Everything posted by iNow
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A pandemic-proof system of food distribution
If you haven’t done it already, you’re already behind the curve Sounds like you want a job in logistics. FedEx and UPS and Amazon pay good money to people who wish to solve these problems at scale and at a cost that reduces overhead / increases margins.
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Youtube channels on science?
No worries. I really don’t care. Hope you enjoy!
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A pandemic-proof system of food distribution
Or you could start a garden and learn to hunt
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Alternatives to the World Health Organization
WHO is not intended for spying or holding governments accountable. If you measure a fish by its ability to climb a tree...
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Race, IQ and Brain Size
Okay. Thanks for sharing
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Youtube channels on science?
See also: https://www.its.caltech.edu/~kip/index.html/lectures.html
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Race, IQ and Brain Size
Okay. Thanks for confirming your intent so quickly. There are better sources available, but I’ll leave these here for the interested reader. Given your approach, that phrase no longer applies to me. Overview of race: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/ Overview of IQ: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/do-iq-tests-actually-measure-intelligence
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Race, IQ and Brain Size
Humans are a race. White humans are not a separate one from black humans. IQ tests have known limitations. The fact that you ignore them suggests you’re not as well read on this topic as you pretend to be.
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Race, IQ and Brain Size
You see, here's the thing. Race is a bullshit concept. It's a cultural term, not a biological one. The fact that some people have different melanin content in their skin doesn't mean much else other than they have different melanin content in their skin. Sure, they've been treated differently and had the system rigged against them so of course that affects outcomes, but when you control for things like health and access etc... skin color really isn't a determining factor. Likewise, IQ is also a bullshit concept. There are scores of different kinds of intelligence. Problem solving ability, memory, executive function, creativity, some people are brilliant musicians while others are great builders... these are all types of intelligence and none is better than another. IQ Is little more than a measure of peoples ability to take an IQ test, and the test itself is biased toward western culture and certain anglo-saxon upbringings. It's mostly garbage. As for brain size... that's also not as important as the density and diversity of connections, plus things like myelin sheathing and conductivity. It's not the size that matters, as it were. Anyway... I've seen posts like yours several times before. Usually the person has an agenda. We'll see if you're any different, but most of these things you seem to feel so strongly about are... not to get too technical on you here... horseshit and bollocks.
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Mold deterrent...
As SJ hints at, to prevent it you need to keep the area dry. To kill it, I've had good luck with the stuff he references, too: Concrobium Mold Control. It's stinky, but works.
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2nd Impeachment of a US President
Another insight I heard yesterday which makes sense to me... Mitch wanted to vote yes on the conviction, but he knew that not enough fellow republicans would've voted with him to convict. This would have shined a bright burning spotlight on his weakness as leader, so he voted to acquit so as not to be seen as weak and in a different position than most of his caucus. Basically, he did it to protect his leadership position because his leadership position is weakening... Not enough of the other GOP Senators would've supported his vote... so he changed it.
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Ivanka for president
Most media reports suggest Lara Trump, daughter-in-law to Donald and wife of Eric, is the most likely to run for Senate in North Carolina. This will likely happen before any of the others try it.
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Political Humor
Trump urinal cakes seem appropriate
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Ivanka for president
Don Jr is likely to try first. We can tell he’s working very hard based on all the mountains of cocaine he’s apparently imbibing.
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Blow to US Democracy -Split from: U.S. presidential election modelling
Two of the Republican Senators who voted to convict Trump, Bill Cassidy (LA) and Richard Burr (NC), both of whom were extremely loyal to and supportive of Trump throughout his presidency, were IMMEDIATELY censured by local governments back in their home state as a result of their vote.
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Updated to latest forum software
That gets it done. Many thanks, Dave. Cheers 🥂
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How do memories work?
The only thing accurate here is that last part regarding subjectivity and propensity for error in memories
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Updated to latest forum software
Also missing notifications, link to profile, mark site as read, etc on mobile version In the recent activity area where new posts appear in the search results, clicking the url for the thread title used to take users to the last post read / oldest unread post. Clicking it now takes you to post #1 on page #1 and you then have to scroll to find the unread posts (even on threads with 37 pages).
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2nd Impeachment of a US President
My guess? Pure political calculation. Would introducing witnesses have bolstered their already rather rock solid case? Absolutely, but it would also have both: 1) allowed the defense to haul in a bunch of ridiculous witnesses unrelated to the case in an attempt to throw red meat to the Republican base (“kindly tell us more about your relationship with Barisma, Mr. Hunter Biden... then next we’ll move on to our 34th hearing about Benghazi and Hillary’s emails and Maxine Waters being black and having a voice....”)... ...and 2) shattered any semblance of goodwill that could help them pass Biden’s Covid and economic response and/or healthcare improvement plans in the next 1-3 weeks. By agreeing to let everyone go home this weekend and hand deliver flowers on Valentine’s Day instead of dragging out the hearings for another 2-3 weeks to listen to witnesses and MAYBE strip off another 1 or potentially 2 additional GOP votes... when they need at least 10 to achieve a different outcome... by backing down they engendered good mojo for minimized opposition to the democratic policy agenda about to hit the floor in the rest of February and March. But your guess is as good as mine. Maybe they’re just spineless hypocrites who wish to silence conservative values. Comments beginning around 12min in are likely most relevant here:
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BLM, Capitol Riot, Hypocrisy and False equivalency -Split from: Blow to US Democracy
What a random post for someone to neg rep. I have little hope for the continuance of reasonable exchange of ideas and mature dialog in our world if even SFN is now infected with this type of absurdity
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BLM, Capitol Riot, Hypocrisy and False equivalency -Split from: Blow to US Democracy
This video was shared by the House managers during the impeachment hearings. It brings clarity and perspective to what really happened on January 6. It’s a hard one to watch, but a good one with which to be familiar. More videos are available. This was just the opening... real events. Real news. Really used as evidence in the US Senate. Flagged as inappropriate by YouTube viewers. https://youtu.be/i9Xd5s0boWc
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Political Humor
- 2nd Impeachment of a US President
FFS, man. Why? There’s good reason you can’t use it anywhere anymore. It’s a poor performing and unsecured browser. /rhetorical Yeah. Ole’ Mitch REALLY knows how to be publicly damning of Trump, except of course when it actually matters like during an actual vote to actually convict him in his SECOND impeachment. He’s trying to play it both ways. He wants the Trump base to keep voting for him and his GOP colleagues, but he also needs massive corporations to keep funneling money to them despite the sour taste they currently have in their mouths about the assault on our capitol.- Ivanka for president
Probably, though she’d be better served IMO to aim for a lower office first. Maybe Senator.- 2nd Impeachment of a US President
And as predicted, the senate voted to acquit Trump a second time. I was too conservative above in my guess of 3-6 republicans joining in the vote to convict. Turns out a total of 7 did, but that was still ten too few. - 2nd Impeachment of a US President
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