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What shit show. Both Musk and Qatar

Yeah, I think it'd be helpful if you were more precise if that's what you mean.

As for being right vs expressing your opinion democratically, I hear you, but when you zoom in and see that on a...

I'll take it.

Seriously though, it's not "omg why don't you instantly agree with me!!!!?!?!?", it's that your response showed now evidence of having interacted with the point I made. Responding...

lol, yeah, we're down bad over here, but you guys aren't doing much better

bubblegum, chew, walk

I've never worked as a mechanic, much less a mechanical engineer, but working on motorized stuff has been a hobby/interest for me since I was a teen. I believe I could not only convince a lay...

Thanks for filling me in, I truly had no clue about any of that. Pre-prime minister Boris, other than what you've just told me, is an absolute blank for me.



Yeah, I just told you that he...

He has a bachelors of arts in physics. The light version of an undergraduate degree in physics.
His titles at his companies are evidence of exactly nothing and this should not need explaining.
His...

I can't speak on Boris, but you're dead wrong about Trump. He spearheaded the whole birtherism movement.

How are you defining engineer, and what evidence do you have that Elon Musk is one? You're obviously much better positioned to judge his expertise in that realm than I am, but I've seen so much out...

Ong, you're susceptible to conspiracy thinking.

That's not a dig. It's the same type of thought process that allows one to grasp large interconnected systems, some of them being actual existing...

Given a complex enough model, 23% would most likely be a rounded number.

23.876% would most likely be a rounded number.



I don't understand this argument.

It's either going to be an ace...

Hey Ong, sorry, I read polling as odds.

I think your claims about weathermen's methods are inaccurate, and I believe the data backs this, but that's a tangent.

In the end I responded because I...

The weatherman said there'd be a 20% chance of rain on Wednesday. It rained Wednesday. Was the weatherman wrong?

193 eh? Who's not in?

Not sure why this made my mind jump here, but sovereignty is a very odd concept. Very slippery.

wrt ong game, mmm sqrt guessing script:

This stuff tickles that mellow, sublime, ah-ha, pleasure node in my brain

There is a fun series on youtube about the making of old school video games--...

Exception proves the rule: violence is not an appropriate response to words.

You are not communicating this distinction between justifying and empathizing very well.



Imminent threats are reasonably viewed as an act of violence, similar to a punch being thrown. You...

There's a ton to talk about because people's response to it reveals a lot about their core values. A lot of people apparently don't have core values, don't understand the implications of the values...

Ok, I think we see it in a very similar way. I'm not sure I'm an optimist-- ofc I get that we're all imperfect humans, but establishing and holding ourselves to ideals is how we best mitigate the...

congrats Ong

re: The Slap

Ong, I think you're conflating the very human impulse to act out violently in response to certain words with violent reactions to words being justified. There are all...

agreed, it is very unlikely, but the point is that once the line is crossed into violence, you open the door to the possibility. It is the weaker leg of the argument, and so it's no wonder you...

bold edited in. I need a proof reader.

Anyways, you're right that a simple push can very well be lethal-- not sure my intuitions align that it's more likely to be lethal than an open handed...

Ugh.

There's a very good point here and she needlessly muddied it by adding layers to the hypothetical. Chris Rock could have been off balance, causing him to fall and hit his head. No need for...

ok, here's one that bucks the trend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu8810MIowY