okreallywtf

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by okreallywtf 6y ago
I think that we often get hung up on the what-ifs of censorship while misinformation is doing damage right this second. The problem is that people don't evaluate 2 narratives equally based on the information in them. If that was the ca
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by okreallywtf 6y ago
The explanation is in the first sentence: "Early data indicate a year-on-year 14% jump in fatality rates per distance driven in March, the document by the National Safety Council (NSC) says." The number of deaths is down, but the
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
In a similar vein, supposedly a lot of "spider bites" are not spider bites (according to source): https://www.livescience.com/37974-he-surprising-cause-of-mos... I've known people to theorize that many small
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
How do you know that it was a brown recluse? I'm not disputing, I'm just wondering if it was assumed based on the injury or if you were able to find the actual spider.
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Maybe we need progressive pricing?
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
I've had discussions with coworkers and friends about this issue and similar issues where there is a lot of moral ambiguity but a lot less academic ambiguity - we basically know what works and doesn't work but what does work is no
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
This feels like satire, I don't believe this person is being genuine.
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
What are you referring to exactly?
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
This is one of my favorite Arthur C Clark books. What makes his books so interesting is that the technology aspects are very much sidelined by the human aspects. I don't think it appeals as much to people who enjoy hard sci-fi with a l
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
I feel the same thing about renewable energy and climate change - a top down approach could have such massive impact, but a bottom up approach is so difficult. There are thousands of groups (there are literally a dozen probably coordinating
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Am I being downvoted for being too partisan or not partisan enough?
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Source? People tend to put much more thoughtful words in his mouth after the fact trying to make what he says seem more reasonable, but if you have a source I'd gladly review it. In the meantime, politifact has a good breakdown of what
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
I'm hesitant to give Obama credit, but I think Trump claiming that the unemployment rate was 30, 40, 50% during the election and immediately taking credit for the unemployment numbers in january 2017 was so disingenuous that it tru
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Not to mention how unpopular this is with his evangelical supporters (which is to say, 80+% of all evangelicals), private prison companies, etc. This won't happen, this is the kind of thing he throws out there and walks back or just fo
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Same here, I've started 2 or 3 times and not liked any of my own implementations, this might actually be useful to me tonight .
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Thats great, but it only saved him money because it washed up right on his shore. It saves a small farmer money to let their cows graze on lush green pastures that they need to keep eaten down anyways but that doesn't mean that letting
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Thats crazy, that depends entirely on people being able to afford to pay more for the same basic product. What economics would indicate that this would happen? You can get antibiotic free meat from whole foods etc, but what do you think is
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Serious question, what incentive is there for this to be done on a large scale by anyone? The EPA is being systematically dismantled and the official line of the government (or at least, those in charge of the government) is that climate ch
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
I don't think the democratic party has a hold over the African American voting block in so much as it has been the only real choice for them for the last 40 or 50 years (unless you have Stockholm syndrome that is). Couple that with the
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Having "control" over cities does not mean being able to cancel out systemic racism and discrimination. That doesn't mean I give the left a pass, but it has been a constant fight to make progress of any kind, especially given
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
We do it for the illusion of freedom which is used to trick unfortunately ignorant people out of services that would cost the wealthy a bigger percentage of their income. "Choose what X is right for you and your family " This a
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
It is more complicated than that, but even on a basic level it is not proportional [0]. If you consider the purpose of a progressive tax system it gets even murkier. [0] https://www.npr.org/2017/11/14/56288407
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Got any sources on that? I expect you'll see a lot of them say it benefits the rich more, but saying it only benefits the rich? Not that I've seen, not legitimate sources (I know its hard to tell the difference between a left-wing
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Good points, I forgot about that.
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
I should have said benefits the rich disproportionately. They are throwing most of us a bone (sometimes even a half-decent bone) while treating themselves to a 11 course meal. I don't think that this is a controversial statement, its j
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Even though Sotomayor was appointed by Obama, she's a lifelong independent. She probably aligns closest with the left, but from her bio I did not get the impression that she is a ideologue.
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
OP might be exaggerating, but they are not talking about who lobbies, they are talking about the politicians who pass the bills and implement the tax cuts. In that they are right. In the house, 191 democrats voted against the tax overhaul,
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
That may be true (I haven't checked), but my guess is that germany (and most other western nations) offer a lot more government services for that level of tax. Taxing the middle class here the same as say, norway doesn't make sens
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
That is a pessimistic and simplistic view of a incredibly complex issue, and for millions of poor people antidepressants are already popular, when they can afford them. The alternative is what, exactly? Continue having jobs automated out of
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by okreallywtf 8y ago
Its possible that some mundane examples will be automated, but the law is not a deterministic code that can simply be interpreted and executed. Automation may make the job less tedious and might reduce the numbers of lawyers needed (or more

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