, all it really takes is one look at the URL.
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by selfportrait 5y ago
To be fair there’s some truth in even the most outlandish conspiracies. That poster is undeniably an incel with distorted views on women and social justice causes. I think it would serve the boy well if you could pitch in and save him from
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by selfportrait 5y ago
This comment really takes you on a roller coaster. To mirror the title here, this comment is clear: this boy is not all right. Domestic terrorists? Social justice warrior nursing home staff? Patriot Act? Incel-oriented divorce court angst?
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by selfportrait 5y ago
This isn’t guilt by association. That website is purely a grift, starting from its appeal to authority, leading into the Fox News nonsense and pseudoscientific slant, all the way to its Rush Limbaugh, early 2000s aesthetics. It doesn’t take
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by selfportrait 5y ago
I don’t refute anything you say, but linking to a page that features Glenn Beck, Mark Levin and Tucker Carlson doesn’t help your case. Not to mention the clear partisanship and call for donation to the “American Institute for Behavioral Res
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by selfportrait 5y ago
The most American response ever. “I know it’s insane and stupid but at least freedom.” I would sit here and explain how what you’re describing is only an illusion of freedom but I feel I’ll continue this cascade of ignorance.
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by selfportrait 5y ago
> why not count the $40 out of it to be sure your returns were done right? Do you realize how absurd it is to justify having to pay a fee… just to give the government our money? It’s a weird argument to make especially when normalizing t
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by selfportrait 5y ago
Joe Rogan has transformed slowly but surely from a liberal who smoked weed to a somebody who appeals to conservative fervor. For example, he will rail against the vaccine because “big pharma.” Then he “throws the kitchen sink” at COVID when
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by selfportrait 5y ago
Your statement about not listening much to Rogan shows with this comparison. I don’t think the two are alike at all. Channel 5 lets the crazies talk while he stays silent for the most part, which says everything about his subjects. Rogan on
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by selfportrait 5y ago
When I think of Manchin and Sinema, I definitely think “backbone”.
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by selfportrait 5y ago
I have experience in recruiting and onboarding at a big company you’ve heard of, and you would be surprised (or maybe not) that their practices come down to lack of internal tools, and sometimes competency of the staff. I would email onboar