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I don't find any reason to believe this is inherently problematic. The federal funds rate is ~2.5%, and inflation is ~2.0%, so the real interest rate is approximately 0.5%. America…

>> Prolong your life by increasing your muscle power. This seems like a hasty conclusion to me. The researchers found a correlation between muscle power and low mortality rates, no…

You're correct, but it's not immediately clear to me what it means to be part of such a conspiracy. Would simply receiving classified information from Chelsea Manning count? (Proba…

I have frequently seen the argument that Assange should be incarcerated because he is dis-likeable. Thankfully, that is not a crime in the U.S. It seems that the federal government…

Dictatorships have always ruled through fear and surveillance, and today's China is no exception.

John Adams (2nd president of the US) famously represented the British soldiers who were tried for the Boston Massacre. He argued that everyone deserved a legal defense, regardless …

I find it frightening that local governments in the U.S. are installing microphones to spy on their citizens in public.

>> It's not a secret that women's employment is largely counterproductive by itself This kind of sexism can be quite harmful. You might want to rethink this one. >> They could do a…

I do not understand why you hate this. Making a false statement is lying, at least in my playbook. That the argument is semantic is irrelevant. It may be the case that Google is on…

I believe the title is slightly misleading; most college students are above 18 and are thus widely considered to be adults. This guide seems to be written for adults who are 25 and…

Not in my experience... I have noticed that people who exclusively use "his" rather than "her" or "their" tend to be men though.

The match between Stockfish and AlphaZero was played with certain unjustified parameters (time control, ponder off, different hardware, no opening book or endgame tablebase for Sto…

I think it should be noted that Stockfish and AlphaZero were running on vastly different hardware during this match. I wonder which engine would win in a more typical fair match (i…

I think that one of the key insights of Emacs is that moving the mouse is a very slow process relative to using the keyboard.

I use Firefox - Chrome is too slow/buggy. Also, who knows what code Chrome is executing when you start it up on your computer?

I agree. Although perhaps more infamous than famous.