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Also a lot of value add comes from corporations which produce things of complexity greater than the sum of their constituent parts. If you already have a platform in use by the ent…

I mean, already at the local cop level "forgetting" to turn the body cam on or only releasing the video (at least, quickly) if it puts the officer in a positive light seems to be t…

> I find it fascinating that people will genuinely worry about this happening to them, despite it not happening I mean, the "white van pulling up in front of a house" is happening …

> CashApp terminated my account for this shenanigans Did you call to complain about the termination?

Potentially for health insurance but I get the actuarial argument, especially since higher than typical weight regardless of fat composition puts higher than typical strain on your…

Yup. Polygraphs are still used in the intelligence community and court too. I'm seeing the tide turn (imo), but by no means am I claiming it's no longer used (regardless of merit).…

Do you mean "why is it still used in popsci"? I'd wager because it makes people feel a similar way to other pseudo scientific categorizations, but that's mostly speculation on my p…

No, she's claiming that most of those stories were made up by a third guy with Daddy issues (if you want to be reductive)

Is it possible to show contested territories? Ex Oregon territory/British Columbia

To be fair I've heard gripes about statistics, and sometimes even probability being considered as part of mathematics. The lines between (academic) fields are blurry -- academic fi…

Then we have the ghosts of information and category theories underpinning/influencing them all (including physics) (to some degree)

I'd be careful taking anything from "surely you're joking" as a fact btw. There's a good popsci comms video on why here https://youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc?si=bpZOBy9WBGQzi6sk

But how else would I power this machine that outputs theorems?

It's still incredibly painful as a learner though when things don't quite pan out. You start gaslighting yourself and then handwaved/convince yourself away that this must be true g…

Even in popsci/social media I've seen more and more awareness that it's "bunk" science. It's in the same category as all that "alpha male" theory, Meyers Briggs, polygraphs, and "l…

Stickers and pins too If you wanna know what sells for tech, go to the merch stands at an underground show =) Both of them could do with more beanies

Yes on 1 no on 2. Especially if you consider moshing etc dancing. Hell you'll hear them suck air sometimes when they're skanking around the stage.

Musicians are more likely to stick around these days because you can get a small piece of the pie instead of just immediately dying off if no label or radio station will pick you u…

*selling vinyls and tapes (yes some bands still have mix tapes) at shows And don't forget the band shirts. I still have an entire shelf full of band shirts even after getting rid o…

Indie musicians love tech. "Sound cloud rapper" was a whole genre. Bandcamp brought so many indie artists into the mainstream who never would have been found without it. Historical…

By number sure but by volume no, UMG/Sony/WMG etc are not owned by Musicians. Indie labels and the occasional hit independent label like Def Row/TDE are small in comparison and usu…

For clarity, are you talking about the dead UHC CEO? You're right, I nor anyone I know ever gave him the authority to lead the highest healthcare claims denial rate in the industry…

Yup, this is why you always shut down instigators at protests. Could very well be an agent provocateur.

The three possibilities I see: 1. He wanted to get caught 2. This isn't him, and they're framing this guy 3. He figured the safest place to have that stuff was on his person, but t…

Por que no los dos?