jonnybgood

There are only disadvantages for the US to skew stats and data since much of the global economy depends on it. Whereas it’s advantageous for China to skew stats and data for the time being as it rises to be a peer adversary militarily and economically.

Japan train stations are interesting. Another interesting set of stations are the so-called “train stations of despair”. These stations, particularly in Tokyo prefecture, are in the middle of no where at the end of a line. If you live out towards these stations and you’re coming home from a night out in Shinjuku on the last train and you so happen to fall asleep and miss your stop, you’ll likely wake up at one of these stations of despair. There’s no return until the next morning.

> If there's no genetic justification, how would it be possible to trivially determine someone's race just from their DNA ?

Genetic ancestry is determined by correlation with geographic origins and population. In other words, where a set of genetic markers are highly concentrated. It says nothing about race.

On the contrary, these tools would cause less dead people. That’s the whole point and why the military uses it. By using tools that provide higher fidelity on threats, the military becomes more efficient and precise, which leads to less casualties and collateral damage.

NSA SIGINT flows to any agency who has a need to know.

And what do you mean by can only do anything with SIGINT? SIGINT is a broad term that includes COMINT and ELINT, which many other agencies do quite a lot with.

I've also visited. It was a hot day when I went. As we descended, the coolness felt amazing, but there was this misty fog inside. Mixed with the dark dampness, I felt like I walked in to a Andrei Tarkovsky scene.

> We don't need cars from fascists.

To be fair, that’s not what they said. I believe they’re asking where are the car companies of Tesla’s size and market position.

As one of those random persons who has been weightlifting for 10+ years and is currently in their late 30s, I look great and I feel great. Yes, there is pain because you’re breaking down muscle fibers which repair and become stronger. Lots of people experience delayed onset muscle soreness, which is temporary. Some people don’t learn how to do things correctly and don’t listen to their body so they injure themselves.

What is the muscle building theory? Not everyone who does weightlifting is aiming for hypertrophy. Some are aiming for strength.

Honestly, it sounds like you’re trying to convince yourself not to do it. That’s okay. It’s difficult to know where to begin and avoid potential injury. It does take some time to learn. I like to recommend starting with a functional training class. This kind of class provides a guided session in building strength in everyday movements and provides a steady pace to really tune in to your body. It’s very difficult to injure yourself.

I don't follow. How does claiming socializing is good effectively claiming bullying is good?

> procrastination happens even when they actively don't want to procrastinate, and even when it hurts them right now to procrastinate.

That applies to just about everyone. It’s why there are countless books and articles on defeating procrastination.

What convinces you that it’s unsafe?

MITRE is a non-profit. All the EU has to do is reach out to MITRE and be willing to fund the project.

Not everything is about how much money you’ll make.

> Putting this girl in prison and a jumpsuit is ridiculous.

Should they have put her on house arrest in a hotel room? She doesn't deserve special privileges. A huge swath of the US population would be adamantly against her being treated special.

How do you know their peers, teachers, and bosses aren’t autistic too? Autistic people can’t be peers, teachers, and bosses? Autistic people can be assholes too. Maybe that’s what it really is: some people are just assholes.

> not a single chinese have a single thought about going war with the US

Odd. Then who in China feels the need to outcompete US military technology? Why is China developing missiles like DF-27 that are difficult to counter and take out aircraft carriers? Who is coming up with these ideas and for what purposes?

The only way the US will not respond militarily is if Taiwan chooses unification. By all accounts, Taiwan will not choose that. The US military has not been strategically shifting to the Indo-Pacific for more than 10 years now for no reason.

> Given the strange way the helicopter appeared to fly right into the jet there will be no end to the speculation.

There's an ATC recording. No speculation necessary. The Army helicopter pilot is likely at fault.

That's not how the word alpha is used colloquially. I believe error_logic is referring to its colloquial usage.

Off the top of my head: DraftKings, Lucid, ChargePoint

For any penalty Asians receive there are other ethnicities that appear to receive a much harsher one.

Iraq was never about 9/11. The error of Iraq happened because the US followed one HUMINT source Saddam was developing WMD. Considering bin Laden was in Pakistan, it would presumably require a multi-source confirmation.

What is it with some people these days telling black people who and what they are?

What's a "Cousin Pookie"? This sounds similar to someone who recently said a presidential candidate would make the White House smell like curry.

Lobbying is part of democracy. Lobbying is neither good or bad. It's certain groups who are lobbying that you may feel corrupts democracy. But that's a feature of democracy; it also includes those who want to corrupt it. Lobbying is essential for legislation advocacy. Lobbying is how lawmakers get educated. How do lawmakers know what issues to address? What legislation to pass?

I’m sure you’re aware of this but Snowden wasn’t in the NSA. He worked for a contractor to manage their IT.

In the OP:

“Lorenzo estimates that the president of Mondragon is the highest-paid position (level 6) with a salary of around €200,000. Managers and directors earn between €80,000 and €120,000.”

Why not?

If you are on a Mac, you have to disable in sys prefs iCloud “Optimize Mac Storage”.

Your files should no longer be removed.

Yes, and I have yet to meet another New Yorker who finds it appealing. Apparently, from what I've gathered, tourists love it. I guess that's how it works: tourists take pictures of the graffiti, spread it over social media, artist writes the same corny words on an object you can put in your home, profit.

I think there are actually two art scenes. The pre-gentrified art scene and the post-gentrified art scene. The post-gentrified scene almost always completely supplants the pre-gentrified scene. Leaving only scattered remnants of what came before and sometimes leaving no trace at all.

An example of this can be seen in NYC, particularly in the gentrification of Brooklyn.

There’s this wannabe poetry Banksy artist that graffiti’s their handle with a corny, cheesy “deep” sentence all around NYC. These corny one-liners of his shows in galleries too. It feels so commercialized. Whenever I see them, I know this area has completed gentrification.