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[2022-04-26 13:38:57] - Can't think of a good reason why. I guess Adrian usually plays Protoss and Daniel usually plays Zerg, so archon games with them skew that direction, which might explain the low play rate for Terran. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:17:59] - Daniel: You maybe notice that means I played 6 games as Protoss and 8 games as one of the other races. This continues an oddity where I apparently get Protoss more often than any other race. 49 for Protoss. 32 as Terran. 41 as Zerg. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:14:53] - Daniel: Final count from last night (of games I counted, so not direct strike or the 30 second game where you missed your mineral patch): 7 wins and 7 losses for me. 2-4 as Protoss. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:09:19] - The moment any debate gets heated any anybody says the slightest impolite thing, people start tagging @Jack or @TwitterSupport or whatever trying to get people banned. It's tiresome how much conversation on twitter is about who should be banned from it. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:08:09] - Which I ironically think has maybe even made the discourse on there worse. People are still giant assholes and there's still plenty of toxic conversation, but now people are also eager tattle-tales about it (might be a cultural thing versus a Twitter thing, though). -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:07:07] - About the only thing it seems like Twitter has been "improving" on over the past few years is a heavier and heavier hand in term of content moderation. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:06:20] - As an investor and user of the service, it's been maddening to see basically no improvements in terms of functionality (in fact, they got rid of the few popular new things like Vine) and a seeming lack of caring about clearly broken things like the verification process and impersonators and scams. -Paul
[2022-04-26 13:05:02] - Daniel: Logically, I'm cautiously optimistic. Emotionally, it's hard for me not to get excited. I think there's a very good chance Musk fixes a lot of the obvious problems I think most people agree that twitter has (bots, spam, impersonators, etc) and I think he will move it more in a free speech direction, which I am personally for. -Paul
[2022-04-26 00:04:20] - protected intersections are coming to north america in 2023. if it gains popularity in canada, dc won't be far behind. ~a
[2022-04-25 23:34:34] - this doomsaying over twitter is quite something to behold. - mig
[2022-04-25 19:31:20] - i guess post here if you come back. ~a
[2022-04-25 19:31:05] - it doesn't make noises or notifications, so i guess i'll just have to watch that tab constantly? that's dumb. ~a
[2022-04-25 19:28:36] - aw someone joined and left the typeracer thing? ~a
[2022-04-25 19:24:39] - paul: are you exicited about musk buying it? i know we were talking about it but don't remember what your take was. -Daniel
[2022-04-25 19:02:25] - mig: I'm definitely pulling a "Ron Paul" from that meme right now. -Paul
[2022-04-25 19:02:15] - my typing speed has gotten faster the past few years. mostly thanks to typeracer.com . . . if anybody wants to race on typeracer, you can click here in the next 24 hours. ~a
[2022-04-25 17:57:24] - i did. and read what everybody said. then thought to myself, "i should respond to this". i'm fine any day but thursday. ~a
[2022-04-25 17:50:02] - a: check your email
-Daniel[2022-04-25 16:22:42] - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/technology/twitter-board-elon-musk.html it's happening? - mig
[2022-04-25 13:56:57] - I guess I'm conditioned as part of the two party system here to think: Well, maybe we should just call one the "left" candidate and the other the "right" candidate? -Paul
[2022-04-25 13:56:11] - Yeah, that's all fair. I'm sure it makes more sense than it seems to an American with no knowledge of French politics, but it just seems odd to me that the two major candidates in France are the "centrist" and the "far right". -Paul
[2022-04-25 03:29:52] - ok, then there's this wonderful perspective: apparently 306 electoral votes counds as "a tremendous landslide electoral college victory" (57%). so by that fucking twisted logic, macron had a tremendous landslide electoral victory?
