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by whaaaaat 2y ago
"Spell backwards, forwards" Both "backwards" and "forwards" could be correctly interpreted as the adverb in this one. It could be asking you to "Spell the word backwards, in a forwards manner" or &qu
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Agreed. This test is not reasonable. Even "who is the first president" knowledge shouldn't be a bar to voting. Do you think they offered this literacy test in the native languages of all taking it? Do you think all people i
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Are One Plus z2 hearing aids with a hearing test app? Because that's the notable thing under discussion here...
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
You have made a subtle misalignment of figures here. Yes, these existing diatoms fix 20% of the Earth's CO2 and are present throughout the entire ocean. However, we don't need to compete with that volume. We don't have to do
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Imagine thinking a genocide was not relevant to you... "[Country Name] is eradicating [type of people]" requires a level of state power that is globally impactful. The US, for instance, is party to some of these genocides. If you
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Can I recommend increasing the text contrast a little for the metadata under the links for accessibility? #666 on #ddd is a contrast ratio of 4.2:1, which might be difficult for some readers. Even moving to #555 on #ddd would move you into
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says X > a senior Ukrainian intelligence official says Y and Z Do you doubt the veracity of these two claims? The headline there actually reads as very clear statements of fact -- two people m
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Every news outlet is a biased source. You cannot have a news outlet that is unbiased. Being an editor necessarily implies making choices about what gets published and what does not -- it's fundamentally a human judgement call. Human ju
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
There are several genocides happening in the world, hearing that people die during genocides shouldn't be particularly surprising, right? Given the magnitudes of those involved, it seems likely they'd fill the headlines. That said
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Let me throw out an idea I haven't seen elsewhere here yet -- this corrects for a part of who I am in a way I find uncomfortable and negative. I'm autistic. I do not make eye contact easily. That's part of who I am, and a use
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> During the 2016-2020 era especially, telling people you worked at Palantir was unpopular. The company was seen as spy tech, NSA surveillance, or worse. I mean, it is those things. I think just because it's listed on a market doesn
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> may be opposed to same-sex marriage, but it doesn't specifically make them anti-gay. It absolutely does make them anti-gay. "Gay people should have fewer rights than we do" is fundamentally an anti-gay stance.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
To be clear, I believe both parties are anti-trans. Malcom X was spot on with the Fox and the Wolf -- they both want to eat the lamb, the wolf is just a lot more honest about it. I regularly argue that Biden has been specifically and materi
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
I don't think it is. I think this person might genuinely believe that there aren't trans lives at risk. Which is unfortunate. Maybe they'll use this as an opportunity to learn, but my money is on them responding angrily to
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
It has an opportunity cost. It's not burdensome to be challenged, per se, it's burdensome to repeat that, "Yes, I think trans people are humans with complex interior lives who mostly want to be left alone. No, they are not co
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
I'm with you. There are hard lines. But I also have hard lines in who you support. Like, if you vote for a politician who supports, e.g., the eradication of trans people, then even if you say, "I don't believe in that" y
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
I think you need to spend some time learning about India. The US is FAR more of a monoculture than India is.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> We did just fine associating with people of different political perspectives... We most certainly did not . Point to an era where there wasn't political violence in the US. Jim Crow? Civil rights era? WTO Protests? Vietnam war pr
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
I don't refuse to interact with people of the wrong "tribe", I make sure to ask for their political positions on, e.g., "should interracial marriage be allowed? Should we allow trans people to change their birth certific
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Practice is important. And being able to say, "I disagree, and discussing it further won't change my mind" is important. But many of the current political topics are life or death for parts of the community. Like, I know pl
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
You can just type MS. I understand that it was cool to use M$ in the 90s, but like, all the tech giants are bad at this point and M$ looks silly.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Improving efficiency sometimes comes with other externalities. See, for instance, massive CAFOs where cows basically live on mountains of their own shit. Or gestation crates, where pigs cannot even turn around. These things are more effic
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
I can't see the flagged post, but if you think "Elon Musk owns communications infrastructure he can turn off selectively" isn't political, I think you might need to reconsider what's in bounds for political. He&#x27
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
You are getting mad at an imaginary poster. The person responding to you isn't coming after you or your lifestyle at all.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
Ok. You can live where you currently live and eat some more plants. I recommend pulse crops like peas, beans, lentils, soybeans, and chickpeas! Those things are regenerative and quite healthy, while still packing a decent dose of protein.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
You mean... a field? I get that farming has gotten industrial, but there's not like, a "alfalfa factory" out there pumping out silage.
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> would we risk Kessler Syndrome for a war? I mean, yes, absolutely! I wouldn't trust world leaders to understand Kessler syndrome, let alone care about it. If a world leader is comfortable killing hundreds of thousands of people to
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
So, on top of the GHG generated by the livestock themselves, which are large, as well as the GHG to generate fertilizer and grow the feedstock for livestock, the food we store for them also significantly generates GHG emissions? It seems
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
> It’s beyond confusing to be constantly told it doesn’t I don't think I've seen any assertions here (or elsewhere) that FSD doesn't work in rogerrogerr's car. I've seen LOTS of assertions (and plenty of video ev
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by whaaaaat 2y ago
The car should not have entered the intersection if it could not exit the intersection, and it pretty clearly shows it waiting to enter the intersection. Note the dashed red line showing it was correctly waiting to enter, and only choosing

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