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Comment #45010330
Defining extremists to be "the people with unpopular positions" is defining extremists to be "those with positions most dislike." AfD are extreme because of what their positions ar…
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Comment #44957381
Without commenting on the "cleverness", either it doesn't match your description of the data, or their criticism that the interval was cherry picked is spot on. Only one of these c…
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Comment #44956729
Alright. I've edited my comment to "implied." I'm assuming he's engaging in reasonably good faith and would temper his statement if he learned that adoption has been rising for a y…
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Comment #44955957
https://web.archive.org/web/20250720163940/https://www.veris... There is a 15% drop like you describe, but as the other commenter said, it doesn't show usage falling for the past y…
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Comment #44955756
I took a look at it. It comports much closer with what GP was saying. It shows adoption being flat as a percentage and rising in absolute terms.
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Comment #44949312
Yes, not to be gratuitous but doing Wim Hof breathing before diving can and does lead to drowning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freediving_blackout#Shallow_wa...
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Comment #44949303
While that is true, and the full context only makes it worse, the important reminder is that a lot of people have died doing "Wim Hof" breathing before diving. It is not safe to hy…
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Comment #44731179
Most technical writing is going to assume some familiarity with the discipline. If a reader encounters unfamiliar vocabulary in a technical article, they'd be well advised to look …
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Comment #44707931
To what end? The math isn't correct. Some of it is nonsensical like asserting 1 = 0 = inf, or taking the derivative of an emotion. I found simple arithmetic that was just wrong, I …
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Comment #44699315
After reading their "penetrating" insights about "the weenie" I'm relieved to conclude they're trolling.
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Comment #44699170
Respectfully, I gave reading this an earnest try, and found it not to make any sense whatsoever. It isn't at all clear to me how your statements logically follow one another. If a …
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Comment #44698821
You're right. My bad.
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Comment #44692112
That's a lazy and intellectually dishonest way of responding to criticism of your ideas. You made a claim and were asked for evidence. It's your choice whether or not you provide i…
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Comment #44686644
It's concern trolling, they don't sincerely believe it, they're trying to make the people they don't like stupid.