~a[2022-04-25 03:20:25] - but also, i don't think a single politician, even, should decide where centrism is. i don't follow french politics (big surprise), but i will tell you that there's a chance that macron was considered a "meh" politician and nobody voted for him because he seemed pompous and aloof? ~a
[2022-04-25 03:11:56] - i think "right" and "left" can change over time, but they can't change too quickly. one election, two elections are not enough. it's gotta be more like . . . every decade it moves a bit. otherwise, left and right will have no meaning? ~a
[2022-04-25 03:10:31] - a: But maybe there are more concrete definitions in Europe (versus the more relative definitions in the US). It just struck me as odd that we were still describing a person who people thought had a shot at beating the centrist candidate (and did halfway decent last election) as "far right". -Paul
[2022-04-25 03:08:27] - a: Oh, absolutely. It's not just CNN. I've seen it everywhere in multiple news outlets. I'm not even necessarily trying to argue that she doesn't hold "extreme" positions, but it seems like at this point it might be more accurate to describe her as "right" instead of "far right". -Paul
[2022-04-25 03:06:02] - paul: in the united states, "far right" is generally an opinion. i'm not sure that applies to france, but i'm also just not sure either way. i googled "far right" and it's not cnn. even her g.d. wikipedia article has "far right" littered in the reference section. ~a
[2022-04-25 03:02:39] - a: You don't blame them, but do you think they were right? It really feels like the media should be coming to grips with the reality that Le Pen might not be "far right" or "extreme" anymore and might represent the opinions of close to a majority of French people. -Paul
[2022-04-25 03:00:14] - a: Okay, maybe not a single election, but Le Pen got 34% last time around. So she's been a consistent vote getter AND is increasing her vote percentage. -Paul
[2022-04-25 02:59:53] - the media also ignored that a very sizable portion of the united states electorate agreed with trump. and i kinda . . . don't blame them? trump was a trainwreck. ~a
[2022-04-25 02:58:53] - But this seems almost... dismissive. Like the media is almost ignoring that a very sizable portion of the French electorate agree with this politician. -Paul
[2022-04-25 02:57:37] - The CNN article takes great pains to constantly refer to Le Pen as "far right" (5 times, by my count) and "extremist" (3 times), and I'm perfectly willing to believe she might have some radically different ideas from Macron about how to handle France.... -Paul
[2022-04-25 02:55:38] - seriously, though, definiteliy no. i do not ever think a single election should decide where centerism is. ~a
[2022-04-25 02:54:45] - the right is in the eye of the beholder. ~a
[2022-04-25 02:53:21] - https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/24/europe/french-election-results-macron-le-pen-intl/index.html Honest question, but how exactly do we define things like "far right"? I assumed terms like that were generally relative to where the current political moment is, but if the "far right" candidate is getting >40% of the vote against the "centrist" candidate, isn't it a little odd to call them "far right"? -Paul
[2022-04-22 14:23:29] - a: I think Gurkie specifically decided to go with an "anti-Paul" investment portfolio, so it does not surprise me at all that she is beating the market right now.
-Paul[2022-04-22 14:05:16] - the greyscale bitcoin investment trust wants to convert to an etf. obviously the chance of the sec conceding on this is small, but it's not zero. i believe that eventually there will be bitcoin etfs in the united states. i just don't know when. ~a
[2022-04-22 13:58:16] - paul: gurkie is the only one beating the market in the current challenge. let's hear it for united airlines?! ~a
[2022-04-22 00:58:10] - paul: CNN+ seemed like a vanity project for some at the network. - mig
[2022-04-21 16:19:13] - a: My shares were effectively worthless back when I sold too. Had a fair share of misses along with hits. -Paul
[2022-04-21 16:18:49] - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/21/cnn-is-shutting-down-effective-april-30-sources-say.html I'll never understand why CNN, who was having a hell of a time getting people to watch it for free, thought that they could get people to PAY to watch more of it. -Paul
[2022-04-21 16:16:38] - yeah. or something? my shares got reorganized and never looked into it because my shares are essentially worthless. ~a
[2022-04-21 16:12:17] - a: Oh! Kushco? Did they rename themselves? -Paul
[2022-04-21 15:44:51] - paul: it's something you sold like a million years ago, then got reorganized (the american weed stock). i still hold a few dollars worth that are down like a million percent. ~a
[2022-04-21 15:44:46] - FVRR, FUBO, RDFN, ROKU, all down > 75% from highs. -Paul
[2022-04-21 15:44:04] - a: Oh, yeah. I don't know what gnln is, but I've got a bunch of stocks down ~80%. Been brutal. -Paul
[2022-04-21 15:43:47] - (ok, maybe i'm just crazy. we should see if drones stack up even when they aren't mining) ~a
[2022-04-21 15:37:16] - paul: netflix down 5% today . . . after being down 35% yesterday, that's devastating, but there are some other paul-stocks that are actually doing way worse: shop, gnln, rdfn. all of them are doing worse in the change-200-dma. ~a
[2022-04-21 15:00:17] - paul: well (i assume) it's taking advantage of the probes still being in "mining mode", and to be in "mining mode" they probably have to be an particular situation? ~a
[2022-04-21 14:58:19] - Paul: Its about the surface area that the attacking zerglings/ drones can get on the defending drones. Same reason you put a zealot in a protoss wall and it can hold off a bunch of zerglings. -Daniel
[2022-04-21 14:53:33] - a: It kind of makes sense, but I don't know for sure why that particular arrangement of mineral patches is necessary. -Paul
[2022-04-21 14:46:29] - ah wow. it makes sense i think! when mining the rules for how workers can stack up when mining seems different than in other situations. ~a
[2022-04-21 14:45:36] - a: I eventually went Skytoss in one of the 2v2 matches with Daniel last night. Damn corruptors sniped all my carriers. Also, vikings hunted down my oracles. -Paul
[2022-04-21 14:44:42] - a: A mineral pocket is where there are 3 mineral patches in kind of a V shape right next to each other. For some reason, the worker AI lets you stack workers up real tight with that arrangement, which lets your workers all attack the same unit at once while only one of those units can attack back. -Paul
[2022-04-21 14:42:09] - paul: have you trieeeed . . . skytoss ~a
[2022-04-21 14:41:23] - mineral pockets . . . being? i didn't click on the video sorry. i have a guess what it means, but i don't want to say my guess in case i'm wrong. ~a
[2022-04-21 14:39:56] - My Protoss continues to be my weak spot, though. 40% win rate. -Paul
[2022-04-21 14:39:21] - Yeah that part is pretty advanced but also you didn't bring eight extra drones. I think if I had the first six zerglings he talked about that would have gone a long way. I on the other hand I think started four once you were already in my base. So not as ideal there. -Daniel
[2022-04-21 14:33:50] - Daniel: Yeah... and the defense involves things like "mineral pockets" created by specifically placed evolution chambers.
