kaitai

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by kaitai 3mo ago
It's so disappointing that you have made the mistake of thinking that those two possibilities listed cover the entire set of possibilities. The Parable of the Polygons is a cute case study that shows that it is possible, in a mathemati
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by kaitai 4mo ago
The loading phase frankly was designed for studies. Studies are often short-term, say 6 weeks. You've got to get everyone's creatine supplies "loaded up" quickly in an effort to make sure the bulk of the study is on folk
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by kaitai 4mo ago
Agree with the other commenter that there is no implication of mixed orchards in their comments. It is commonplace to decide that a particular plot of land needs to be either maintained or moved to production of another crop. When those pro
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by kaitai 7mo ago
The article says, "This pattern, of only those without good alternative options riding the bus, is especially pronounced in the US. But close stop spacing creates problems." But it does not address the point. The bus in the US is
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by kaitai 8mo ago
I just find this so fascinating! Some people say "he was a protestor and protestors who bring a gun to a protest deserve to be shot (FAFO)". You say he's not a protestor, so as an observer he deserves to be shot because someh
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by kaitai 8mo ago
Indeed, as sibling commenter notes, it's not to prevent ICE from doing their jobs. Observers do not take physical actions to block ICE/CBP. Observers are there to 1) get the name & some other info from the person being abducte
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by kaitai 8mo ago
They are going door to door in the neighborhood I grew up in. They're bringing in a lot of US citizens here in Minneapolis/St Paul, including a bunch of Native folks. The sex offender they'd been looking for at ChongLy Thao&#
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by kaitai 8mo ago
Yeah Cam Higby & friends have "infiltrated" the Signal groups. It's not that hard frankly, and most of the chats emphasize that 1) they're unvetted, 2) don't do anything illegal, anywhere, including taking a rig
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by kaitai 8mo ago
Your phrasing "something more productive in the private sector" is taken from the DOGE emails to federal employees. Note that in this sense "productive" means "makes money for corporations". If your utility fun
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by kaitai 11mo ago
It is not only about labor prices being high enough (creating consumers who can buy more). There is a significant religious component to the introduction of fixed pricing. Quakers are often credited with introducing fixed pricing in the Wes
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by kaitai 11mo ago
Adverse childhood experiences definitely correlate with socioeconomic status. It's possible to disentangle their separate effects on some statistical level, but very difficult on a practical level. For instance, losing your home and li
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by kaitai 1y ago
Don't worry, it also hits birthday cards from my cousins, Christmas presents from my siblings, care packages with those favorite candies and coffees that aren't sold in the US. My sibling can't send me hand-knit items or hand
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by kaitai 1y ago
There has long been a desire to privatize the USPS, so this also fits neatly into the narrative that the USPS should not be a public good.
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by kaitai 1y ago
Energy independence. The US fought wars for oil before fracking. Supply chains are complex and disruptable. Dependence on Russia for fuel leads to... dependence on Russia. Or Iran. Or Saudi. Whatever country it may be, it's dependence,
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by kaitai 1y ago
I was absolutely impressed/puzzled by the Leningrad Cowboys as a kid. In the mid-2000s, J. Karjalainen (a Finnish musician) put out a concept album called Lännen-Jukka. If you like Blues, it's worth checking out. YLE, the Finnish
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by kaitai 1y ago
At the VA medical system, they word-searched for "consulting" and cancelled contracts for.... surgical equipment sterilization, medical waste removal, stuff related to air quality that's required for hospital accreditation, a
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by kaitai 1y ago
Breast density affects the imaging you get from x-rays. It is well-known that denser breast tissue results in x-rays that are "whiter" (I'm talking about the image of the tissue, in white, on a black background, as x-rays are
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by kaitai 1y ago
Here is an academic medicine perspective: https://www.aamc.org/news/why-we-know-so-little-about-women-... To give you some TL;DR from personal-ish experience, women have historically been excluded from medical trials b
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by kaitai 2y ago
Had the same problem (with MIT among others). Somehow I heard farmland was treated a bit more generously (a recognition that you can't just sell the land to pay for college & remain a going concern). For a small biz with 4 employee
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by kaitai 2y ago
Unfortunately as a practical and legal matter that is false. First, physician incentives are aligned to deny care: they have a defense for denying care ("my lawyer isn't clear that I have authority to do this") and the woman
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by kaitai 2y ago
Many women get pregnant and want a kid and experience complications. Roughly 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Restrictions on abortion care must necessarily negatively affect care for pregnant women who have not sought & don'
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by kaitai 2y ago
I deal with a lot of business people who have processes that rely on 15th/85th percentile, or 25th/75th percentile. They want to see the median, the low/high percentiles, the max/min or outliers, and they don't want
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by kaitai 2y ago
It's important that we marry viewpoints when looking at what we call "meaningful". I spend a lot of time right now with a 6/7 yr old. This child does not care about meaning. This child likes to solve arithmetic problems
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by kaitai 2y ago
You are a lucky person. I just looked up my tax statements for 2022 and I paid $1341.67/month for an older kid (not infant). Waiting lists are atrocious and everywhere (and many places charge a $75-150 deposit for the waiting list alon
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by kaitai 2y ago
In my Midwestern area, infant care is ~$2000/month or more at a center and you get down to ~$1200 a month if you're at the right kind of center by age 4. So there are still some thousands to contribute to childcare even with $16k
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by kaitai 3y ago
Yes, I wondered about this as well. I understand why the author might not have observed women sleeping, and certainly wouldn't have photos, but one might at least mention it (especially given all the attention to the penis). Bust size
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by kaitai 3y ago
This response, to me, misses the point. Yes, you gotta play the hand you're dealt. It's not crippling at all to acknowledge the cards in your hand. If you don't have any pairs or face cards or whatever, it is not crippling to
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by kaitai 3y ago
The reason folks are unhappy with your take is that many people are personally adversely affected by doctors and others ignoring their physical symptoms. It's worth looking up Stephanie Aston of New Zealand, who just died at age 33; sh
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by kaitai 3y ago
No, in that for people who are fully healthy, they don't have periods of avoiding exertion due to fatigue, which precedes the push in the push-crash cycle. People with well-balanced health and energy can certainly over-exert themselves
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by kaitai 3y ago
Because men & women are still overall looking for something different, that's my 2 cents. What you say about the romance publishing industry is roughly correct although your algo description flattens the diversity of the genre (not

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