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WrongAssumption··on A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)
"Appeals to public opinion are valid in situations where consensus is the determining factor for the validity of a statement, such as linguistic usage and definitions of words."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum

WrongAssumption··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Proportion is always the argument concerning Israeli responses, never with anybody else.
WrongAssumption··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Seems more accurate to me. Department of Defense was the one that seemed like a euphemism.
WrongAssumption··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Based on what? You guys said that about the tariffs right before the SC struck down the tariffs.
WrongAssumption··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
That's great. But that not how everyone else in the world uses 'regime'. So you will have to come to terms with that.
WrongAssumption··on CBP signs Clearview AI deal to use face recognition for 'tactical targeting'
But that is his point with "or the government can always do it indirectly with the same effect"

The company doesn't have that power, but the government can compel companies to provide them with the same data as long as it exists, and then abuse it in the same way as if they had collected it themselves.

WrongAssumption··on Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android
I can guarantee that's 100% not his reason given that his stated alternative is switching to Android.
WrongAssumption··on Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
No thanks. I want packages delivered when I’m not home. If i want it to be handed to me I can require it be handed to me, picked up, or delivered to a nearby store. If I wanted to go pick up a package I would just go to the store in the first place.

Most stuff doesn’t matter, and is rarely stolen. If something matters I’ll just have the delivery company do what I guess is required in where you live, I can choose.

WrongAssumption··on Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies
Is that a position you've been in before? If so is that what you did?
WrongAssumption··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
It's absolutely undeniable that interviewing is meant to filter out undesirable behavior. What in the world do you think it is? So many people cannot just walk in and start working next to you, very few will be selected.

You are pointing out behavior that is different, but not undesirable. Which is not being discussed. i.e., kids who distrust other kids learning is undesirable. As would people who create hostile work environments, or are inefficient, or unreliable, or don't have the right connections.

In my place of work people nearly universally went to top end universities, a much larger proportion than the normal population have phds. you think that's random? And more locally if you work on a sales team you are going to be hired to work directly with people that have certain shared traits that make them effective sellers. It's so obvious that interviewing is an active filter I'm not even sure what to do to convince someone that thinks otherwise.

I'm not sure how you equate any of that to workplace politics or gossip. Even if it was relevant, the fact that it is not a perfectly effective filter doesn't make it not a filter.

WrongAssumption··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
Home schooled kids walk down sidewalks, go to concerts, go grocery shopping.

Most workplaces are highly filtered. The whole interview process is specifically geared towards filtering out undesirable people.

WrongAssumption··on How insurance risk is transformed into investable assets
Different scene. Margo Robbie explained sub-prime mortgages. Selena Gomez explained synthetic CDOs.
WrongAssumption··on Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK
Your link bolsters the point of the person you are responding to. The lowering of standards is the relevant portion. It would be relevant if they lowered standards for any group, just happened they lowered them for poor families.
WrongAssumption··on At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery
Not remotely true, and the US isn't even the worst. Students in the UK graduate with more debt.
WrongAssumption··on Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update
Patreon and BuyMeACoffee are middlemen...
WrongAssumption··on Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update
Can't you just stop subscribing when that happens? You aren't signing a 5 year contract.
WrongAssumption··on Dyson, techno-centric design and social consumption
Not sure how America got caught in this crossfire. Dyson is not an American company.
WrongAssumption··on More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad
How does the source not make it clear? The first two bullets from your source.

“Apple generated $390.8 billion revenue in 2024, 51% came from iPhone sales

Apple Services is the second largest division, responsible for 24% of revenue in 2024”

WrongAssumption··on Denmark Is Switching to Linux
No it isn’t.
WrongAssumption··on Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)
I doubt the change was relevant. I would expect if they can reasonably make a change even if not totally ideal, the work as first submitted can be evaluated on it’s own as it is shown to be original work.
WrongAssumption··on Why does the U.S. always run a trade deficit?
20% of oil is traded in currencies other than the US dollar.
WrongAssumption··on European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech
Sorry, are you under the impression the contents of these articles supports your assertion?
WrongAssumption··on European Investment Bank to inject €70B in European tech
Volkswagen of diesel-gate fame? That one?
WrongAssumption··on Insurers launch cover for losses caused by AI chatbot errors
Being covered does not mean you are not responsible.
WrongAssumption··on Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
SpaceX did the launch.
WrongAssumption··on First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
I don’t know that the majority of congress choosing to violate the constitution really makes your point.
WrongAssumption··on Jury orders NSO to pay $167M for hacking WhatsApp users
So you don't know who does it, which I assumes means you don't know of any evidence, or even if it's done. But you concluded this because...
WrongAssumption··on CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract
From the the very article you linked

"The vast majority of chicken processed in the United States is not chilled in chlorine and hasn't been for quite a few years," says Dianna Bourassa, an applied poultry microbiologist at Auburn University, "So that's not the issue."

WrongAssumption··on CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract
That’s just not true.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx...

WrongAssumption··on Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
There are several proposed bills, including one that raises the tax to 21 percent.

https://nehls.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/nehls.house.gov/f...

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