-Paul[2022-04-21 14:20:53] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHnaFtW4-Ko - Vibe defending an even harder version of your build. Basically just better scouting and pull drones immediately. -Daniel
[2022-04-21 14:09:22] - a: I basically 12 pooled and sent a few drones to build spines as well (the zerg equivalent of a cannon rush). The hope is at worst the zerglings keep the drones off the spines which then wreck things. Super all in, obviously, and only works if you know your opponent is zerg, but I also don't know how you possibly stop it without extreme micro. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:58:44] - oh spines. i didn't realize there were spines. i guess that's one attack i don't have to worry about. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:56:32] - Daniel: That's kind of my concern. I don't know how it would be easily stopped as long as I know you are zerg and there is a safe place for me to build my spines on. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:51:45] - and then eventually be able to win out by making more zerglings + queens? I think. -Daniel
[2022-04-21 13:51:19] - I think I'm supposed to pull drones immediately and have zerglings being produced and try to attack your spines as soon as they go in the ground while also making my spine + queens
[2022-04-21 13:50:44] - "Drones may have been involved" oh, paul. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:39:22] - paul: Nah its fine, I just wasn't ready and didn't see them crossing the map. I think there are defenses for it but they also depend on the spines not going down but I'm not sure I'm up on the defense ideas for that attack. -Daniel
[2022-04-21 13:38:19] - a: Drones may have been involved. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:38:04] - a: Yeah, Daniel and I played some 1v1 (after getting our asses kicked in 2v2 against diamond teams) and I did a pretty cheesy 13 pool (was supposed to be 12 pool) that I felt a little bad about since I don't even know how it would be possible for a zerg to defend without really high level micro skills. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:32:31] - the only rushing that i consider maybe borderline-cheese is when they literally show up with their drones to attack with. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:31:15] - i don't consider rushing to be cheese. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:30:44] - i assume that was after i left? ~a
[2022-04-21 13:30:25] - Daniel: Was my 13 pool too cheesy last night? -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:29:03] - a: I agree. Even if we're technologically there, there's no way it will be that cheap. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:28:44] - a: Made the change. Looks like it is fixed now? Next up: fixing the slow stock card widgets? -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:23:28] - yeah, you're going to lose that bet, sorry. i had worries at one point, but those worries are long gone. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:22:42] - a: Didn't expect Elon boasts to sway you, and I agree his timeline is likely outrageously optimistic, but it's why I still don't think 2025 is impossible for level 4/5. -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:21:38] - a: I mean, it's a big country, so I'm sure there is some boss out there who feels like this and would do it, but I'm also the eternal skeptic. I would probably immediately screenshot that email, look for a new job, and as soon as I got it, put in zero weeks notice (telling future employers why I did it). -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:18:02] - it does seem like satire. and i guess we can't know if it is or not. but it makes my blood boil regardless. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:17:19] - it probably depends on the state. but legal or not, i'd leave and use this email as the only reason i'd give that i was leaving. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:16:53] - a: Honestly doesn't even seem legal, right? -Paul
[2022-04-21 13:16:41] - a: Hah, that has to be satire, right? Ironically, I'm in the middle of re-reading Atlas Shrugged for a Rampant Discourse podcast series and.... this really fits right in there.
