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Devorum posted:You just unlocked a trove of lost memories in my brain. I wish all the episodes were available, I loved it. I guess if you've been looking for a reason to donate to PBS, you can get them here: https://www.pbs.org/show/tomes-talismans/ I watched the series in Arizona in the early 90's, so it definitely got around.
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Dec 1, 2021 23:26
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Twelve by Pies posted:I've heard the "2/3 of people in GB who died of the Delta variant were vaccinated" thing before and I'm curious where it came from. It could just be completely made up but usually they're misinterpreting something or skewing data. I think it's from Joe Rogan. https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-britain-idUSL1N2RP28I The short version is that vaccination rates are very high in GB, especially among the populations most at risk. If the vaccine is a placebo, then you'd expect the percentage of people who die from the Delta variant and are vaccinated to be roughly equal to the vaccination rate. If the vaccine is effective, then you'd expect the percentage of people who die from Delta and are vaccinated to be lower than the vaccination rate. And if it's harmful, you'd expect it to be higher. Here's a breakdown of vaccination rates by age group  This chart breaks down the proportion of deaths by age group. Not exactly the same format but clearly we're mostly talking about 65+ when it comes to deaths  So, if the percentage of people who die and are vaccinated is around 66%, and the percentage of people who are vaccinated is around 90% then that means that 90% of people are responsible for 66% of deaths, and the remaining 10% unvaccinated is responsible for the other 33% I'm not being particularly rigorous with the math here because I don't have the exact data, but I think the conclusion is clear.
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Dec 8, 2021 18:38
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Risk is a topic that can be a bit unintuitive, I guess I can understand why someone might throw up their hands and say "gently caress it, this is too hard." A lot of it involves rare events, and the mitigations aren't usually perfect, so it ends up being stuff like spending money to change the probability and severity of an event, and there can be additional side effects that create new risks, and so on. And since you rarely have a good picture of the actual probabilities involved, it can sometimes seem like a lot of time and energy is being spent on things that don't actually help, and sometimes that's actually the case.
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Jan 14, 2022 22:38
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borkencode posted:Oh no Biden moved the gas price lever the wrong way. Also yet another example of conservatives identifying with the villain of the movie. Maybe it's appropriate. This is the face of someone who's been left behind by society, unable to meaningfully contribute or understand the world around them. They've just been told that high gas prices often accompany economic expansion, and their world is shattering in front of their eyes.
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Jan 26, 2022 14:17
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I guess the new thing is people whining about how the FBI handles violent threats to school boards. I had someone sincerely insist that it isn't actually a crime to make violent threats because it's just words.
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Feb 18, 2022 20:32
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Elephant Ambush posted:There are people on these forums who don't like that you can't tell people to kill themselves or bully them too hard because "it's just text on a screen and posts can't hurt you and you're thin skinned and bitchmade if you complain or get upset or report bullying to mods". The same guy is now complaining that Canadian police are threatening to euthanize protestors pets. Apparently threats are a big deal when they're aimed at people he likes.
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Feb 19, 2022 00:40
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 Remember the 70's? The decade that was known for having a booming economy and stable petro-politics?
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Mar 12, 2022 01:14
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Dr. Faustus posted:I vaguely remember the words gas and crisis used together in the news. You must have misheard someone saying Chrysler for sure.
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Mar 12, 2022 04:08
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 Hmm, where have I heard that name before? https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/01/ftc-approves-final-order-craig-brittain-revenge-porn-case Who would have guessed that this dude would end up as a pro-trump, q-anon aligned political candidate
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May 11, 2022 21:12
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Dameius posted:The same Tim Allen who was a cocaine smuggling drug dealer turned ratted on over two dozen other dealers when he got busted so he'd get a lighter sentence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28LVE5DKupk
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Jul 2, 2022 06:18
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JohnClark posted:Alrighty, who registered "antifafootsoldiers007@hotmail.com"? Come on, just own up to it. My favorite part of the threat is the two spaces after periods. The only way this could be more perfect is if the police response also had two spaces after periods.
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Jul 4, 2022 20:24
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Dienes posted:They developed a lifelong grudge and an anxiety disorder from getting a B instead of an A on a single paper in middle school. Haha, it's like they had the emotional development of a literal child. How embarrassing.
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Jul 8, 2022 20:23
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Zombie Dachshund posted:It's fun to check out this thread for the first time in weeks and have this be the first post to pop up! I'm sure the meme creator re-evaluated their position after the Highland Park shooter massacred seven and shot another fifty people with a legally-obtained assault rifle Nope, he was a criminal gun owner as soon as he started shooting people illegally. Duh.
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Jul 12, 2022 02:39
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One of the "bullshit" degrees I remember people complaining about when I was a kid was Marine Biology. And sure, it makes sense if you think Marine Biology is 100% training dolphins to jump through hoops as a circus act. But in terms of practicality, do these people think that fish grow on trees or something?
