dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

I think there's a tax scheme for part-time ownership of a jet. I met a guy on a regular flight who was CMO of a private jet startup. They flew these very slick Honda jets. But, anyways, he basically pitched me the business and there's some kind of capital gains tax benefit to the jet-share concept.

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

I cannot believe that this guy was fired on the same day he leaked to the FDA. This means the FDA reported him to Pfizer??

He blew the whistle on the following: some staff were not blinded, potentially unblind recipients, quality control on the paperwork, the patients weren't followed up with.

It just adds to my nihilism, tbh.

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

So, pre-school children are more likely to investigate a conflict if the testimony is provided before the observation than if it is provided after. Basically, if you want to avoid confirmation bias you'll need to form your own opinion ahead of the event.

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

If you rely on volunteers, then you are a non-profit. But, if you are selling that work to corporations, then you are no longer a non-profit. However, if you are translating knowledge so everyone can read, then you are back to being a non-profit.

It's a classic public-private partnership.

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

I did my first dives in Dahab, Egypt including at the Blue Hole. This location was my first experience with narcosis; but, it was planned. Myself, my father, and our instructor dove down to 45m and he handed me a whiteboard to write on. He asked me very basic questions like how to spell your name and I remember really having to think hard to answer.

In general, if you are diving to see fish, it's rare to go past 20-30m (the minimum depth to exp. narcosis). The visibility is worse the deeper you go and typically if there is a reef at 30m there is also one at 15m where your oxygen will last longer, less cold, etc...

I don't think diving needs to be dangerous to be enjoyed. It's about seeing an entirely new world and the moving in the medium of water. The people who've perished at the Blue Hole are taking an extraordinary amount of risk - diving solo, descending to 150m - for 'achievement' purposes and I understand Omar's frustration.

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

The story here is that YouTube does not care about content moderation. YouTube has a blacklist but the blacklist is missing the most obvious terms like "White Power' and 'Great Replacement'. Someone at the company is in charge of maintaining the blacklist but was negligent. Why?

Also, if searches for words associated with White supremacist culture returned videos then there are other ways to access them, why doesn't Google simply take them down if they are already labelled?

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

What was that one explainer that showed how unsettling youtube videos can be?

dtrain2017

5 лет назадdiscuss

Why is it called a particle accelerator when it's possible for the particle to go both ways: forwards and backwards?

Don't they measure the difference in the direction of the particle as determined by its virtual cloud? more energy emitted from the cloud = forward and vice-versa.

Loved the explanation and accompanying illustrations.

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