-Paul[2022-04-21 13:11:56] - paul: i'll believe that when i see it. i could imagine that maybe he could do something like that by 2034. maybe. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:08:35] - isn't he obviously shooting himself (herself) in the foot? won't people read this and start looking for work? i don't understand how anyone can send this thinking it will end up having anything but a negative effect. i'd give my zero weeks notice if i read an email like that. even without another job. ~a
[2022-04-21 13:05:18] - paul: that sounds right. try it! ~a
[2022-04-21 13:04:58] - yep. ~a
[2022-04-21 12:42:09] - a: Do I want to "Force SSL via HTACCESS"? -Paul
[2022-04-21 00:03:28] - a: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/tesla-tsla-earnings-q1-2022.html Tesla will hold a robotaxi event next year, he said, and is “aiming for volume production in 2024.” -Paul
[2022-04-21 00:02:38] - I'm not sure I get the annoyance. Chrome seems to default me to https if I don't specify. -Paul
[2022-04-20 21:59:53] - it's so annoying how many sites i have to work with that don't have http->https forwarding enabled. - mig
[2022-04-20 19:04:26] - paul: i'm not sure. i can configure both hsts and https-redirect at the web-server (think apache or nginx). so probably wordpress, but i don't know how you have wordpress and your web server installed. ~a
[2022-04-20 19:01:36] - mig: Agreed. In my mind, there are like 5 steps and each one is gradually worse than the last. Writing about LibsofTikTok? Fine. Exposing her real name? I guess, although I do wonder if it does anything beyond expose her to possible harassment. Reveal her address? Seems sketchy. Lie about it? No good. All by Taylor Lorenz? Super ugly look. -Paul
[2022-04-20 18:59:28] - a: Ah, nm. I'll take a look at those. Thanks! -Paul
[2022-04-20 18:59:11] - a: Hmmmm. Is that something I would change in bluehost (the company hosting my website)? Or wordpress? -Paul
[2022-04-20 18:49:11] - paul: hsts is an interesting concept, too, where web browsers won't let their users go to your webpage *without* https. (hsts was created to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks of the initial http connection before the redirect). ~a
[2022-04-20 18:46:56] - paul: not sure if any of these apply to you, but i googled: wordpress redirect https and got some results. ~a
[2022-04-20 18:08:24] - i wanted to leave Lorenz out of it because this whole situation is awful enough on its own, but holy shit that she's enjoys the full throated support from the post is utterly fucking disgraceful. - mig
[2022-04-20 18:06:17] - a: what. the. fuck. - mig
[2022-04-20 18:03:31] - mig: this also seems problematic. ~a
[2022-04-20 18:01:14] - paul: I mean, it's probably fine to me that she's been "exposed" as the person behind the account. Where my issue lies is a) publishing her home address b) lying about it afterwards. Even with public figures, that's a line media outlets generally aren't supposed to cross. - mig
[2022-04-20 17:47:09] - paul: most web servers are configured to redirect http to https traffic as a matter of policy. so http://example.com/anything will automatically redirect to https://example.com/anything . . . in nginx, by default my https proxy (the nginx that automatically talks to letsencrypt via acme), has this in the port 80 section: location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; }. as you can see it's returning a 301 to add the https. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:46:05] - I think you can make a strong argument that LibsofTikTok is a public figure with a significant affect on public discourse and deserves being discussed. Maybe that even means she doesn't deserve anonymity. But it does seem a little eyebrow raising coming from the author in question. -Paul
[2022-04-20 17:43:51] - Re: LibsofTikTok. I think one extra complicating factor is that the author (Taylor Lorenz) is apparently a little infamous for complaining about harassment and people reaching out to her friends and family while she used those exact same tactics (reaching out to friends and family) to write this article. -Paul
[2022-04-20 17:42:21] - a: I normally don't specify https, but when I do specify http, I see the exclamation point. How do I fix that? -Paul
[2022-04-20 17:41:43] - mig: "no matter what the case" the programmer in me finds fault with this literal statement. because there are literally thousands of cases where publishing someone's home address would be no big deal at all (1600 pennsylvania ave, 11 downing street, and/or anybody who lives at their workplace, and/or any home addresses that are widely known). i agree with your premise in general though. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:41:30] - a: I know there WAS an issue previously where I was improperly re-loading the widget every time, but that should be fixed on the most recent posts. -Paul
[2022-04-20 17:41:12] - paul: you don't see it because you're going to https. try typing it into your browser without specifying https, or try literally going to http instead of https. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:39:51] - a: Weird. I don't see the exclamation point on my desktop or phone (both chrome). I see the lock symbol (which presumably is what I should be seeing). Also, while the stock card stuff does take a few seconds to load, it was well short of 10 seconds (unless you're counting how long it took for the entire page to load). -Paul
[2022-04-20 17:36:39] - and there's definitely a line that's crossed when you publish someone's home address no matter what the case. - mig
[2022-04-20 17:33:09] - https://twitter.com/kriscoratti/status/1516528357013393410 I mean if you want to make the argument that her details are "semi-public" information, that's one thing. To deny you linked to her personal details at all when it's very clear that you did is quite another. - mig
[2022-04-20 17:32:57] - mig: on the other hand, an editors note in this situation would definitely exacerbate the mistake. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:32:14] - mig: yes, i agree. the link is removed and there is no editor's note. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:31:05] - a: i can't confirm in the live version because it's paywalled, but the link was reported to have been removed with no editor's note. - mig
[2022-04-20 17:24:51] - mig: ah ok, i understand now. it was the link that was removed? yes i was only looking at the diff of the language because i didn't know it was the link you were referring to. otoh, i'm not sure how giving out her full name -VS- giving out her full name with the first google result for her full name changes the amount of "doxing", does it? i guess maybe it does, technically, but they're BOTH pretty doxx-y. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:23:59] - a: the link is in the web archive as well. - mig
[2022-04-20 17:20:28] - a: did you diff just the text or the text along with html markup?
