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Discussion on question by SuperYoshik…

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CGCampbell

Jun 26 04:52

Honorverse's Treecats (essentially 6 legged bobcat-sized felines) end up being way more intelligent than humans knew in the beginning of the series, yet their primary weapons were always the claws and teeth. IIRC, that is, it's been a couple decades.

Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Wh…

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CGCampbell

May 7 00:36

@MichaelAtkins-Prescott <soapbox> how DARE you call this a stupid question!!1!</soapbox> .... oh wait, OP.... <-- that was me two minutes ago

The Time Machine

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CGCampbell

Dec 13, 2024 14:54

Question about Japanese Kagoshima-ben "code talkers"

CGCampbell

Dec 13, 2024 14:54

WWII History buffs, especially Pacific, check out this question and answer over in Skeptics:skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/57552/…

Discussion on answer by Barmar: Why d…

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CGCampbell

Oct 23, 2024 18:32

I find it telling that within two months of the Disney arbitration fiasco, several companies, modified their 'fine print' removing the "you're only allowed arbitration" clauses... IIRC PayPal was one.

Agora

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CGCampbell

Jul 11, 2024 13:16

might be interesting to see how the Republicans go against AOC's impeachment articles... maybe using the whattabout strategy and turn it into an attack against the liberal leaning justices

CGCampbell

Oct 27, 2023 11:22

Wonder if Israel has ever considered only doing exactly to Hamas/Gaza what Hamas has done to them? ( i.e. Hamas launches ~5000 rocket into Israel, Israel responds only in kind, launching ~5000 rockets into Gaza) They would still be condemned due to the increased concentration of space/people in Gaza, but at least they'd be able to claim more of a moral high-ground.

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 13:04

( I didn't mean to assume OP was male )

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 12:55

My reason for not commenting in this case is mostly becase it is a HNQ.

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 12:54

If/when the OP discovers this chat, I fully expect to be chastised by them, but am hoping that they remain respectful here.

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 12:53

Because I don't believe in this level of naiveté, I firmly believe it was written to push an agenda, and so have VtC it.

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 12:52

I have been unable to word my comment or meta question in a way that the OP won't claim it is a personal attack on him, while I am firmly convinced it is not. The OP wrote the questions "as if he is naive to a level I simply cannot fathom cannot be possible."

CGCampbell

Mar 1, 2023 12:50

I've VtC "https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/78463/help-me-understand-the-context-behind-the-its-okay-to-be-white-question-in-a" and it took me thinking about it for over a day to finally decide to do so. I've also started to write an explanatory comments four separate times, and actually started to write a meta 'question' about it, but ended up discarding that as well.

Discussion on question by IAG: Can an…

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CGCampbell

Apr 27, 2024 20:18

@IAG what is your position in relation to this question, the professor and the hypothetical student? Are you a TA? A student? Why I am asking: if you are a student, how do you know what the customary answer is?

Discussion on question by je je: Is p…

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CGCampbell

Apr 25, 2024 14:39

Also, as a lawyer, you'll have an office, and on your wall you will display your diploma for clients to see.... hate for you to lose a potential source of income because they don't trust your diploma is real... i.e. If I saw a new doctor's diploma that had ", Class Clown" on it, I'd thank them for their time and go elsewhere.

Discussion on question by Mitsuko: Is…

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CGCampbell

Mar 29, 2024 15:34

@Kevin My first thought after reading that article is the students should have located the professor's own thesis and do the same thing. Then when it is shown that the professor used ChapGPT (before it even existed) demand that the professor have their tenure revoked. (yes, this IS tongue in cheek.)

Arab–Israeli conflict

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CGCampbell

Oct 27, 2023 14:09

All that aside, what is the current status of the origin of the hospital explosion?

CGCampbell

Oct 27, 2023 14:06

What caused me to make my original statement, that you responded to was the fact that I am disgusted with how the world seems to be slamming Israel on their (over) reaction and lack of caring for the Palestinian innocent civilians, and no one is slamming Hamas for their original firing of 5000+ rockets. Yes, Israel has/is over-reacting, but darn it, Hamas going from 100-ish rockets per day to 5000+ should itself be just as loudly condemned.

