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 Discussion on answer by TimR: What do…

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user3067860
Apr 16, 2024 17:06
@Fattie There certainly is a usual order for native speakers. This kind of format is (generically) called ablaut reduplication and the order of vowels is generally from the front of the mouth to the back. It's understandable if you say it the other way but it feels very awkward.
 

 Discussion on answer by Dcleve: The i…

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user3067860
Mar 1, 2024 10:29
@Dcleve How's the state of research on "does god exist" and "how could a god come to exist" then? Any big advances in the last couple thousand years or so?
user3067860
Mar 1, 2024 10:29
@Dcleve It just moves the problem down a turtle. What is the likelihood that a god comes into existence? And if the probability is non-zero then why don't we see more of them roaming around? Surely there would be absolutely a ton by now, and they're not really restricted by speed of light, etc.
 

 Discussion on answer by Nuclear Hoagi…

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user3067860
Feb 4, 2024 07:34
(Personally I think there's a good argument that Musk would do the CEO job simply to keep his name attached to Tesla, so the board could probably have set compensation to zero and still retained him. If anything, they would probably have to pay him to get him to go away.)
user3067860
Feb 4, 2024 07:34
@ZizyArcher It's not just that they could have found a different CEO for less, you could make a claim that Musk was the best possible CEO and worth more than a random CEO. It's that the judge believes they could have gotten Musk for (significantly) less and just didn't try properly. If Musk found out that a manager had negotiated a retention bonus with an employee that was actually much higher than needed to retain that employee then they would both be instantly fired. If they happened to have a relationship outside of the workplace before that point...
user3067860
Feb 4, 2024 07:34
@Kyralessa The key is that the board has a fiduciary duty here. It's impossible for one person to do everything, that's why you hire people to do stuff for you. In order for society to function smoothly, people need to be able to trust the people they hire to some extent (more or less, depending on the job). The law can't actually force people to be trustworthy, but the law can provide recourse when someone fails the level of trust that comes with a specific position. That's what happened here.
 

 Discussion on question by user140244:…

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user3067860
Jan 11, 2024 20:39
@AidaPaul If I told you that I found the solution to your coding problem in my horoscope it could be a correct solution... But you would probably expect me to justify that rather than put the burden on you to debunk it.
user3067860
Jan 11, 2024 16:53
The conversation goes like this, Non-Developer: We would like the system to Do Magic. Developer: Actually doing magic is really hard, we would need a lot more time for implementation, maybe we can discuss another similar feature that would be faster to implement... Non-Developer: ChatGPT says you can just use System.doMagic(), why are you saying this is hard? Compiler: ERROR: System.doMagic() method not found. Developer: smashing head on desk
user3067860
Jan 11, 2024 16:49
@AidaPaul You said, "how are you 100% sure that the gpt suggestions are so wrong and ludicrous and not just your lack of experience?"
user3067860
Jan 10, 2024 18:40
@AidaPaul It doesn't take great genius to understand "method not found" means that System.workMagic() isn't an actual solution.
 

 Discussion on answer by lupe: How do …

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user3067860
Dec 6, 2023 09:32
@lupe If the mind is purely physical then we should be able to create a mind, right? Or at least identify from physical examination what makes one mind aware and another not? Not really that long ago people thought that if you just gave a computer enough processing power than it would develop some kind of awareness, but that has not happened and we still have no idea how to make a computer aware, not even at the level of a roundworm. It's possible that we will get there some day but it's definitely still an open question.
 

 Discussion on question by benjamin: T…

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user3067860
Nov 10, 2023 00:21
@KateGregory I don't think it's actually intended to be cute, but rather to drive the point home to a particular brand of blue sky management. If an employee runs off you can always beg, peer pressure, or offer incredible sums for answering the occasional question over text. If the employee is dead you're not getting anything, full stop.
 

 Discussion on answer by Dmitry Savost…

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user3067860
Oct 30, 2023 19:49
@DmitrySavostyanov The PI may have been hit by a bus or run off to Bermuda with their neighbor's spouse. Even if the project is able to continue without the PI, they may have reasonably decided to pause hiring in the meantime, and the details of why just aren't relevant to the OP. The only relevant thing to know is that this position is unavailable, which the OP already managed to figure out.
 

