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by snakeboy 5y ago
It's less pleasant to work in a mask, especially anything involving manual labor or a hot kitchen. Shoes are a bad comparison. The vast majority of people have always lived in a society where wearing shoes is the status quo. This is
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Speaking as another young male with no comorbidities, I do tons of reckless shit that put myself at way higher risk for no other reason than to entertain myself and my friends. So I figured I might as well get vaccinated if it's a tin
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I think a big part of the anti-vax stuff is 1. "mRNA" is still new tech in the public eyes, so it'll take some time to familiarize people with it and not see it as "scary new tech". 2. Covid is (fortunately) less de
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Wouldn't this be a good economic incentive to buy more locally? Since it sounds like currently shipping costs via trucking are ignoring this externality.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
> FAANGs primarily recruit from other FAANGs How could that be? I was under the impression that a huge amount of new hires come in each year from fresh university graduates.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I found this page [0] (in French). I don't know how reliable this website (or my French, for that matter) is, but it seems like its a group of activists illegally squatting, damaging the property (at least changing the locks) and caus
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I think the original blog post [0] or Andrew Gelman's discussion of it [1] are both better sources for technical details and some historical context. In particular, this is not the first such issue for Dan Ariely, as Gelman points out,
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Isn't that expected? People born since 1980 grew up with those sticky habits/culture around food and exercise, and are a growing proportion of the population.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
> Even French beats English in this respect, and that is an absurdly low bar considering the accumulated mess that is French orthography. Even though there is a good amount of redundancy, once some subtleties like the liaison are underst
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I'd second what the other poster said - your best bet are recommendations of blogs you like already. Looking at my RSS feed, I'd also endorse Andrew Gelman's blog (applied stats), A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (history
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Off-topic, but why is it that Terry Tao's blog attracts such low-quality comments? When I look at SSC/ACX, Shtetl-Optimized, Marginal Revolution, etc. the comments are mostly constructive, engaged, and well-informed. With Tao, i
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by snakeboy 5y ago
> Has netflix ever committed to this vision? I would be hell bored if Netflix is filled with Oscar-ish films. I think it's a bit of straw man to conflate "the art form of film" with mainstream oscar bait.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
And in the 21st century how important is the 3rd amendment compared to the 4th or 5th?
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by snakeboy 5y ago
In these discussions, where there is fierce opposition on this question, wouldn't it make sense to explicitly filter for this on hiring and have some companies that look for [for lack of a better word] extroverted people, and others fo
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by snakeboy 5y ago
During various confinements over the past year, I really enjoyed "illegal" late night walks when the streets and parks were completely dead. I found it the perfect ambiance to memorize poetry. Write them out long-hand and then c
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Then even harder: How about a stay-at-home mother?
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by snakeboy 5y ago
On a website uniquely designed for photo upload and forensic analysis, CSAM makes up .06% of uploads. But I'd bet on a generic messaging app, the percentage of messages involving CSAM is much, much lower.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
There is the European Convention on Human Rights upheld by the European Court of Human Rights, but from my understanding these both predate the European Union, and they're not really directly associated. Could someone more knowledgeabl
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I wasn't trying to imply racism ended in the 60s, to be clear! I intentionally avoided discussing modern politics in order to make a stronger (albeit more limited) argument, by emphasizing explicit legal discrimination. Even if someon
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by snakeboy 5y ago
I agree, and find it ironic that he explicitly calls his podcast a "conversation", when indeed it's the least conversational podcast around (except when he clearly really likes the person or has a strong opinion on the topic)
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by snakeboy 5y ago
If they're a few generations removed from their Nigerian or Jamaican ancestors, they probably don't have strong ties to their home countries' cultures. This seems true of most Americans whose families emigrated 3+ generation
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by snakeboy 5y ago
> but suggesting that racism is only racism when the government does it too is a first. I think you've misunderstood this post. This is less like a "white's only" restaurant, and more like an Italian food restaurant.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Fair. I'm certainly not suggesting it's a realistic solution for many communities and people.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Perhaps buying at a farmers' market from local suppliers if available in your area?
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by snakeboy 5y ago
For my, the most successful strategy I've found is to have a handful of academics and journalists that you trust and who cover a sufficient breadth of topics, and reading their articles/blogs/twitter feed. Then adding a few
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Eh, kids from rich/educated families probably get a much smaller marginal benefit from the quality of the school since they're getting tons of extra stimulation at home (stability, parents reading to them at night, parents encoura
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by snakeboy 5y ago
The equilibrium state in this scenario would be all public schools approaching equivalence, which would be a positive outcome.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
Same principle as Cookie Banners. Wanting basic browsing privacy is being associated with an annoying, artificially difficult process.
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by snakeboy 5y ago
That seems like a great outcome, no? Allowing room for a gradual transition to a net positive societal outcome rather than requiring some phase shift. I like bars and hanging out in them, and it would be awesome to preserve the atmosphere
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by snakeboy 5y ago
It is nice, however, when it's an option at a bar and you can have something kind of like a beer, while not incurring the usual "What, just a water?" conversations.

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