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by jkic47 2y ago
could it be that memory must require language as a predicate? Without language, how does one "record" the memory?
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by jkic47 2y ago
What a well-written piece. She sounds exactly like a person who "...finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything"
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by jkic47 2y ago
Developing economies purchase a lot from the west. Germany and Japan have export-oriented stances because their local markets are developed to the point that local growth is slow...
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by jkic47 2y ago
the goal of the Nvidia, etc., is to maximize ther profits, not to subsidize the incompetence of their competitors.
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by jkic47 2y ago
I've ridden in a BYD ev, and I assure you they are not cheap quality. our companies are sclerosis compared to the energy in Asia
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by jkic47 2y ago
I was just reading a book called "The First Indians" by Tony Joseph in which they were discussing an ultra-conserved word "tul" which means "to push" in literally all Dravidian languages. It took on the meaning
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by jkic47 2y ago
They are under no obligation to disclose 100% of the composition of their products. Under REACH and ECHA, they might be required to disclose if (IIRC) they export > 1 tonne of the product into the EU. Typical formulations look something
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by jkic47 2y ago
How cute. PFOA was the only chemical in that class that was in use in our products. <facepalm>
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by jkic47 2y ago
True story from a non-programmer. I used perplexity.ai to help me write a simple C# program to save all my Outlook emails as .msg files. I was able to do it in about a day, which is an amazingly fast velocity, if you consider that I had not
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by jkic47 2y ago
The manufacturers would not disclose it to us beyond it was "not-PFOA", but they did agree to disclose it to the FDA upon request. The application requires a small, inert molecule, which PFOA was, in spades. They simply made a sli
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by jkic47 2y ago
I spent 7 years getting rid of the PFOA-derived chemical across all our product lines. they are super useful, but they cross the placental barrier and have a half-life of 6.5 years or so. They were replaced by not-PFOA chemicals that had si
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by jkic47 2y ago
How the hell did we get here? At a fundamental level, we seem to have lost our sense of what Democracy means. The rules are "I can think you are crass, wrong, bigoted, geriatric, etc., but if a majority of my countrymen think otherwise
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by jkic47 2y ago
white collar work is Thinking, followed by Communication, in meetings. I spend the.bulk of my time developing concepts and strategies, communicating with my peers, winning consensus, then executing. reducing it to the LCD for "meetings
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by jkic47 2y ago
Here is a link to the opinion so you can read the rationale behind the decision. I have not made it through the whole document yet, but here're some of the points I noted. From the opinion: The President has duties of “unrivaled gravit
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by jkic47 2y ago
The consequences would be Lawfare.
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by jkic47 2y ago
Great rhetorical question, but do consider these points: 1. we ask everyone to do their individual jobs. In a soldier's case, loss of life is a job hazard. In the President's case, making tough decisions that could kill soldiers a
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by jkic47 2y ago
I take your point, but quick action is occasionally necessary. Presidents knowing that their actions could be second guessed are more likely to use the minimum force needed to achieve an objective.
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by jkic47 2y ago
I don't know that I agree with your first line (in which case all hiring managers would end up with essentially indistinguishable outcomes), but I want to address the next 2 paragraphs. "Best" being a subset of "good&quo
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by jkic47 2y ago
As with most things, it can be more nuanced than your comment suggests. At the time this chemical was introduced, the hazards were not known to science. Over the decades, scientists began outlining the effects of this chemical on humans and
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by jkic47 2y ago
It is even more important to note that the relationship between Companies and Regulators is not always confrontational. Our interests align more often than not (anecdote below). However, regulators occasionally overstep, and this decision a
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by jkic47 2y ago
You are correct. I am, of course, aware that companies are not the market, and I am one of those "privileged elites making all the decisions. My compensation is closely tied to our performance, and we "privileged elites" cons
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by jkic47 2y ago
I never understood this fad, as a diverse person myself. It is hard to believe that a profit-driven organization would not hire minorities or women if it truly helped advance their business. The fact that they have not suggests the market
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by jkic47 2y ago
Actually, the side effects of allowing unelected Reg agencies to make decisions (and the quality of those decisions to date) is exactly what is driving their decision. Congress being parsimonious with laws is probably a good thing...read th
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by jkic47 2y ago
That was actually addressed on Page 7 of the decision. They begin with "The stare decisis considerations most relevant here—“the quality of [the precedent’s] reasoning, the workability of the rule it established,..." and proceed t
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by jkic47 2y ago
I've actually had delivery drivers text me to ask for a larger tip (I chose the middle tipping option, so it wasn't like I was being cheap).
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by jkic47 2y ago
Pretty cool site reminiscent of the 538 analysis of elections past. I wonder how the model will react if Biden drops out before the election, though, since the blue polls would suddenly be "obsoleted" (wrong word, I know) with a n
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by jkic47 2y ago
It wasn't a talking point, but a genuine question. This link from the EPA suggested that EoL solar panels could be considered hazardous waste under RCRA due to heavy metal leaching, which is an "externality" like CO2, and the
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by jkic47 2y ago
I am not familiar enough with the topic to comment on the numbers, but do the costs you quoted for renewables factor in externalities associated with reaponsibly recycling dead solar panels?
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by jkic47 2y ago
I wonder if there is an easy way to use the unsold cars' batteries to store energy until they are finally sold
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by jkic47 2y ago
Care manufacturers, can we please just close our own hoods? The motors take so long - I could open the hood, put my stuff away and close it before a mechanized version completes its task, and, if this article is to be believed, potentially

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