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Power plants are more efficient at generating electricity, mechanical work, etc. than small generators. They are certainly not more efficient at generating heat than just burning t…

Shhhhhh. Something must be done, and this is something. Therefore it must be done.

Ask your shadiest friend who his shadiest friend is.

I mean yeah. But for a few years there, they were at least not as obviously horrible as they used to be, or as some other companies were.

Y’all are not entitled to the benefit of the doubt any more than obviously-evil companies like Facebook are.

Nobody’s impugning their honesty. Just pointing out that this is a model, not data.

“Deserve” is maybe a little too normative. Certainly they shouldn’t act all surprised pikachu when it happens though.

>showstopper That’s a funny word for “extremely minor visual artifact.”

Sure, but people understand negative numbers. The pony is that if my profit margins are slim, then a smallish loss in theft can be a big deal. Comparing theft loss to gross sales j…

Article: thisisfine.jpg But if the retailers are closing up shop, it is not fine. They wouldn’t forego the profits this article assumes exist just to make a political point.

Loss as a percentage of sales is an odd way of quantifying it. Loss as a percentage of net profit seems like a better figure of merit.

Not at all. But getting run over is certainly the reasonably foreseeable consequence of your actions. It’s not victim-blaming to suggest that people are ultimately responsible for …

I mean I already bring my phone with me on those errands. My location isn’t exactly a secret. It sucks, and I hate it. But the car isn’t any additional problem.

Why? We get a flu booster every year, and that’s fine. I’m happy to get a shot every so often if it means I can go about my life like normal.

> When asked to grade the severity of symptoms on a scale from 1 (no symptoms) to 5 (significant symptoms), 42% (33/79) reported level 3 symptoms, whereas 11% (9/79) reported level…