 Discussion on answer by Therac: Can a…

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user3067860
Jun 12, 2023 02:12
121.5 ...then you can negotiate changing frequencies if needed.
 

 Discussion on answer by JBH: What is …

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user3067860
May 31, 2023 04:55
@JBH OP specifies a metal scarce world. So you will still be in bronze age no matter how many bright ideas people come up with. Can you build a treb with only bronze age materials? Certainly yes, easier than building a ballista.
user3067860
May 31, 2023 04:55
@JBH OP specifies that metal is scarce, not that the people haven't had time to figure stuff out. That said, I would use by first choice a harpy eagle trained to carry a thread attached to a string attached to a rope..., second choice a trebuchet.
 

 Discussion on answer by Colin Fine: A…

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user3067860
May 11, 2023 19:21
@ColinFine They clarified in a comment on the OP that they did think there were different ways of referring to time based on if you were reading it from an analog or digital clock. So specifically "is this the correct way of referring to time on an analog clock"--which imo "thirty-six past one" is not wrong but "one-thirty-six" is more right.
user3067860
May 11, 2023 19:21
@ColinFine Based on the question, it's not clear that the OP understands that "one twenty-six" is still an acceptable format to use when reading time, even when you're reading it from an analog clock, and since that's the most common format it is probably worth mentioning.
 

 Discussion on question by Barmar: Is …

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user3067860
Apr 27, 2023 23:03
@Lambie It reminds me of the joke, Q. "What would you think about someone using the phrase 'female doctor'?" A. "I would think they didn't feel comfortable pronouncing 'gynecologist'." A wild guess, people are using scientific language in more informal contexts than before with correspondingly informal pronunciation (and the same venue may be more informal today than it was a few decades ago). As opposed to saying "period" like before.
 

 Discussion on answer by Philip Kendal…

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user3067860
Apr 22, 2023 15:12
@R..GitHubSTOPHELPINGICE I'm not saying ML is magical but it's not necessarily obvious that in a large learning model any single input contributes enough that the output can be considered a derivative work of that specific input. Especially not when you consider code where things like API calls, etc., are not copy-right-able. (E.g. every time I write an integral it is probably a derivative work of my intro-to-calculus textbook, but equations aren't copy-right-able so I'm off the hook for that one.)
user3067860
Apr 22, 2023 15:12
@R..GitHubSTOPHELPINGICE It is not obviously a legally derivative work. If a human writer writes genre fiction they probably learned how to write that genre by reading lots of existing books, but whatever they write isn't automatically considered derivative. (It may be that AI is derivative because the AI can't really exercise creativity, but it's not immediately obvious that it is so--for example, there are many authors who write what could be called "boilerplate novels"...meaning that they seem very repetitive, but aren't necessarily derivative, legally speaking.)
 

 Discussion on answer by FumbleFingers…

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user3067860
Mar 31, 2023 16:10
I can't believe no one has brought up "he has piano".
 

 Discussion on answer by Arno: Is it l…

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user3067860
Feb 13, 2023 16:03
@Scorb Are you assuming that the ability distribution of the minority population mirrors the ability distribution of the whole population? (And do you have anything to justify that assumption, because IME it isn't an accurate assumption.)
 

 Discussion on question by Richard Bam…

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user3067860
Jan 30, 2023 18:19
@Danya02 No, I hear you-- select * from node parent left join node child on child.parent_id = parent.id where child.id is null -- is quite useful. (Find all leaves in the tree/all childless parents--of the data that's recorded, of course, if you forgot to push Save then GIGO.)
user3067860
Jan 30, 2023 18:19
@Danya02 "Find out the location of each user who updated this record." "We don't store information about location of the user." (Usually next statement from management, "Don't come to me with problems, only solutions." To be followed by much smashing of my head on my keyboard.) (But I agree that in the context of this paper it's not really a problem...the way that "but I don't have an oven" isn't a problem addressed by a recipe for baking bread, nor does the recipe address any philosophical issues like at what point does raw dough become not-fully-cooked bread? Etc. It's just not the goal.)
 

