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Comment · 8 months ago
Surely such a small variable wouldn't change anything about the conclusion. And the method used to calculate global mean surface temperature has never changed either.
Comment · 1 year ago
Good article. I look forward to the day when Ehrlich’s bad ideas are no longer en vogue.
Comment · 1 year ago
Do projects like Jumpstart Pro or Bullet Train exist for other languages? Like Go?
Comment · 2 years ago
Regardless of what did or did not happen the whole thing smells to high heaven. This is analogous to when authorities take your device out of your sight. It must be considered compromised after that.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Conspiracy theorists aren't going out on the streets protesting the gradual erosion of civil liberties.

I love a good No true Scotsman mixed with a twist of ad hominem.

Comment · 3 years ago
And what about all of the “conspiracy theories” that have turned out to be partially or totally true? Were those just lucky guesses?
Comment · 3 years ago
Ground beef got a C which tells me everything I need to know about the utility of the system.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah not exactly a novel hypothesis at this point. People have been saying that since the GPU mining heyday.
Comment · 3 years ago
> FedNow is owned by the Federal Reserve, and not by a bunch of banks.

Sorry I have to ask. What do you think the Federal Reserve is?

Comment · 3 years ago
This is the type of thing I don’t trust the government to act on. The people that would write the legislation have been bought and sold by the same people trying to make movies from cloned AI actors.
Comment · 3 years ago
Martin Luther also threatened the Catholic Church by translating the Bible from Latin into German. That was the first time people other than priests had wide access to the text directly.
Comment · 3 years ago
> Maybe I'm old, but I still like to own my music.

Maybe. Good idea nonetheless.

Comment · 3 years ago
> What is a bright kid supposed to do when their parents have a third grade education?

What do they do in the current system? Get stuck in a class that can’t move faster than the average student?

Comment · 3 years ago
Neither of you know anything about one another.

Perhaps it’d be more useful to ask questions to make sure you have the best information to make a decision with.

Comment · 3 years ago
Wow you sound very confident in your speculation. Surely predicting the outcome of lotteries is a more lucrative use of your skills?

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