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quantized··on Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prostitution in 2003
> many prostitutes are not in the business of their own free will

How many? What percentage? Citation needed.

Weasel words will get you nowhere.

quantized··on Rhode Island unintentionally decriminalized indoor prostitution in 2003
All employment is driven by economic duress.

Few would work if they didn't have to.

quantized··on Mapcode – A short address for any location on Earth
Pros of MapCodes vs. Geohashes:

* MapCodes are shorter by 200-300% for a given accuracy level, assuming each MapCode is prefixed by a two-letter country code for clarity.

Cons of MapCodes vs. Geohashes:

* MapCodes only offer one accuracy level, of apprx. 100 m^2 regions, whereas a Geohash can be arbitrarily accurate.

* MapCodes do not guarantee persistence. They can be redefined at any time, for any reason, at the sole discretion of the project designer, leaving you with a nonreferential or falsely referential code.

* MapCodes do not encode location data within the code, so access to the server is required at all times. If you lack internet access, or if the service is DDoSed, hacked, goes out of business, etc. your codes become useless.

quantized··on Wayback Machine points to pro-Russia rebels in downing of MH17
It's on topic with the Wayback Machine involvement.
quantized··on Microsoft Ending its Short-Lived Tenure as Android Phone Maker
Where can you get a $25 Android handset?
quantized··on What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
They're different concepts, obviously (hence the different names for them), but they correlate strongly.
quantized··on What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
You doubled down on your sexism with ageism.
quantized··on What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
I'd argue that unprovoked violence is also an indicator of emotional immaturity (or other emotional problems), but bullies are a small minority of all males. Females who can't control their emotional reactions to external stimuli, on the other hand, are virtually all of them.
quantized··on What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
This comment is unconscionably insulting and sexist.
quantized··on 9th Grade Girls Soldering
You answered a question about comparative scientist competence (which is highly objective, because it's judged on the basis of peer review of published work) with stats about elementary school grades handed out by teachers (which is highly subjective, because it's a virtually unchecked power, almost never judged by any outside auditor), not to mention the difference in age, task, environment -- basically every single criterion is different. It's not a question of liking anything. You're simply trying to move goalposts.

Judging by the various forms of intellectual dishonesty you've attempted thus far, I would gladly do my utmost to prevent anyone the least bit like you from finding employment anywhere near me for as long as I live.

quantized··on 9th Grade Girls Soldering
Has changing goalposts ever worked for you?
quantized··on What's the scariest thing in the world? Ask your teenage daughter
Yes, females mostly lack emotional maturity. Thank you for demonstrating the obvious. But males mostly don't. You preposterously claim that they do, and it is outright wrong.