sparky_z

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by sparky_z 4y ago
Not completely. For example, if the analyst has a large corpus from someone's main account to build up a profile, it seems plausible to me that they could identify individual comments under the "deleted" user as being written
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by sparky_z 4y ago
I don't have a good suggestion here, but I have to point out that that does not fully address OP's stated concern about the use of text analysis techniques to figure out who wrote what, even if the username is different. (It does
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by sparky_z 4y ago
You seem to be conflating landfills (where trash that's trucked away from your curb goes to be buried) and sewage treatment plants (where the stuff you put down your pipes goes to be processed into clean water, fertilizer, and "ot
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by sparky_z 4y ago
We're not arguing over the existence of God here. Sure, you can never truly prove a negative, but you can never truly prove a positive either. New evidence leading to exoneration (above and beyond a mere finding of "not guilty&quo
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by sparky_z 4y ago
Where's the part in that article where it was proven he did not? There was certainly a miscarriage of justice, but it sounds like everything still ended in a he-said-she-said. From your description, I was expecting an eventual proof of
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by sparky_z 4y ago
That might be true, as a matter of legal interpretation. If so, that's a solid argument for updating the traffic law with more precise language, but not much else.
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by sparky_z 4y ago
It's very easy to argue against that logic. The entire point of having a separate HOV lane that moves faster than the other lanes to to incentivize people to share cars who otherwise would not do so. Since it is impossible for a mother
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by sparky_z 4y ago
Have you never needed to mail something while you were traveling?
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by sparky_z 5y ago
That's not true. Their employer also confirmed it to a USA Today journalist. https://news.yahoo.com/respected-developer-died-suicide-expe...
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by sparky_z 5y ago
It's really not, though (at least in the US). In just about every engineering subdiscipline except Civil/Structural, you can rise arbitrarily high in your career with no formal licensure or certification beyond a university degree
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by sparky_z 5y ago
How can "the science" say that warming will be worse than all of the scientific models say it will be?
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by sparky_z 5y ago
The P in JPEG stands for "photographic". Do you pronounce it "jay-feg"?
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by sparky_z 5y ago
You're assuming that the richest person also pays the most taxes. Not necessarily the case.
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Someone who's old or infirm enough that reaching their feet is an ordeal, so they minimize the number of "trips".
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Unlikely. Seeds aren't transparent, which is one of the most important qualities necessary for a functional greenhouse.
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by sparky_z 5y ago
You aren't in China.
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Occam's Razor, dude. On the one hand, a non-binary person killed themselves after being bullied, which is regrettably more common than it should be. On the other hand, you have an (at least) 3-person conspiracy to fake Byuu's deat
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by sparky_z 5y ago
I assume you're referring to the USA Today article, which did, in fact, include a quote. You do realize that obituaries don't just happen? Your loved ones (or your estate, etc) have to pay the newspaper to run them. If they don&#x
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by sparky_z 5y ago
The article includes a direct quote from Beckett. "I'm very very angry – furious with Kiwi Farms," Beckett told USA TODAY. "I just want them to appreciate the gravity of what they've done. They certainly contributed
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by sparky_z 5y ago
OK, I've updated that sentence to be a little more neutral. Now I'm interested to to hear your response to the rest of what I wrote. What is the Japanese government agency that provides reports about the number of foreign nations
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by sparky_z 5y ago
What records would you expect there to be that aren't there?
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by sparky_z 5y ago
https://news.yahoo.com/respected-developer-died-suicide-expe...
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by sparky_z 5y ago
I assume by "that year", you mean this year, since Byuu's (sigh, "alleged") suicide note was posted in June. But frankly, the notion that there was an entire year in which not a single foreign citizen died in Japan
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Speaking as a user, not a developer, I miss Flash because I had control over it. I could turn off "autoplay" everywhere with a global setting, turn it back on on a case by case basis, and the website owners couldn't do anythi
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Sounds like you were working with Weta Workshop (props and costumes), not Weta Digital. As I understand it, they are separate companies.
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Yes, the issue is the chasses. Removing the containers from the port frees up the chasses that are currently holding them. And why are you taking all the containers to Dallas? They aren't bound for Dallas, they're all going to dif
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by sparky_z 5y ago
You missed the first paragraph?
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by sparky_z 5y ago
In this example, the containers weren't bound for Dallas, the trains were. They're being commandeered from their normal route to move the containers to a new pickup point where the trucks will get them.
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Are you certain it was Spotify that did that? Unless you downloaded the episode in 2018, it could have easily been the Conan podcast. Podcast episodes aren't immutable, they're just a url. I've seen podcasts that update the a
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by sparky_z 5y ago
Because the term "football" can have different meanings depending on where you are, but the term "soccer" is unambiguous and known to everybody*, it would make sense to exclusively use the term "soccer" when wr

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