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darpa_escapee··on $100 DNA test imminent
Are you talking about a sample or the DNA in your body?

I really doubt that you want to do the latter.

darpa_escapee··on I quit Instagram and Facebook and it made me happier
My phone's ROM has Facebook and Instagram baked in. Unless I trust some unknown person's custom ROM, I'm stuck with Facebook properties doing god knows what on my phone.
darpa_escapee··on I’m Chinese, Google’s DragonFly Must Go On
> Google can drag their feet and build low quality censorship/anti-privacy tools for the Chinese government, and simply say "sorry it's the best we could do".

Why would they? They're out to make money and they'll make much less money by making enemies with the CCP.

We can also look at history: American companies have no problem doing business with authoritarian and repressive regimes. Sometimes they even prop them up.

darpa_escapee··on Poverty in America: Greater Than Statistics Indicate
> Why would you choose to take on a $40/mo expense when you could buy an entire fully functioning low end Android phone for $40?

I've used $40 Android phones, and they're barely usable with modern apps.

Once the battery starts to degrade, which happens quickly, performance drops from barely usable to intermittently usable, with frequent freezing and reboots.

Looking at Sprint.com, iPhones are available for $18 a month.

Do you own a laptop or a workstation?

darpa_escapee··on New York City’s highest-earning official is a debt collector
Interesting, thanks for the links!
darpa_escapee··on Tracking China's Muslim Gulag
> out of curiosity, what do you think it'll take for anyone to do something?

Given that both our politicians and corporations are content with helping China cover this up at best, or are complicit in identification and imprisonment of the Uyghurs at worst, I don't know.

Perhaps if China invaded Taiwan or enabled NK in an attack on South Korea, it would wake Western interests up.

darpa_escapee··on New York City’s highest-earning official is a debt collector
Anti-mask laws are mostly the result of masked terrorists like the KKK who exploited anonymity to commit their crimes[1].

> Many anti-mask laws date back to the mid-20th century when states and municipalities, passed them to stop the violent activities of the Ku Klux Klan, whose members typically wore hoods of white linen to conceal their identities.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws#United_States

darpa_escapee··on New York City’s highest-earning official is a debt collector
Given that nearly half of work-related casualties police officers experience come down to things like heart attacks on the job, I'd be interested in seeing the statistics. Sitting in front of a computer cannot be good for long-term heart health.

Either way, it's more dangerous to be a pizza delivery boy than it is to be a cop.

darpa_escapee··on Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents
> The concrete numbers provided here, about individual ERs, with no indication as to what slice of the problem we're talking about, are essentially random noise when considering the problem as a whole.

Again, the article lays this out concretely:

> Because rentable electric scooters are so new, federal and local officials haven't started tracking accidents, and the companies have declined to release any stats. But some numbers are beginning to appear.

Then, they list the concrete numbers they do know.

darpa_escapee··on Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents
Simply falling on your head from your natural standing height is enough to kill or severely disable.

Stats on accidental deaths from falling or stumbling put it nearly on par with accidental automobile deaths.

darpa_escapee··on Electric scooters are causing injuries and accidents
> On the one hand, the "vast majority end up getting discharged with cuts and scrapes," but on the other hand, "some people may need lifelong care."

> How many? And why are you hedging with "may?"

That's a quote from a doctor about specific cases that went through a specific hospital he works at. That's why.

I've posted the full quote below, for context. Ironically, the journalist went through the effort of giving some very concrete numbers:

> Doctors in Dell Seton's emergency room say they're seeing about 10 injuries a day.

> "The vast majority end up getting discharged with cuts and scrapes, maybe a broken bone," said Ziebell. "But some injuries are significant."

> The hospital has seen 37 severe traumas since April: eight head injuries, 23 orthopedic injuries, four facial injuries and two "other" injuries. In October alone, doctors say 18 people were admitted to either the intensive care unit or surgeries with overnight hospital stays.

> "The folks that had severe head injuries, they're in for a long course of rehab," Ziebell said. "Some people may need lifelong care, like a nursing home."

darpa_escapee··on Sennheiser Headset Software Could Allow Man-In-the-Middle SSL Attacks
Configuring an Airport Express was always painful.
darpa_escapee··on Farm bankruptcies on the rise according to new Fed report
Centuries of financialization in agriculture are working against smaller farms.
darpa_escapee··on Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices [pdf]
There's already a huge problem with police protecting their own when a cop injures, rapes or kills an innocent person.

This just gives everyone involved further incentive to ensure that negligence or malfeasance get covered up.

darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Do you believe people are rational actors?

What about criminals? What about someone who is high, drunk or coming down off of something? What about someone who is mentally ill?

darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
People aren't nation-states who take game theory to its logical conclusion.
darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
> If criminals are walking free left and right

They aren't: conviction rates are high and crime rates are at record lows.

darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Seems to me that escalating a situation with firearms increases the chances of a gun being shot.
darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
> I know this sounds crazy, but I'd be willing to tolerate a modest number of bystander deaths if it meant a dramatic uptick in the number of criminal deaths.

I'm of the opinion that it's better for a criminal to walk free than for an innocent person to be punished or killed for something they have nothing to do with.

darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
> What if that layman isn't trying to be a hero.

Stray bullets don't care about the shooter's intentions.

darpa_escapee··on U.S. Supreme Court to hear Apple App Store antitrust dispute
If Apple's involvement is worth a 30% cut, surely they can compete in the free market with other App stores and distribution methods.
darpa_escapee··on Lawyer: ‘It’s a Free for All’ for Criminals on BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Agreed. I don't want to be caught in the cross-fire between a criminal and a layman trying to be a hero.
darpa_escapee··on Scammers are changing the contact details for banks on Google Maps
No, Google doesn't pay you when you do work for them as a "Local Guide".

That means that there is little incentive to stop people who are paid by entities that have vested interest in manipulating Google Maps information.

darpa_escapee··on Dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction
I'm convinced the brain learns what are efficient triggers that result in addictive behavior.

If that means bringing trauma to the forefront of your mind in order to get a dopamine hit, so be it.

darpa_escapee··on How my sexual health searches ended up in the hands of big tech companies
Read the documents doctors have you sign very carefully.

They often include a waiver that allows them to share your PHI with whomever they want.

You're under no obligation to allow them to do so.

darpa_escapee··on 40M people with diabetes will be left without insulin by 2030, study predicts
It isn't that simple and it's unnecessarily inflammatory.

A diet with a healthy amount of carbs from fruit, vegetables and grains may never trigger T2 diabetes in a healthy person.

That same diet could kill someone with T2 diabetes who isn't managing their condition with medication.

darpa_escapee··on 40M people with diabetes will be left without insulin by 2030, study predicts
Bananas have a lot of sugar. It's the reason I have only have a half of a banana when I choose to eat them.
darpa_escapee··on 40M people with diabetes will be left without insulin by 2030, study predicts
The word 'reversed' implies a cure. It is more accurate to say that T2 diabetes can be successfully managed through diet.

Diet does not reverse changes in the pancreas that cause T2 diabetes.

darpa_escapee··on A teenage girl in South Sudan was auctioned off on Facebook
Backpage and SESTA would like to have a word with you.
darpa_escapee··on Show HN: Gmail Classic – CSS for Reverting Gmail's New Look
I'm on a 2 year old MacBook Pro.

Gmail will completely freeze for ~10-15 seconds while performing a search.

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