Lucius Finkter

I though “accessibility” in video games meant, like, color blind mode and shit.

Due process isn’t always pretty, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water.

They are exploiting a vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to privileged information. Sounds hackery to me. It’s not their fault that Zuck made it easy.

If you’ve never thought about shooting someone, then on what basis can you even say that shooting someone is wrong?

Am I supposed to know how much a box of tomatoes normally costs? How big of a box? Why not give the price increase as a percentage?

I hate headlines.

It’s not a good look for the party that is harping on the Epstein files to be reluctantly releasing redacted documents in responsive to widespread outrage.

Morgan Stanley is not mentioned in the article.

Seems weird to call out a specific brokerage that doesn’t have any specific connection to Trump just to reference an advertisement from a quarter century ago.

Ok, now do sponges. Is it obvious sponges feel pain? How can you tell it’s obvious?

Why would you assume another organism can feel pain without any proof? Rationalism requires skepticism.

Why were they storing passwords in plaintext in the databases?!

The term “featherbedding” is usually used by management to describe behaviors and rules sought by workers.

The most rigorous evidence comes from a 2018 whole-population study tracking nearly half a million children born in Western Australia between 1980 and 2001. Of those, 1,870 developed schizophrenia, but not one of the 66 children with cortical blindness did.

1,870 / 500,000 = 0.374% of people in the general population

0.374% * 66 = 0.25

Not particularly rigorous.

This is a ruling from the 5th Circuit Court. From Wikipedia:

During his first administration, President Donald Trump appointed six judges to the court, with many observers thereafter regarding it as the most conservative court of appeals.[4][5][6] The Fifth Circuit’s reversal rate at the US Supreme Court from the beginning of the 2020 term through the end of the 2022 term was 74%, making it the 7th most frequently reversed circuit court; the average rate of reversals was 68%.[7][8] Some members of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice John Roberts, have indicated concern with how the Fifth Circuit approaches cases.[9][10][11] Several court observers have interpreted the court as being exceptionally conservative in its rulings.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit#2020s

A lot of people here are happy to see others lose a freedom that they themselves were never going to exercise.

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Using antibiotics for preventative care seems like a bad idea. It contributes to the problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria. And it has side effects, like wiping out your gut microbiome.

I’d he curious to know how many people were getting syphilis in the first place. Like, if 50% of people were getting syphilis before, that would mean 50% of people would be taking the antibiotic for no benefit whatsoever.

Shall we count our unhatched chickens?

We need AI or else we’ll have nothing to protect us from… AI.

The judge’s ruling is specifically about not allowing selective enforcement:

However, Barker’s decision effectively nulls the exception. The ruling is largely because, according to Barker, federal courts do not have the jurisdiction to change the tax status of a plaintiff or create exemptions from tax laws. His court cannot provide declaratory relief “with respect to federal taxes,” the judge said in his opinion.