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your furnace doesn't know what temperature your house is if the furnace isn't connected to a thermostat

i'll answer your argument with the initial paragraph you quoted: > A compiler for C/C++/Rust could turn that kind of expression into three operations: load the value of x, multiply…

The previous paragraph is > Another "myth" is that Python is slow because it is interpreted; again, there is some truth to that, but interpretation is only a small part of what mak…

case would still happen, just without a jury (maybe)

No, that's a quote from someone they interviewed who hasn't read the full paper (the full paper is not yet available). They are saying that the details of the study will determine …

BBBY is not in any major indices

but also > Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

i mean, then they wouldn't?

> nobody in the 20th century imagined that within just two decades we'd be able to sequence the genome of a new pathogen within days, much less hours, or design a new vaccine withi…

they did charge them: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8013-19

but you still can't get unemployment if you voluntarily leave your job

the author of the post refutes the carbohydrate hypothesis here: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/11/a-chemical-hunger-p...

This is covered in the second part of the article: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/11/a-chemical-hunger-p...

> simple and flat taxes what is a flat tax? is it something like: "everyone pays 5%"? if so, how does that solve the problem of misreporting?

The incorporation doctrine applies the bill of rights to state governments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_R...

the article is about how it's a bad thing: > There’s just one problem: If it weren’t for Bitcoin, there would almost certainly be no reason to run the power plant in Dresden at all…

"column" here refers to a type of data. let's say you have a bunch of records of purchases. one column would be price, another column would be quantity. if you're doing a linear al…

> Humidity affects the dessication of droplets, which in turn shifts what fraction become airborne (as aerosols) or settle out (as droplets). In the tiny enclosed volume between yo…

> by the Wall Street-funded academic paper citation needed

> You can drive the price down simply by inflating the supply short selling does not increase the number of shares. if i borrow a share from you and sell it, you cannot also sell t…

> it's absolutely a conspiracy I think a "conspiracy" requires some sort of actual coordination. A bunch of actors doing the same thing for the same underlying reason isn't a consp…

> I'm not a domain expert, but it would seem that whether or not something was sold naked is ultimately determined in the instant that you are obligated to deliver No, this is not …

> You can get more the 100% without naked shorts, sure, but is that legal?, does SEC allow that? Yes. As someone lending out a share (for someone else to short), you can't know whe…

clearing is totally separate from flow

Your STEM example explains very little of this gender gap. The article says: 1. this gender gap begins very early (kindergarden), before the majority of "women in STEM" programs be…