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Aug 27, 2022 22:52
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Chieves posted:Wait, how are they smuggling it (and theoretically touching it) without immediately dying? I was under the impression that even looking at fentanyl was instantly fatal. It's only toxic to virtuous people. That's why police are uniquely susceptible to it.
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Sep 26, 2022 02:48
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Guavanaut posted:Aren't they starting to do inert gas executions in Oklahoma and some other states for humane reasons like "nobody will sell us execution drugs but we've got a ton of welding gas" or did that all go wrong? They found a supplier and ditched the nitrogen plan.
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I saw this over the weekend. I think they forgot to put the "They Live" overt message on top and just left the subliminal message.
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Nov 1, 2022 00:26
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The big problem with the GPA/money comparison is that, for the most part, there's a fairly even playing field for grades. You can get advantages by hiring tutors or by cheating, but you're still capped at 4.0. But if we got rid of the libraries and let students buy exclusive access to journals by spending GPA points, and then selling that access back to other students at a profit, we'd start to see a new phenomenon. Audrey has a GPA of 59.2, even though she just parties all the time, because her father also went to the school and she inherited his GPA and one of the dorm rooms (that you can live at in exchange for a portion of your GPA). Meanwhile our protagonist is proud of a GPA of 2.4, which she's earned by doing her own work, along with the work of several other students who were too busy partying.
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Nov 6, 2022 20:42
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I guess that's another part of it, even if this person did give 1 point of her GPA away to her friend, she'd still keep everything she learned, every professional connection, every friendship, etc. I think I missed the assumed premise that GPA is the product you're buying access to by paying tuition.
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Nov 7, 2022 01:24
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I've come to the realization that I'm woefully unqualified to research things outside a very narrow range of personal expertise. I've got a good number of heuristics to sniff out an obvious scam, so I'm not helpless, but how the hell am I going to figure out which microwave I should buy? I actually know how those work on a theoretical level, but that's not going to help one bit when it comes to reliability and quality of cooking. I can get some info out of reviews, but that only goes so far. Ultimately, I decided to shell out for a subscription to Consumer Reports. All my friends and coworkers know I have it, so I get to be the go-to guy when someone needs a new fridge. If I were to try and replicate their process, which honestly is probably lacking, I'd have to spend an absurd amount of money. And that's kind of the problem with "do your own research"
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Jan 10, 2023 01:08
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Vlaphor posted:There's a difference between "I'm a medical researcher who studied the possible side effects of the vaccine versus the benefits of being vaccinated" and "I Googled around until I found some unhinged nutcase who screamed about vaccines in a way that matches my personal beliefs" I guess to put it in simpler terms, people can't "do their own research" because they not only don't know how to do research, they don't even know what research is.
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Jan 10, 2023 01:21
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Antigravitas posted:You are overthinking it. Well yeah, that's the problem, they don't know what research is. It's worse than a cargo cult. At least cargo cultists are going through the motions without understanding.
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Jan 10, 2023 18:43
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I feel like I'm at risk of underestimating the approach that's used in food service for labor costs, but it seems like it's a very simplified set of maxims/rules-of-thumb to make it accessible to people who would be overwhelmed by a more sophisticated approach. I remember talking to someone who used to work in that stuff and he was really stuck on the idea that labor costs should be a certain percentage, rather than just being a variable expense like rent, materials, insurance, etc.
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Jan 11, 2023 18:35
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I don't know if you remember this guy from the whole revenge porn thing a few years back, but he ran for office in my area so now Facebook makes sure to always show his comments, as he's a verified person. But I noticed something extra pathetic in an interaction between him and another notable terrible person:   He likes his own comments.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:44
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Twelve by Pies posted:I was at work and someone bought a few games and as I was closing the cash drawer they go "Here, here's a million dollars." They handed me a clearly fake million dollar bill and I immediately knew what it was, but I thanked them and they went on their way. Yep, it was one of those "HERE'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION: are you going to Heaven or Hell when you die?" At least they didn't leave it in place of a tip at a restaurant. I tossed it and didn't think much about it until about ten minutes later a customer came up and went "Hey I saw this laying on the shelf over there" and it was another one. I won't lie that one kind of annoyed me. I've got a few of these, I'll post em in a few minutes     Anyways, my advice is to start collecting tracts, especially if you're in a situation where a fake tip like this would be emotionally painful. It turns a huge disappointment into an exciting chance to add to your collection. Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Mar 5, 2023 |
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hamster_style posted:This is the dumbest poo poo. My cousin who has been active duty in the Army for the last 8+ years posted this. He's lost friends in the war, and suffers from PTSD, yet inexplicably loving loves George Bush. I really don't get it. I found this post while trying to find something completely different. Funny how things change.
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