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by verisimi 2y ago
> Before others post about the definition of whistleblower or talk about assassination theories just pause to consider whether, if in his position, you would that want that to be written about you or a friend. People are free to comment
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by verisimi 2y ago
It wasn't a refutation of the industry being a scam.
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by verisimi 2y ago
> Diamonds are possibly the biggest scam in human history. > To the naked eye, the lab-grown diamond looks identical to a natural stone. GIA, an education and standards nonprofit founded in 1931, uses the same criteria to grade both k
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by verisimi 2y ago
"Twerking stunt island's 30-year-old 3d engine?" On HN?! I'm in! ... ah
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by verisimi 2y ago
> personal liability and fines and jail for negligence Politicians too. And journalists.
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by verisimi 2y ago
I'm not raising the topic of earth shape. In my first comment, I made a point about what is called knowledge. Read this thread again and you will see I don't object to the common usage - I was merely trying to address the origina
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by verisimi 2y ago
Yes, moral grounds, I'm sure. But there are all sorts of abhorrent treatment of animals - abattoirs, indoor farming, force feeding, etc, etc - so, why is it a moral line to drown rats in the way described? Who decides this stuff?
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by verisimi 2y ago
> In a study that wouldn't be permitted today, rats swam in glass cylinders filled with water, eventually drowning from exhaustion if they weren't rescued. Who permits studies? Why would this study NOT be permitted today? edit
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by verisimi 2y ago
Indeed, you can't hurry v3.
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by verisimi 2y ago
But tradition! 850 years!! Next you'll be telling me that you use that new fangled electricity for lights, rather than candles!
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by verisimi 2y ago
So, you say you can know things that others have verified, but not you personally. This is belief, surely?
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by verisimi 2y ago
Outside philosophy class, do you not distinguish between those things you have personally experienced, characterising them as things that are known (to you), and between those things that you've seen on a screen or heard, characterisin
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by verisimi 2y ago
I'd argue that it is pragmatic and useful to distinguish between 'know' and 'believe' (or 'hypothesise'). But yes, some people do use 'know', 'think', 'believe', 'feel&#x
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by verisimi 2y ago
The emphasis is on 'know'. This is epistemology and logic. Do you know you are sitting on a chair? Yes. Do you know your birthday? No, in so far as you cannot personally verify it, as you do not recollect that time. It is fin
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by verisimi 2y ago
The 7 years thing is from the idea I have heard that after around 7 years the functional life of the battery is effectively over. > The Li-ion battery typically has a lifespan of 300-500 charge cycles. Suppose a fully discharged lithium-
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by verisimi 2y ago
> My question has rather been that, if suffering is required and a child getting bone cancer and dying at five is the best of all possible worlds, maybe the whole project should have been scrapped at the planning phase. I assume God was
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by verisimi 2y ago
They probably cut it in half, stuffed it with some prosciutto, some gorgonzola, cherry tomatoes and rocket, and washed it all down with a glass of prosecco or an espresso. Delicious. Served using a piece of slate for a plate.
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by verisimi 2y ago
Do you think that this is not already the case? If not, what was the point of 15+ years of government education?
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by verisimi 2y ago
> a refurbished replacement pack cost 150% the value of the car When I researched evs, I couldn't make the economics make sense. 7 years for a car lifetime seems outrageous.
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by verisimi 2y ago
There are so many interpretations of reality. There are also forces that are intentionally directing the messaging in a way that is perceived to be advantageous. This is to say, it's all very well to say one needs to do something, bu
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by verisimi 2y ago
Yes, but it's not like science is something independent. The biases of scientists who live in a society are bound to be present. Also whoever funds science studies (government, corporations, military) gets to determine what is consid
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by verisimi 2y ago
> This is why techniques like nonviolent communication, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness have observation and introspection as a core facet, because it’s something that you have to consciously practice to become good at rath
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by verisimi 2y ago
> where you'll discover a bunch of family snapshots and party photos if you click around. Yes, lovely. The sort of site where private moments might be kindly shared by an individual. To be distinguished from the forcible asset str
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by verisimi 2y ago
If you're grinding at work to make money to live - I get it. I don't get grinding at work to buy your pet rat a new car, no.
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by verisimi 2y ago
Do you think its ok to remodel your life (time, house, money) around your pet rats? I used 'fake' because this is nothing like a natural human life, nor a natural rat life.
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by verisimi 2y ago
This is the government answer to doing something about privacy. It's what the people said they wanted when they voted. Right?
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by verisimi 2y ago
The home one .. nice people but there's something so lost about dedicating your life and house to your pet rats. Everyone seems to living a fake life in that.
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by verisimi 2y ago
Apes are people too!
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by verisimi 2y ago
If you frame yourself according to a collective, if you are not an individual, you are bound to have a servile (or master) outlook - either is fine. People who don't define themselves according to the group/political/nation&
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by verisimi 2y ago
Imo, one doesn't want either a servile or master mentality. Skip forward.

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