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neptune ,

The FAA and the DOJ are not the same as TSA. Not at all.

neptune ,

You aren’t.

So we live in capitalism. So usually the presumed deficiency is that historically their families were denied opportunities and therefore the candidate has had inherited a lack of opportunities, or would otherwise face a lack of opportunities.

Family capital is very real. Racism is still very real. It’s not that your black doctor had bad grades and shouldn’t have gotten into medical school. It’s presumed he had less opportunities than his white peers who scored sliiightly better, and besides the cut off doesn’t imply lack of ability, it implies a limit on seats in medical school.

neptune ,

This is maybe the most illogical conclusion I have seen written anywhere.

“you say A, I say C, clearly the answer is sort of C but also B”

No, it’s not logical that the correct answer is somewhere between two popular answers. 1+1 does not equal 2.3, just because some people say it’s actually 3

neptune ,

Lions mane makes the best paint brushes.

Do you ever worry that you're secretly a psychopath that unknowingly manipulates people around you?

Someone recently told me that they sometimes feel gaslighted around me because I effortlessly make them question their beliefs and feelings. Hearing that didn’t sit well with me, especially since I’ve been pondering the question in the title for quite some time....

neptune ,

You should talk to a therapist.

Asking this question and being self critical is a good sign.

Being told you are gaslighting is NOT necessarily a sign you are a psychopath. They could be gas lighting you. Or you could just have some other blind spots about your own behavior.

neptune ,

Probably none. The whole bathroom debate has been legally dubious from the outset.

neptune ,

How could it be? Are they checking birth certificates?

neptune ,

Well potentially nothing? Until someone says “why?” and then it becomes gender discrimination

neptune ,

If they get sued. Or are under public pressure to not be a bunch of assholes. Sure.

neptune ,

They probably could have served in the military or merged with a slightly bigger company already owned by minorities.

neptune ,

Some types of nuclear power don’t work like what you are probably imagining.

Its more of a hockey puck of hot plutonium and a thermocouple, rather than a nuclear power plant on earth.

…wikipedia.org/…/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gene…

neptune ,

Good point. Regardless, it will not be like a nuclear plant on earth.

neptune ,

Capitalism has brought prosperity and wealth to rational actors across the entire globe!

neptune ,

If she can win ~5 states I think she gets to make certain demands at the convention. Such as giving a speech or requiring a platform be written.

No Haley fan, but I am interested to see what or if her plan here is.

What It’s Like to Staff the Home of a Billionaire (www.thecut.com)

Say you’re on a yacht with your principal and they had a few tequilas, and then they’re like, “Oh, come on. Join us.” Ultimately, you have to remember that you are there because they’re paying you. It’s a job. They’re not your friend. Obviously, you need to share compassion and empathy. Sometimes your boss needs...

neptune ,

archive.is/TiiWAVersion with no pay wall

neptune ,

Less stuff, less time waste/addiction

Why are people so antsy to see others in person?

I WFH, every year one of the goals that the rest of the team decides is that it’s “so great” to see each other in person. The past few years haven’t worked out but one did. I spent hours in a couple of airports, the huge expense for the company, I spent days away from my family, and for what? So you could look me in my...

neptune ,

If I only ever have to see my team once a year, I take it as a win, fake it til I make it, pretend it’s amazing for flatter my boss and team.

Everyone would think I’m an asshole if I wasn’t positive and polite about the one whole day we are forced to eat fucking bagels together.

neptune ,

These are some broad brush strokes, dude.

I agree that modern and western atheism is sort of a dialectal to western religion and so perpetually tied to it in a way, that westerners don’t often see.

I agree that atheism as commonly portrayed online (actively and by its detractors alike) is militantly against Islam, all religions, etc.

But lots of atheists are actually humanists and not militantly out to root out all religion entirely.

Inside the US we are plagued by a religious fascism that yes, sadly, colors a looot of the online conversation about faith and atheism.

Atheists are not generally for eradicating all religions on the planet.

neptune ,

To pull it full circle: you average atheist does NOT want to commit genocides or ban churches or tell religious people not to teach their kids.

neptune ,

Killed em all, time for a cease fire

Boeing's safety culture falls short despite the company's efforts to fix it, according to experts (apnews.com)

When it comes to safety culture at Boeing, there is a “disconnect” between senior management and workers, and employees responsible for checking the company’s planes question whether they can raise issues without fear of retaliation, according to a panel of outside experts....

neptune ,

I mean yeah but when you have 50,000 employees there’s like 20,000 of them in a management position.

neptune ,

Yes absolutely. That should winnow down the number of people responsible for the culture a bit.

