throwaway55421

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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Nah, you don't give a toss because you've prioritised something which is literally impossible.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Ah, I see.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Why did the bricks go from 16c to cold that quickly?
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I left my job due to remote working but stayed in the same place.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
You should wear a hazmat suit with a helmet in public. I would feel safer, and there would be less pressure on my healthcare service if you fall over. If you don't, you're scaring me.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Well, you are verifiably insane.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
No, citation wanted. I'm not going to cite the sky being blue, tilt your neck.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Interesting article, but the idea that video transmission meaningfully moves the needle on climate change can be disproven back of the envelope. My phone uses like, 5w sustained. The video decoders on fancy new TVs are about the same. That
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Wearing a mask is obviously a massive tradeoff, it's an ongoing "hey, hey, be afraid of me, I might coronise you!" indicator. It makes most people uncomfortable both physically and mentally. Of course, even if it were free, i
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I mean, sure, if we want to abandon the concept of cause and effect entirely because John went to the gym and ... got hit by a bus on the way, oops.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I don't think that's true at all really, there are like 500,000 millionaires in my town alone. A billion is actually just a lot of money, there's a much more finite amount of room at the top. All you need to do to make a mill
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Gotcha. yeah I agree on all of that.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Yes, but this is really distinct from understanding a language. You might be able to have a very basic one on one conversation with someone who is speaking directly to you. Now sit in the corner at a bar, party, in a conference, lecture hal
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Or just replace the brakes and tyres? The thing I find weird here is that it's OK for me to buy a car and drive it, but not rent exactly the same car. The liability is only shifted due to consensus. You could imagine a world in which F
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
They're not saying that he was poor. They're saying that he didn't start a billionaire. He multiplied his wealth by a factor of a thousand or more.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
The statements are not symmetrical, though. Let's use the less emotionally charged example of the gym rat. An individual who sets out with the goal and drive to become substantially physically stronger can be successful with high proba
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
The statements are not symmetrical, though. Let's use the less emotionally charged example of the gym rat. An individual who sets out with the goal and drive to become strong can be successful with high probability. But not everyone wi
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Sweden is funny. Their society is explicitly designed by the well off to convince the poors that all is well. It's all very equal, just don't look behind the curtain. We all earn our 50000SEK here. The CEO? Oh, just ignore him
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Yes, sorry, that's not what I thought "outcompeting" meant in the epidemiological sense. I thought it implied that one variant grows to the detriment of the other. Otherwise, we could say something like "COVID outcompete
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Wouldn't the fact that it's outcompeting Delta imply that there is some cross immunity? I suppose there's some limited displacement effect e.g. if you have Omicron and self isolate you can't catch Delta during your self
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
"It is a sad and little-known reality that poverty tends to persist between generations". Is it? To me it's intuitively obvious and I can't think of any real person who would disagree? I can't even conceive of a dif
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Is the paper actually biodegradable or is it basically just plastic coated paper?
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
This is interesting. I find myself somewhere on this spectrum. I'd appreciate if you could read my comment and pick me apart on this because I hate the division too. I never thought that coronavirus didn't exist, but I've alw
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
The proliferation of distros _is_ the ecosystem.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
This is true in a logical sense, but also very impractical to actually apply. You end up being drawn into super long winded discussions about minor details. If that's what you actually want, that's fine. But a lot of the time you
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I've always found car rental to be the least competitive market out there. My car cost me £800 approx a year ago. I spent £150 on new tyres and I've since driven it almost 10K miles without much other than the odd oil change and b
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
Life is badass if you make it! :-)
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I can guarantee that if you let VR set expectations for you, you'll be in a much worse position than that.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
I'm sorry for your loss, but I stand by the concept that this now means you're not really able to contribute to a discussion on how most people socialise because you've self excluded from it.
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by throwaway55421 5y ago
> What does VR provide for a business that it can't get in a Zoom call with a webcam? Well, if they did it properly, it'd be like real life except without the commute. They won't, though, because nerds will say "oh, I

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