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New comment by rapidaneurism in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"

rapidaneurism — Thu, 14 May 2026 06:12:09 +0000

Or started a company, and eventually ended up being convicted for lying to the investors? Who am I kidding? She is probably giving ted talks.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler"

rapidaneurism — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:28:24 +0000

Especially if the device in question is linked to an enemy of the state and the people.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

rapidaneurism — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:24:49 +0000

And how is blindly following a flag differ between a national flag and an ideology flag?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Do_not_track"

rapidaneurism — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:46:33 +0000

It is a bit sad that in privacy enthusiastic consent is understood as failing to shout 'NO' in the right way.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 01 May 2026 05:49:33 +0000

It is quite different, as an employee you can be convicted for what you were ordered to do by your employer.

If you do an illegal thing while following government orders you can only be convicted if your country loses a war.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

rapidaneurism — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:08:40 +0000

Watt contains time already so watt per hour does not make sense. You might mean MWhr/hr which is the same as MW

New comment by rapidaneurism in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:17:16 +0000

You mean any non crypto payment system? :)

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:13:11 +0000

It does not sound like an outcome that big coffee paid for it to be so:

Behaviourally, coffee drinkers exhibited greater impulsivity and emotional reactivity, whereas non-coffee drinkers demonstrated better memory performance.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

rapidaneurism — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:17:45 +0000

Don't think of it as individuals, but as individual genes. A group of 10 with the same genes, that can eliminate a group of 10 with different genes by losing one individual (because they were fighting to the death, while their opponents did not) is 9 copies up.

An alternative view is that in groups with alphas that father most offspring, and status is based on the individual's ability to risk death. Genes in an individual of low status are already 'dead' so manufacturing instincts and hormonal responses that increase violence does not have a downside.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

rapidaneurism — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:11:40 +0000

I think that 'hom' in homicide stands for homo so killing of (hu)man. I read your comment as lions committing homicide on hyenas which I'm sure you don't mean.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "FTC action against Match and OkCupid for deceiving users, sharing personal data"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:36:40 +0000

In the clubs I used to go as a young man, it was both men and women that jumped the queue, and it tended to be how you looked and who you knew. Although it tended to be good looking women and rich/connected men.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "FTC action against Match and OkCupid for deceiving users, sharing personal data"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:23:45 +0000

Interesting observation. Perhaps the business model is to push to you people 'good enough' to date but not 'good enough' to leave the site with?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "FTC action against Match and OkCupid for deceiving users, sharing personal data"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:19:51 +0000

How do you know they are not commenting on old content? FB could be pushing old content like 'remember X from 18 years ago' and then someone comments about remembering their friend under an old photo.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Alzheimer's disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers (2024)"

rapidaneurism — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:00:45 +0000

People with excess brain capacity are able to easily acquire spatial reasoning, and can (more) easily work/qualify for ambo and taxi jobs. Their excess brain capacity makes progressive brain damage more difficult to impact them before other causes of death.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety"

rapidaneurism — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:32:58 +0000

If they add a switch people might use the switch. You are confusing the excuse with the reason.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:40:12 +0000

An Irish man tries to enter the bar but is denied entry.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:18:45 +0000

Doesn't that open the door to discrimination? At least now you have to guess the sex and ethnicity from the name.

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (2025)"

rapidaneurism — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:13:29 +0000

I think it is an anecdote about a trading firm. Something about throwing the CVs to their desk from a few feet away. Only the ones who made it to the desk were considered. After all who wants to hire unlucky traders?

New comment by rapidaneurism in "ASML staffing changes could result in a net reduction of around 1700 positions"

rapidaneurism — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:16:31 +0000

Dividends and capital gains have different treatment in a number of tax codes. In the UK for example when you have high income the dividend marginal tax is 39.35% but CGT only 24% with a higher tax free allowance (500 for dividends 3000 for cgt)

New comment by rapidaneurism in "Try to take my position: The best promotion advice I ever got"

rapidaneurism — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:44:24 +0000

Interview for another job.

Changing jobs every 2 years is the best way to increase your career long earnings.

People who do not move, signal that their market value is lower than the current compensation.

For extra money move right after a pay rise (so that you can negotiate higher salary)