rustybelt

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by rustybelt 3y ago
I really do like this story, but there is also a part of me that reacts by thinking "Easy for world-famous novelists Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut to chuckle about they have talent, notoriety, and respect that no amount of money cou
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Isn't excess CO2 the literal cause of climate change? What is the actual cause if not that?
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by rustybelt 4y ago
"I wonder if it's because some of those at the mid-to-level making these decisions are under the same market pressures as the rest of us to show they've actually 'done sometime'" Definitely true. Also don'
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by rustybelt 4y ago
My low-code exposure is mostly limited to Microsoft SSIS, but my experience is that the only people skilled enough to build reliable and maintainable packages were already good coders.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I disagree, yes zoning changes could be needed, but the presence of more daytime workers at home in suburban areas creates new opportunities for restaurants, coffee shops, and other conveniences that cater to those workers.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I'll go a step further and defend "busywork". Unfortunately we don't live in a perfectly efficient society so being able to learn and execute a formulaic task that might not seem valuable is a necessary skill for most ad
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I think this is a fair criticism. It seems very plausible that Davidson's reputation has fallen among students and more importantly parents in the last twenty years. As the parent of a 9th grader, I would much prefer her attend our sta
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by rustybelt 4y ago
This one blows my mind. I wasn't the brightest student in college but knew enough to show up everyday. I still remember walking into Calc II on 9/11/2001. The professor (a Jesuit priest) was leading the class in prayer. At le
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I think you are greatly over-estimating how often students are seeking help asynchronously. If the professor was actually flooded with texts and emails from engaged students who just have different communication expectations, I think that w
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Not really comparable as long as the corporations are still subject to market influence. Corporations that become so powerful they can ignore the wishes of their customers exhibit many of the same flaws as totalitarian governments.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Props to Dell on this front. I just installed Mint on a 2018 Latitude and it was easier than installing Windows. Everything just works including things like shortcut keys for volume and brightness. With what Valve is doing with proton and L
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Healthcare too. Cheap debt and outsized investment returns have been keeping health systems fat for years.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Was it? How many plumbers, carpenters, or electricians came out of ITT tech?
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by rustybelt 4y ago
GTA V came out in 2013. "The world" has changed considerably.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Trust me, I see your point. I was trying to be diplomatic considering the dominant perspective.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Minor niche subreddits are the only things that keep me on the site. The default subs are universally awful.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Unless the entire narrative you laid out is the result of a propaganda campaign. I don't think it is in this case, but the presence of this quantity of bots pushing a certain perspective does make me question my assumptions and worry h
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Yes, but those issues are due to modern farming practices. They're not inherent to beef as a food source. Cattle have been used for millennia to convert inedible plants growing on marginal land into human food.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
If you read the article their appeal to the state supreme court actually increased the judgement from $31 million to $36 million, so continuing to appeal may have been a poor choice.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Totally agree. Taiwanese immigration should be made as easy as possible. Create special tax benefits for people with semiconductor experience to come over and help relaunch the industry in the US. Tax breaks, citizenship, family benefits sh
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I know I've cut back on fast food because both product and service quality have declined dramatically, likely due to staffing shortages. Long wait times, cold food, and incorrect orders have pushed me to the point of staying away. It&#
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I've watched a number of friends, family, and acquaintances move out to Colorado over the past decade. Several of them even proclaimed that our home region, the upper midwest, was dying on their way out. I really try to avoid indulging
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by rustybelt 4y ago
It’s famously administered to all nfl quarterbacks. Tom Brady got a 33.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
A quick google says that 26.8% of drivers killed or severely injured in a car accident had alcohol in their system. Not drinking and driving significantly reduces your risk.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
How? The 26.8% is just drivers with alcohol in their system. If I never drink and drive, I will never be part of that group. That means the raw rate of traffic fatality or severe injury is 26.8% lower for people like me (non drunk drivers.)
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Reduce risk, not eliminate it. Do idiots and non-idiots have the same risk of getting into an accident?
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by rustybelt 4y ago
A quick google is telling me that 26.8% of drivers who were killed or severely injured had alcohol in their bloodstream. Assuming that's true, then wouldn't never drinking and driving reduce your risk of death or serious injury by
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Yes, but if half of all accidents involve idiots, not being an idiot is a legitimate way to reduce your risk of being in an accident. Meaning drivers do have some control over their level of risk behind the wheel.
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by rustybelt 4y ago
I don't think you can completely discard all comparisons, but people are intuitively right to recognize that if they don't engage in risky behavior (like drunk driving) they're less at risk of being in an accident. To argue o
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by rustybelt 4y ago
Are you arguing that drivers don't have any control over their level of risk on the road? Sure they can't eliminate 100% of risk, but not speeding and not driving drunk absolutely influences a driver's likelihood of being in

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