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by tomerico 9mo ago
Didn’t whole internet get angry for Trump’s administration publishing a warning that Tylenol during pregnancy may cause autosim?
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by tomerico 5y ago
The counter argument is that Black Mirror is an insanely popular TV show that shows exactly what technology innovation could bring - but again, from a dystopian perspective.
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by tomerico 5y ago
Can you share the tool name?
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by tomerico 5y ago
If this is rare enough, it could fall into the false positive rate of the COVID test they've previously done (i.e. while the test said they had COVID, they didn't)
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by tomerico 5y ago
Another point is that $500k is not in the 1% everywhere. In the Bay Area, it wouldn’t even put you at the top 5%. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/01/upshot/are-yo...
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by tomerico 5y ago
Note how you have just did exactly what you criticized ( “silence legitimate criticism of others” by dismissing those that called out cancel culture)
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by tomerico 5y ago
Good thing that India doesn’t use this logic (Indian Ocean)
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by tomerico 5y ago
That’s a different argument than cost.
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by tomerico 5y ago
Just noting that if you had COVID already, there is no need to get a vaccine, even for international travel. Most countries that restrict travel to vaccinated people accept either a positive antibody test result or a positive COVID test res
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by tomerico 5y ago
India's women fertility rate is already below replacement level if you consider the gender imbalance.
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by tomerico 5y ago
Agree. Reddit has a unique ability among large social networks to bring up sanity and good discussion. If there is misinformation being being spread I'd expect information disputing it to be in the comments 90%+ of the time. (Except fo
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by tomerico 5y ago
Google play store is less restrictive than Apple’s. With that said, I find the argument weak - it’s hard for me to believe that sideloading will be a big share of the market, as it hasn’t caught on in areas where a google is restrictive (e.
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by tomerico 5y ago
1) there has not been police officer death in SF in 15 years [1] 2) Unlike most professions, police officers enjoy qualified immunity which prevent civil charges from being pursued in all but most extreme cases.
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by tomerico 5y ago
The problem with this perspective is that for each scale you measure people (e.g. how fast they can swim) a different set of traits contribute (e.g. shoulder width, torso to height ratio). This means that you don't have a set of super
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by tomerico 5y ago
Interesting watch. TL;DW - Apes like Koko were raised by trainers who did not perform rigorous scientific measurements and were prone to bias. Research on Apes became immoral over time, hence less recent examples exist. The most recent and
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by tomerico 5y ago
I agree that the tone of replies matter, but flagging comments spreading misinformation seems like a positive thing.
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by tomerico 5y ago
I disagree. The largest factors are likely to be culture (coming from leadership) and higher scrutiny (mentioned in the article as a requirement to report and investigate any use of force).
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by tomerico 5y ago
Do you also ignore online reviews on movies, restaurant, products, etc.?
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by tomerico 5y ago
Using your numbers and their formulas, this is what I get: Base Stocks Total 1 $55,000 $32,746 $87,746 2 $68,750 $53,048 $121,798 3 $85,938 $85,938 $171,875 4 $107,422 $139,219 $246,641 5 $134,277
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by tomerico 5y ago
The problem is that Venus is missing important ingredients for life. Most notably is the lack of hydrogen. If you are interested in learning more on hypothetical approached of terraforming Venus, I suggest reading this Wiki article: https:
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Footage of a drone flying right into an erupting volcano in Iceland [video](youtube.com)
4 points by tomerico 5y ago|1 comments
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by tomerico 5y ago
This is a pseudo-science article commonly quoted on incel sites. The "data" is based on claimed interviews with a small group of women. When you look at studies that used real messaging patterns on a dating website, you can see th
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by tomerico 5y ago
You could generate a signature that proves that you have the private key associated with the address
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Teen ‘mastermind’ behind the Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison(theverge.com)
4 points by tomerico 6y ago|0 comments
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by tomerico 6y ago
They publish their revenue and expenses numbers [1]. The marketing mail junk revenues are around $150 per household, and equals to two pieces per day per household. So it’s a lot of junk as you said, but it’s also a lot of money. I’d wager
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by tomerico 6y ago
The important thing about Roblox is that it's part of a larger trend of platform that enable a competitive creator environment that bubble up the "best" content to the top (like TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit). Roblox does it fo
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by tomerico 6y ago
I wonder how many countries today are not in war simply because of fear of retaliation from the USA.
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by tomerico 6y ago
The problem is that NASA is designed around long term and expensive projects. At one point, a fast iterating company like space-x will surpass their achievements.
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by tomerico 6y ago
Bitcoin is vulnerable in two ways: 1. The oldest (and largest) wallets directly stored their public key on the blockchain. This would mean that attackers could transfer money away from these wallets (many of them are dormant). 2. Relatively
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by tomerico 6y ago
The most disruptive part of Tiktok is how it managed to dramatically reduce the "rich gets richer" effect of entertainment platforms. If you upload a video, TikTok will show it to other users even if it's your first. This all

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