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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
This is the normal story for someone who claims to suffer from MSG sensitivity. People claim they experience the most extraordinary symptoms, with perfect specificity and reproducibility. Perhaps they experienced symptoms after eating a mea
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
This mashes a few different ideas together that don't really fit. Cargo-cult thinking means emulating something's appearance without understanding how it works. This is a specific kind of irrationality. Removing gall bladders en
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Global heating has been thought to be occurring for longer than anyone has been alive. It's been proven beyond any shadow of a doubt for over forty years. There is no way for a disinterested person to look at the evidence and conclude
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
You're quibbling over whether Covid-19 killed a million people or there were merely a million excess deaths attributable to Covid-19. It was a big deal.
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
I got settlement offers of $500 and $1000, the amounts of the advertised prizes, before going to court. In the first case I got the offer as soon as the consumer protection agency e-mailed the dealership. In the second case I got the offer
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
>This is just a form of “you may have already won!" If someone contacts you claiming you have won a prize, and it appears to be from a real but shady business (e.g. a car dealership), consider falling for it. The scam is most likely
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Our last president went on live TV and said we should try cleaning people's lungs with bleach. The leading American news channel regularly aired anti-vaccine propaganda. People at protests were calling for the execution of officials at
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
I don't count ChromeOS or Android because they're even more locked down than Windows or the Macintosh. I don't care about the Linux desktop. I care about people using a system they can control. If FreeBSD got substantial mark
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Fentanyl should definitely be Schedule 2, like it is right now. It has a wide variety of accepted medical uses and can be used safely with medical supervision.
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Perhaps it is reasonable to solder parts to the motherboard. It's less reasonable to charge a massive markup on storage and memory. The margins on those upgrades are well over 100%.
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
>Having a software unlock for hardware you already have (but didn't pay for in the price). Fine. Tolerable, perhaps, but pretty far from fine. It's pretty shocking to me that people in our society build things and then delibera
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
I think you know why: efficiency and safety. Driving fast greatly increases fuel consumption and wear on tires. It makes crashes more likely and more serious. Why do people need to drive fast? The gains are minimal even if you stay exclusiv
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
People don't generally drive 200 miles in the city in one stretch.
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Allegedly, 1. Other companies have more accurate estimates than Tesla. 2. Tesla uses a different and more accurate algorithm when charge is low. 3. Tesla's estimates used to be more accurate. It doesn't make sense to argue the pro
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
Bad example. Porsche's performance numbers are famously conservative. Most reviewers easily exceed what is advertised. Take the 911 GT3, a car I picked at random. Car and Driver testing found the following: >The GT3 offers both a se
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by sdfignaionio 3y ago
There are two important things you're missing: 1. Tesla's estimates are not "highly accurate". They are alleged to use a deliberately optimistic estimate when the battery is near full, then gradually switch to a more rea