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by shlant 5y ago
for anyone interested in more information about this commonly parroted "smoking gun" (Furin cleavage site): https://twitter.com/K_G_Andersen/status/1391507230848032772
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by shlant 5y ago
as I said, it makes sense to expect more from governmental bodies but that still does not mean an expectation of infallibility. High standards and impossible standards are worlds apart.
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The NSA and FBI are built around secrecy and preventing leaks. Their opaqueness is a huge part of their advantage. They keep information from the general public as a rule. Everyone involved is vetted and knows the punishment for insubordina
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by shlant 5y ago
> So yes it has lost its credibility. I feel like this black and white, "you get one chance" kind of bridge burning is very unproductive. When you look at these agencies not as omniscient entities but as what they are - a colla
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by shlant 5y ago
I don't want to diminish any significant impact it may have on its users, just remarking on the language feeling a bit intense. Hopefully they take the complaints seriously.
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by shlant 5y ago
yea I was a bit taken back by multiple uses of "harmful" and then "catastrophic"
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by shlant 5y ago
> 95+% of people don't use torrenting/pirating. That worked out fine. Not great, but it's not the total failure you make it out to be. Have any data to back that up? I do: "More than a third of music consumers still p
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by shlant 5y ago
what does that have to do with crypto? elections are not markets. Where did you get this 10% swing idea from? I bet I could find 100's of examples of equities that trade within a 10% band for much longer periods of time
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by shlant 5y ago
> there should have been at least 1 swing up or down by a lot. says who? why is this your criteria for "manipulation"? Are you saying that it's only been manipulated for the last 8 weeks?
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> Arrest and charge people who purchase, sell or even possess Bitcoin Can you imagine the amount of resources required to accomplish this? The war on drugs was a massive failure and that was arguably a much easier sell than crypto. As if
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by shlant 5y ago
Again, you can have rational reasons for not trusting tether - and I don't necessarily disagree - but the fact is that people have been trying to "expose" it for years with no success. The NYAG didn't find anything subst
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by shlant 5y ago
> The same way we ban heroine. Or murder Our attempt to ban heroin (war on drugs) has been a massive failure[1] only replaced/made worse by prescription opioids[2]. Not a good example. Murder is not something that really needs &quot
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by shlant 5y ago
> "Tether printing is practically responsible for almost all the gains in Bitcoin" It was a meme in the crypto community that when you see tether being printed, you long. Maybe it was true at some point that tether was propping
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by shlant 5y ago
What does "manipulated" mean to you? What does a "manipulated" chart look like? (I'm not being cheeky, I am just trying to get a grasp on your perspective)
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by shlant 5y ago
good and evil is a moral concept. Unless you believe in moral realism (which you would have a hard time proving) then yes, we did invent evil. You could probably snag yourself a Nobel Prize if you could prove morality is objective and that
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by shlant 5y ago
I think a lot of people have that reaction to something like veganism for a couple reasons: 1. You are a constant reminder of their choices, the impact of their choices and their ability to make different ones 2. Eating food is a very base
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by shlant 5y ago
animals do not have a concept of good and evil so why would we apply it to them? I think looking at how things in the animal kingdom work and using that as a justification for our actions is a very low bar. We have the cognitive and emotion
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by shlant 5y ago
I think that's why the commenter qualified with "urban dwellers". Modern urban life abstracts away a lot of the realities of our industries.
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by shlant 5y ago
Definition of veganism: "Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by exte
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by shlant 5y ago
I think this is a good point the authors make: "it is important to think about what portion of that stimulation is light emission versus other cognitive and psychological stimulations" I think having some studies done that compare
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by shlant 5y ago
At Common Sense Media we have a project that evaluates various edtech apps for privacy concerns. You can check it out here: https://privacy.commonsense.org/
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by shlant 5y ago
here is some info refuting that often parroted myth: 1. https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/1149968041964396545 2. https://deniseminger.com/2011/05/31/wild-and-ancient-fruit/
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by shlant 5y ago
yea just come to Borneo and try some of the native fruits to see how wrong that myth is ;)
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by shlant 5y ago
> Earlier fruits didn't have anywhere near the sugar content of the cultivated ones today This is not substantiated[1][2] 1. https://twitter.com/Botanygeek/status/1149968041964396545 2. https://
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by shlant 5y ago
> Is keto intended to be a long term diet? According to the literature, I would definitely advise against it. Good summary: https://www.thepaleomom.com/adverse-reactions-to-ketogenic-d... Higher all-cause mortality: htt
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by shlant 5y ago
How to spot someone peddling diet dogma: 1. Gesture vaguely at the evils of the medical and diet industry 2. "once you've tried this, everything you thought you knew about X will change" 3. Prescribe something specific and po
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by shlant 5y ago
yea when it comes to diet, I think longevity studies can usually provide the most useful insights (although usually pretty generalized). You can do a diet for 5-10 years and not see the ill effects until that far in. Anyone who tries to sel
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by shlant 5y ago
it would be helpful if you provided your sources
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by shlant 5y ago
> The lockdowns increased the rate of suicides substantially why did you link to stats that only go to 2018? Suicides are down in 2020[1] 1. https://www.axios.com/suicide-decreased-in-2020-pandemmic-me...
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by shlant 5y ago
I think this is a bit handwavy. There is a lot of evidence to show that air quality has an impact on health. How much might be harder to quantify, but I don't think it's unreasonable to think we might be underestimating its impact

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