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 Discussion on answer by Amadeus: How …

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Oct 13, 2022 15:34
Encryption doesn’t work if an attacker has access to time travel and therefore literally unlimited time to brute-force the key
 

 Discussion on answer by causative: Do…

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Jul 30, 2022 19:53
@Dcleve Before we get drawn into an unpleasant conversation, everybody should of course believe what they want. And of course a theist would reasonably require a lot of evidence that no God exists in order to stop believing (and similarly, an atheist that a God does exist to start). Where I am confused however, is your requirement that atheists on the internet provide evidence in favour of a God existing, the opposite of their position. More so since it seems you would be more inclined to take them seriously if they do, arguing against their own position.
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Jul 30, 2022 19:53
@Dcleve I would say that even after infinitely many searches of one’s house, it is still unreasonable to claim the keys do not exist at all, since they are known to have existed previously (they were previously in the possession of the causative). In what way does that mean someone disputing the claim that God exists should provide the evidence in favour of said claim?
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Jul 30, 2022 19:53
@Dcleve Why should the atheists in question go look for proof of the claim that a God exists? Surely the people actually making this claim should provide the evidence for it, not the people disputing it.
 

 Discussion on question by Younes: The…

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Jan 31, 2022 13:15
Could there be a communication problem? Especially the example “we had to search by ourselves to understand” points to this in my opinion. Did you tell them that that was expected? In many courses all the material is simply given to the students in bite-sized chunks, which they may have come to expect. I can’t imagine a student leaving this comment if they were explicitly told this was part of the course. If there are one or two more of these cases where something that’s obvious to you was left unsaid, that might explain the evaluations despite the impressive improvements.
 

 Discussion on answer by Ron Beyer: Is…

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Sep 10, 2020 15:46
@gerrit surely a bicycle with a flat tire isn’t “wrecked” or “inoperative”? It might be unpleasant for the rider and damaging for the tires, but it’s still completely possible to ride it.
 

 Discussion on question by Allure: Can…

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Jul 13, 2020 20:30
@Davor Thanks, I didn’t know that; where I live they are still available.
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Jul 13, 2020 20:30
@Richard At least in the Netherlands this is not true. There are many cab drivers that have their own cab and are self-employed. Also, the government defines maximum fees. The Uber rates are below cost.
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Jul 13, 2020 20:30
@Davor Uber is in the EU now too and they’re are still mighty cheap (all the regular taxi services are struggling because of them). How did they manage this there?
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Jul 13, 2020 20:30
@Davor Really? I was under the impression Amazon and Uber did this.
 

 Discussion on question by Ryan_L: Is …

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Jun 5, 2020 02:55
I would just like to point out that even if there was the strongest correlation imaginable, it wouldn’t be actionable since anybody can file a complaint against any police officer to try and get them in trouble. (Note that the question doesn’t specify whether the complaints were considered valid.)
 

 Discussion on answer by jarnbjo: Read…

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May 12, 2020 06:08
@jarnbjo Then it makes a lot more sense! :-) They sure are some weird words when read in Dutch: “can butcher worker”, “branch runner” and “branch worker”. I was thinking tak/Ast (nl/de), I didn’t realise it was Norwegian (I don’t speak it) in which case the cognate tak/Dach is quite clear.
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May 12, 2020 06:08
@jarnbjo those first three examples look Dutch but I (as a native speaker) don’t know what they are without context. You might have picked some tough test words. Also, there is no cognate of “tak” in German, regardless of the sense in which it is used.
 

 Discussion on question by lbragile: I…

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Dec 31, 2019 13:34
@Universal_learner You might have correctly guessed Ibragile’s intent, but that is simply not written in the question. (If you disagree please quote the relevant portion.) Again, I’m not saying the essence of the question is bad, just that the form the OP posted it in is unclear and satisfies multiple close reasons, to help the OP (since they complained about their questions getting closed).
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Dec 31, 2019 13:34
@Universal_learner What exactly is the question? Asking people to share their point of view? I refer you to the help center.
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Dec 31, 2019 13:34
What exactly is the question here? Your post reads like a rant, made into a question by “but what do you think” at the end. You may have a different goal for this question, but as it stands it looks like you just want people to agree with your assessment. Even if you are genuinely interested in other people’s opinions, that would make the question opinion-based which is not a good fit for the SE network (there is a closing reason dedicated to this). Please specify what exactly you want to know. So far, the only sentence ending in a question mark is a question only the developers can answer.
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Dec 31, 2019 13:34
Also, I’m sorry you feel like many of your questions have been closed. Looking at your profile, though, I don’t see them, I only see very well-scoring questions. The point of all this closing (to answer your first comment) is to keep the question quality high enough that the people who write high-quality answers (the subject matter experts) are kept interested so they stay on the site. Of course, what makes a question high-quality is sometimes a matter of debate, but the help center should be leading in this.
 