[2022-04-20 17:16:24] - a: search for "real estate" - mig
[2022-04-20 17:14:33] - mig: 4. i also checked the web archive, in case google was updating their cache. with the same results. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:12:24] - mig: "Democracy dies in a throne of lies", i'm not a huge wapo apologist, but 1. i couldn't find the home address in your link 2. i couldn't find the employer in your link. 3. i even went as far as diffing your link with what's currently posted, and it's a pretty minor difference. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:06:00] - looks like i had to scroll around more than once to get it to stall out, i think it's not about rendering the first "stock card", but about rendering like the 10th stock card. ~a
[2022-04-20 17:04:11] - paul: (unrelated, but also notice the exclamation point: you aren't having http automatically redirect to https. which is the norm, nowadays). ~a
[2022-04-20 17:03:33] - paul: it's not an ad blocking add-on. try chrome on a phone to scroll halfway down the page (which is a LOT). i used more than one device to test, so it isn't just one phone. it sits there for 10+ seconds before it shows the content. further up the page, it loads faster, but still takes a while. you can see only the "powered by" icon while the content is being very slowly loaded. ~a
[2022-04-20 16:56:39] - the link was stealth edited out of the article. Democracy dies in a throne of lies. - mig
[2022-04-20 16:56:09] - https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:oOv334B9eOwJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/%3Futm_s wapo claims that they didn't dox the subject of this article. Yet here in the cached version is a link to the person's home address and her employer. - mig
[2022-04-20 16:50:58] - a: Tell me more about my website being screwed up. Everything seems to be working for me in chrome. Maybe it's an ad blocking add-on? -Paul
[2022-04-20 16:50:21] - a: https://paulvsthemarket.com/saying-goodbye-to-some-old-friends/ I had just checked the timestamp. Sold out of NFLX in June 3rd, 2021. Pretty lucky timing, all things considered. I was worried they had basically saturated the important markets and competition would slow growth and make it harder for them to raise rates. -Paul
[2022-04-20 16:14:27] - (i saw your assesment of fubo from september. also i saw that your webpage is really screwed up. something with the stockcards are breaking the rendering of your page. i tried two different web browsers on two different devices). ~a
[2022-04-20 16:07:51] - paul: do you hold any netflix? i wonder if this is a good time to expand my position? i worry, though, that netflix hasn't cornered the market like it once had. ~a
[2022-04-20 15:36:43] - Get with the program, Antarctica.... -Paul
[2022-04-20 15:06:57] - also europe surprises me a bunch. i always see europe as a liberal person's utopia. but i guess, not in all aspects. ~a
[2022-04-20 15:05:31] - happy 420 everybody. my biggest surprises about this map: 1. how much it's changed even in the last few years 2. the south has so much green here 3. the south-west has so much blue 4. and mexico, wow. i'm super disappointed in iowa: wtf, iowa? ~a
[2022-04-20 02:41:02] - I guess the idea is that somehow this ruling is possibly less binding than a ruling from a higher court? So maybe it might make sense to not appeal now and.... hope during the next pandemic that the higher courts are more deferential to the CDC? -Paul
[2022-04-20 02:39:19] - a: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/white-house-mask-mandate-travel-changes/index.html This was an interesting line: "If an appeal happens, it would be risky move that could limit the government's ability to make similar mandates in the future" -Paul
[2022-04-19 21:42:27] - mig: "Demanding a judge be removed on those grounds seems like would go nowhere" ah, right, ok. i wouldn't do this, no. i'd demand that a judge be removed because they are unqualified and being shitty judges. i guess i wouldn't use the bar association as the (only) official reasoning when asking to remove a judge. ~a
[2022-04-19 21:35:45] - a: at the end of the day "being deemed qualified by the aba" isn't a requirement to be a federal judge. Demanding a judge be removed on those grounds seems like would go nowhere. Especially since I would suspect the push for that wouldn't come from that per se, but because that judge made a ruling people didn't like. - mig
[2022-04-19 19:22:11] - a: Not really. I saw a tweet earlier speculating that they wouldn't appeal it. I would imagine it has to be close to 50/50 if they didn't have an immediate response that they were going to. -Paul
[2022-04-19 19:16:36] - paul: i assume you have more up-to-date information? "psaki ... the justice department may indeed appeal the ruling. 'it typically takes a couple of days to review and make an assessment'" ~a
[2022-04-19 19:14:28] - a: Yeah, I don't have a problem with that. I just don't want to agree because I want to know more (sticking with "no opinion" for now). She does seem young, with a thin resume, so I suspect there is fire behind the smoke. Still could be the right legal decision. Maybe we'll find out? Maybe not? I heard the White House isn't appealing the decision... -Paul
[2022-04-19 19:09:03] - how about this, i'm allowed to say that mizelle isn't qualified because she didn't hold the necessary prior experience: she did eight years of "law stuff" after "law school", which is under the normal amount of time. WITH that, she didn't do the normal things that people do before becoming a judge (courtroom stuff). and, it's not irrelevant that the bar association agrees with me. ~a
