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paleotrope··on California AB 2047 makes 3D printers off-limits to students, educators, business
You have to compare Europe to California.
paleotrope··on How the dark, violent medieval origins of Robin Hood were erased
It was released a few days ago.
paleotrope··on How the dark, violent medieval origins of Robin Hood were erased
Well there is a movie coming out.
paleotrope··on War Crimes Seem to Be Official US Policy Now
"An entire generation is growing up now, who hate, dislike or at least distrust the USA."

Same as it always was.

paleotrope··on Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language for the Cherokee
Anyway I put in a request to get a copy at my local library so I will update here in a few months when I have a copy of the book.
paleotrope··on Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents
Building a facility that uses megawatts of energy in an old farm field in the country, and having long lead times to get it installed, isn't really indicative of "deindustrialization" is it? Also, I don't think building datacenters outside of Columbus are being driven by closeness to an IX. I don't recall seeing Columbus as being significant on any US backbone map. More likely they just want to be close to each other. Someone must have started that ball rolling.
paleotrope··on Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language for the Cherokee
Amazing "By 1825, the majority of Cherokees could read and write in their newly developed orthography.[5]". It even has a reference so it must be true.
paleotrope··on An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
Drugs. It's usually drugs.
paleotrope··on Prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike
It's a different type of game on wikipedia.
paleotrope··on Prolific Wikipedia editors are threatening to go on strike
I'm sure there are plenty of reddit moderators ready to take it up if needed.
paleotrope··on The Skeuomorphism Nobody Talks About [video]
But the ribbing or texture serves an actual purpose, so it's not quite skeuomorphic. It's not pure ornamental.
paleotrope··on Why the smart home bubble popped
People tried to monetize it too early.
paleotrope··on No Slop Grenade
The stated problem is so context dependant that this is borderline useless and quite hostile.
paleotrope··on War game exposed U.S. vulnerability to low-tech warfare
It gets endlessly recycled whenever it's needed for political reasons.
paleotrope··on NYT and vaping: How to lie by saying only true things (2022)
On the surface level there were some political initiatives by various parties to regulate vapes more strictly at the time.

On a deeper level you have several interested parties (vaping companies, tobacco companies, public health interests that get funding for whatever reasons) that stand to lose or gain alot of money depending on how it's regulated.

Or you you might even have politicians looking for donations from the people that are selling vapes or more likely, politicians that are seeing a potential new tax revenue source and our feeling out the level of opposition or support for it.

I don't think the NYTs goes for scare stories for the most part.

paleotrope··on NYT and vaping: How to lie by saying only true things (2022)
Glad they wrote this, but then some people have been reading the "news" like this for decades.
paleotrope··on The Rise of the Bullshittery
But then you are asking hard questions. Which leaves? Which branch? How do I create a protective legal theory to prevent numerous lawsuits?

Best just to do it randomly to avoid hard decisions and lawsuits.

paleotrope··on As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work
When brilliance in one area doesn't translate to another.
paleotrope··on The Tax of Living in a Low-Trust Society: How Collapsed Trust Costs You
I don't even think the examples provided are even what most people would call "trust" scenarios. In most of these examples we should have never ever assumed any trust on the other party in the first place.
paleotrope··on McDonald's is a premium product now (2024)
I seem to recall that Mcdonalds goes to pains to source locally.
paleotrope··on Germany Overtakes US in Ammunition Production Capacity
Today it's Iran, or maybe Iraq 2003. Or maybe those pharma factories in Sudan in the 90s. Or perhaps the Serbia bombing. Or maybe Iraq 1991. Or again Panama in 88. Or maybe Grenada. Or maybe Laos. Cambodia. Vietnam. Haiti. Japan. China. Phillipines. Cuba. etc.

It's always something. We are always losing our stance.

paleotrope··on College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work
Well from a certain perspective they are also hurting the schools reputation, the programs reputation, and ultimately their fellow students.
paleotrope··on The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs
I was thinking today that I need to pivot to making and selling shovels, but then other issue is is anyone going to need shovels in the future.
paleotrope··on The most-disliked people in the publishing industry
That was worth the read. I did get a bit lost when the writer was talking about the different areas, prestige fiction, commercial fiction, nonprofit fiction.
paleotrope··on Artemis II is not safe to fly
Riskier? Didn't they all die. Maybe if you ended up with 2 stranded shuttle crews, but correct me if I'm wrong, and I probably am, but couldn't the shuttle fly without any crew?
paleotrope··on ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
The slave trade only went south.
paleotrope··on ‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020)
Restorative justice isn't that unusual in the world. Blood money has roots all over the place. Paying victims or their family/clan/tribe for deaths or injury is not unusual especially if the perpetrator is of higher status than the victim.
paleotrope··on [dead]
This is a minor point but leaded fuel for autos wasn't phased out until much later than 1975.
paleotrope··on The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead
Almost everything is a strawman
paleotrope··on Claims of disability are highest at elite universities
Maybe one theory is that the universities are selecting for disability.
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