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> I don't really know how to respond politely to downplaying genocide. Sorry. I don't intend to downplay genocide and I don't want to come across that way. What I'm trying to criti…

> Trump is attacking allies too, but they’re both criminal. In other news, a mouse and an elephant are both mammals. If only there was some obvious way to tell the difference betwe…

> My first instinct was, I had underspecified the location of the car. The model seems to assume the car is already at the car wash from the wording. Doesn't offering two options t…

I suspect it's projection as a defense, because a number of Brits do see the US as some sort of failing police state that's snatching people off the streets. I guess if you get you…

> Trump says many things that nobody actually believes. It's not a valid argument to use the general case here. Because in the case of this particular statement, it clearly isn't t…

A scientific theory doesn't have to be wrong or right. It can simply be useful as long as the limitations are understood. Eg, the domains where it applies and the domains where you…

To be honest, my ethical calculation comes out the other way around. If someone is playing honest with me in good faith, and they ask for a show of good faith back, I think recipro…

> I don’t like ads, but I think the only ethical options are posting to avoid them (preferably direct to artists) or watching ads I think that ethical position is weakened by the f…

I have heard good things about their customer service. But I put in my postcode to their site and the response was: > For your location, forecast download sync speed is 27-37Mb/s a…

> If those companies using chat bots are failing to provide value, then they won't be competitive and they will go away. The difficulty is, this is obscured to the customer. Let's …

I don't even mind the sponsored placements in my search. I'd just like a search for X to give me a page full of X, not random junk bearing no relationship to X.

Is there any way to do that on ios? I first turned on my ipad, then sat for several minutes staring at a box on the screen that clearly wanted input but had no continue button. Onl…

There are loads of murder methods the author hasn't thought of. Just off the top of my head, you could have murder by: g-forces, laser (James Bond), removal of medicine, excitement…

On the other hand, 30 million Raspberry Pis have been sold and an enormous number of people are learning to code as a result of free online resources. I'm not so sure the end of ge…

Yes, I completely agree. I'm not sure whether it's one of his expected use-cases, but his work has made it so simple for me to get things from my writing group quickly onto my kind…

You realise that's exactly the model of libraries, right? A small fee (taxation) in return for open access to literature, and in most cases music and film too.

From your comments, I'd almost believe the government were doing well, rather than overtaking Italy in deaths per day at this point on the curve: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-lat…

From 'Yes, Prime Minister,' a comedy show in the UK in the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSXIetP5iak

My prediction: this will be the one post where the 1% rule doesn't apply, as a much larger number will be spurred into action by the topic in question - and end up actually saying …

Even if your life is dominated entirely by self-interest, and the interests of the rest of the population isn't important to you, don't you have any elderly relatives? Or friends w…

Well, that was hugely frustrating. It reminded me of those satires of local newspapers, where the crash of the Hindenburg is described as "local man delayed." I get that the author…

Cool! Have you seen this cartoon? It's something I remembered from way back, and finally found it again! http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2569

Interesting. I tend to think you can surprise yourself. I write stories as a hobby, and my characters often surprise me. I'd say it's down to two things: a) Having to imagine a dif…