[2022-04-19 19:05:23] - wow, that is crazy, i didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me. as an aside, my sister, who's an in-house council, cares way too much (imo) what law school she went to and what law school other people went to. ~a
[2022-04-19 19:03:39] - "well qualified" that leaves out the not tippy top law schools or public defenders or whatever else. -Paul
[2022-04-19 19:03:13] - a: Pun half intended. But I think it's a minor problem that these things can be kind of circular and self-reinforcing. I don't think it's a good thing that like 8 out of 9 of the SCOTUS judges went to two law schools (Yale and Harvard). I'm worried about a single and narrow definition of
[2022-04-19 19:02:57] - uuuh yeah, i get your point. that's fair. i don't think it's totally irrelevant what the bar association thinks, and i think they're probably objective, fair, and reasonable. but even reasonable people can disagree. i'd hope that if she sucked as a judge there was some way of ousting her, and i'd think that we'd probably agree that that likely won't happen, maybe ever, regardless of how bad she is. ~a
[2022-04-19 19:00:08] - pass judgement. ~a
[2022-04-19 19:00:01] - ha. ~a
[2022-04-19 19:00:00] - a: Hah! Sorry. Forgot that was ambiguous. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:59:36] - a: I honestly don't know if she is qualified or not. I hadn't given much thought to aba designations at all until today. Are they objective? Fair and reasonable? Have all previous judges been rated "well qualified" or is it a crap shoot? I have no idea the answers to these questions. I prefer to have more info before I pass judgement. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:58:15] - lol, i was confused for a second who aba was supposed to be. ~a
[2022-04-19 18:57:45] - a: We agree the aba thinks she isn't qualified.
-Paul[2022-04-19 18:57:15] - a: Eh, that's kind of circular logic, no? A judge doesn't have to be rated "well qualified" by the aba, they just have to be qualified. How do we determine if they are qualified? Ask the aba. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:55:52] - paul: i think we might disagree on whether mizelle is qualified to be a judge. ~a
[2022-04-19 18:55:13] - a: Right, I actually don't know if we're disagreeing on anything. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:55:05] - paul: well first thing i'd probably do, is ask the american bar association. ~a
[2022-04-19 18:54:34] - a: But I guess I'm not sure I understand what we're talking about. What counts as qualified legal experience? -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:54:02] - paul: regardless, most senators practice law, quite literally. ~a
[2022-04-19 18:53:39] - a: Oh, nevermind, he did practice law. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:53:09] - a: Harold Burton? I don't see anything indicating he had much in the way of legal experience outside of being a politician. -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:41:19] - paul: "qualified legal experience" is necessarily the absolute requirement one might think it should be to be a judge. it's right and it's super common. your link doesn't even come close to suggesting that any of those people weren't qualified. only that they hadn't been literal judges. ~a
[2022-04-19 18:28:03] - paul: prior occupations: "U.S. Solicitor General" Kagan vs "clerk" Mizelle and "associate" Mizelle. i'm not sure i get your comparison??? (btw, u.s. solicitor general "is the only position in the entire federal bureaucracy, including the job of Supreme Court Justice, for which there is a statutory requirement that the appointee must be 'learned in the law.'". in that position she tried six cases before the supreme court.) ~a
[2022-04-19 18:14:01] - a: https://supreme.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/nopriorexp.html I don't think qualified legal experience is necessarily the absolute requirement one might think it should be to become a judge? Not saying it's right, just that it's not super uncommon? -Paul
[2022-04-19 18:13:07] - a: “not qualified” is merely a professional opinion. There’s no real requirements to be nominated to the federal bench aside from age and being confirmed to the senate. - mig
[2022-04-19 18:12:01] - a: I don't think I know the answers to any of your questions, but I don't think the "not qualified" designator necessarily makes them illegitimate at all. It just means that some (third party? independent?) group ranked them as not qualified for the position, but they were nominated and got it anyway. -Paul
[2022-04-19 17:02:31] - paul: "her only trial experience was as an intern" wait, what? ~a
[2022-04-19 17:01:11] - paul: what does "not qualified" by the bar association mean? is there a way to get rid of literal unqualified judges? and/or will this be reversed on appeal since the trump-appointed judge is (according to the american bar associated) isn't qualified to be making these kinds of decisions. ~a
[2022-04-19 16:44:30] - So I’m looking at some details of the ruling and some of it seems to deal with the general authority for the cdc. But I believe the initial reason for the case was the recent mandate extension. - mig
[2022-04-19 16:34:26] - Daniel: Re: stasis wards. Yeah, which is why I was looking for harassment more on our level like reapers (which I think I could micro decently if I ignored macro) or speedlings (same). -paul
[2022-04-19 16:33:25] - mig: Ah, that would make a whole lot more sense and I hope that's the case. I can get being slow and deliberate, but it boggles my mind that it would take 2 years to get a preliminary idea of if the CDC has the authority to do something. -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:27:32] - paul: re - 2 years: I thought the scope of this ruling was over the cdc decision to extend the mask mandate for a couple weeks not over the cdc being able to issue mask mandates in general. - mig
