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by yes_really 5y ago
> There are mysterious matchmaking algorithms. It isn't clear how these work. At face, they appear to match players of similar skill or deck strength. One of the dark patterns they found in Magic the Gathering Arena is "Illusio
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So it's like in the US, where tech companies and mainstream media censors conservative views and where the FBI, universities and NGOs funded with public money are heavily biased towards the left?
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> I tried to meet new people at hobbies and dance lessons, but guess what - they're all full of lonely developers and other socially awkward people - short guys looking for girlfriends, unattractive/aging women looking for husb
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> On the other hand, I feel that finding a non-coding job would be ultimately the best way to find new social groups, and get out of the apathy. If you are feeling lonely I suggest getting back together with friends from college/hig
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> dangerous anti-scientific medical advice Can you quote exactly which medical advice Joe Rogan gave that was anti-scientific? I am 90% sure that you are saying BS, and that Rogan's advice was not anti-scientific, it was just agains
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The text is "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." That means that the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall no
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> I have a human need to live among skyscrapers Do you really? There are lots of cities outside the US with 6-story or 12-story buildings that are very vibrant. We don't really need skyscrapers for that.
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If you have a curriculum designed for the average student of IQ 100, then a student with IQ 100 or 110 stuck with that curriculum will not lose as much opportunity than a student with an IQ of 140 would.
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This is the result of woke policies in public schools. They already removed gifted programs and magnet schools because most of the students benefiting from the programs were White and Asian (more Asian). For the same reason they are trying
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> We got people to do a task on a computer,’ says De Kwaadsteniet. ‘In multiple rounds, which represented the months they had to work, they did a boring task in which they had to put points on a bar. The more of these they did, the more
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It's not "I got mine, fuck you". It's "I got mine. You got yours. Now you want to take mine, fuck you".
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I think putting the criminals in prisons for a long time, and the threat of the criminals being caught, is already a good way to prevent thefts.
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The comment you are replying to didn't even touch on "what are the appropriate ages to learn multiplication". That level of discussion is really astonishingly low. You respond to something the parent comment didn't even
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Although I sympathize with the student's issues, it is not taxpayer's fault that these issues occur. For (1) the government already gives housing assistance, food stamps and a bunch of other welfare programs, so the parents can ea
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How is the data "racist"? It doesn't utilise race at all. It uses citizenship information because tax authorities found that having a non-Dutch citizenship was a strong predictor of committing the fraud. The fraud encompassed
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> I don't understand the American blind spot that allows people to think of schools being as essential as hospitals; and requires them to both face Covid infections while paying teachers $40k and doctors $400k. Clearly the rates at
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The infant mortality rate is based on extremely misleading statistics. In the US, if a baby is born who can be saved but isn't, their death is reported in the neonatal mortality statistics. But in other countries it is more common for
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"~twice as efficient" is a stretch. They might cost half the price, but they are not necessarily twice as efficient. Medical treatments and equipments in the US are the best in the world (discounting super small countries). Americ
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> and the individual never has to care who's paying and how much But then nobody cares about how much the government is paying , and you end up with more and more taxes and inflation. Taxes are increasing. Government debt and infla
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The framing does not imply that at all. The framing is "Convenience store robber attacks police officer and was killed in the process". The justification for the shooting is clearly that the robber attacked the police officer, not
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I didn't say that. I didn't say anything close to that. I don't know how someone could have interpreted what I said as what you wrote in good faith. I believe you are arguing in bad faith; so I will stop engaging.
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It's disingenuous to say they are "avoiding the area because of racism". They are avoiding that area because it provides less return of investment than other areas. Part of the reason why that area provides less return of inv
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But the current decisions were not determined long ago. They are made now. And everything indicates that they are made rationally based on data that actually affects the probability of investment returns. That is not race-based discriminati
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For people commenting that it is worth to sacrifice living space for a little bit of security: do you live in the suburbs (in order to have more space) or do you live in a smaller apartment in the city (in order to have a shorter commute)?
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He could pay a bit extra to reduce his commute from 30 minutes to 29 minutes. That would already be a reduction of death risk higher than the second staircase in the building.
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> De jure redlining is over, but de facto redlining obviously lives on, as you can immediately discern from a 10 minute walk in the west side of Chicago. Why does "de facto redlining obviously lives on"? How do you know that th
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> He hit Rittenhouse with his board, sure. Whether it was attack or defence is questionable. Rittenhouse was running towards the police and away from the mob. He ran after Rittenhouse to attack him instead of fleeing. > Disgraceful bu
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He attacked Rittenhouse when Rittenhouse was fallen on the ground surrounded by multiple people running after him and attacking him. The situation was extremely violent: it was during a violent riot that tried to blow up a gas station. At l
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He tried to hit Rittenhouse in the head with a skateboard. How does that not seem as "intended to kill or seriously injure"? I don't think you are arguing in good faith.