weasel_words

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by weasel_words 5y ago
ETHICAL short sellers. Reddit is after naked short sellers. Big difference.
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Someone previously illustrated sceneries where the algorithm hiccupped on your data and erroneously labeled you as a pedophile and/or terrorist (at the same time!). If you think about it, bad ML (or your words: "...ML isn't m
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by weasel_words 5y ago
"I still despise it..." - you seriously did not understand that statement? And you took it to mean his own INTERNALIZED struggle?
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by weasel_words 5y ago
In addition to all you said, you mentioned your car...do they also pay you for your commute time? Of course not. Say you have a 1hr each way...2 hours/day, 5 days/week, 48 weeks/year, $100/hr: $100 * 2 * 5 * 48 = $48,000
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by weasel_words 5y ago
I do this too! It's especially great when I'm starting to doze but don't want a full nap...I can hop up and do a set of whatever . After that, I'm good to go!
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by weasel_words 5y ago
There is an excellent lecture on this topic: "Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American Mind" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3Ob4CK4Xs (a little over an hour) The lecture includes multiple studies and actual
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Can you take your Bitcoin out of Robinhood? Of course not. You do not actually own any Bitcoin at Robinhood. There's the "middleman" in your scenario without a middleman...just a different kind of middleman.
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by weasel_words 5y ago
That sounds...really wasteful. Perhaps a happy medium? Maybe not $1500 Damascus knife, but maybe a nice Wüsthof so you're not throwing so much out, and damaging the environment.
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by weasel_words 5y ago
The actual "smoking gun" is three levels deep: 1) https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/6/252840-collusion-rings... then 2) https://medium.com/@tnvijayk/potential-organized-fraud-
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by weasel_words 5y ago
That's a curious take. Source?
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by weasel_words 5y ago
If all they are doing is allowing color changes and slight UI tweaks (and the undo button), why not take a page from online gaming's playbook and just sell cosmetics? There is pretty much no limit to what could be sold as a cosmetic...
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by weasel_words 5y ago
But that is the whole point of the parent. Who is to say it is a "propaganda effort"? FB/TW/YT? Why? How would they know (unless they were part of that effort, ironically)?
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by weasel_words 5y ago
"Whenever someone like me gets called a "white supremacist" for defending someone's right to post a job opportunity without being subject to attack, it devalues a term whose meaning is indispensable to retain so that gen
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by weasel_words 5y ago
I find it fascinating that Hollywood is doubling down on this type of writing after it's been shown to drive away audiences.
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Producer: 'Bridgerton' success shows why diversity 'is good business' Hollywood(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by weasel_words 5y ago|2 comments
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by weasel_words 5y ago
I'm just trying to wrap my head around how skewed a poll taken by "a diversity consultancy" would conclude that: "... two-thirds of adults in America want to be able to discuss racial-justice issues at work."
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by weasel_words 5y ago
But isn't that the grandparent's whole point? If you can't take being called "soft" or a "wussy", you ARE...and need to toughen up...ignore trite insults, and be able to withstand the torrents of potential
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by weasel_words 5y ago
One word: Ouroboros
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Perhaps...but then you've mis-categorized the person as an introvert when they are actually socially awkward or, as you say, they have: "...poor social skills and lack of impact." There are both introverts and extroverts who
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by weasel_words 5y ago
No paywall link: https://archive.fo/fdNyd
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by weasel_words 5y ago
No one, other than the city of NY, will have the full node. So in this use-case there is no distributed network in the first place. And never will be.
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Sarcasm or not, this is how life is. Hang with people who are one trait and you tend to become that trait. Hang with people who are not, and you'll tend not to be either. If you want to "chill", hang with those people. If you
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Article with the actual Disney content (embedded PDF): http://christopherrufo.com/the-wokest-place-on-earth/
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Papers finding that lockdowns had little or no efficacy(twitter.com)
25 points by weasel_words 5y ago|17 comments
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Why is this flagged [dead]? Please "vouch" for this. It's important to get the truth out.
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by weasel_words 5y ago
I wouldn't think this even possible?!? 24k+ reviews! https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AENQAO4BXMO7...
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by weasel_words 5y ago
Wow I was about to gush about how much I LOVE my NP compared to my old crappy, braindead MDs. I could share stories of how bad MDs are...and the horrors of insurance. She is sharp as a whip. Smarter and more motivated than ANY MD I've
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by weasel_words 5y ago
...and good old fashion virtue signaling https://www.jefftk.com/donations imo, honest hearts never need to publicize their altruism to the world.
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Facebook's Trump decision shows Big Tech is 'way too powerful': Elizabeth Warren(finance.yahoo.com)
10 points by weasel_words 5y ago|1 comments
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by weasel_words 5y ago
"They are betting that PC/Laptop/Mobile hardware will stagnate from this point on." Me playing the devils advocate... Perhaps not //forever//, but perhaps for the next few years (enough for them to ma

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