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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Not that high. Unless it's premium plus kick-backs plus slush fund.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
That's a dangerous and naive plan/intent. Trusting ANYONE ELSE to manage your property is always a bad idea!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The only truly effective way: serve corporate with a lawsuit!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Yes, indeed. Long time ObjC programmer (and C++). However I've come to appreciate Swift a lot more recently. What had taken pages of code can now be coded in just a page of Swift. That's nice. I still like OBjC, nonetheless. B
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
FDA, CDC, NIH, etc. are all 100% captured! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture This kind of story is all too common. These are NOT scientific or medical organizations anymore because of how corrupt they a
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Exactly. The context is missing and bigger problems exist that would need to be solved first. This is why spent 20 years and $8T in Afghanistan to displace the Taliban only to re-install the Taliban again!! We NEVER learned the right less
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This reminds me of Manila and the "rules of thumb" you need to have/follow. For similar reasons. Usually nothing happens but that's also because you have "situational awareness" to long avoid situations that
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
That's what western societies have become - the state and corporations are 100% an adversarial to society and individuals. Nothing they say or do can be taken at face value and most people assume anything they say (their words) is 180
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Maybe. I raise cows for myself and "F&F" consumption. In our case, they are sustainable: I own the land they graze on and the economics of raising them is quite simple. It's no more complex than balancing one's che
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
I'd say it's likely and not surprising. NO ONE, in my experience, who is pushing any number of "radical improvements" (EVs, plant-based foods, etc.) has EVER TAKEN a thermo class or econ class to even being to grok reali
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is generally correct about ALL technologies. You should NEVER start with a solution and look for a problem except in a very general sense (e.g. looking for potential markets in the abstract). Taking a solution market without having t
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
It may also be illegal both from an anti-trust legal view and from a contract legal view. IANAL but I hire them frequently for advice.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Because of "chà bu duō" and " dòufuzhā gōngchéng" buildings (I know, redundant), it's NOT really an asset in the normal sense. https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.... https:
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
In China there really isn't a difference - the Communist Party is partial owner of ALL "private" corporations.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is certainly underestimated by many who've never seen a differential equation in their life and probably can't pronounce it either.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
That's why it's important to be friends with ex-Special Forces and ex-MMA fighters.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Apple devices create an encrypted mesh network. So every Apple device nearby potentially can pass encrypted messages from either a "Find my iPhone" or "Find my AirTag" BT beacon. Eventually it finds a device that is co
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Actually it IS what it's saying indirectly. Case law stating that police have ZERO DUTY or LEGAL OBLIGATION to protect goes back to the 1850s. This case is merely the latest is in literally DOZENS of examples of case law saying this.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
If my phone starts accusing me of depression, Apple will be hearing from my lawyers!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Fuck China as an exemplar for anything moral or legal!!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Never used Kayak but thanks for the tip: I NEVER will use Kayak!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Which is why "Asking" is an AUTOMATIC "delete the app" or "cancel the web account" or similar. We weren't born yesterday. :-)
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Not OP but there is NO SITUATION where I'd EVER do this for a web site. There are NONE I trust enough for that kind of information and NO web site offers sufficient value to even consider the risk.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
No! Really? LOL. Of course they are!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
I'm not surprised. In physics/engineering related model fitting, there is a double-edged risk of over-parametrization as well as under-parameterization. The former is almost always non-physical - it fits but the parameters are m
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Honestly? I have about 5,000 books. I just sat down with a spreadsheet and entered the particulars for every one like any librarian in existence over the last 2000 years would do. I did this over a few months with 1-8 hours of effort in a
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Actually no. PCR tests will test positive for: • COVID (maybe) • Common colds caused by Coronavirus • Common colds caused by Adenovirus • Common colds caused by Rhinovirus • Influenze A • Influenza B • "Dead" viral fragments of AN
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Weak people!!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Vaccination DOES NOT prevent infection or spreading COVID - it ONLY moderates the infection FOR YOU. You are equally infectious vaccinated or unvaccinated.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is easily the most amazing read on Wikipedia. Honestly I would love to see a movie about his life!

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