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by shmel 5y ago
I suppose it is a completely predictable outcome: internet has been telling young men for years "stop looking for a gf, just get out there, find a hobby, meet up new people". Besides, "finding a partner" is a much more c
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by shmel 5y ago
I disagree. I got a home test positive last week and plenty of my friends did as well. I am in the UK though, our home tests might be different.
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by shmel 5y ago
Of course. We are just going through a strange period of mental health. It used to be: "only very very serious problems are worth attention and in this case only professional can help you". This is why it was (and to an extent sti
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by shmel 5y ago
I don't think it is the right mindset. Mental health is a spectrum as much as "being fit" is a spectrum. Just because you aren't morbidly obese doesn't mean you won't benefit from learning how to take care of y
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by shmel 5y ago
Oligopoly. There are very few popular food delivery services. If you are petty over 4 bucks, you end up cooking at home. It is like saying that people outraged by FB will change anything. What are you going to do? Move to TikTok?
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by shmel 5y ago
I believe the case you are describing happened with Just-Eat.
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by shmel 5y ago
It is a very slippery slope. Would you feel the same if it was a genomic sequence of a novel respiratory virus? Would you say it is a plan for a bioweapon and hence must be forbidden?
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by shmel 5y ago
There aren't many with zero-order pharmacokinetics (linear curve decay). The only notable exception is alcohol though.
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by shmel 5y ago
Yep, shut down energy production as well, these key workers will also stay at home. Just 2 months without electricity and internet, I am sure you will manage cowboy.
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by shmel 5y ago
Delta emerged in late spring 2021 though. You must be thinking about Alpha. However, it became dominant in the US only in late March 2021 according to Wikipedia[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Alpha_vari
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by shmel 5y ago
Twitter literally limits the length of your tweets. What can you say in a couple of phrases in the context of activism and politics? Just link another platform? Don't get me started on twitter threads, this is abomination. My patience
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by shmel 5y ago
Come on, there are tons of people who believe that masks are the final answer. They should volunteer.
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by shmel 5y ago
> Paper wealth reverting to norms would be more of a societal problem What is the problem again? Rich people getting less rich? Imaginary number of net wealth getting lower?
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by shmel 5y ago
I see it differently: despite alcohol having absolutely horrible safety profile the vast majority of people manage to use it responsibly and don't let it ruin their lives. We all know that some people become alcoholics and yet it stops
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by shmel 5y ago
Smartphones prevent people from taking horrible photos? Anybody who spent 15min on tinder will disagree.
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by shmel 5y ago
Why do you compare it to Rust though? JS is as old as Java, however its ecosystem seems to be much less mature (at least from outside). I haven't touched Java for 15 years, but I am fairly confident that people still use Apache Ant as
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by shmel 5y ago
From what I've seen online in the last 5 years, just a mere accusation is sometimes enough to ruin someone's life or career. At the same time Trump and Johnson both showed that you can literally lie about something you said on liv
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by shmel 5y ago
Why do you think it is extreme and why does it bother you whether other people have kids at all? Any argument I can think of is a variation of "we are all in this together", be it "survival of the humanity" or "who
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by shmel 5y ago
Err... Not defending Java, but does .NET support Linux at all?
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by shmel 5y ago
I really don't get the point about WA outage being a catastrophe. WA pretty much forces you to put all phone numbers in your contacts to communicate to anyone at all (ok, except group chats to an extent). Why can't you just send a
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by shmel 5y ago
Yeah, right, why do we still have a bunch of common cold viruses then? Any argument referring the interventions has to also explain why _only_ flu disappeared out of huge variety of respiratory viruses.
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by shmel 5y ago
I think the main problem with hesitancy is enormous mistrust to the government and to the state. The very same problem that led to Trump's victory. For decades people in power fuck the working class over, poor people repeatedly watch t
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by shmel 5y ago
Yeah, but how does it help with essentially duopoly of payment processors? How does it help with the US finance industry exporting their rules under ultimatum "either you comply or you will be excluded from the world financial system&q
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by shmel 5y ago
The grass is always greener on the other side. It is quite difficult to read or reply to emails when you literally have to squeeze your body in a subway train.
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by shmel 5y ago
It is a good tech to have, however most people see it as an easy way out "oh, we'll just scale up carbon capture and I don't have to give up my car and AC". I am highly skeptical that any remotely complicated technology
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by shmel 5y ago
Yeah, I find it very very sad. I am so isolated after 15 months of lockdowns that I literally go to a restaurant for a tiny bit of social interaction, just smalltalk with a waiter. Just about 4 out of 5 times they insist on ordering online.
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by shmel 5y ago
I keep hearing this over and over. I get it, some people are fairly introverted, some really enjoy WFH. But what stopped you from distancing from people and using self-checkouts before the pandemic? If you hate people, fine, just go home st
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by shmel 5y ago
Could you please name any other mRNA vaccine that was authorized for use in humans by FDA? I am not aware of any. I agree that the vaccine is probably safer. However, propaganda that covid19 infection doesn't give you as good immune me
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by shmel 5y ago
How do you know this? mRNA vaccines are literally so new we don't know what will be in 2 years from now. They were never used in humans. In comparison SARS survivors from 2003 still have immunity (I believe the same is with MERS).
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by shmel 5y ago
Perhaps you should bring it up with psychiatrists prescribing people antidepressant drugs then? They will surely benefit of your expertise.

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