 Discussion on question by Milten: How…

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user3067860
Jan 26, 2023 08:13
What part of the world are you in? Specifically, are you in a part of the world where there's some expectation that every part of your job is documented in your contract, or are you in a part of the world where contracts typically include amorphous "and other duties" clauses that could include, e.g., handhold this one person?
user3067860
Jan 26, 2023 08:13
So you're sending them pull requests and tickets and then complaining because they don't check Git/Jira/whatever, but you also won't message them on Teams?
 

 Discussion on question by phd_cyber_c…

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user3067860
Jan 13, 2023 16:47
@shalop But in the same question (from two days ago) the OP also says that they intend to start writing their thesis after finishing a few other things. If you haven't started writing your thesis yet is it reasonable to conclude that you will be finished and done defending it in less than 4 months? The supervisor doesn't seem to be saying that it can't happen, just that they don't want to promise that it for-sure will happen.
user3067860
Jan 13, 2023 16:47
What's your current plan/timeline? I.e. when you you plan to be done with your thesis, how long do you think the defense will last, etc.
 

 Discussion on question by Node.JS: Sa…

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user3067860
Jan 12, 2023 00:17
@shoover If the OP decided to move to Manhattan do you think they would be paid more? Cost of living is a red herring, the company doesn't care about how much money it takes the OP to survive they only care about how much money it takes to keep the OP working for them.
 

 Discussion on question by Carduus: Ar…

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user3067860
Dec 21, 2022 03:44
Maybe I'm missing the joke but "not pronounceable by the human tongue" is using the meaning of "tongue" that just means "language", right? Not literal tongue. (Like meaning 3 here: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tongue )
 

 Discussion on question by Soft wind: …

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user3067860
Dec 5, 2022 22:32
@Softwind The Wikipedia article you link to provides background information. Per the article, he was asked to "[review] then-current ideas for population control from a wide range of organizations and individuals and providing a common methodology to evaluate those ideas and their potential impact". This table is only the list of ideas from various sources, not the actual evaluation of which ones might be good or bad ideas. Also per the article, his final conclusion was that most of that wasn't necessary--the only necessary part was giving everyone access to contraceptives.
 

 Discussion on answer by David Hammen:…

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user3067860
Nov 24, 2022 09:54
@DavidHammen To come up with the statistic that 60% of people are employed by small business then the definition has to include Walmart and BH. They are publicly traded but have a family that owns either a controlling interest or a significant interest. If you want to narrow the definition to businesses that are privately owned or even just fully controlled by the family then that 60% number becomes more like 15% or less.
user3067860
Nov 24, 2022 09:54
@DavidHammen People use "family-owned business" as an appeal-to-emotion argument, just imagine the holiday movie scene when the kids learn they will have to sell the family farm... But family-owned business includes things like Walmart and Berkshire Hathaway.
 

 Discussion on question by questformor…

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user3067860
Nov 17, 2022 18:20
Is the person's net impact negative or positive? Basically the time saved by having this person do the work that they do vs. the time spent by other people making tasks more explicit or cleaning up after a task that fulfilled the letter of the requirement but not the spirit...
 

 Discussion on answer by Guntram Blohm…

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user3067860
Oct 19, 2022 04:35
@gerrit / Guntram Blohm Carbonated anything is painful for me, it feels like pouring hydrogen peroxide on a cut. Fortunately the US is very big on flat/tap water. This explains a lot about tourist confusion over waiters constantly refilling water glasses...it's not just because they're very attentive in hopes of a large tip but also because people actually drink it and want more. I was at a wedding with a very well stocked open bar recently and most people drank a lot of flat water in addition to whatever else they were drinking.
user3067860
Oct 19, 2022 04:35
@gerrit I am absolutely baffled by that--is the tap water not safe to drink? Or do they literally mean they have no plumbing? After everything I've heard about German culture I have trouble believing that no one would call them out on such nonsense.
 

