toomanyrichies

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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
> Adrenaline chasing is addictive behavior Gambling disorder is a recognized diagnosis in both the DSM-5 [1] and the WHO's ICD-11 [2], with a $14 billion annual social cost [3] in the US alone. Show me the equivalent DSM entry and s
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
This is a terrible analogy. Skydiving isn't addictive, the risk falls on the participant, and a skydiving company doesn't make more money from the customers it hurts. Gambling apps get a large share of their revenue from the smal
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What Would Canada's Associate Membership of the EU Look Like?(wsj.com)
4 points by toomanyrichies 2mo ago|0 comments
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
Consider the possibility that your brain chemistry is different from that of other people, and that this could affect the level of responsibility people bring to bear here.
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Meta is asking some of its employees to become managers again in a new reorg(businessinsider.com)
4 points by toomanyrichies 2mo ago|1 comments
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
Reading someone's words as written isn't being "too literal". With a blog post, as with this thread, it's actually the only thing there is to go on.
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
Drawing conclusions is fine, if they're traceable to something on the page. This one started with "always" and "all day," which aren't in the post, and when that was pointed out it moved to the author's m
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
You can't quote a mentality, and you're not a mind-reader. You're putting words in the author's mouth, and then arguing against them. Saying it's "clear to see" is just asking others to find your evidenc
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
"All day" and "always" are your words, not mine, and not those of the article's author.
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
I'm arguing against TrnsltLife's (now flagged and disappeared) comment. They said it was conspicuous that people are opposing refugee status for white South Africans, but not opposing refugee status for other groups. The point I
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
There’s a difference between things that literally everyone has to do as part of being human, and things that only “strivers” seem to enjoy- climbing the corporate ladder, “obsessing over customers”, polishing Powerpoint decks, working over
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
> You SHOULD feel like you have to do some stuff. Gregor: It would be nice to do something. Sam: We are doing something. We're sitting here, waiting. "Ronin", 1998
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
Couldn't that simply mean that his Nazi proclivities go back all the way to at least 1999? ASCII was invented in the 1960s.
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by toomanyrichies 2mo ago
> why the histrionics when they were welcomed as refugees in the United States? Because white South Africans were the only refugees welcomed this year. [1]. 6500 refugees (down from 100k+ in 2024), and every single one was a white Sout
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GitHub Outage Tracker: Is GitHub Cooked?(isgithubcooked.com)
276 points by toomanyrichies 3mo ago|189 comments
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
To paraphrase "The Princess Bride"- you keep using the word "communist". I don't think it means what you think it means. One can acknowledge the very real harms done by the United States over its history, without a
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Apparent Elon Musk Pep Talk to His Cursor Staff Paints Sad Picture(gizmodo.com)
7 points by toomanyrichies 3mo ago|4 comments
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
That same hacker can choose to responsibly disclose the vulnerability through the proper channels, or take advantage of it to benefit themselves at the expense of others. Which one they choose objectively determines the quality of person t
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
There will always be a certain percentage of the population whose greatest aspiration is to be "house slaves" as opposed to "field slaves". They're the ones that today would be described as "temporarily embarr
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
I'm so sorry you went through that.
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
"When European settlers arrived in the Americas, historians estimate there were over 10 million Native Americans living there. By 1900, their estimated population was under 300,000. ...In the late 1800s, blankets from smallpox patients
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by toomanyrichies 3mo ago
What part of what they said is inaccurate?
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A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights(apnews.com)
12 points by toomanyrichies 3mo ago|0 comments
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Why Los Angeles Stopped Repaving Its Streets(city-journal.org)
16 points by toomanyrichies 4mo ago|9 comments
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Pixar lays off over 100 Bay Area workers using ElastiGirl letterhead(sfgate.com)
6 points by toomanyrichies 4mo ago|2 comments
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Hegseth Orders Mandatory Testosterone Screening, Optional TRT for Troops 30(military.com)
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Atlassian ordered to reinstate engineer sacked over Slack clash with leadership(hcamag.com)
23 points by toomanyrichies 4mo ago|3 comments
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Britain will ban under-16s from social media apps, including TikTok and YouTube(npr.org)
4 points by toomanyrichies 5mo ago|3 comments
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by toomanyrichies 5mo ago
Conman: "Nah, this data center's not for you. It's more of a Shelbyville idea." Mayor: "Just a minute! We're twice as smart as the people of Shelbyville! Just tell us your idea and we'll vote for it!&
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by toomanyrichies 5mo ago
I had mine done in Rio de Janeiro, not in Turkey, but I understand the costs are similar for both. I had 2 sessions performed 6 months apart, total cost of about USD $5,000. In the US it might have been $20,000 or more. Each session was

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