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  Re: 'The second problem is the the collateral isn't "locked", so DT could withdraw the money and stiff the company' Wouldn't that be theft? Plus based on my quick read re: bonds a couple of weeks ago, the bond company...
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  Re: 'When I was doing UI designs we did not have under the hood metrics being fed back to us.' By now that should be possible: combine the user/visitor data with a map of all of the parts of the...
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  Re: '... the judge said of blocking the news media from reporting identifying employer information. Lawyers for news outlets, including The New York Times, were expected to question the order.' So we're going to have another showdown between media and...
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  Re: 'Yes, I'm against the dev ops method of continuous change to how the car works.' Or laptop, software, etc. First off - they should leave the user interface alone as much as possible unless that particular and specific aspect...
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  Re: '... weaponizing human rights policies' Good phrase, I'll keep it in mind - thanks! Agree that some people/orgs seem to be using this tactic. 'Seem' because it's hard to tell whether they are looking for redress (making things right)...
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  Re: '... my preferred euphemism for flatulence is "Hail Donald".' That's an insult to a normal and healthy bio function. :) This site has reliable plain language info on diet as well as various common medical conditions. https://www.healthline.com/health/gas-flatulence#when-to-seek-help A couple...
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  Re: 'There was no way large chunks of the population weren't going to be upset about broken promises…' One promise about to be broken is that men in religious studies would also have to do military service. I've been wondering...
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  Re: 'The key point is those various out of the CO junction points had their own power.' If any of these junctions have a break in their power supply, how do calls get routed? I'm wondering whether there's some sort...
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  Re: 'Eat more onions. ;-)' Agree - raw onion is a good source of VitC. Also good for fighting inflammation and (supposedly) for keeping gardening pests away. Charlie @ 488: Re: 'COVID - inflammation' Doing whatever you can to reduce...
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  Re: '... we’re composed of systems of strange loops' As in fractal? Who knows - if there's a molecule, there can be a universe. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-discovery-fractal-molecule-nature.html The other weird physics headline today: electrons outside the atom. https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-finally-capture-mysterious-wigner-crystal-after-90-years Music: Liang Bo -...
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  Re: 'Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy by Steph Jones ... Yo Samdy Sam interview' Interesting interview - thanks! I especially liked the comparison to languages. Although autism and ADHD have become familiar terms, I'm not sure I'd recognize them in...
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  Re: '... the assessment system,' Check in your region what a thorough psych assessment costs - over here it's $4 - $6 thousand. Plus many/most insurance companies don't cover it. Plus there's a long wait list. The above is based...
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  Re: 'There is no cure for ASD' There's been some lit/scientific investigation into ASD and ADHD overlap for over a decade now. Just like with physiological (medical) problems, it seems that some clinicians are still of the mindset that a...
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  Re: '... load onto writers the responsibility for how readers interpret their work. ... the difference between explicit and implicit, to the degree it can be controlled.' Authors* have some control/responsibility - but it seems how much control depends on...
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  Re: 'Moar' Looking forward to your cicada dinner review! At some point I expect different regions to start advertising how their cicadas are much tastier and more nutritious than cicadas from other regions. If eating cicadas ever goes mainstream, would...
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  Re: 'Solar eclipses ... Dry environments could see a drop of 8 to 14 degrees, less so if it’s humid.' We've had some pretty wintery weather the past week so a drop in temp will probably feel normal. The mid-day...
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  Re: '... concurrence with the late Sir Peter Medawar's opinion(s) on Psychiatry' My impression is that this field has moved on quite a bit since Medawar's time but (like many biologically-interrelated squishy fields) still has far to go. Hopefully there...
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  Re: 'counter-revolution ... former Imperial bureaucrats' Just looked up what the tsarist bureaucracy looked like - apparently pretty thin and lagging behind the European countries who were growing economically thanks to industrialization which in turn resulted in fairly large social...
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  Re: 'There's a long and sordid history of American intelligence outfits doing stuff to Canadians on Canadian soil with the approval of our government…' If you mean the Montreal experiments (Project MKUltra), it also has a UK/Scotland connection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_experiments...
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  Re: 'well, there goes my mellow' Get another booster shot as soon as you're able. Preferably - over the long haul - try to get a mix of the different vaccines because there's a new variant out and while it's...
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  COVID - heart problems Just saw this and thought folks here would be interested - I hope that this research team does this study on all of the other organs/tissues as well. No idea whether there are any quick and...
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  Re: '... had all the equipment THEN, but left the instructions I had carefully written out on EXPOSURE laying on my desk at home.' Email them to your mobile phone as a backup. Hope you get clear skies! Post your...
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  Re: 'So who should Rowan Atkinson play?' Okay, so there are plenty of UK actors who can easily pivot from total sanity/compassion to complete insanity/evil. Overriding Laundry theme is the shimmer between ordinariness and weird along every dimension, therefore production...
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  Re: 'Best Doctor Who was Peter Cushing' Never saw those episodes but did like Cushing in the original Star Wars as well as his Sherlock Holmes. Okay, this feels weird ... reading a 'resurrected actor' search result on Easter Sunday....
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  Re: 'The only way to get the US film/TV biz to do a British product justice ...' Or a series writer/director who's already a fan and familiar with the Laundry series. Key reason why the current version of Dune is...
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  Re: ' ... those making the decisions aren't risking their money and lives' CEOs* are usually hired and their pay/bonuses are based on their being able to achieve specific goals - not just profits but increasingly share prices. I think...
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  Re: 'Chilean Defence Ministry approves "private" ports' Wonder if that's in response to their increased mining*. Their geography - 4,000 mile long coastline vs. 61 mile depth into the Andes - complicates logistics. The Chilean gov't is explicitly pursuing open-market...
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  Re: 'What’s Australia doing to help the Gazans?' $52 million in aid for civilians primarily through legit international aid orgs. https://www.dfat.gov.au/crisis-hub/hamas-israel-conflict#:~:text=Australia%20has%20announced%20more%20than,essential%20supplies%20and%20support%20services....
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  Re: 'They were held last year by the Chilean Navy for propulsion problems (which were miraculously fixed the same day).' Good lead for a journalist: find the ship's officer(s) who presented the 'ship's been repaired' papers and the navy officer(s)...
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  Danged ... just read that Kahneman passed away. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/28/daniel-kahneman-death-age-90-psychologist-nobel-prize-winner-bio This book deserves a reread - gives a useful perspective on how/why people are susceptible to media sh*tstorms. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/13/thinking-fast-slow-daniel-kahneman...