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- Pronouns
- It's complicated. IDK. Maybe ze/zim/zir https://pronouns.org/ze-hir
- Degree
- Physics, Cal Poly SLO
- Work
- I fix broken stuff
#Technology, #baseball (Dodgers), #politics, #religion (#Christian)
Joined Apr 2022
@LRRRonEarth I hear an infusion of Human Horn in cup of hot coffee is known to help this issue.
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You call it eating 17 boxes of girl scout cookies. I call it supporting independent female entrepreneurship.
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Absolutely. Do not use, do not support BetterHelp.
They took patients’ intake questionnaires and sold them to Facebook.
BetterHelp itself is not a ‘covered provider’ under HIPAA. But they heavily implied any data you gave them was HIPAA covered, and would not be shared.
They have been slapped with a $8 million fine by the FTC.
(I think they should be a HIPAA-covered provider, and they should be prosecuted.)
BetterHelp *cannot be trusted*. Stay away!
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Max Wolf (of Wolf 359 fame) and E.E. Barnard (of Barnard's Star fame) were "lifelong correspondents, competitors, collaborators and friends. Wolf wrote a long obituary for Barnard upon his death in 1923."
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We're so used to this, but I would like academics to take a moment and look at how much of the official and unofficial discussion around university is about despair, imposter syndrome, stress, harassment, etc.
What I often see in these discussions, especially the official ones, is discussion of coping mechanisms and "self-care".
What I rarely see in these discussions is questioning why we've built an education system that treats people this way in exchange for this education. @academicchatter
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Coming in to agree with those recommending that you push back *and* to defend the passive voice, especially in places where you want to focus on the something like an experimental apparatus, not the person using it. Modulating voice can also be a useful rhetorical strategy. Passive voice has a place in good writing, IMO. Against dogma.
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If you oppose genocide Republicans will accuse you of working for Hamas while Democrats take the far more nuanced approach of accusing you of working for the Russians.
Apparently the discourse is set on the same half-assed autopilot as the genocide.
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@fluffykittycat Try using a [moisture meter](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=moisture+meter+for+arduino) and a water pump from a fish tank to keep a house plant watered.
@DeliaChristina @BlackAzizAnansi Before Oct 7th I was really leaning towards someone younger and less tied to the Bay Area's rather unique style of liberal, but this has really force me to at least consider her more seriously.
@BlackAzizAnansi Its not "Primarying" because Feinstein is dead, but Barbara Lee has made #ceasefire one of the most obvious ways she is differentiating herself from the field in the race for a safe Dem senate seat in CA.
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@seachanger Once upon a time there was a knock on the door. I opened it to find a neighbor wearing baggy shorts and striped leggings.
neightbor: Pardon me, would you possibly have a cup of soy milk to spare?
me: Sweetened or unsweetened?
Thus a friendship of 20+ years was born. She is still one of our (@Kleen & my) dearest friends. #SocialTech
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Just a periodic reminder that being an extremist and being a dick about it will get you blocked. Want to transition to #EV? I'm on board. Do we need to drastically reduce consumption? Yes. Do billionaires need to exist? No. But when people talk about abolishing cars, you're talking about destroying peoples' livelihoods. I live in a rural area, and you can't make a living without being able to go from point A to point B. I've seen numerous revolutions fail b/c the farmers were not on board.
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web browsers are emacs clones
- basically an OS
- eight hundred megabytes and constantly swapping
- you can execute a script in a special language
- extremely zealous users who complain about the other camp(s)
- basically an OS
- eight hundred megabytes and constantly swapping
- you can execute a script in a special language
- extremely zealous users who complain about the other camp(s)
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@KimPerales So Telsa being forced to pay its workers more is seen as a failure on the part of owner Musk?
@erinwhalen You do understand that oil wells are just flailing off natural gas from their wells because they can't get it to those who want it? Wouldn't it be better to use that gas then to burn it as a waste product?
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It has become clear to me that there are some people who will #maskForever. If you #MaskUp and work in a public facing job, please read this advice from people who are hard of hearing. We need your help: (#Thread, Please share)
#masksForever #MaskUp #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #N95 #Covid19 #CovidIsAirborne #WearAMask #BringBackMasks
@seachanger Yup. There is nothing about the Cybertruck that makes me think it can do the job of the 23 year old full-sized diesel pick-up currently in the back yard. No one seems to have actually made a real truck with an electric motor yet.
The Cybertruck is this generations Chevy El Camino.
- Pronouns
- It's complicated. IDK. Maybe ze/zim/zir https://pronouns.org/ze-hir
- Degree
- Physics, Cal Poly SLO
- Work
- I fix broken stuff
#Technology, #baseball (Dodgers), #politics, #religion (#Christian)
Joined Apr 2022