[2022-04-19 16:20:01] - Also kills are more valuable at our level I think because there is a chance that a player just never replaces a killed drone. -Daniel
[2022-04-19 16:19:34] - I think stasis wards are more relevant in the world of timing attacks / higher level players. If you can get some stasis wards down and delay their entire build by 10 seconds per ward and you can get down three wards then you can know you are 30 seconds ahead. Which I don't think super matters for us but for high level people maybe? -Daniel
[2022-04-19 16:17:51] - paul: ""Actually, maybe they do have the authority and people should've listened"" - then we would know for next time? I definitely don't think we always get it right the first time. Or then people vote and Congress changes things for the next time around. I wouldn't argue its good it took so long and probably should have been a thing where they went faster. -Daniel
[2022-04-19 16:14:14] - paul: "What if the roles were reversed" the cdc under trump made these airline rules, so the roles are already reversed. ~a
[2022-04-19 16:13:54] - a: The appeal of stasis ward to me is that they should in theory be able to be queued up so it doesn't require a ton of attention. -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:13:09] - Daniel: And 2 years later, after the worst parts of the pandemic were winding down, the courts finally said, "Actually, maybe they do have the authority and people should've listened". -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:13:09] - i hardly ever see people use stasis wards i figured that they didn't help much. and the very few times it's happened to me, i mostly didn't care. ~a
[2022-04-19 16:12:38] - Daniel: "our system leans more towards careful than quick overall" Sure, and I'm fine with that in general (especially when taking into account appeals and whatnot), but 2 years for the first ruling for something that probably requires fast judgement? What if the roles were reversed and people weren't enforcing mask mandates because they didn't think the CDC had authority.... -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:10:42] - Daniel: Re: Oracles. Agreed, and I think I need to learn how to better use Oracles later in the game too. They can be hid in corners and pop in occasionally for status wards. -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:09:47] - a: "unelected bureaucrats have been limiting freedoms [...] since the beginning of time" Yeah, and I think it's usually awful, especially when it's things that have such a massive impact on so many people. We're supposed to be a representative democracy where we elect people to congress to pass laws. That's how these rules should be made (IMO). -Paul
[2022-04-19 16:00:26] - Paul: Re: courts I think that generally speaking our system leans more towards careful than quick overall (though sometimes can be quick and maybe this should have been one of those times). -Daniel
[2022-04-19 15:59:13] - Paul: I don't think Oracles wipe out whole mineral lines as often as zerglings but I think they can more easily / consistently get 3-5 drone kills even with a queen present then run away and let shield regen and then try again. -Daniel
[2022-04-19 15:22:45] - totally fair. agreed. but your jab about unelected bureaucrats limited freedom is off base. unelected bureaucrats have been limiting freedoms (usually without breaking the law, and usually without violating the bill of rights) since the beginning of time. does OSHA limit my freedoms to create a hostile work environment for my employees? sure it does. and without breaking the law or violating the bill of rights. thank goodness. ~a
[2022-04-19 14:47:12] - a: "you want the courts to move more quickly?" Than this? Yes. I'm not saying we rush things, but as near as I can tell, this is the first step? There are still appeals. Maybe I missed something, but it feels like we should've been able to get a preliminary answer to: "can unelected bureaucrats in the CDC make sweeping rules limiting freedom or does it have to be passed by congress?" faster than 2 years. -Paul
[2022-04-19 14:29:13] - paul: you want the courts to move more quickly? for big questions like: "should the only agency that makes decisions about viral outbreaks be allowed to make sweeping decisions during a global pandemic?": do you think for those questions the courts should move quickly? or instead should they make a decision about this outbreak that will affect how they're allowed to act during the next one? ~a
[2022-04-19 13:57:12] - Obviously this is a point of contention and a lot can change going forward, but IF (big if) the CDC masking mandate for air travel that was just struck down as unconstitutional stays struck down.... how useless was that oversight process? ~2 years to review and only decided after it basically doesn't even matter anymore. -Paul
[2022-04-19 13:53:37] - Daniel: Yeah, just feels like adepts can be shut down by wall offs although I guess so can speedlings) and oracles aren't great against zerg with queens everywhere. Worth trying, though. -Paul
[2022-04-19 13:30:57] - I think Oracles and Adepts are the "standard" protoss harass. -Daniel
[2022-04-19 02:56:35] - a: I'm so bad at cannon rushing and.... I dunno.... it seems too cliche or something. Maybe you're right, though, and that's the right approach. Still seems harder to pull off than reapers or zerglings. -Paul
[2022-04-19 00:27:11] - paul: seriously? canons?
