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by shlant 2y ago
> That being said, it’s not fair to single out TikTok. > The only unique danger with TikTok is that it could be controlled by a foreign adversary, or at least could be more easily than the others. Isn't that the entire reason giv
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by shlant 2y ago
"U.S. bad so just ignore outside influence". Can you imagine a world where both should be taken seriously? Or are you just here to minimize?
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by shlant 2y ago
> Is this good enough for you mister smarty pants? lol a study on rats? for someone who sees themselves as doing a "public service" and telling everyone to "do their own research", you sure don't add much to the
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by shlant 2y ago
you reference "numerous studies" while sharing none of them and instead post the LD50 of fructose? you can't be serious. With that logic, everything is poison and you aren't making any point at all.
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by shlant 2y ago
> You don’t have to take my word for it; you can take one of UCSF professor Lustig. the guy who claims fructose is poison? I won't be taking that source at face value. You are revealing your bias very plainly (which was already pret
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by shlant 2y ago
yea I think people concern themselves too much with glucose vs fructose vs sucrose etc.
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by shlant 2y ago
> I know, it may come as a shocker to many (most?) people. Who argues that added sugar is required by the body? I think you might be conflating people who argue that the body requires glucose to function.
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by shlant 2y ago
also pay attention to how most of the big names who discount the causality of LDL regularly criticize questionnaire-based studies (or Nutritional Epidemiology as a whole), but only when it goes against their personal beliefs.
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by shlant 2y ago
> I'd rather be rejected than got job I'm not qualified to do As many people have pointed out, the interview process has diverged from real-world, day-to-day tasks you would be expected to accomplish once you get the job. Not a
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by shlant 2y ago
sure: just because you barely have a majority, does not mean you can do anything you want. Edited original comment to be more productive.
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by shlant 2y ago
> and a bigot non-stop I'd probably say "fuck it" and vote for the guy too. And most people would say that would categorize you as mentally deficient. Voting against your own best interests because you feel people are mean
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by shlant 2y ago
conspiracies are not "very interesting point[s]" The reality is that: 1. Abortion has always been one of the most divisive topics in the US 2. Roe vs. Wade to begin with was a very shaky legal hodgepodge based around right to priv
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by shlant 2y ago
someone doesn't understand how passing laws work. Just because you barely have a majority, does not mean you can do anything you want.
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by shlant 2y ago
why read anything when you can just ask the comments and make someone else do the work? /s
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by shlant 2y ago
> As for the Touch Bar I don’t really understand the hate for it You don't understand why people wouldn't like something that takes away what they used regularly (function keys) and gave them something that necessitated looking
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by shlant 2y ago
> Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?
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by shlant 2y ago
> Please stop classifying socially awkward or socially underdeveloped people as autistic. It’s not the same. who are you talking to?
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by shlant 2y ago
you have conspiracy brainrot
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by shlant 2y ago
Location: Canadian living in South East Asia (GMT+8) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No but occasional travel to meetups and company offsites ok Technologies: AWS, Docker, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, CI/CD, Linux, Mongodb, Grafana, Cons
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by shlant 2y ago
I can tell you are bad faith because you either a. haven't done the most basic research to figure out the answer to that question or b. have and don't like the answer so you go around Just Asking Questions.
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by shlant 2y ago
did you just have covid once before developing these symptoms? If so, when did you get it?
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by shlant 2y ago
gave a similar answer. My regret is that I wish I kept learning.
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by shlant 2y ago
in the exact same position. 10 years, currently 130k. Very good work life balance including being able to live wherever I want and having zero stress about work. At the very least I regret not continuing to learn the last 5 years. I probabl
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by shlant 2y ago
can't wait to be back in Bangkok so I can go to a VR cafe and play HL: Alex. Huge fan of the series and haven't been able to justify buying a headset myself.
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by shlant 2y ago
yea... don't really want to have to change OS for a CM tool
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by shlant 2y ago
any suggestions on a better config management tool?
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by shlant 2y ago
I hate that I can't tell if this is satire
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by shlant 2y ago
why not just type that exact quote into google? it's the first link
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by shlant 2y ago
someone's here to give their opinion without reading the post. Classic internet
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by shlant 2y ago
Location: Canadian living in South East Asia (GMT+8) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No but occasional travel to meetups and company offsites ok Technologies: AWS, Docker, Ansible, Chef, CI/CD, Linux, Mongodb, Grafana, Consul, Fluentd

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