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hn thread: Have you considered running away to a weird traveling circus and becoming a death clown?
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PaulHoule 15 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–] Some people get really mean when they get senile, particularly if they suffered from anxiety disorders or abused alcohol. It's why home care workers never wear necklaces because they could try to strangle you with one. reply he's talking about clyde
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Jun 17, 2022 15:11
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alexandriao posted:hn thread: Have you considered running away to a weird traveling circus and becoming a death clown? i have now
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Jun 17, 2022 15:37
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Jose Valasquez posted:i have now
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Jun 17, 2022 15:45
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fritz posted:crawfordcomeaux 1 hour ago | prev | next [–] that was a hell of a ride
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Jun 17, 2022 18:37
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SoftTalker 12 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] > Abuse is OK because some people eventually figure out how to get away from it? I take issue with calling it abuse, but yes -- it's a learning experience and a life lesson. I did it, I was disillusioned with school, quit and worked in manual labor, delivery, and restaurant jobs when I was young. Decided I didn't want to do that for life, so I went back to school and learned to program computers. Then I worked as a consultant, decided that was too many hours and too much time away from home, so I found another job that was better on those metrics. Decided I didn't like living in a huge metro area, so found another job in a small town. Life isn't handed to you, and if it is, you don't appreciate what you have. reply
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Jun 17, 2022 20:50
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blobbers 15 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–] It may also incentivize people to avoid going to prison. What is the incentive to avoid prison? How does society recoup losses from crime? Does the 13th amendment exist to disincentivize crime? I don't know the history behind the specific language with the exclusion for criminals. reply
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Jun 17, 2022 22:05
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > hn thread: What is the incentive to avoid prison?
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Jun 17, 2022 22:11
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Maybe they should look into that whole 13th amendment thing a little more though
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Jun 17, 2022 22:18
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ultrafilter posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > hn thread: What is the incentive to avoid prison?
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Jun 17, 2022 23:16
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eric4smith 11 minutes ago | next [–] The fact that people got all the payments in the pandemic and many have now refused to return to a job sort of validates that thesis in a slightly undesirable way. People got the leisure time and loved it and want more of it. But the world as it is now was not build with “work from home”. All the infrastructure that we have now — virtual and physical was not built with “work from home”. All the products and technology that we are using to write and read the content on this page was not built with “work from home”. I suspect that the thesis of having too much leisure time might come true but with a much reduced standard of living and health. Because as we all know, the majority of people will just slack off given more free time. Obesity will rise. Suicides will rise. Depression will rise. Human beings thrive when there is something to drive and strive towards. Take away work and you have taken away a lot of reasons for living. reply
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s1artibartfast 1 day ago | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: Barber schools and license requirements in Rhode I... I like strip malls. What don't you like about them? reply
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throwaway0a5e 1 day ago | prev | next [–] >It's really not fair to lump zoning in with things like civil forfeiture. The common theme is that they're both massive affronts to property rights. reply
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Jun 18, 2022 13:01
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drak0n1c 18 hours ago | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter r... The goal of the employees was to silence his free speech. Disrupting those censorious efforts by firing them is his dealing with Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance. He realized that to preserve a tolerant workplace, intolerance of their rising tide of intolerance was necessary. reply
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Jun 18, 2022 13:12
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walkhour 14 minutes ago | prev | next [–] Since Musk said he wanted to buy Twitter, every day there are two or three news about him, all of them in negative light. News about how there's rampant overt racism in the factories, how he's a sexist bigot, how he's going to turn Twitter into a forum for the third Reich, how he's a crypto scammer, and how he's involved in so many illegal things. When was the last time we saw a post in HN talking about how Elon Musk is helping combat climate change? I'm not saying he's not a jerk but the publishing bias against him is overwhelming.
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Jun 18, 2022 13:50
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cloutchaser 1 day ago | parent | prev | next [–] Anyone can sue musk if he libels them with his tweets.
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fritz posted:s1artibartfast 1 day ago | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: Barber schools and license requirements in Rhode I... Found the SoCal poster
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Jun 18, 2022 22:32
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fritz posted:drak0n1c 18 hours ago | parent | context | prev | next [–] | on: SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter r... It is always fascinating when these idiots try to co-opt what they hear and misunderstand of others' talking around them. Like when they think they've got a smug own from this or that repurposed bit of social justice language.
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Jun 18, 2022 22:50
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Maximo Roboto posted:Found the SoCal poster wut
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Jun 18, 2022 22:51
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ultrafilter posted:The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > hn thread: What is the incentive to avoid prison?
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Jun 18, 2022 23:23
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hn thread: Obesity will rise
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Jun 18, 2022 23:47
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DiggyJohnson 1 minute ago | parent | next [–] I’m planning on writing a book about you, btw That’s how much I appreciate what you do here. Your “spidey-senses” are invaluable. I hope you train a mentor before you leave us. this is in response to a comment by Dang
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Jun 20, 2022 01:18
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I also think the mods and admins on this forum are very smart and handsome. Not that one mod though. You know who you are.
