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WrongAssumption··on Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries
Because the t-bill auction came in incredibly strong. Their conclusion analysis wuickly looked foolish and their embarrassed.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/all-eyes-turn-to-treasurys...

WrongAssumption··on Trump's Tariffs Wipe Out over $6T on Wall Street in Epic Two-Day Rout
Imperial units are British, and the United States doesn’t use the imperial system.
WrongAssumption··on Coffea stenophylla: A forgotten bean that could save coffee from extinction
Yes you can. See Patagonian Toothfish -> Chilean Seabass.
WrongAssumption··on Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water
Or you have just been sweeping preventable birth defects under the rug. The UK determined that had been happening and are going to start doing it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c206d60xe7no

WrongAssumption··on Google’s two-year frenzy to catch up with OpenAI
Entirely irrelevant. They could have renamed it after buying it and chose not too.
WrongAssumption··on London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to power outage
National security definitively covers civilian infrastructure. In fact military defense primary purpose is protecting civilian restructure.
WrongAssumption··on London's Heathrow Airport announces complete shutdown due to power outage
“National security, or national defence (national defense in American English), is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, *economy*, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security

WrongAssumption··on The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
You are the only one that is acting racist here.
WrongAssumption··on Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my colleague
Sorry, how does a different group being gullible present as evidence as another group not being gullible?
WrongAssumption··on MacBook Air M4
Yeah, it is doing a lot of work, as it should be. It's a summary in marketing material, not a research report.
WrongAssumption··on Gooey rubber that's slowly ruining old hard drives
"How Many Miles Does a Car Last?

The Bureau of Transportation indicates that the average age across the board for vehicles still on the road is just over 11 years according to Autotrader, and the average may be approaching 12 years. Standard cars in this day and age are expected to keep running up to 200,000 miles, while cars with electric engines are expected to last for up to 300,000 miles."

https://www.caranddriver.com/research/a32758625/how-many-mil...

WrongAssumption··on United States Power Outage Map
Agreed. On that note London is also big enough that percentages are the right measure. Here is 7% of London being knocked out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_London_blackout

WrongAssumption··on United States Power Outage Map
Cool. 100% of Italy lost power in 2003. That's over 50 million people.
WrongAssumption··on United States Power Outage Map
That's cool that you haven't been affected, but they happen frequently in Italy.

https://www.thelocal.it/20230719/blackouts-hit-italian-citie...

WrongAssumption··on United States Power Outage Map
I mean, here is pretty much 2% of Stockholm losing power a few days ago. Barely a blurb, and there wasn't even a good weather related reason for it. It was just an "accident"

https://ground.news/article/power-outages-in-stockholm-more-...

WrongAssumption··on The New York Stock Exchange plans to launch NYSE Texas
I'm very confused on why you think that link supports your assertion.
WrongAssumption··on 1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS
No one is going to make a loan for such high risk to get a 5% return.
WrongAssumption··on 1% Equity for Founding Engineers Is BS
No one is doing that. Reality is employees want the upside without the downside risk.
WrongAssumption··on Google edits Super Bowl ad for AI that featured false information
The why did a human blogger find the error so quickly? Why didn't his fact check determine that the claim was true? Does Gouda being responsible for 50-60% of all global cheese consumption even sound remotely believable?
WrongAssumption··on Frank Lloyd Wright's mile high skyscraper proposal (2021)
He literally gave an explanation, which if you wanted more details about you could have enquired for him to expand. Instead you brought up the non-sequitur of fake pictures, and didn't engage him in the discussion. Just demanded sources while providing none yourself.
WrongAssumption··on Frank Lloyd Wright's mile high skyscraper proposal (2021)
In Chicago they close the parks at night. You can't close a park if people need to get to and from a building in the middle of it.
WrongAssumption··on AI systems with 'unacceptable risk' are now banned in the EU
How so?
WrongAssumption··on He went to jail for stealing someone's identity, but it was his all along
You are not a citizen and you don't vote in U.S. elections. It is irrelevant what you think and the U.S. government is not beholden to what you want.
WrongAssumption··on Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
The emergency call may not be coming from their phone.
WrongAssumption··on Cleveland police used AI to justify a search warrant. It derailed a murder case
Same in the US. What you cannot do is conduct a warrantless search and then use the evidence.
WrongAssumption··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
That’s an expungement, which is not a power the president has. He can grant a pardon, which is forgiveness, but does not erase that a crime was committed.
WrongAssumption··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
Jury nullification isn’t granted existence. It’s not an express power, it’s just a natural consequence of the jury system.

It’s not possible to make it not exist.

WrongAssumption··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
“A pardon is an expression of the president's forgiveness and ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant's acceptance of responsibility for the crime and established good conduct for a significant period of time after conviction or completion of sentence. It does not signify innocence.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_Unite...

WrongAssumption··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
No rewrite that from another perspective saying someone was a devout man rooted in Christian ideals. I just learned he was a choir boy.

This is why we try not to sentence the way you are suggesting.

WrongAssumption··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
Are you for real using today’s value of the Silk Road bitcoins to say he amassed $5 billion dollars.

Sorry, that’s just dishonest. Those coins were worth less than 30 million at the time of his arrest.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/25/fbi-sa...

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