yonaguska

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by yonaguska 2y ago
which is odd, because the justice most recently supporting the infringement of individual freedoms was Ketanji Brown, arguing on behalf of the government that there should be more limitations on the 1st amendment.
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by yonaguska 2y ago
I'm glad you're able to handily dismiss my arguments, because my lived experiences are non-serious. My formerly very active friends in their late twenties/early thirties that developed POTS after vaccination, not after contra
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by yonaguska 2y ago
The original commenter made to comparison of anti-vaxxer vs strongly pro-vaccine, to me, that kind of comparison elicits both extremes of the spectrum. But putting that aside, since I don't think it's a productive discussion- I&#x
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by yonaguska 2y ago
My point is that someone that is strongly pro-vaccine is more harmful than not. I'd rather have someone that is just going to be unbiased and stick the scientific method. When you are doing something risky, the risk averse opinion, eve
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by yonaguska 2y ago
Problem is, GPA is incredibly subjective across different schools, hence the need for standardized testing. Do you rank someone that has a 3.5 at a boarding school where they were taking college level math classes at Princeton as less quali
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by yonaguska 2y ago
> The latter group is more likely to be involved in vaccine approval processes. I'd rather have skeptics involved in high risk approvals.
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by yonaguska 2y ago
I have met enough covid vaccine injured and damaged people to come to the same conclusion. Whether perceived or actually injured. I add damaged, because those I know with heart issues, aren't ever going to be fully recovered.
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by yonaguska 2y ago
It's big OLED conspiring to force us to buy more expensive TVs with better blacks. /s
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by yonaguska 3y ago
> shut down an enormous illegal economy overnight. Despite not owning any Bitcoin, I find it quite comforting to know that there is a currency that exists outside of the purview of a central bank or a government that can devalue or outri
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by yonaguska 3y ago
I applied months ago, the point of contact seemed to think I was going to be a good fit, but our meetings kept getting rescheduled on their end, until I was told that I was in the wrong time zone(I wasn't) and further emails were ignor
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by yonaguska 3y ago
If you're in IL, I believe I know this person.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Current administration has designated anyone that flew in and out of DC around Jan 6 as a potential terrorist, subject to extensive checks every single time they board a plane. with some some people being followed by federal air Marshalls
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by yonaguska 3y ago
I would hazard that this is a function of our Wild West/Frontier culture. America had individual gun ownership since inception. Unlike Europe where lethal weapons/training were not available to every level of the social strata. Am
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by yonaguska 3y ago
The only people I've seen do the bootcamps with success were already very smart and/or coming from technical or heavy math backgrounds.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
yep, I hate using a laptop as an actual laptop, hunched over and looking down at a screen. I carry around a portable laptop stand and keyboard now. If I'm going to actually do work, I'm just not willing to sacrifice my shoulders a
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Renting a car for a week is close to a monthly car payment(less true today) - and the more frequently you have to do this- the less sense it makes. I've also found it increasingly difficult to book rental cars in advance that will actu
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Usually, the cost of doing something the wrong way as a programmer is minimal compared to say- a doctor or a rocket scientist. There's not really a governing body on how to do things, as in actual engineering- and most of the work we d
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by yonaguska 3y ago
> 2. Lowering wages. Restricted immigration actually lowers wages. Why? Because it allows employs to pay undocumented workers less. Poultry farms are an excellent example of this. They pay undocuemnted workers less. If they ever start ma
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Do you see how the examples you posted are somewhat problematic though? Governments are actively cracking down on all of those examples- it stands to reason that they will classify AI as a dangerous tool as well at some point, as opposed it
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by yonaguska 3y ago
It's already happening. See this DHS memo issues on August 8th - page 3. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/23_0913_mgmt... Fortunately the DHS has put together an expert team of non-p
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Ron Wyden has been pretty consistent in his opposition to overreach of the 4th branch of govt for his entire political career. I don't think he's grifting. I'm usually very pessimistic about this stuff.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Not having a functioning working memory is one of the primary conditions of ADHD. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Most people growing shrooms are not doing it at scale and are generally only selling to friends or acquaintances. For this particular drug- the risk seems pretty low.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Actual wealthy is living off investment income, not a W2. These are the people the complications are built for.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
> The poll found that 53% of Palestinians believe Hamas is “most deserving of representing and leading the Palestinian people,” while only 14% prefer Abbas’ secular Fatah party. So the other 47% are culpable? The vast majority of people
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by yonaguska 3y ago
The republican majority during the first two years of his presidency stalled on enacting any of his policy- and now they are much more vocally opposed to Trump- as if they always hadn't been. He's a populist candidate- but he&#x27
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by yonaguska 3y ago
Maybe, but the old GOP is fighting tooth and nail to oust the Trump base from the party. And while Trump may have had the presidency, it looks like most of the GOP was simply paying lipservice to his base until they got rid of him. Imo- the
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by yonaguska 3y ago
I used to be in an office overlooking Millennium Park in Chicago. when the weather was nice, a 20 min post lunch nap on a park bench did wonders for my productivity. I do miss it, but I have the superpower of being able to instantly sleep p
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by yonaguska 3y ago
> Or is not looking at your phone part of the hobby? yes.
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by yonaguska 3y ago
I have a moonlander, and it's great, but now I want a dactyl.so make of that what you will. I got the moonlander thinking it would be more mobile, and it's not. it's great if you're looking for something finished that fe

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