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Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
09:04
> My employer's legal department requires me to declare that every opinion I express on Stack Overflow is also the opinion of the entire company, of every employee, and of the executive management. I am never wrong and am always right.
 
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Mitch
Mitch
14:11
What I've been saying all along: "Empathy is overrated"
Jan 13 at 16:28, by Mitch
Empathy is overrated.
Jan 28 at 16:46, by Mitch
Stalin was overrated
Noting things are 'overrated' is overrated
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
I think what that article is trying to say is that empathy alone does not make a good leader.
which should be obvious.
Mitch
Mitch
Oh sure. All the commentary is so sports like. "The reason the Rattlesnakes won is because they had a strong defense and precision scoring ability" "They won by a single point with a hail mary throw." "Exactly, momentum too"
post hoc ergo propter hoc.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
I wish there was a political party whose single policy was to use evidence-based reasoning.
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Mitch
Mitch
I was just thinking something like that.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Sadly I suspect they'd be unelectable.
Mitch
Mitch
14:19
I was thinking more of the writing about it all.this monday morning quarterbacking.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 wouldn't make a good 'story'
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
The article I posted yesterday suggests that if the US spent $20B on environmental lead cleanup it'd get $200B in increased productivity, reduced crime, decreased criminal justice costs, etc, by the time the current kids grow up.
The evidence for lead poisoning being a serious problem is pretty convincing.
And yet there is little action on it.
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 When some white people get endangered -then- maybe something will happen.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Mitch well, they already are
Mitch
Mitch
or non-poor people. or something
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
the thing is the problem is subtle.
reduced IQ points and increased crime 20 years from now
Mitch
Mitch
14:24
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Oh.
stops drinking water
outs self as white
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
the example given was how rich people move into gentrified neighbourhoods and renovate everything. This releases all the lead in the buildings and soil and puts it into the air.
Mitch
Mitch
Oh. wow. so their kids get lead poisoning?
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
yes.
Mitch
Mitch
So that's why Bertie Wooster was such an excresence
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
Yes. It's very common.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
14:27
But not so much that it's noticeable.
Just like nobody really noticed the lead poisoning from leaded gas
Mitch
Mitch
so there's the Flynn effect of steadily increasing IQs (when IQ tests are not normalized) and the Flint effect (when IQ tests suddenly go down).
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
I mean, there could be lead in the paint in my house right now... I have no idea.
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Wha??
from sniffing leaded gas fumes?
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Mitch did you not know about that?
19 hours ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
link for the lead-crime connection
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yeah. depends on when built or last painted.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
14:30
It's not a problem if it's not disturbed.
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I wouldn't doubt it, and expect that's why the move towards unleaded for the past forever years.
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
Don't let your kids lick it.
Mitch
Mitch
stops disturbing leaded gas
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@KitZ.Fox Well, I'm pretty sure all the recent paint layers are lead-free.
Mitch
Mitch
Yeah, let them lick much safer things like bus windows.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
14:30
But each time this house has been painted, the rooms got slightly smaller.
Mitch
Mitch
:D
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
seriously it's like tree rings
I so wish I had the money to gut this entire house to its frame and rebuild
Or just raze and build
 
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Lawrence
Lawrence
15:47
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Interesting related tid-bit:
articles.latimes.com/1990-04-08/news/hl-1770_1_queen-mary
Hmm, I still haven't got the hang of getting those outside links to show up in nice white boxes.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Lawrence only certain sites are supported
@Lawrence That's a funny story about the stacks. Load-bearing paint.
Lawrence
Lawrence
16:06
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 So maybe you painted the wrong side of your room - imagine painting the outside and reclaiming brick space :P
You'd probably need to inform your insurer, though.
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Type: house. Building material: Latex paint.
Lawrence
Lawrence
:)
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
16:47
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Word for referring to the arts of the carpenter by evelyn on english.stackexchange.com …

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