disgrunt

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by disgrunt 5y ago
The comment you quoted was in response to this: > Did you even read that paper? I doesn't say what you are claiming at all. It says they're going to hold a conference to determine if it's worth the risks, and says they sho
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by disgrunt 5y ago
That comment was four months ago. And it wasn't directed at anyone in particular. Guess that qualifies as "repeated" in your book? Seems like a stretch. What name did I call the other poster? I remarked that he appears to hav
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> You've broken the site guidelines repeatedly and egregiously in this thread. We ban accounts that do that. What guidelines have I "repeatedly and egregiously" broken in this thread? Was it the pointing out that a monetar
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> It's still not clear to me what the conflict of interest is. The amount of money is kind of important, because it gives you an idea of the level of involvement. As I said, $600K over 5 years is very little money, it basically make
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> It's not a conflict of interest because Dr. Fauci wasn't gaining anything. The agency he is head of is specifically interested in infectious disease and has a large budget for grants. $120K per year pays for a couple plate of
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Big Pharma? Authoritarians? The 0.1%? All the above.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> If you really want justice then you need a coherent statement of the offense, there should be a fair hearing with representatives of all sides, there should be impartial review whether that be trained judges or a selected jury of peers
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by disgrunt 5y ago
No, that's what the CIA is for. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_coca...
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Yes, the adage should be "changes for the better start with changes for the worse."
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Research on Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza Virus: The Way Forward (2012)(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
4 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
> The Gwinnett County Board of Education on Thursday rejected his appeal of the suspension. The institutional doubling down like this never ceases to amaze.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
I consider principal engineers / architects "astronauts". They've spent so much time floating around they've forgotten what solid ground feels like. They're both disoriented and atrophied when it comes to engin
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by disgrunt 5y ago
I think WePay started with this model. Wonder why they pivoted. Wish you luck, though, sounds like you already have traction.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
What happened to accessibility on 1P for Mac? It's completely invisible to VoiceOver now.
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Texas records zero Covid-19 deaths for first day in over a year(houstonchronicle.com)
28 points by disgrunt 5y ago|3 comments
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Bitcoin Uses Far Less Energy Than Banking System and Gold Industry(docsend.com)
16 points by disgrunt 5y ago|9 comments
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Rural America Gets Bad Vibrations from Big Wind(wsj.com)
4 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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Biden's State-Sponsored Labor Shortage(realclearpolitics.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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China tech crackdown turns to food delivery giant Meituan; $39B wiped off value(cnbc.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Close enough.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Isn't eye strain a form of harm?
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Federal Judge Vacates CDC's Eviction Moratorium(documentcloud.org)
12 points by disgrunt 5y ago|10 comments
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Expensify Announces IPO with a Strange Video(twitter.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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Popular British Video Sharing Website LiveLeak Shuts Down(liveleak.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
dang, this is not from 2012.
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Shrinkflation: Costco Paper Towels, Now with 20 Fewer Sheets per Roll (2012)(forums.redflagdeals.com)
67 points by disgrunt 5y ago|52 comments
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Hillary Clinton, Condi Rice sound alarm over Afghanistan troop withdrawal(axios.com)
3 points by disgrunt 5y ago|0 comments
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by disgrunt 5y ago
By "about to", I meant within a year or so. But call me crazy, if there's a considerable cash out event within a year for equity I hold, I hang onto it.
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by disgrunt 5y ago
It's not that cut and dry; There's a difference between disagreeing about [issues I don't have strong opinions about] and [issues I do have strong opinions about]. Now scramble those weakly / strongly held opinions for e
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by disgrunt 5y ago
Hang on to your ego.

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