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b59831··on A midcentury map of New York, packed with weird local lore (2019)
> Third world country of America

This is silly. You expect anyone to take you seriously?

b59831··on Severance payments at Wikimedia Foundation
Have you used Wikipedia?

It was one of the first culture war battlegrounds... And it's been owned for a while now.

Looking at these gross payments (and executive migration to think tanks), are you really pretending things aren't political?

b59831··on 'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco
And the kids who's families can't afford to move/go to private school pay for the rich family's idealism.
b59831··on Why flying insects gather at artificial light
And where will these zones be? Why do I get the feeling your great idea will be entirely someone else's problem.
b59831··on GPT-4 gets a B on my quantum computing final exam
I guess it doesn't have to make much sense, as long as you can blame America...
b59831··on Frank founder allegedly defrauded JPMorgan out of $175M hit with federal charges
I'll quote another comment: > Javice interfered in due diligence in a very sophisticated way. JPMC tried to verify user data but Javice claimed they couldn't provide user personal information "due to privacy concerns". In the end Javice was able to convince due diligence team by engaging in multiple layers of fraud. Sure due diligence team could've done a better job, but Javice was a sophisticated adversary. It's not like due diligence team didn't have any concerns. But they wanted to balance their concerns against possibility of passing a good deal due to formality.
b59831··on Cigna saves millions by having its doctors reject claims without reading them
> The article suggests...

Maybe because it's a politicized topic? How can you smugly dismiss their point like that?

b59831··on NRC Certifies First U.S. Small Modular Reactor Design
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
b59831··on ‘Some things never leave you’: Poverty’s indelible marks
Another thing about being poor is that, even if you buy the 50$ boots, there's then a good chance someone will steal them from you.
b59831··on Head of Design at Dropbox descriminates in her hiring based on skin color
You can't just redefine words and assume everyone is going to accept you new definition.

Especially when it is this self serving.

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