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synecdoche··on Real-time feedback: My closing move in every interview
That presupposes that the interviewers had no intention to hire the interviewee which is generally not a given and there's no reason to assume,
synecdoche··on The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)
Many aspects have already been mentioned, all great in their own right, that lifts the movie into timeless greatness. I'd like to add one more. The stunning beauty and performance of Sean Young.
synecdoche··on European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS
Many examples of prison for Facebook posts in the UK. Not bad enough?
synecdoche··on Vagal cholinergic denervation of the gastric mucosa in Long-COVID-19
For profit by those who it benefited, namely medical companies who made the so called vaccine.

Only by changing and relaxing the long standing criteria for what constitutes a vaccine.

synecdoche··on Vagal cholinergic denervation of the gastric mucosa in Long-COVID-19
Sweden had no lockdown and fared comparatively well.
synecdoche··on The Vespa at 80
A 2026 Honda SH150 uses 2.2 l / 100 km (up to about 70 km/h) and is very quiet. Made in Italy too.
synecdoche··on The origins of the school system aimed to produce independent, critical thinkers (2024)
I've heard the opposite. That is was designed and based on military organisation and for individuals to conform to the contemporary world view.
synecdoche··on Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly
I find this comment, on it's face, very hard to understand. An apparent abundance of qualifiers without definition. Is this an example of circular reasoning?

It seems to me that the text is saying that generalised labour produces value, but then only specific labour produces actual value. What is the difference between actual value and value in general? Is some value somehow more valuable that other? Are we even speaking the same language? Is this just making shit up as you go along and hope nobody notices because the general idea is appealing?

synecdoche··on Why has the pointe shoe been so resistant to change?
No shoes last longer than well fitting well made all leather shoes.
synecdoche··on The AI industry is discovering that the public hates it
UBI drives inflation. All other effects follow from that.
synecdoche··on Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s
It’s pretext for identifying and tracking everyone. A inevitable ”byproduct” from getting your age by digital ID.
synecdoche··on ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did
No, the poor stayed poor or even worse, starved to death. USSR self imploded.
synecdoche··on Maybe there's a pattern here?
I'm puzzled to what point is tried to be made.

Is the parent statement supposed to be an argument that women are not capable, or even less likely, of providing means for, or inflicting massive destruction?

How would that follow from what is said here or in the article?

Certainly women can be destructive too. What would make it a sex issue?

synecdoche··on US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
That depends on what "education" entails. If it's one source only chances of it being propaganda is high.
synecdoche··on Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest reveal the severity of U.S. surveillance state
As opposed to slaves in non-western nations? May I remind that slavery was not exclusively a western thing, and that there are more slaves today than there ever was, in absolute terms, almost none in western nations.
synecdoche··on Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encryption key if ordered
Only if you see it as that. More charitable is to see it as an example and clear case to illustrate of what might be beyond coverage of the amendment.
synecdoche··on Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression
Not everyone needs breakfast and still eat healthily. A longer fasting period is even an argument against it. But to each their own.
synecdoche··on Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression
Even better in my opinion and experience, exercise during lunch break, if possible. Being drained after work can feel like too high barrier to get started exercising.
synecdoche··on Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression
If you don't run your life others will do it for you.

Nothing in this life is a must.

synecdoche··on Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression
For an international audience it's ambiguous. 5 k of what could one reasonably wonder.
synecdoche··on US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots
Nothing has no risk.

A not insignificant number of people suffered from severe health issues from the covid vaccine alone.

The definition of what a vaccine is and the requirement for testing were relaxed to allow for what would otherwise have been regarded as immature to be included in the vaccine category, and has remained so since. It is therefore reasonable that the trust in vaccines had been impacted to some extent.

synecdoche··on Inca Stone Masonry
The video does not counter the parents argument about measuring fit.

What the masons in the video do is certainly impressive. Cutting organic shapes that fit perfectly together, as if they once were elastic, is another level.

Perhaps the did something similar to what dentists do when building on teeth so that the added material is not the only contract point when jaws are closed. That is, a contact sheet that leaves contact marks.

synecdoche··on Coursera to combine with Udemy
The perfect being the enemy of good.
synecdoche··on Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban
Had no issues.
synecdoche··on Duplication Isn't Always an Anti-Pattern
How? Why?
synecdoche··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
Sometimes for good reason. Observe what happened to people who tried to approach Sentinel island. That may seem extreme, but it's not my point. It's is that cultures are different and some are detrimental to the people of some other culture's wellbeing.
synecdoche··on Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts
Anger seems to me to be one of the least understood emotions. In my opinion anger should be practised at every possible opportunity in order to cultivate as good as relationship to it as other emotions. Otherwise it will seem like it's out of your control due to not knowing its limits and how much of it you need due to it being suppressed. It is a necessary emotion for our wellbeing.
synecdoche··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
>> Who would plant a flower next to a sick or hostile one?

> A gardener who understands that after that short grace period that plant will have to grow amongst those sick and hostile ones essentially and not only that, it will have to form a thriving ecosystem with them.

If, on the other hand, the gardener knows from experience that the flower will be suffocated, then it's pointless at best and cruel at worst.

synecdoche··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
> especially when it comes to dealing with conflict.

What makes you think school is a good environment for that? Kids can be very cruel to each other with often the most societally maladapted dominating for reasons that have no bearing in real life.

synecdoche··on Homeschooling hits record numbers
> they don't want their kids exposed to the other "cultures" in their area whether that be immigrants, other religions, or LGBT people.

Culture is distinct from race. Some cultures advocate for the destruction of others. Some don't.

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