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 Discussion on question by Hani Abdull…

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Weather Vane
Jan 30 11:03
Is "not wanting to go back" sufficient grounds to claim asylum?
 

 Discussion on question by devon taylo…

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Weather Vane
Jan 30 07:34
@leepappas electrons do not obey human laws; which are a description. OTOH is it moot that human perception controls the (known) universe?
Weather Vane
Jan 30 07:34
@leepappas do thoughts exist? And if they don't, how could we act upon them?
Weather Vane
Jan 30 07:34
It might be 0 at one particular moment but it might be oscillatory.
 

 Discussion on question by Rodrigo de …

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Weather Vane
Jan 24 16:19
OK, pigeons were considered as farm animals.
Weather Vane
Jan 24 16:19
Pigeons are considered farm animals – definitely not in UK although I ate pigeon pie in Morocco. They are more urban opportunist creatures, pests, although they are seen in the countryside.
 

 Discussion on answer by Ted Wrigley: …

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Weather Vane
Jan 6 09:08
@ScottRowe is it "distance makes the heart grow fonder" or "out of sight, out of mind"?
 

 Discussion on question by GBG: Theft …

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Weather Vane
Jan 5 21:57
@MichaelHall oh I see. Perhaps day after day the same guy tries to use the lift and never has a ticket.
Weather Vane
Jan 5 21:57
Because I don't get why they would even want to sue someone who may have forgotten to buy a ticket. The question is as absurd as shooting them for not having a ticket. If they don't have a ticket, the civilised way to deal with it is to send them to the ticket office.
Weather Vane
Jan 5 21:57
@MichaelHall, the camera is in their pocket. The point of the question is that the person has not yet used the lift service. When there are staff in attendance, it would take a particularly aggressive corporate stance to sue anyone without one. Oh but I forgot: this is America, where they might even shoot you.
Weather Vane
Jan 5 21:57
@MichaelHall where is it said that the person is equipped to ski?
Weather Vane
Jan 5 21:57
If the individual only wants to take some photos, but is cautious about marching to the head of the line, where is the intent to take a ride that was not paid for? When shoplifting, you have to actually leave the store with unpaid goods. Even then, it may be accidental and I once did that, immediately returning to pay for the goods. Similarly you may have forgotten to buy a ticket, or somehow thought they had some kind of complimentary right to use the ski lift. If you are stopped by ski area staff at the bottom of the lift without a ticket. Then you can't ride – end of.
 

 Discussion on question by Prashanth C…

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Weather Vane
Jan 3 13:57
Your "self-sabotage" makes it sound like a deliberate action, which is not conveyed by the idiom "shoot onself in the foot". See Farlex. A verb could be trip up.
 

 Discussion on answer by Mari-Lou A: I…

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Weather Vane
Dec 31, 2024 12:50
@Wittyhaire the BBC isn't "ordered" to produce any specific output, although UK gov has some say on the appointment of its chair (and it has to adhere to the conditions of its Charter). It is funded mostly from a licence fee, plus some commercial revenue. Its market share is about 32%, and the rest is by other, independent, channels.
 

 Discussion on question by user80226: …

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Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@MichaelHall, I see, you have now twice fallen back to an insult, but thanks for the "opportunity".
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@MichaelHall please rectify your absurd "Hypothesis, theories (but not necessarily predictions) are formed based on statistical facts."
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@MichaelHall how hard is it to distinguish reality from suppostion?
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@MichaelHall if you mean "ass backwards" then say so. Actuarials are based on facts. The supposed chance of carbon life exisiting is based on theory. It can't be based on fact: on that reckoning the chance is 100%. And in the world of turf accountancy, the odds given are initially based on supposed probability (form) but in the end are based on the actual money placed: not on the likelihood that a horse / dog / flea will win.
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@user80226 what I would like to do is point out that the chances of a specific scenario are vanishingly slim, but of any meaningful one are considerably greater. That's the strange thing about the synchronocity thing – it happens so frequently because any pair of similar events (their multitude of properties) might provoke it.
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
...and when an iPhone spontaneously comes into existence by quantum theory (and was 'fixed' by the power of observation) I will say "No! That's the wrong model!"
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
@MichaelHall actuarial statistics used by insurance companies are based on facts. Other statistics are based on theory. I remember seeing a "what chance that we exist" article using theoretical probabilities about stars, planets, goldilocks etc., but it overlooked the absurdity of the creature in question actually existing and making this bizarre calculation.
Weather Vane
Dec 24, 2024 09:42
Carbon-based life isn't statistical but a fact. If the universe is infinite, then carbon based life must happen somewhere. I'm reminded of Douglas Adams' "puddle analogy" as given in Wikimedia's Anthropic principle: If you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!
 