 Discussion on question by Leo: Is the…

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Oct 16, 2019 07:45
@Leo maybe the tax office doesn’t store your citizenship (I have no idea of the UK tax office although where I live the tax office would have to know) but certainly the government has on file that you do not have British citizenship? At the very least they have records of everyone who does (so not you) and a record of everyone who lives in Britain; the difference in the two lists is the list of foreign nationals living in Britain.
 

 Discussion on question by Dr Croubie:…

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May 3, 2019 17:42
Why wouldn’t city centre be well-defined? Cities usually have a specific point that is used to calculate the distance on traffic signs, why not take that?
 

 Discussion on answer by ggcg: What ca…

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Dec 14, 2018 17:42
Small nitpick: not all overtones have the same loudness (so your formula is missing a coefficient). This explains why the fundamental frequency is the one we hear: it’s the loudest. Additionally, I believe the change in tone is mainly caused by different relative loudness of the overtones, as I understand it the shift in the actual pitch of the overtones is quite small.
 

 Discussion on answer by Amadeus: How …

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Oct 11, 2018 02:21
@Amadeus Ah thanks. Could you maybe clarify that in your answer as well? As you could tell I was quite confused on this point after reading it.
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Oct 11, 2018 02:21
@LightnessRacesinOrbit Hold on – are you saying that in the USA it is acceptable for a clerk to refuse to speak to a woman?
 

 Discussion on question by Allure: Wha…

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Sep 9, 2018 13:39
@Allure Maybe you could change the wording in the bullet point about the books? The way it is now it looks like the postage is the reason why you can’t do it. And even with very expensive books, sending only one a year with a previously mentioned budget of $2500 is still confusing to me. (If the books are $2000 apiece why mention postage at all?) I understand that the initial figure of $2500 a year is only an estimation but the seemingly huge difference between the two bullet points makes it unclear what budget range you are looking for.
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Sep 9, 2018 13:39
It is not clear to me why you think the postage on books is prohibitively expensive if you also seriously entertain the idea of spending $500 five times a year. Sending a book internationally isn’t that expensive, right? Am I missing something?
 

 Discussion on answer by David Hammen:…

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Aug 22, 2018 15:50
RE: “[Companies] don’t maintain databases of voice recordings.” I wouldn’t expect companies to keep recordings of all their customers on file (even those that do voice authorisation), however I would expect them to keep all authorisations on file so that if you later claim a transaction was unauthorised they can compare the recording of the authorisation with a recording you provide when disputing the authorisation. The few times I authorised monetary transactions by phone I was explicitly informed my authorisation would be recorded.
 

 Discussion on answer by Glorfindel: W…

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Jun 21, 2018 08:48
@Fugu Maybe in some styles this is true. However, my point was exactly the opposite; in classical music a second inversion chord is functionally completely unrelated to the root position. A second inversion chord would (most likely) have dominant function, whereas a root position could be anything.
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Jun 21, 2018 08:48
@Fugu Re: “it matters somewhat less if you put a G in the bass”; that is highly style-dependent. In most classical music, a second inversion chord is considered dissonant (because of the fourth on the bass), whereas a first inversion obviously sounds different but has the same function so could conceivably be substituted.
 

 Discussion on answer by motosubatsu: …

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Nov 18, 2017 23:39
@jpmc26 Considering there are multiple commenters who recognise these sounds from their cats (among whom I am) and none who disagree, I find the anecdotal evidence compelling (insofar as anecdotal evidence can be so). As for the causes, my speculation would be that some are instinctual, others might be tendencies picked up by listening to humans (who are consistent, I think we can agree).
 

 Discussion on question by YellowPillo…

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Nov 9, 2017 11:27
@greg-449 Actually, with technologies such as multiple-issue processors (or just pipelines) it’s rather probable that frequently instructions from multiple threads are being executed simultaneously on a single core. This would mean more than 4 threads run at any given time.
 

 Discussion on answer by Kilisi: Boss …

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Mar 11, 2017 12:30
@smci In the question it says the company budget for the position is well below market rate. I can see why someone who is apparently very good at their job might ask for raises. Also, who would blame the employee if (s)he left for greener pastures?
 

 Discussion on question by Grasper: Is…

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Feb 19, 2017 18:37
As far as your name is concerned, there was this media circus where I live (the Netherlands) recently, where someone applied twice to the same job, once with a very traditional Dutch name and once with a foreign name (her real name). Guess under which name she got the job. None of this was intentional, but apparently subconsciously names can be a factor. I don't think this is in any way related to the "good written and verbal communication" requirement, though.