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by synecdoche 1y ago
I think there is a non-insignificant number of people who would understand the word safe as no risk, who if something bad happened to them after submitting themselves to such a safe procedure, would find themselves deceived. Technically, I
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Likewise in Sweden. No bank that I’m aware of is limited to require mobile only login.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
I understand this view is unpopular, but nevertheless. For something to be systematic there needs to be some set of rules governing it. I have yet to see any evidence of discriminatory rules as part of any western company or government poli
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Without it, there would be no way to get information from the source. In msm all we get is the msm view. When compared to what was actually said, done or written then you have a chance to make your own opinion. You only then can compare wha
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by synecdoche 1y ago
An example of this in biased media is that people or entities of one end of the political spectrum is almost always qualified as extreme in some way while those from the opposite end of the spectrum is almost never qualified as extreme, as
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Institute of Peace you say? It couldn't sound more like double speak could it? Similar to the DDR.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
I like them too, but they get empty quickly. Only a fraction of the cartridge is ink. The majority is plug gel and pressurised air. Apparently that’s required for it to function properly.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
I used a Trio-pencil extensively during my educative years. Beauty in writing and diagram drawing made it enjoyable and helped to focus. I still have it. With a nice patina. Still functioning.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Why is it that there are posts on X listing Grok as number 1 in many comparison tests (retweeted by Musk) but elsewhere it’s mostly disparaged, almost exclusively on political or moral grounds?
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by synecdoche 1y ago
This take is uncharitable and ad hominem. Wish I could downvote.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
> This is not the same as cleaning latrines or collecting garbage > Although as I'm thinking about it, there are other jobs which have a similar soul-toxicity as sex work It’s not as clear cut as one might think. What makes sex w
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Nevermind actual policy outcome when there is opportunity for posturing.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
There’s no psychological harm in the other extreme?
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by synecdoche 1y ago
Goodhart's law - When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure
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by synecdoche 1y ago
They can do like Sweden's public service, steal everyone's money, wheter you watch the garbage or not. Great service that.
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by synecdoche 1y ago
In a way there’s nothing wrong with ”near miss”. It’s a miss not far from the target. Still a miss.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
Printing? btw, you got my upvote
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by synecdoche 2y ago
ToS are highly unfair, because the company has had a group skilled in legalese draft them over enough time as deemed needed, whereas a layman is supposed to understand and base their next decision on something written in a language hardly u
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by synecdoche 2y ago
> Japan’s debt ratio is over 300%, and they’ve had no issues with... I don't know what the fallacy of "something is the same along one dimension, therefore the situation along some other dimension(s) must be the same too"
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by synecdoche 2y ago
> These guys like it By such reasoning anything extremists like is extremist by association. How does that make sense?
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by synecdoche 2y ago
2 short taps on the top button on Garmin Venu Sq 2 when swimming is the default activity. It counts laps automatically. It can be setup to display 2—4 statistics during the swim. Now if someone could explain what the other thing is that app
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by synecdoche 2y ago
1. Survivorship bias 2. Countries didn't do it. Individuals did.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
This may be something specific to Japan, which is where the maintainer is from. In the Japanese industrial control systems that I’ve encountered time is typically measured in this unit (100 ms).
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by synecdoche 2y ago
This argument is in my opinion backwards and therefore does not make sense. First willingness to do well by themselves must be demonstrated sufficiently to gain interest and trust, then healthy and mutually beneficial friendship may begin
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by synecdoche 2y ago
In what way is the ”othering” different than what children otherwise do, apart from being in different kind of schools? As you wrote children (or more generally) people can make up all sorts of reasons for that.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
”don't breed detached extremists” This doesn’t follow. In addition, there are plenty who fit that description who did go to a state school.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
It could be argued that people can’t be made to feel anything, apart from pain. How people react, on the other hand, may be quite different.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
Internet comments are generally not masquerading as news.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
Cigarette smoke is one of the most disgusting and at the same time lasting odours. I think smokers are not aware of this. I can smell a smoker at 50 meters distance on the street.
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by synecdoche 2y ago
Apple decided to siphon user photo derived data without prior consent. The purpose, capacity and risk of said data being in others’ hands we are expected to take their word for. All while not informing users in advance or trusting users to

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