 Discussion on answer by fev: Is the w…

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Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:24
@Socrates the insult wouldn't be saying that the bathroom is for boys, but implying that a 'boy' is asking where it is. It's indirect and hard to challenge.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:24
@Obie2.0 the question did not say "that's the bathroom for boys". It said "Over there. For boys."
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:24
We don't get the context, but I suspect it is intended to be a slur. A male asks "Where is the washroom?" and the polite reply is "Over there." Adding "for boys" is unnecessary.
 

 Discussion on question by Miss Unders…

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Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
I meant thought-provoking, without sarcasm. Btw I am on the spectrum.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
Thank you for the provoking question.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
@MissUnderstands are you still expecting "hard science" to come up with a fixed well-defined universe? Because nobody can, or ever will, agree on that. There is a certain common sense to it, but beyond that we all live in very different worlds.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
@Syed yes, but some think the beginnning was about 6000 years ago, and others think it was about 14 billion years ago. Both are just a point in time of one's belief. Neither is relevant to the other person's frame of reference, so neither view can disprove anything earlier.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
How can something come from nothing? Sth like a sine wave demonstrates that – at one instant of time (the zero crossing point) there is nothing, but there was and there will be something. It all depends on the reference frame. Shift that and it all changes, such as with geocentric to heliocentric models. Everything is relative: nothing is absolute.
Weather Vane
Dec 20, 2024 13:12
In the beginning of what? Is this semantics? How can tautology be a proof?
 

 Discussion on question by ConanTheGer…

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Weather Vane
Dec 13, 2024 21:41
@kaya3 suppose I suspect that my landlord lets himself in to my home when I am out. I install a surveillence camera, but if I put up a notice, he won't come in. That may stop it, but I'll never find out the truth. And if things have sometimes "gone missing" there is nothing I can do about catching him.
Weather Vane
Dec 13, 2024 21:41
Why is it a crime to have a surveillence camera in one's own home? If it has to be turned off until those entering have given their consent, it sort of defeats its purpose.
 

 Discussion on answer by tchrist: Why …

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Weather Vane
Nov 25, 2024 14:18
Such text-speak style was established usage in a profession I trained in a half century ago, and wasn't new then. We would write "hbw in cb ff b/s" and we all knew it meant "Half brick wall in common bricks with a fair face both sides", which is what would appear in the finished document.
 

 Discussion on question by belacqua: W…

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Weather Vane
Nov 14, 2024 07:09
The speaker's intuition is about the overall situation, which they describe, and leads to saying that a few reviews on their own is not enough – there needs to be stronger support to justify what they have done; neither of them is up to it.
 

 Discussion on question by Wish Play: …

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Weather Vane
Nov 10, 2024 15:29
... and saying "well able" doesn't emphasize any negative, it makes a point without being confrontational. I don't speak Dutch, but google translates wel to well, and using 'well' is certainly an emphasis that doesn't need capitalising. If your employer doesn't understand that then you can save the rudeness for later, unless you are actually having a heated argument with them.
Weather Vane
Nov 10, 2024 15:29
Perhaps the author half-remembered exersise discretion.
Weather Vane
Nov 10, 2024 15:29
Writing advice is off-topic, but English has the similar 'well'. "I am well able to act with discretion and dignity". (One doesn't exert discretion or dignity, but might display those qualities.)
 

 Discussion on question by cph_sto: On…

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Weather Vane
Oct 25, 2024 17:32
@Obie2.0 perhaps you can ask the OP to add more context.
Weather Vane
Oct 25, 2024 17:32
@Obie2.0 you seem to have digressed to colonisation. Perhaps you can ask the OP to add more context.
Weather Vane
Oct 25, 2024 17:32
@Obie2.0 the context seems to be about religious conversion.
Weather Vane
Oct 25, 2024 17:32
That makes the 'victim' a dupe.
Weather Vane
Oct 25, 2024 17:32
A dupe is someone who has been tricked. But did the perpetrators act in good faith, or were they on the make?
 

 Discussion on question by Inquiring M…

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Weather Vane
Oct 22, 2024 14:05
Here is one previous post which links to others.
Weather Vane
Oct 22, 2024 14:05
99%. Have you ever met in person? It reads like the standard scam, but I could be wrong. Why would he be in Dubai customs when it's only transiting?
 

 Discussion on question by hehe123456:…

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Weather Vane
Oct 21, 2024 21:14
See the informed answer.
Weather Vane
Oct 21, 2024 21:14
It doesn't say that only women will be considered. They are trying to address gender and other imbalances in their staffing, and are encouraging women to apply. It also says "All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority." Which doesn't exclude men, or favour women. Further down is "To address gender inequity in the field of computer science and alleviate the under-representation of women in such positions, this position is targeted to candidates who self-declare as women." (My bolding).
 

 Discussion on question by Ricky: Is t…

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Weather Vane
Oct 19, 2024 00:37
@Drew – The fallacy of many questions.
Weather Vane
Oct 19, 2024 00:37
Perhaps, then, it is a devious question, or a snide one (seeing as it's more of a remark dressed up as a question).
Weather Vane
Oct 19, 2024 00:37
It can also be called a "trick question".