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halfnormalform

209 karma · joined November 5, 2019

It's a good thing SAP software is complicated or I'd be starving right now.
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halfnormalform··on Journalists Are Terrified of Criticizing BlackLivesMatter
Sorry, no.

Journalists from all over the political and social spectrums freely criticize Black Lives Matter:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/black-lives-matter-f...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/who-controls-black-live...

https://www.bet.com/article/n9amip/black-lives-matter-founda...

halfnormalform··on Teachers are leaving and few people choosing the field
Teacher training and Masters Degrees both involve a roughly-similar amount of coursework. I think someone once used it as an analogy and it stuck too well.
halfnormalform··on How to Be Useless
The story isn’t about being a lazy mooch. It’s about realizing if you only view yourself in terms of your utility to others, you will be consumed for your usefulness.

Don’t laugh but there’s an excellent comic book version of Zhuangzi’s writings: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691008820/zh...

halfnormalform··on IQ decline and Piaget: Does the rot start at the top? [pdf]
It’s not Eugenic mating, it’s Assortative mating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating
halfnormalform··on No Surprise, Uber and Lyft Lied About Helping Workers
Your driver was brainwashed by propaganda. No response necessary.
halfnormalform··on Ask HN: Does social media use lead to mental/physical fatigue?
I think most drugs are available 24/7. Especially the illicit ones.
halfnormalform··on To save California, sacrifice single-family zoning
It depends what you mean by efficient. A bus is more energy-efficient but a car is way more time-efficient.
halfnormalform··on We’re all teenagers now: The adolescent mindset transformed the US and the world
It wasn't possible to contact people in real time after they left their home. We had to be punctual or else it would be a big deal.
halfnormalform··on As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity has risen
No intellect was degraded. It was the behavior. Also your response is merely an insult followed by 5 unsupported statements. Can you try again?
halfnormalform··on Why you can’t buy a thermapen on Amazon (2016)
Yet no one else makes them.
halfnormalform··on The solution of the Zodiac killer’s 340-character cipher
No native English speaker would use “in” but that construction isn’t unheard of.
halfnormalform··on No screaming on California roller coasters and thrill rides, state guidelines
100% agreed. The headline and article are from separate universes.

A better headline would be “Theme Park Association: Still Safe to Scream” but that’s not much of a story.

halfnormalform··on Why are fewer young adults having casual sex?
If you got in front of a room and said “I’m here to talk about one of the most powerful and charismatic men in history: Jimmy Carter.” people would assume you were joking.
halfnormalform··on U.S. Airports No Longer Have to Build Their Own Terrible Trains
LAX would like a word with you. Bring your walking shoes.
halfnormalform··on Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7M in tips
That's mostly due to the tip's cousin, the sales commission.
halfnormalform··on Scientists fear pandemic's 'hyper hygiene' could have long-term health impacts
The word vaccine literally means “of the cow”
halfnormalform··on 100 years later, the dystopian origin of the word ‘robot’ still rings true
Dystopian is a pretty good way to describe a play where the human race is destroyed, wouldn’t you say?
halfnormalform··on We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college
We have a carceral problem despite your scare quotes and your unsupported assertions.
halfnormalform··on YouTube suspends Donald Trump's channel
The White House website is still up and running for anyone to visit.
halfnormalform··on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
I don’t take tips about higher moral ground and virtue from anyone who thinks bullshit is a countable noun.
halfnormalform··on Archivists Are Preserving Capitol Hill Riot Livestreams Before They’re Deleted
They were wrist restraints. Used for restraining prisoners or having kinky sex, which is also not appropriate in congress.

They were not mere zip ties like they were going to tidy up the cables behind peoples desks.

Why are you being misleading?

halfnormalform··on Parlor has been removed from Google Play
And when we're done we can get to the bottom of why all the car companies sell cars with round tires. No way it's coincidental.
halfnormalform··on Infosec implications of the US Capitol physical breach
Racism must affect all skin colors equally before you will call it widespread? Interesting.
halfnormalform··on Despairing America: The Astonishing Psychological Cost of Lockdown – AIER
“Many people have lost everything and now face losing their country.”

This is such poor writing it makes me stop and disregard the rest.

halfnormalform··on Cameras and Lenses
Thank you for sharing your personal opinions.
halfnormalform··on Apple Announces App Store Small Business Program
Because they sell your digital soul to advertisers.
halfnormalform··on “An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018)
None of the drivers want to get in accidents either!
halfnormalform··on Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-status
Laotze wasn’t really a trickster, that was Chuangtze.

Mid-grade Taoism.

halfnormalform··on HomePod Mini
Homekit might limit you as far as hardware goes, but if you’re handy you can run a Home Assistant instance and connect Siri to just about anything: Z-wave sensors, Logitech Harmony Hub, non-HomeKit light bulbs, etc.
halfnormalform··on San Francisco Apartment Rents Crater Up to 31%, Most in U.S.
San Diego is more conservative, generally speaking. Lot more military folks, too.
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