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There's nothing stopping women going into STEM they simply choose not to

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-co... There's no mention here of the regulation only applying during elections - where are you getting that from? -- Can y…

They weren't appealing to authority though. An appeal to authority is "It's true because Snopes says so", they just linked to Snopes' reasoning as a shorthand for repeating the rea…

The BBC is not government funded, and all television news in the UK, including Murdoch's Sky News is required by law to be unbiased. If it's a choice between the BBC and the consta…

> That's why the connection between organized crime and intelligence agencies has always been solid. What do you mean by this?

> Can't find a link, but I swear I've watched it in a blockchain event in youtube. This is a perfect example of "solution looking for a problem". You heard about the thing via Bitc…

That actually is often why they do it. Obviously, they are also sexually attracted to children and are evil. Those two are also requirements, but the third is the audience. Conside…

If possession is not illegal, why is distribution? You point makes no sense. Consider your argument with respect to privacy and data issues - obviously possession of information ca…

It seems like one of the least problematic ways of generating suspects to me - what's the issue compared to, say, eye witness testimony?

The Laffer Curve makes a number of assumptions without evidence, most notably that tax revenue as function of tax rate is memoryless, when it obviously isn't. This is ignoring the …

I mean, IANAD but I would definitely get a professional diagnosis before acting on the assumption my child has a specific medical condition...?

The way a Rubix cube works, the center tiles never move.

Well, I mean you didn't provide /any/ examples, you stated something false. My point was more that this "battle of wits" cops vs robbers narrative is just Hollywood nonsense. Do yo…

HFT at a bulge bracket bank

As another former investment banker, and current NCA Investigator, and - for what it's worth - Cambridge graduate, I can tell you your description of the relative competencies of t…

Yeah... especially as it's apparently given to significantly more than 1% of children!

Am I missing something... what's wrong with being below the 99th percentile...?

That's kind of like saying taking a pay cut or working part time is tax avoidance. "Normal people" can also avoid taxes by giving their income to charity if they want. From reading…

I'm familiar with SOD - this supports my point not GP's point.

> "data gathered from dragnet programs is [...] used in the [...] prosecution of normal domestic crimes in both the US and UK." I don't think this is true - sigint is not admissabl…

Electric cars are replacing a definite fossil fuel with something potentially renewable. Bitcoin is a brand new, utterly pointless use of electricity.

That's just not how it works. Eventually you have to present actual evidence in an actual court and it won't be "this software you never heard of said so".

I am law enforcement - the opposite is true. LEOs are looking for any opportunity to close off their cases with as little effort as possible.

I don't, no, why would they? --- Downvoters, care to explain?

It's my personal belief that this line of thinking, which is common among "geeky" types but not among the general population, is a form of slight delusion or power fantasy. Is ther…