fludlight

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by fludlight 3y ago
> Maybe have something in there that is colder Such as?
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by fludlight 3y ago
> anyone who still answers phone calls from strangers Isolation leads to paranoia.
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by fludlight 3y ago
You realize these companies will quiet-fire all employees residing in Utah and never hire there again? That this will place massive negative pressure on all software salaries in Utah? Possibly on all software salaries outside of deep blue
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by fludlight 4y ago
Lehman employees were also angry with their final CEO, Dick Fuld. At one point there was a now-debunked rumor that he got punched in the face at the company gym a few days after that bankruptcy. Dick was a dick even for a big swinging dick
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by fludlight 4y ago
Banks use some of those deposits to make loans to private parties. This is, on the whole, beneficial to society so we want it to continue. You do not want the government, which is supervised by politicians, picking who gets loans.
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by fludlight 4y ago
Why stop there? - "Draft a class action complaint in {venue} against {bank} for using AI to robo*-approve loans. Repeat 10 times." - "Pretend you are a {group} journalist. Write {x} words in {style} about {aspect} of robo loa
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by fludlight 4y ago
Is there a site where one can add more data points like BMI, smoking, booze & other drugs, family history of horrible diseases, current medical conditions, etc?
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The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?(vox.com)
10 points by fludlight 5y ago|17 comments
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by fludlight 5y ago
I'll go further: there are no poor innocent carnivores or omnivores. All are brutal killers without regard for the suffering of others. Nature is struggle, awful, awful struggle. But humans have the capacity to be more...humane.
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by fludlight 5y ago
Besides adult content, what else is considered "high risk"? What are the commissions in this space? Also, major media outlets* are now doing bait and switch subscriptions. Does that make them high risk too? *Bloomberg $2/mo-&
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by fludlight 5y ago
What is your plan for transaction costs?
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by fludlight 5y ago
And what’s epic’s margin from getting kids addicted to wasting their time (and money) on Skinner box games? Both companies are socially destructive, but epic is pure-play evil.
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Bad software sent postal workers to jail(theverge.com)
14 points by fludlight 5y ago|0 comments
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by fludlight 5y ago
Schools should be teaching kids to be confident speakers and readers from an early age.
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by fludlight 5y ago
Cumulative seasonal rainfall data has been collected for much longer than 8 years. This year looks very, very dry. https://ggweather.com/seasonal_rain.htm https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/awipsProducts/RNORR4
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by fludlight 5y ago
Here’s a field guide on measuring fuel moisture content written by people at a California branch of the Forest Service: https://www.bia.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/assets/public/pdf/id...
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by fludlight 5y ago
This isn't a problem of "big money", but a failure of government. They reduced taxes and, shocking(!), that led to lower tax revenues. > Oregon lowered taxes and maintained weaker environmental protections on private fore
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by fludlight 5y ago
One of these days the pharmaceutical industry will create a blockbuster pill that's methadone for information withdrawal.
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by fludlight 5y ago
You can’t do safety without regulation.
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by fludlight 6y ago
...and zip code, which is very correlated with parental income, occupation, and education level
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by fludlight 6y ago
The emergency exit plan for junior Republican congresspeople is to join a think tank. But(!), only if they tow the party line. It is so common that there is a name for it: wingnut welfare. I don't think junior Democrats have such an
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by fludlight 6y ago
You jest, but the percentage of humans have never seen the Milky Way with their naked eyes, since they live in or around some sort of city. Light pollution is so widespread that most people alive today have never experienced a truly clear s
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by fludlight 6y ago
The existence of open source software suggests there are other factors.
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by fludlight 6y ago
These dietary guidelines are not published by the FDA, whose goal is to protect public health, but by the USDA, whose goal is to protect farmers. Compare their "about us" pages: FDA: "The Food and Drug Administration is respo
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by fludlight 6y ago
Kid1->Kid2->Parents-of-kid2 transmission sounds like it would lead to a lot of orphans. Did it? What's the lag on the statistics on that subject? Outcomes are also not binary (life or death). There is also the possibility of a
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by fludlight 6y ago
I never understood why browsers don't ship with more fonts, especially Chrome.
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by fludlight 6y ago
Then: We don't pretend we're gay. We always feel that way, Because we're filling the world with sunshine. With I.B.M. machines, Now: "change the world with our blockchain-enabled soylent cupcake delivery and
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by fludlight 6y ago
“The only what I’ll go back is in a bag”- multiple (n=5) straight, white, ex-Texan-now-Bay-Areans. This includes me. I have never met anyone from that demographic who moved to SV from TX who espoused a different view, though they clearly
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by fludlight 6y ago
Is there a legitimate laptop purpose that requires 10GB internet? If so, how niche is that purpose?
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by fludlight 6y ago
Many (most?) HDMI monitors have an audio-out jack.

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