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Amazing that you're downvoted. Latino is in fact what Spanish speaking people use, and they despise how woke gringos are trying to modify their language.

Yea, may be niche. There's still a fun aspect to the DJ part, but is there much value for the audience? Do the DJs add anything beyond what a personalized playlist that Apple or Spotify serves up?

In part that, but also:

Decades of mismanagement led to choked forests — now it's time to clear them out, fire experts say.

“Forest management is a lot like gardening. You have to keep the forest open and thin," said Mike Rogers, a former Angeles National Forest supervisor.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/decades-mismanagement-l...

It's about reducing the number of Asian Americans in admissions, who vastly outperform other groups on the SAT(1). Ivy leagues like Harvard have been discriminating against Asians for years with affirmative action and bullshit like "personality score"(2). This is yet another anti-Asian, anti-merit move by ideologues who want an "equitable" pie chart of skin colors for their Powerpoint presentations.

1. https://www.brookings.edu/research/race-gaps-in-sat-scores-h...

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v...

Exactly what many were warning about with big tech censorship and getting vilified for it. But it's good if it fails quickly and conclusively, instead of taking years to get to that point.

That myth comes from the test prep industry, which makes exaggerated claims about their importance.

"Once scholars control for all these factors as best they can, they find that coaching has a positive but small effect: Perhaps 10 or 20 points in total on the SAT, mostly on the math section, according to careful work by Derek Briggs of the University of Colorado Boulder and Ben Domingue of Stanford University.

...a 20-point improvement to a score in this range would have no practical meaning for students who are trying to get into more selective schools. Even when it comes to less selective schools, just 20 percent of the counselors said a boost from 430 to 450 would make a difference. In other words, research has debunked the myth that pricey test prep gives a major bump to students’ scores, but it’s also hinted that whatever modest bumps they do provide are more likely to help the people who are already at the top."

https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/sat-prep-courses-do-the...

It's not hopeless! People have overdosed on fear porn. Meanwhile, renewables are getting cheaper, modern nuclear energy technology is clean and safe, and carbon capture is getting more promising by the day.

I'd say the problem is not enough people understand what the solutions are. Those who push the apocalyptic narrative included, as they tend to be against nuclear energy (a clean, safe, compact, 24/7 source) and even shut down existing plants. Which have been getting replaced by coal!!

Lots of great blogs here. One I haven't seen mentioned yet is Robin Hanson's - https://www.overcomingbias.com

You do what most people do when they start companies. They start small, without VC investment. And with the internet, it's easier and cheaper than ever to start one.

Climate change is real, we are warming up and should/can solve this, but I'm skeptical that apocalyptic narratives help the cause.

"A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000."

https://apnews.com/article/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0

Maybe it's always positive for poor performers since they become entrenched, but not always for workers generally, and not in the larger picture.

If you don't think that's true, then why not start a company where you build in a union from the start? You can even have all workers be owners with equal voting rights. There's nothing stopping you from doing that! Or join an existing one, as they exist, even in the US. It's completely legal and you won't be opposed.

Forcing your model on existing companies is where it becomes objectionable. Start your own if you think it's a better approach. If it is, it'll win out and you won't have to force it on others. They will copy it willingly and eagerly.

They did that?

Although, I guess Google does IQ tests too in effect? But it's called "solve this puzzle" and "here's a riddle".

Not unique to Arizona. It's rather common throughout the country now.

Well, the bed and room itself is a limited resource of the hospital and it's one of their expenses.

The us vs them mindset. With us or against us.

Not good. It'll send us back in time if we let it.

A jobs program, for those who know the right politician.

Surely you jest.

Source 1: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/01/americans-m...

Source 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-peZ7IeD2w

Or 1% of that cash into improving Steam?

There's a similar tendency I've noticed with these, where people who have met or interacted with the person pile on with vague statements. This is a popular one: "I met him once and knew something was off! He had a creepy vibe".

I'm sure it reflects their interaction in some cases, but it's so common with these witch hunts (including the one in question here), there may be more to it. Motivated reasoning or something?

Wasn't the same thought of with taxis and hotels though?

But we found that an Uber drive isn't meaningfully more dangerous than a licensed taxi drive. And an Airbnb stay isn't meaningfully more dangerous than a licensed hotel stay.

Tobacco isn't the best example.

Imagine a company that gatekeeps a language feature, and they are staffed with Creationists or Scientologists. Is it notable if they define certain output as dangerous? No. Should you be skeptical? Yes. It's the same if they are staffed with Wokeists. In both cases they are defining what's "dangerous" according to their religion/ideology.

Well said. And notice how the refrain changed. For years it was complete denial with "cancel culture doesn't exist". Now the response is, "it's just consequence culture".

I agree, Twitter is the most destructive of the lot. It drives mob behavior and low quality interaction like nothing else.

It doesn't get as much scrutiny in the press though, because it's the home of journalists.

That's like deferring to people who work in the tobacco industry about what's dangerous or not with cigarettes.

Also, many of them are still under the impression they're making the world a better place at Facebook and Twitter. So no, let's not pretend technologists know what's best. And they don't understand language and society better than, say, George Carlin. They only think they do.

This looks great. Really well thought out, beautifully designed and presented.

Yes, thanks, I should have added that too.

They are highly paternal and even evangelical about it, with very sensitive warnings about how the output is "harmful" and we'll make it "safe". Avert your eyes children! We will protect you and ensure textual purity in accordance with the church.

George Carlin is rolling in his grave.

They're about as open as Google is not evil.

I don't understand why people are so eager to slather chemicals on their skin, when we evolved with the sun and it's not hard for most people to avoid sun burn. You just have get sun exposure on a somewhat regular basis (healthy to do anyway) and acclimate between seasons (ie, don't go abruptly from no sun to all the sun).