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New comment by zardo in "The more evidence behind a therapy, the less the public trusts it"

zardo — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:08:33 +0000

> But that conversation can't happen where appointments are restricted to 20-minute segments, and trust cannot be established within a system where patients are forcibly changed to different doctors / medical systems based on the business requirements of insurance companies.

And the frequency of visits. The recommended one visit every three years for 18-64 year olds isn't going to build much trust.

New comment by zardo in "Artemis II astronauts arrive at launch pad 39B in an astrovan"

zardo — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:16:24 +0000

No discussion or pictures of the Chevy Astrovan in this article.

New comment by zardo in "Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other 18 tech companies"

zardo — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:26:32 +0000

Yes, they certainly mean they will attack those companies facilities in the region.

New comment by zardo in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

zardo — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:57:58 +0000

It's a contributor factor through the usual pro-war think tanks funded by weapons companies.

But, yeah the choice of Iran now isn't at all explained by "capitalism".

New comment by zardo in "Iran oil revenue soars as it's the only exporter out of Hormuz"

zardo — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:24:26 +0000

I don't think it's feasible to do get that done this season.

New comment by zardo in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

zardo — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:50:28 +0000

Read the whole comment chain. That's exactly what the sort of competition the question was about.

New comment by zardo in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

zardo — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:34:06 +0000

> then I lost to a woman twice my age.

We are not talking about elite athletics here. If someone is upset about a transwoman finishing 150th in the local 10k race they need to work that out with a therapist or something.

New comment by zardo in "Missile defense is NP-complete"

zardo — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:53:42 +0000

It's been tit-for-tat though.

New comment by zardo in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

zardo — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:48:24 +0000

It seems like a critical enough role that you probably want two people there in case one has a medical emergency anyway. Even if it's not that busy.

New comment by zardo in "The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild"

zardo — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:56:11 +0000

Can't do highspeed rail because it's too impractical and expensive, while we're spending a west coast highspeed rail network worth of money on the least popular war in US history.

New comment by zardo in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

zardo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:16:48 +0000

How are you supposed to know which Democrat secretly supports trans rights?

New comment by zardo in "Waymo Safety Impact"

zardo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:50:09 +0000

Is this an independent study?

New comment by zardo in "A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine"

zardo — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:14:18 +0000

Especially when we're talking about datacenters with onsite fossil fuel power generation.

New comment by zardo in "A Tiny Camera Revealed a Hidden Passage in the Great Pyramid"

zardo — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:54:58 +0000

Probably sock puppet accounts of the Egyptian Archeology Establishment.

New comment by zardo in "Nvidia's DLSS 5 uses generative AI to boost photorealism in video games"

zardo — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:14:37 +0000

That first image looks great, but will it always deepfake Aubrey Plaza's face onto that character, or will she morph between different actresses?

New comment by zardo in "Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill"

zardo — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:59:42 +0000

Wouldn't a some kind of technical standard proposal be a more sensible way to do this than trying to pass OS laws state by state?

New comment by zardo in "Kuwaiti F/A-18's Triple Friendly Fire Shootdown Gets Stranger by the Day"

zardo — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:16:48 +0000

A fighter pilot is the modern military equivalent of a medieval knight.

New comment by zardo in "Ada 2022"

zardo — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:25:07 +0000

I wonder what Ada Lovelace would think about her namesake being the language for weapon systems.

New comment by zardo in "New imagery suggests U.S. responsible for Iran school strike"

zardo — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:44:39 +0000

Yeah, it being an honest mistake moves this down from a crime you should hang for to, also still a crime you should hang for.

New comment by zardo in "AMD will bring its “Ryzen AI” processors to standard desktop PCs for first time"

zardo — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:54:16 +0000

They're in business to make money not to solve the shortage. If they invest in new fabs and the bubble pops they're sitting on idle fabs.