 Discussion on answer by Italian Philo…

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user3067860
Sep 28, 2022 07:01
@vsz "any agreement made under duress is invalid" If you want an agreement to be binding, then remove the duress first. (Interestingly, Russia doesn't recognize Kosovo as independent so you could just as easily turn this question around...)
 

 Discussion on answer by Greendrake: A…

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user3067860
Sep 25, 2022 05:25
@Ed999 The question is tagged both united-states and united-kingdom. There may be multiple correct partially-complete answers when multiple jurisdictions are involved.
 

 Discussion on answer by DavePhD: Was …

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user3067860
Aug 16, 2022 03:08
@csstudent1418 Well, the online archive version of the consumer price index only seems to go back about 30 years (January 1994), but they seem to have been using a monthly format then, too. bls.gov/news.release/history/cpi_021794.txt
user3067860
Aug 16, 2022 03:08
@csstudent1418 No, we don't agree the "commonly measured inflation". Maybe "the commonly measured year over year inflation" or "the commonly measured annual inflation". But it says "in the month of July" and it means literally that. A month is a perfectly reasonable interval of time to talk about, you wouldn't scoff at someone talking about their monthly wages or their monthly budget.
user3067860
Aug 16, 2022 03:08
@csstudent1418 Sure, saying that you had 5% inflation per year says nothing about any variation on any smaller time scale, so it's totally possible you had 0% inflation on some smaller time scale. Or you could go the other way and say you had 63% net inflation over the whole 10 year period.
user3067860
Aug 16, 2022 03:08
@csstudent1418 It seems pretty simple, "no inflation" means the balloon isn't getting bigger. It is still as big as it was previously, yes. If the balloon got smaller that would be deflation. "Year over year" is not part of the definition of inflation. That's why when you see inflation measured year over year, it says "year over year". If you don't see anything saying that, then it doesn't mean that.
 

 Discussion on answer by ohwilleke: Ho…

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user3067860
Jun 30, 2022 20:14
@CarlKevinson Sure, this was back in the day of "spare the rod and spoil the child"--so that well-controlled militia had much more draconian rules (and enforcement thereof) than today.
 

 Discussion on question by softwaredev…

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user3067860
Apr 7, 2022 03:39
Get promoted. You'll still be unproductive between 3pm-4pm, but you'll be unproductive in (yet another) pointless meeting where it doesn't matter so much.
 

 Discussion on answer by pinegulf: Did…

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user3067860
Feb 11, 2022 15:03
I also do not read this as masks-are-ineffective, he directly says that masks can block droplets. He just says that masks aren't perfect and that they're more needed for hospitals, etc. If I tell you that seat belts in cars don't provide perfect protection against injury during a car crash, you wouldn't think that seat belts are ineffective, because it's obvious that even the most effective seat belt still has limitations.
 

 Discussion on answer by Carlo Felicio…

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user3067860
Feb 4, 2022 08:10
@Betternottell Look for a YouTube video about hypoxia from SmarterEveryDay....he goes (supervised) into a hypoxia chamber, knowing ahead of time that oxygen will be reduced, he will experience hypoxia, and then he should put on a mask. Once he is in hypoxia, he is still conscious and can move just fine, but he is simply not mentally competent to understand/remember the importance of putting on his mask. If you've ever tried to argue with someone who is drunk but thinks they are fine, it is the exact same as that, i.e. impossible.
 

 Discussion on answer by Valorum: How …

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user3067860
Jan 25, 2022 09:17
@GeoffAtkins That's why air speed should be in knots (or similar).
 

 Discussion on question by cocomac: Ho…

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user3067860
Jan 7, 2022 22:58
@PeterMortensen Most can do add swap to swap two numbers.. geeksforgeeks.org/…
 

 Discussion on answer by Weather Vane:…

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user3067860
Jan 4, 2022 19:12
The last part seems to be about physically printing something else in the same spot as the CE marking. Like if the CE marking is technically there but you've put your company logo over top of it so that it's really hard to see. I'm guessing they don't want logos, etc., to be associated as always CE and then the manufacturer quietly takes the CE off (but who can tell since it was under the logo anyway) and starts shrinking the glass... It's only CE if you can clearly see the CE marking.