But you also have people reporting to Operations (not quality) who will discover defects. And then they either need to feel empowered to inform quality or their manager.

Independent quality function does not completely solve the culture problem. In fsct, I’d bet their quality organization is independent.

neptune ,

It’s not only a way to filter out the kind of people who burn bridges or can’t put up with tedium…its a classist way to create a “chicken or the egg” scenario.

neptune ,

I think they did choose a narrative. “Prescient” is a narrative.

“Hotel formerly owner by former president now goes bankrupt” would be the more factual reporting.

House China committee demands Elon Musk open SpaceX Starshield internet to U.S. troops in Taiwan (www.cnbc.com)

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter on Saturday to SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk demanding that U.S. troops stationed in Taiwan get access to SpaceX's Starshield, a satellite communication network designed specifically for the military....

neptune ,

They are working on it, but it’s slow to develop something like that.

neptune ,

The platform formerly called Prince

neptune ,

If states fail to provide a representative government to their citizens, then the states has walked back some of the steps required to become a state. A serious SCOTUS could potentially block Senators and Representatives from a state that really gerrymanders or denies people the right to vote. In my opinion.

There is currently a challenge to remove 10% of WI representation because they removed ten percent of voters from the rolls.

neptune ,

You mean conclusion. A correct conclusion can be arrived at via fallacy, and the argument is fallacious but the conclusion may or may not be correct.

neptune ,

My last phone has roms loaded onto it 😂

neptune ,

None. It kind of sucks but it works

neptune ,

Remember when Barbie didn’t end with Will Farrells head in the guillotine?

neptune ,

Try to make your own community? You could at least set rules about content. If it actually took off I think people would be interested, but it’s probably going to attract more people who want to lurk rather than contribute.

neptune ,

0-8%

neptune ,

Isn’t it illegal to transport a child to commit a crime? Human trafficking? Kidnapping? What a can of worms. I feel like there’s too much money in fertility treatments for SCOTUS to let this stand.

neptune ,

Do I need more pixels? Or am I just missing Elon’s planes, the oil companies, the Koch family planes, the military industrial complex, the car industry,

neptune ,

I think the joke is they want to MAKE themselves single, but also that they ACT like they are single. But yes I’d bet the average cheater is in denial about both sides of this shower thought.

The Great Compression: Thanks to soaring housing prices, the era of the 400-square-foot subdivision house is upon us (www.nytimes.com)

Robert Lanter lives in a 600-square-foot house that can be traversed in five seconds and vacuumed from a single outlet. He doesn’t have a coffee table in the living room because it would obstruct the front door. When relatives come to visit, Mr. Lanter says jokingly, but only partly, they have to tour one at time....

neptune ,

I think the idea of building a stand alone building of 200sqft had just never been considered.

neptune ,

It’s really scary how much money Uber/Uber Eats/Amazon etc sucked out of local economies.

neptune ,

This

neptune ,

Yeah I get it. If there’s not attraction, it goes no further.

I’d suggest you get into a venue with more women and ask them (assuming this is the audience you want to woo)

And then second: get out in the real world. Attraction as a filter works on your side IRL. Anyone who keeps talking to you is already past your looks.

Also, have you considered a career that is associated with money?

neptune ,

In the US we need to differentiate between the Taxi Driver/Columbine variety from the “why I oughtta” variety.

neptune ,

Don’t you think that if we are ever going to stop this kind of thing we have to address the reasons? When tiny disputes erupt in gun fire, that’s a very good reason to implement more gun control. It’s evidence that widespread gun availability does NOT actually make us safer. When it’s an unmedicated kid killing strangers or whatever, then people get to hide behind the “we don’t know why this happened, if only there was a good guy with a gun” etc.

To the victims, yeah it probably matters little. To people reading headlines? Yeah terrorism is different than school shooting type crimes which are different from your average “this is why guns are banned at bars”.

neptune ,

Yes but making that argument might be a bit easier if it’s shown that MORE GUNS doesn’t really equal more good guys with guns, it means more people in arguments that end up deadly.

neptune ,

Yeah it’s interesting. With no “busy” work there’s no career path to maintain the people with the knowledge of how to design, build, operate and maintain the AI infrastructure. Who will know what Garbage Out is if they haven’t spent a career doing the thing?

neptune ,

Right and then forty years later everyonr with experience is retired and no one invested in newbies

neptune ,

Wow. I wonder if the airline can turn around and sue the bot maker?

neptune ,

Making a better chat bot AI girlfriend, informing porn directors, leaking it to the Russians,

neptune ,

I pity your chat bot AI gf

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