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Criticizing a religion is not the same thing as dehumanizing its followers. Dehumanization is a defense mechanism which helps us avoid feeling the pain of realizing that humans som…

There are multiple points where averaging is employed. FMR is a close to median value. From the linked definition: "The FMR is the 40th percentile of gross rents for typical, non-s…

FMR is a close to median value. From the linked definition: "The FMR is the 40th percentile of gross rents for typical, non-substandard rental units occupied by recent movers in a …

Yes, it's what they're saying. They quote $377/mo as the maximum affordable rent for a minimum wage earner. There are many counties across America where a low-end two bedroom can b…

This article like so many others makes a critical mistake in using a median price for minimum earners. A minimum wage earner is not and should not be in the market for a median pri…

The unix filesystem api doesn't provide a way to interact with sectors. The primitives are files and the methods available are writing more data, or truncating. There is no functio…

Michael Crichton calls these "wet streets cause rain" stories in his piece "Why Speculate." http://larvatus.com/michael-crichton-why-speculate/ From his article: Media carries with…

Generally speaking theft requires an intent to deprive an owner of property. It's a crime to take my bike intending to deprive me of it, but it's not a crime to take my bike while …

At scale, rare errors will occur on a semi-regular basis. Multi-day outages tend to be indicative of a dysfunctional internal organization.

I'm discussing the problem of collections of python scripts using /usr/bin/python and I included the state of RHEL7 as an example. The actual subject is CoolGuySteve's build system…

Right, someone working in ubuntu distro development has done this work for those packages specifically. Above, we're discussing some build system where someone hasn't done this wor…

Trespass to chattels. This is an intentional tort: The stated goal is to impair the property of the neighbor.

CoolGuySteve complained that things will break because existing scripts assume /usr/bin/python. CoolGuySteve is correct. There is an enormous amount of work involved in changing or…

You say "you" as if you're talking to the person you're replying to. Most scripts in the world aren't authored by the person you're replying to. They're powerless to change the oce…

They hurt their reputation and they look like idiots, sure. Above, people are suggesting that we need regulatory and/or criminal charges. There isn't any harm to customers and ther…

Had they launched a product, sure. But this was mere talk about a future product which they've decided "to retool" after scrutiny. No one was harmed here. This is fine.

I'm glad you agree that debt isn't necessarily bad. The anecdote about secured mortgage debt might apply equally well to government debt. Most debt is serviceable.

This article isn't about net value. "The world" does not have $86k of net debt per person. That would be a mathematical impossibility.

Exactly. Most people have significantly more than $86k debt in the form of a mortgage. I owe a lot more than $86k on the mortgage for my home. I have more assets than debt and I co…

I would go in that direction if I needed to but so far I simply haven't needed any google services that require a login. I've read some horror stories about google pulling the plug…

My employer uses gsuite and managing google cookies in a multi-login scenario is sufficiently annoying that I simply avoid using google services altogether.

No. SLAPP statutes protect against frivolous lawsuits. If someone is sued over sharing an opinion, SLAPP might provide a quick way to demonstrate that the opinion is protected spee…