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by thisiswater 5y ago
A period of extreme flooding is mentioned in Chinese myth, lasting multiple generations and resisting massive flood control efforts (particularly earthworks of magic , self-reproducing mud). Efforts to date the floods of myth tend to land a
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by thisiswater 5y ago
While I can't speak to the case, I have anecdotally known PhD-level researchers who have cited "don't be evil" as part of their decisions to trust Google with potentially sensitive data. The phrase has clout. This has be
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by thisiswater 5y ago
This is interesting, because my (more literary than scientific) understanding of ego development includes becoming aware of an 'inner tribe' or 'multiple voices' inside one's mind which simultaneously are and aren&#
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by thisiswater 5y ago
Have you tried LTSC? It's a feature-stripped version of windows 10, which is far more user-friendly simply because it doesn't try to do much at all, while still providing security updates. I'm no expert and licensing is a bit
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by thisiswater 5y ago
While this is encouraging for further study, there are only 44 participants, the effects are mild (for the sample size), and it's very early research. Considering publication bias and that early results are often more significant than
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by thisiswater 5y ago
A private media company deciding which media it publishes and doesn't publish. Can put it many ways.
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by thisiswater 5y ago
It also sets up conditions by which people have no choice but to make a choice which is in their own interest, rather than having a political process built on vote suppression, non-participation and the kind of clientelism which arises when
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by thisiswater 5y ago
My interpretation of the article is that the court recognized the proceeds in terms of Swedish Kroner at the time that the BTC were seized, so was unable to account for the increasing value of BTC in terms of Kroner - they had not legally s
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by thisiswater 5y ago
Enabled by a critical error, from the article: "...the attackers made an unusual error in this case by failing to keep money moving. The $2.3 million that ultimately was recovered was still sitting in the same Bitcoin account it had be
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by thisiswater 5y ago
To compare judges to kings in this case is so absurd as to barely be worth refuting. The court is working within within a legal framework, not wielding supreme executive power granted by divine right and inherited through a dynasty.
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by thisiswater 5y ago
The consequences are pathetic. I'd speculate they wouldn't be going to the roughest of prisons either.
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by thisiswater 5y ago
The content of the article is that researchers managed to get ads approved which targeted teens with cocktail recipes and gambling sites. They didn't actually run the ads due to ethical concerns Seeing as what ads can be targeted at ch
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by thisiswater 5y ago
Psychopathic not to extract value for shareholders indeed.
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by thisiswater 5y ago
It's true, there could definitely have been confounding factors and I wish there was a better record than their memories. I remain personally convinced due to knowing and trusting the involved parties, but agree that the anecdote doesn
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by thisiswater 5y ago
They were camping so I think it's unlikely they got confused with an ad ID which was interested in nappies. For the sake of good faith I think we should exclude "they broke the rules". Frankly, my friends aren't that stu
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by thisiswater 5y ago
"One of the three deviated and searched for nappies online prior to the trip." This is a hypothetical which was deliberately excluded when they decided to run the experiment. These are intelligent young people acting in good faith
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by thisiswater 5y ago
I would like to contribute an anecdote which turned me from a "google is listening" skeptic to someone who turns their phone off as often as possible, especially during any kind of sensitive conversation. I'm one degree remov
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by thisiswater 5y ago
Yes, but the headline says it's a potato battery. It's not. It's a battery with a potato in it.
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by thisiswater 5y ago
Article is complete faff. The potato is not the battery, it is not an energy source, and the article says nothing about the economics of the two plates which are the actual energy source. Don't waste your time.
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by thisiswater 6y ago
My intuition also. I can practically date my old passwords (for unimportant things) by this, and/or how many times I forgot it and had to set a new, unique password.
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by thisiswater 6y ago
As the author puts it: "It makes me less certain that this isn't the Extend in Embrace, Extend, Extinguish."
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by thisiswater 6y ago
Nonsense. Anecdotally: I've had multiple discussions with employed, unburdened men and women (particularly women) in their mid 20s who have decided not to have children for one reason: Climate change. The planet is collapsing. Our chil
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by thisiswater 7y ago
Tangent: Is there anything on bitchute that isn't right-wing or conspiracy theory? I've just pulled it up for the first time and by the front-page videos it's an alt-right cesspool. I'll use the alternative if it's
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by thisiswater 7y ago
I find the public vs private debate unfolding here extremely interesting, but I have no idea about it. What are your sources? Where can I learn more about the contribution of the private sector to healthcare, the returns on their investment