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by throwhauser 5y ago
If the Bay Area struggles to deal with an influx of tech workers, why would it struggle any less to deal with an influx of artists? There would be fewer dollars chasing the housing, but that doesn't make more housing available. The Ba
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by throwhauser 5y ago
It's reminiscent of people adding "no copyright intended" (sic) when posting other people's music online. It seems like intuitions about copyright have been shifting, even if the law hasn't.
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by throwhauser 5y ago
Sure but then couldn't whoever receives the USB or DVD post the source code someplace more convenient? I'm not sure what that "workaround" would accomplish.
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by throwhauser 5y ago
Don't stop there. I see no fewer than five (5) sections in my Verizon privacy settings that were set to share information I never would have agreed to if I knew they existed. - Custom Proprietary Network Information - Business & M
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by throwhauser 5y ago
> Yup, tradeoffs forced to select towards survival. Viruses don't have a plan, or intent. It's not impossible for a virus to screw itself over and kill off all its hosts, or one species of hosts. https://www.wired.c
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by throwhauser 5y ago
> The only way around that is to gather more evidence... That begs the question as to whether an evidence-based approach is the right approach in all circumstances. Another way around it is to not fully rely on an evidence-based approach
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by throwhauser 5y ago
"Why China is still trying to achieve zero Covid": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59257496 "Why has Australia switched tack on Covid zero?": https://www.bbc.com/news/
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by throwhauser 5y ago
GP: > This situation seems a lot like two years ago with the CDC saying "there are no confirmed cases in the US" P: > I would be very careful not to fall into paranoia. It's easy and destructive. Two years ago, paranoia
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by throwhauser 5y ago
> [T]hey thought they already had good enough models to avoid taking large losses. That's a fair point; the essay doesn't do much to distinguish whether they didn't know they needed to take losses, or couldn't take th
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by throwhauser 5y ago
I think the tone is appropriate, because the issue is a bit more subtle than that. Zillow was afraid to plan for the large losses necessary to gather the only data that counts, i.e. the data that is the outcome of their own processes. Pl
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by throwhauser 5y ago
The answer is to build houses and print money to buy them with. If houses were a (much) smaller bet for the buyer, there would be more flexibility to build houses where demand exists and a faster, lower-drama exit for people who don't