jack9

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by jack9 5y ago
> Some companies made investments in properties, or signed multiyear leases, before the pandemic happened. That was unfortunate, but incidental. Larger companies certainly can do the cost-benefit analysis that cancels out those losses if
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by jack9 5y ago
> Occams razor tells me that other animals probably do have a concious experience just like ours. For most mammals, everything is so similar...including responses to stimuli like light, sound, temperature, pain, pleasure, even predictive
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by jack9 5y ago
#3 AKA The most toxic person at the workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLlpOAGRsQ
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by jack9 5y ago
> The linked page doesn't say anything about what is and isn't a human subject. Why you decided that was a claim is your own bias talking. I was pointing out the relevant section. You've tried to raise something that isn&#
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by jack9 5y ago
Canned soda ph2.5 and is a solution Fountain soda ph6.5 to ph8.5 and is a suspension The differences are stark.
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by jack9 5y ago
> The IRB should not have allowed this to happen. I see this repeated, but arguments like "You don't get to secretly do things to your subjects." are not sufficient nor is "it's arguably the most important softwa
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by jack9 5y ago
If you stick to fountain sodas, it won't wreck your teeth for decades. The acid in the can (and 2liters, small bottles, etc) is very hard on them.
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by jack9 5y ago
> The school must abide by policies and incorporate student's right to free speech, "Though public school students do possess First Amendment freedoms, the courts allow school officials to regulate certain types of student expr
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by jack9 5y ago
> a sincere apology cannot in any way entertain doubt about the fact that there WAS harm Someone will always be apologizing wrong for some. Some interpretation of what harm there was, is not necessarily the same as my interpretation. The
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by jack9 5y ago
Indeed, honorary degrees are earned. The accreditation process differs for every individual, at a micro level and for individuals across organizations (and time and discipline, et al) at a macro level. The idea that a degree is "earned
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by jack9 5y ago
> As I just informed you I think you have a flawed set of beliefs. Good luck with whatever.
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by jack9 5y ago
> The phrase “earned degree” has a particular meaning: it means “not honorary” Maybe you meant academic degree. > But they are what they are. Still not clear on what that means. Recognition of expertise? They are that. > The conven
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by jack9 5y ago
"Doctor" is widely used throughout the US media without repercussion. Dr. Phil - philosophy Dr. Drew - medical doctor Dr. Laura - physiology (honorary in tradition and culture from a tiny college) Dr. Ruth - education Dr. Oz - med
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by jack9 5y ago
"earn" as in was granted by a university? The purpose of a graduate degree (Masters, Doctorate, et al) is to further knowledge. Without churning out "dissertations", Universities would be nothing more than echo chambers
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by jack9 8y ago
> I found an article that said Germany has more lawsuits https://www.clements.com/sites/default/files/resources/The-M... was it this one?
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by jack9 8y ago
> I wouldn't know how to make a case that any language is a bad language I have a checklist I've been building which is purely based on my experience and is subjective. Appearing on the checklist makes teaching someone else mor
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by jack9 8y ago
> The premise of this argument relies on assuming life arising on Earth and Mars are stochastic processes that each occurred independently That isn't the premise. It's the premise of how it got there for a straightforward exam
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by jack9 8y ago
Wireframe Sketcher (my fav out of them all) does this in a more efficient manner.
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by jack9 8y ago
> You seem to be arguing incredibly uncharitably. Ironic. You've claimed multiple things. For each case, in the face of conflicting evidence, deflected to argue about another detail.
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by jack9 8y ago
I rather enjoyed this for awhile, although a bit repetitive and long-winded at times. He did mention it was rushed. Decades later, I'm surprised that languages aren't changing to make programming less boilerplate and more convenie
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by jack9 8y ago
Now that there's been some time to see all the comment threads, there was nothing crackpot about the straightforward question about a Clinton connection.
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by jack9 8y ago
It sounds like you are an atypical user or distorting facts. No one I know (including ppl who have driven for these services) has ever experienced any of the problems you describe. I live in large metropolitan areas in the west coast.
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by jack9 8y ago
> Why is US GDP growth so weirdly constant? It's just a made up output with a wildly manipulated function. This is not unique to the USA.
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by jack9 8y ago
He's not confusing it. > the price of everything rises by the same proportion Due to regulation, that's simply not the universal case - e.g. rent control. The economy is conceptual, but prices are concrete leading to some iron
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by jack9 8y ago
The secret is that a solution where typical CSS classes are the exception and not the common case, is generally more useful.
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by jack9 8y ago
If you're an employee (no equity), be assured your employers don't care about you when the money starts to dry up. If you're overpriced for the revenue you bring in, you're gone. This is stuff everyone learned in the 90s
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by jack9 8y ago
> however, tell me that as a developer and I'm motivated. I'm not sure why it would be any different. Just because I make a mistake (sometimes leading to a chain of mistakes) doesn't solely make me an idiot.
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by jack9 8y ago
That's only if you believe that discrimination (selection bias) is the same as discrimination (categorizing). There's no apparent failure of logic until you start confusing them (eg "starting to realize"). If some people
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by jack9 8y ago
More importantly, the overall story is secondary to the intricate written interpretation, reasoning and connected themes that make the plot meaningful at all. That's integral to Tolstoy, as an author.
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by jack9 8y ago
> Libertarianism is ultimately an American flavour of (Classical) Liberalism, which is quite an old political tradition. "Ultimately" being a weasel word for redefining it again to meet a particular ideology. This is not correc

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