Vorticity

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Vorticity,

Don’t forget threatening to sanction the ICC over the Netanyahu arrest warrant.

Vorticity,

I do this using overleaf. It’s been much easier to maintain and update since switching.

Vorticity,

Okay, I have a question. I would love to write my papers in latex, but none of my colleges use it. Is there a way to reasonably collaborate with coauthors who only use Word and for whom Latex would be confusing and difficult?

Vorticity,

I came here to say the same thing. We don’t judge Gone With The Wind by current standards. Why judge Star Wars by current standards? It’s half a century old and societal morals and norms have changed significantly.

Vorticity,

It actually is here in the US, too. At least in my state. It would still be helpful for monitoring for inflation as a consumer if sizes were fixed so that the actual price changes when the price per unit changes. For me it’s a lot easier to recognize that something went from $4.99/kg to $5.99/kg when the item is fixed at 1 kg than it is to recognize when the item went from 830 g to 691 g but remained $4.14.

Vorticity,

I’ve been thinking of a solution for this. What if products were required to be sold in standard increments. No 11.2 floz, either 6 floz or 12 floz. No 960 grams, only increments of 250 grams up to 1 kg, then increments of 1 kg. It would make product comparison much easier and make it obvious when shrinkflation is happening.

Vorticity,

As an American, I’m betting on the US. The likely argument is that the person using their neighbor’s hose still owes money to the utility company and allowing them to use water for free is allowing them to avoid consequences of non payment.

Ridiculous, but the logic seems like something I’ve seen many times in the US.

Vorticity,

I don’t disagree with you at all. I’m just pointing out the logic of the people who made the laws and those enforcing them.

Vorticity,

I’d guess they’re saying that the person using water from the hose is avoiding the consequences of non payment while they still owe money.

Vorticity,

I’m so tired of that word replacing “strongly criticizes”, “rebukes”, “condemns”, “denounces”, or “repremands”. Why do articles have to use such a stupid, lazy word? Does it actually draw more clicks?

Vorticity,

The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition.

source

Vorticity,

It’s not like it needs to go into a news paper. It’s a website headline. “condemns” is only three letters longer than “slams” and doesn’t sound lick clickbait.

Vorticity, (edited )

I don’t agree with these religious nuts but, in this case, I don’t think they’re completely off base regarding “God given rights”. The Declaration of Independence (not the Constitution) says:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

I wish the Declaration didn’t include “by their Creator” but it does.

Vorticity,

allowing them to profit through “normal/legal” channels prevents them from taking bribes or seeking other forms of income.

This doesn’t seem to have worked. Thomas and Alito are the glaring examples, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that they all take bribes of one form or another, whether intentionally or unintentionally because their actions bear no personal consequences other than enrichment.

Vorticity,

Thanks for the context. I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted by some people. Given the timing, I don’t see that this either constitutes insider trading or implies prejudice (even if he is prejudiced). I do wonder, though, if something happened in the news cycle around August 14th that might have prompted his sale at that point. I don’t trust Alito to do anything in good faith around the subject of trans rights.

Vorticity,

I think there is more nuance to it than this. Certain government officials who are in sensitive positions should be barred from holding stocks except through a blind trust, an index fund, a mutual fund, or some other vehicle that they can’t directly control or influence. Those “certain government officials” should include members of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches who tend to be privy to information that would, if acted upon, constitute insider trading. This would include policy-makers as well as those around the policy-makers whose knowledge would create a conflict of interest.

That is all to say, I don’t think that someone working in government IT, doing wildlife research, or doing HR work for a government agency should be required to divest from their stock portfolios. That should be limited to people whose jobs create an inherent conflict of interest.

Vorticity,

I wonder how this compares the the number of businesses that existed in 2013 that no longer exist. I wonder for two reasons:

  • Is 38% similar to the typical rate of failure for businesses and other ventures?
  • How much of the 38% can be explained by closure of high-risk businesses like restaurants?

Something else that could explain a lot of it is webpages that were always intended to be ephemeral. Political campaign websites for instance.

Vorticity,

Allowing China to sell their cars at a loss in the US is definitely a bad thing. It allows China to take over the US market by undercutting the competition. The reason for the teriffs, as far as I understand it, is that the Chinese government is subsidizing the EV manufacturers in an attempt to kill competition and corner the market. It is an anti competitive practice that, if it paid off, would allow China to artificially push other EV makers out of the market, then raise prices when their competition is gone.

Vorticity,

I expect it’s not the 40% who are donating. Its the officers who aren’t pieces of shit. The ones who see their colleagues abusing their partners but don’t feel like they can do anything about it because of the “thin blue line”.

Vorticity,

How does he not just topple over? Does the shit in his diaper act as a counter balance?

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