CGCampbell

Oct 27, 2023 14:03

@JoeW (responding to your comment to me in agora) Of course not. Two wrongs don't make a right, and all that. I'm not Israeli, nor am I Jewish. I think of myself as a dis-interested viewer (although I'm incredibly interested in a conflict which has the possibility of spilling over into a world-wide one.) I'm not (or I should say, I don't think I am) biased either for or against Israel, or for or against the Palestinians.

Discussion on answer by Johns-305: Ho…

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CGCampbell

Aug 5, 2023 06:22

Also, those of you who are keying on Johns-305's mention of sunscreen as if that were the sum total of his advice, learn to read. The key to that paragraph isn't the example given (i.e. sunscreen) but the statement "your time in Iceland will have much bigger impact potential than the journey" and then his real advice is to follow the "leave no trace" principles, one of which might be to change the type of sunscreen used. That isn't being given as the only advice, it's simply an example of the overall advice.

CGCampbell

Aug 5, 2023 06:22

I disagree with all of the nay-sayers of this answer. Although I'm not sure the chart if helpful, what he says it on point. The OP asks what is a better way to get to Iceland without flying, becuase they are worried about their carbon footprint. (At least that is how I am interpreting it.) The issue for me is, flying should not be so quickly discarded. The commercial flights are going there, whether or not the OP uses them. So, the OP is choosing to not use a commercial flight already going there and using some other means, which may or may not a env friendly.

Discussion on answer by Michael Hall:…

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CGCampbell

Aug 2, 2023 17:37

@MindwinRememberMonica Not sure why you're asking me. I was asking Michael, as I was not sure of the scope of his answer.

CGCampbell

Aug 2, 2023 17:37

Michael, assuming this answer is for the US, shouldn't you tag it such?

The Restaurant at the End of the Univ…

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CGCampbell

May 30, 2023 11:40

what's the criteria for an obit in meta? Jim Brown recently passed (Mars Attacks)

Discussion on answer by Sandro: Shoul…

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CGCampbell

May 27, 2023 11:19

there might also be a maker's meet of some kind

Discussion on question by oooooo: Is …

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CGCampbell

May 17, 2023 15:28

FA, I just verified with my wife, who is a senior financial person within AAFES, the Army and Air Force Exchange System (Basically the on-post stores at all Army posts and AF bases, they (are required) to take $50 and $100 bills upon presentation, by a customer in payment for anything, including a pack of gum, with the requirement that the bill(s) be verified (I won't go into how). In addition, they take $1 coins, 50c pieces and $2 bills as well.

Discussion on question by BeeOnRope: …

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CGCampbell

May 10, 2023 10:58

3 answers and a ton of comments... this flight is part of a move, as stated by the OP. Shouldn't this be Expatriates?

Discussion on question by Zuriel: In …

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CGCampbell

May 4, 2023 10:59

I know a couple who own a 'Chinese-food restaurant' in my neighborhood, and were only taking home the standard pay for their positions, and all of the rest of the profit was being saved to open a second restaurant. They were, in fact, living off of waitress/tip and cook pay.

CGCampbell

May 4, 2023 10:59

I'm honestly curious how you know how "much they make" as well as how much "they" make. You don't know how they, as a married couple, are taking home pay, nor whether or not they are taking home pay for their functions within the restaurant. Perhaps they are taking a large percentage of the profits as a joined couple, or perhaps she is earning a wage as the waitress, day-to-day, and they take profit as a quarterly thing, or perhaps everything goes back into the restaurant EXCEPT for their cook's and waitress' wages.... you simply can't know.

Discussion on question by Speedy the …

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CGCampbell

Apr 4, 2023 14:54

all we have is the OPS opinion on the family member. Early dementia? There is no such thing. There is early-onset dementia, which this family member does NOT have. E-O D occurs before 50. the family member is 70, right? That's not early. What they MAY have is Mild, Moderate or Severe. And all of those REQUIRE diagnosis from a medical professional. The OP isn't one. Or has not claimed to be.

Discussion on answer by Daniel R. Col…

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CGCampbell

Mar 14, 2023 19:24

Hah, I thought I was (as an American) soooo smart when I already knew what a fortnight was (and not the video game)... and here I learn what an invigilator is...

Discussion on question by Eternal_Eth…

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CGCampbell

Mar 11, 2023 08:39

@PlasmaHH Just so you know, that wasn't a complete one-off. We use Linux backends to run Java code to control a Windows-based GUI as well...so yeah, it's a thing.