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Jun 20, 2022 04:16
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Sapozhnik posted:I also think the mods and admins on this forum are very smart and handsome. it's graph
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Jun 20, 2022 04:20
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they weren’t gonna say it aloud
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Jun 20, 2022 04:22
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hyperpallium2 5 minutes ago | next [–] All dentists I've tried, found by various methods (including recommedation from a GP I trust) have been dishonest and/or incompetent. A small business, serving laypersons who cannot evaluate the work, is prone to it. I think the only way is to stick with one dentists, so they see you as a long-term investment. funfact: Yelp was inspired by the difficulty of finding good dentists. Now I'm interested in DIY dentistry. Any pointers? reply
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Jun 20, 2022 12:11
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Brush and floss. I guess the ice skate tooth extraction is on the menu as well.
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Jun 20, 2022 13:14
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bets on what he’s in denial about?
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Jun 20, 2022 14:12
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hobbesmaster posted:bets on what he’s in denial about? brushing your teeth is just so loving inefficient, aaaaaaagh, I will train my body to reject plaque
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Jun 20, 2022 15:41
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tracecomplete posted:brushing your teeth is just so loving inefficient, aaaaaaagh, I will train my body to reject plaque
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Jun 20, 2022 15:49
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i will simply bathe my teeth in acidic soda for 16 hours a day to kill any bacteria that would attack them
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Jun 20, 2022 15:51
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tracecomplete posted:brushing your teeth is just so loving inefficient, aaaaaaagh, I will train my body to reject plaque to be somewhat fair, teeth are one of the things where genetics are so powerful that some people can brush/floss religiously and still need tons of work whereas others can do almost nothing and never have issues. there certainly are some dentists that are running scams or something but if every dentist tells you you have tons of issues then you probably have tons of issues!
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Jun 20, 2022 15:57
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i had all my teeth removed because i don't need them to drink soylent. since then, my productivity has increased by 20%. check out my 50,000 word medium post about it
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Jun 20, 2022 15:58
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i do wonder if this is actually genetics or more like, whether the bacteria that's colonized your mouth happens to enjoy munching enamel or not like, could you address long-term dental issues by introducing a bunch of benign bacteria to outcompete the ones that cause serious tooth decay
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Jun 20, 2022 16:15
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hobbesmaster posted:to be somewhat fair, teeth are one of the things where genetics are so powerful that some people can brush/floss religiously and still need tons of work whereas others can do almost nothing and never have issues. there certainly are some dentists that are running scams or something but if every dentist tells you you have tons of issues then you probably have tons of issues! there are also minor behavioural tweaks that have outsized impact. A big one is not drinking sweet beverages like juice, soft drinks, drinking coffee without sugar (especially if you just sip slowly) this is an anecdote but there’s a person I know who went from having multiple cavities a year to none in 10 years after stopping them, without significantly changing any other habit. In her case, dropping sugar in coffee was the one habit change and it just fixed everything because she was a particularly slow drinker and it meant her teeth were in contact with sugary liquid for many hours a day.
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Jun 20, 2022 17:10
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MononcQc posted:there are also minor behavioural tweaks that have outsized impact. A big one is not drinking sweet beverages like juice, soft drinks, drinking coffee without sugar (especially if you just sip slowly) i can absolutely vouch for that approach based on personal experience too. i dropped all sugary drinks (sodas, etc) and only drink coffee with milk and while i still have problems with teeth occasionally i feel like this really took the problems away by an order of magnitude
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Jun 20, 2022 17:18
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"genetics" when it comes to teeth has always struck me as "we don't know what the actual cause is" because there's a bunch of steps in between genes and tooth decay that also should have observable or treatable effects. i assume the people who actually research dental health don't just go "yep, it's because of genes" and stop there
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Jun 20, 2022 17:23
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Saying it's genetic is that saying a lot of the variation in dental health is explained away by different genes. That model has residuals, sure, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have explanatory power.
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Jun 20, 2022 17:25
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either way one of those things where doing science is difficult. really controlled experiments are largely unethical (back in the day they stuffed mental patients mouths full of taffy all day, which got us a tiny bit of information in return for truly vast cruelty), where now mostly it is a matter of sifting through incredibly confused and flawed data for answers. which makes reasonably intelligent guesses driving seemingly likely advice a pretty legitimate route.
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Jabor posted:i do wonder if this is actually genetics or more like, whether the bacteria that's colonized your mouth happens to enjoy munching enamel or not my understanding is that it's thought to be related to the acidity of your saliva. my mother was a dental assistant and me and my sister always took great care of our teeth and she was probably more diligent about it than i was. i've never had a cavity, she had many growing up 
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