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cdot2··on Persuasion through status rather than argument
Everyone believes their ideology is based on reason and not determined by their sociotope. My sociotope just happens to be the most reasonable one.
cdot2··on Optimism vs. Pessimism in Distributed Systems
I think by "something is wrong" you mean that data has changed and if data hasn't changed then the coordinating method of a distributed system isn't very relevant
cdot2··on Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
"It advances content by interest/topic as opposed to intentional divisiveness..."

Isn't this presuming some insight into their algorithms that we don't have?

cdot2··on Starship will attempt a launch this Friday
I suspect that Stalin read that from Engels. I think that is a reasonable suspicion.
cdot2··on Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony
Other social media platforms also provide that ability. I suspect the reason has more to do with TikTok's specific algorithm advancing divisive or otherwise controversial content more than other systems.
cdot2··on Low current around roots boosts plant growth
I dont think you read the abstract. Theyre adding probes and a resistor to the soil. Theyre not putting current into the soil. The current is generated by microbes in the soil.
cdot2··on Vela incident (1979)
Not youtube videos but I would recommend Henry Kissinger's book Diplomacy which talks about this to some extent (although that is not the primary focus of the book).
cdot2··on The Sokal Hoax
If your research is not based in experimentation then on what foundation can you argue that you're searching for truth? The same foundation that any religion does?
cdot2··on California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment
Why is working on a laptop not recommended in SF?
cdot2··on New Requirements to Travel to Europe
not everyone wants to give their identity to every street vendor to buy a taco
cdot2··on How to Read an RFC (2018)
You also get the benefit that a random blog post may not be updated when it becomes obsolete
cdot2··on Ford Confronts Strange, Ear-Piercing Static in F-150 Trucks
How would you test that?
cdot2··on The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI
A random text generator can generate copyrighted material.
cdot2··on Zero Motorcycles makes its service manuals free
Is energica really the leader in electric motorcycle sales? I couldnt find any stats but Ive definitely seen some zero bikes on the road and Ive never seen an energica in person
cdot2··on SpaceX punched a hole in the ionosphere
Yeah they get to see red lights and have trouble with HF HAM radio. If youre aware of other effects please share.
cdot2··on Shopify employee breaks NDA to reveal firm replacing laid off workers with AI
Inflation adjusted income has risen pretty consistently. The stat people sometimes cite for that is household income which has more to do with changes in average household size rather than changes in wages
cdot2··on Kangaroo tendons could rebuild human knees better, stronger
You can definitely get beef tongue in the US.
cdot2··on Car’s tires are swirling donuts of pollution
I live in texas where we havent had a high temp lower than 100F for about a month. Things cannot be close enough for people to want to walk there instead of taking a car.
cdot2··on Car’s tires are swirling donuts of pollution
Im not convinced thats true in all or even most cases
cdot2··on US EV goals will require up to $127B to install 28M chargers by 2030: NREL
It would probably be more reasonable to compare the cost of building gas stations
cdot2··on Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine
It could also just be true. Im not sure why you'd start making assumptions without reasons for doing so
cdot2··on Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine
the worker had “intentionally stepped in front of the live engine” on the jet.

It doesnt sound like this is a worker safety issue

cdot2··on North Korean market prices suggest serious food shortages
Yet those households largely have an obesity problem. Our standard for quantifying "food insecurity" arent similar to actual starvation and food shortages
cdot2··on Deprecated Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel
No part of that is really relevant to the code and it doesnt seem to have any relevance to the fact that it's being removed but it's still an interesting story
cdot2··on Alternatives to Policing: Evidence from Medellín's Operación Convivencia
From the Abstract: "To our surprise, on average,Operación Convivencia had no impact on reported governance, legitimacy, or crime."
cdot2··on Neuralink gets U.S. FDA approval for human clinical study of brain implants
Yeah but then I dont get to hate on anyone.
cdot2··on US Air Force shoots down drone swarm with THOR microwave weapon
The priorities at that point would probably be stopping any terrorist threat before protecting endangered birds.
cdot2··on Why the Ferrari F355 sounds so good
You can't get the sort of low end torque with a turbocharged i4 that you can with a large displacement V8 even if they both have the same peak horsepower. More low end torque give a better throttle response and different characteristics than more high revving engines.
cdot2··on Why the Ferrari F355 sounds so good
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. I know lots of young people, myself included, who don't have tinnitus and also like V8s or V-twins motorcycles in my case.
cdot2··on FDA Finalizes Rule to Deregulate Hearing Aids
Given the current state of common food I don't think I would agree that it's currently over-regulated.
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