The Ivory Tower

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CGCampbell

Mar 9, 2023 12:37

If I am not being accurate in my comment there, please let me know and I'll remove it forthwith

CGCampbell

Mar 9, 2023 12:37

This comes from skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/55451/… ... see Fizz's and my comments

CGCampbell

Mar 9, 2023 12:36

I don't know if this has been asked before, or even if it would be considered on topic or a decent question, but, what, if anything, can be said about a paper that passes a "peer review" in two days, and is accepted into a jounal that happens to be listed on beallslist?

Discussion on answer by Nepene Nep: M…

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CGCampbell

Feb 24, 2023 03:46

This really really needs to go to chat

Discussion on question by Ana: Need h…

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CGCampbell

Jan 31, 2023 12:15

Also, something Lodinn says back at the beginning of the thread also caught my eye... what if this were a 6th grade class, with high school juniors and seniors 'auditing' it....

CGCampbell

Jan 31, 2023 12:12

I've a question I honestly don't know the answer to. If one of the offenders were a TA, this would be an issue, perhaps a legal one, as the TA has a power imbalance over a student under their care. What is the power imbalance in a student who leads a tutoring effort? Is there any (legal) imbalance of power?

Discussion on question by OT-64 SKOT:…

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CGCampbell

Jan 20, 2023 15:21

@AlexP You are quite correct. I knew I had seen this before (I think in research for a politics.se question, but according to this page, from 1789-1849, all total, the US Federal Budget had receipts of 1.160 Billion, with outlays of 1.09 Billion. Total. For all of those years. The first single year we had receipts of over a billion wasn't until 1917. In 1910 the US made 676 million, spent 694 million, and had a deficit of 18 million. Spending all they could on this island would still be a pittance.

Discussion on question by scuba_organ…

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CGCampbell

Jan 19, 2023 18:31

At least you're here asking... you could be like what I imagine a lot of "parents" are... either abusive or checking out. I didn't have an abusive childhood, I just had a non-existent father, until he realized I could return an "adult" conversation and by that time, I had checked out of being his son. Might never have repaired that relationship if not for my girlfriend, later my wife. Too negative and not an answer to what you want, so just a comment on what not to do.

Discussion on question by aquaticapet…

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CGCampbell

Jan 4, 2023 16:32

After re-reading your question, I think we need slightly more information. Is the TA requirement in addition to the RA, or in place of (a portion of)?

Discussion on question by Groody the …

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CGCampbell

Dec 2, 2022 17:08

If the name "cure wounds" was considered part of the rules of the spell, then wouldn't the spell be limited to curing HP caused by whatever caused the wounds?

Discussion on answer by Michael Hall:…

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CGCampbell

Dec 1, 2022 14:16

@Mykola then when all of the commercial airliners have the digital radios (?) what do they do when they have to land at an airport without one, or how do non-commercial airplanes communicate with commercial planes, etc. etc. You are adding expense and effort and more things to worry about as a pilot for no decent return on investment. How many accidents happen with the manual system as it is? All you are really doing is taking away jobs for no real gain on safety or throughput.

Discussion on question by Paul Omans:…

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CGCampbell

Oct 14, 2022 17:23

I'm really really surprised no one mentioned the artist formerly known as Prince, while he used the graphic symbol as his name to fight against his record label.

Discussion on question by user136954:…

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CGCampbell

Oct 6, 2022 19:39

OP, didn't you ever wonder why those other managers are getting 3 weeks of vacation when you only get 2?

Discussion on answer by Italian Philo…

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CGCampbell

Sep 20, 2022 08:00

@SirHawrk The Venezuelan general strike, followed by Chavez firing 19000+ oil industry workers, replacing them with loyalists. The Ven. oil industry lost its knowledge and experience and production took a huge hit.

Discussion on question by BenRW: 24 h…

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CGCampbell

Jun 13, 2022 16:47

And answerers, don't forget the earthquake's effects on the bridges all up and down the peninsula....

CGCampbell

Jun 13, 2022 16:47

Forget the Carribean/Cuba, they're going to be evacuating/preparing as well... The islanders are going to concerned with their own survival. Islands with high enough ground (e.g. St Kitts) will have their population moving up, while those that don't will themselves be evacuating prior to the expected tsunami and its reflections.