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AshWolfy··on Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier
I think the truth is you cant trust any one reviewer, you should always look at multiple reviewers.
AshWolfy··on Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'
If me and my coworkers stopped working, significant parts of the countries education system and essential services would stop working. I make 16 dollars an hour.
AshWolfy··on Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'
These days its more a massive accumulation of debt and unfunded liabilities in suburbs and rural areas, but basically yeah
AshWolfy··on Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
this is wrong, unrelated, and clear flamebaiting
AshWolfy··on Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
As someone who worked the public for the entire pandemic, id say it was about 50-50 between people who thought covid wasnt a threat and people who thought masks werent effective
AshWolfy··on U.S. government probes VPN hack within federal agencies, races to find clues
Not every vulnerability will be exploited, most hacks use very simple exploits if at all. 80 percent of security can be achieved with 20 percent of the work
AshWolfy··on Almost third of UK Covid hospital patients readmitted within four months
Each country has different advantages and challenges. For example South Korea is incredibly dense and dependent on public transit. Germany has no hard border. China is massive, Australia's government is dysfunctional. We arent special, we just didnt meet our unique challenges
AshWolfy··on Testing a few new designs that don't show the public dislike count
There are, but generally for specific interests, and not nearly enough to challenge youtube's market domination. Without something dramatic youtube effectively has monopoly control of supply and demand.
AshWolfy··on Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare: study
treatments are typically more profitable than cures
AshWolfy··on Testing a few new designs that don't show the public dislike count
This is unlikely, because youtube has one thing that no other platform does, creators. How many youtubers would actually be willing to post on another website, let alone exclusively? How many fans would actually follow them? For already risk averse youtubers this is unlikely.
AshWolfy··on Testing a few new designs that don't show the public dislike count
what narratives are being rejected?
AshWolfy··on U.S. rent has increased 175% faster than household income over past 20 years
For one there isnt a single housing market, there are a lot of segmented housing markets that only partially overlap. In high demand areas, land is already limited.

For another zoning restrictions are severe in the US, with most residential land zoned for single family housing with large lot sizes.

With high upfront costs, limited land, and political issues, developers would rather build high end housing, which has led to over supply in the high end market, and under supply in the low end market

AshWolfy··on The virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the Covid virus out
Humans are a part of nature and vaccines are an evolutionary adaptation
AshWolfy··on John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT
I cant think of anything more depressing than saying art is showing off you have money.
AshWolfy··on John Cleese Sells the Brooklyn Bridge as an NFT
Thats not something that translates into digital content. That original lightsaber is valuable because it is unique, it can never be recreated, a jpeg is infinitely reproducible, thus less valuable
AshWolfy··on As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered, survey finds
I mean the "education reform movement" was started by segregationists after brown v board of ed, and many southern counties privatized schools to avoid complying
AshWolfy··on As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered, survey finds
Thats not true when it comes to public health, often it is better policy to act as though the worst case scenario is true, because the consequences of overreacting are far less bad than the consequences of underreacting
AshWolfy··on As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered, survey finds
Then show them, and we will judge for ourselves. You can find studies showing nearly anything.
AshWolfy··on Right to Repair Gaining Momentum
The cameras have nothing to do with face ID, and its not just that 3rd parts cameras arent compatable, but even oem cameras arent without access to apple's systems called ast2 and gsx
AshWolfy··on Ask HN: Has Google search been worse at finding information lately?
Its been getting worse and it think its inevitable. Over time algorithms can be figured out basically through reverse engineering. These days seo optimization has meant resources is just as important as relevancy

the extent to which google wants to stop this is another matter

AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
In what way?
AshWolfy··on I guess I have to watch ads everywhere on my $1,500 LG TV now
Maybe you overestimate the amount of time you save? Ive definitely noticed that when i get a something thats a time saver, i tend to overestimate how much time it saved, maybe its more that mental load of not having to worry about it.
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
hatred begets intolerance
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
The implication was that npr was smearing this woman, rather than the editors being lazy. All in service to the argument that npr focuses on race, despite there being no evidence
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
citation needed
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
Thats true, which is why most of the left has adopted intersectionality, which says an individual is the sum total of their experiences, rather than this or that identity
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
You can draw a line from rush limbaugh to tuker carlson, they built a legion of people who they encouraged not to think for themselves and now they are sicking them on the world

>insanity and totalitarianism

citation needed? Thats literally the same line limbaugh used in the 70s

AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
So hatred is only hatred if you act on it?
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
Yes im sure the insurance companies and fossil fuel companies who have spent millions of think tanks and studies and election were just concerned about living standards.
AshWolfy··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
They used that photo on an unrelated story, the photo had nothing to do with the story. nice try though. Just admit you were wrong, its ok
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