esp against protoss. it's the *only* thing in this game that seriously ruins my economy (except, maybe, a rush). cannons, oracles, phoenixes, and warp prism (zealots, probably). all of these moves work really well against me, at least! adepts only rarely bother me because they require some pretty fucking advanced play. and usually sc pits you up against other ~platinum people. ~a[2022-04-18 23:28:14] - Adepts? What about wall-offs? Oracles? Seem too late. Ditto phoenixes. -Paul
[2022-04-18 23:27:46] - I've been trying to brainstorm some ways to provide early harassment in SC2 during our ranked 3v3 and 4v4 games. 3-Rax reaper for Terran seems like it would be solid. Same with speedlings for zerg. Struggling with a good Protoss move. -Paul
[2022-04-18 20:43:31] - a: It's less about twitter specifically and more about the current cultural mindset of certain viewpoints being completely impermissible to be expressed and the increasing political bifurcation. -Paul
[2022-04-18 20:41:04] - a: "Part of me doesn't super care what Twitter does because I don't super care about Twitter" That's a pretty reasonable take in my eyes, and I do often think we (and by "we", I also include the media and politicians) put way too much credence what people are twitter are saying and doing considering it's such a small percentage of Americans and they don't really accurately represent common viewpoints. -Paul
[2022-04-18 17:35:41] - on the initial dismissal of the story as "disinformation" or "fake news", which i would add didn't have much evidence to support such an assertion aside from "NY POST BAD!." - mig
[2022-04-18 17:34:32] - I'm thinking back to the NY post hunter biden story, which twitter basically censored out of it's site, which a lot of other media outlets decided to follow its lead on the basis that it was "disinformation". But now there's actually some legitimacy to the story, there's been really no introspection or any sort of accountability ...
[2022-04-18 17:28:14] - I don't particularly care about the twitter platform in particular, but more concerned about the way twitter polices spreading to other platforms. - mig
[2022-04-18 15:38:15] - paul: i'm slowly and steadily getting to daniel's viewpoint. "Part of me doesn't super care what Twitter does because I don't super care about Twitter" i actually use twitter a lot, but if it was gone tomorrow, or if elon ruins it, i would shrug and move on with my life. i care more about who owns github (fucking microsoft!) and other websites like that. on the other hand, i do like that facebook and google have competition. ~a
[2022-04-15 17:16:47] - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/15/twitter-board-adopts-poison-pill-after-musks-43-billion-offer-to-buy-company.html Twitter board goes with the poison pill. Ball appears to be in Elon's court. Does he escalate? Or course correct? -Paul
[2022-04-15 17:01:55] - Daniel: The state actor thing is a weird thing because does it mean they should get more leeway or less? It looks like a bunch of Russian affiliated twitter accounts have gotten in hot water for some posts about the Ukraine war (saying it's Ukraine's fault or whatnot). I imagine they're getting extra attention for being state affiliated. -Paul
[2022-04-15 16:59:51] - Daniel: "I feel like that is the case with everything from referees to teachers to parents" Maybe, but that doesn't make it right, right? I mean, just because refs might be influenced by the home crowd or a particularly whiny player doesn't mean it's ideal. -Paul
[2022-04-15 16:54:26] - In my head twitter isn't to the level of being an important enough thing that it needs to be held to a higher or lower standard. They do what they do and other people either stick with them or like digg2.0 and google+ just go elsewhere. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 16:53:30] - Part of me doesn't super care what Twitter does because I don't super care about Twitter. I don't know if thats some boomer-ness leaking out but if Twitter goes strict free speech anything goes or becomes a thing where you have to be a verified democrat to post doesn't really matter cause its just a service online and you can use other things? -Daniel
[2022-04-15 16:47:03] - Though to be fair I have no idea what kind of stuff MBS / Iranian leaders tweet so can't really talk about that in an informed fashion. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 16:46:23] - a: I would think of them as pretty close to / representing their state (which was my point as giving them more leeway). I think Trump is / was a tricky case in that I would agree he was somewhat a state actor but one that didn't treat it as such and was causing a violent problem on US soil via his twitter actions. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 16:39:53] - mig: are mbs and iranian leaders state actors? i'm not sure i follow. ~a
[2022-04-15 16:39:05] - just as a fyi when twitter arguments break out screenshotting is standard practice. Most people will generally protect/delete their account their account when they get called out on dumb/vile tweets. - mig
[2022-04-15 16:13:39] - daniel: trump was a state actor. - mig
[2022-04-15 15:33:05] - in lighter news, is this real? . . . weird. ~a
[2022-04-15 15:21:29] - paul: "outright called for the destruction of Israel" that's interesting. i know personal attacks are specifically disallowed. what about literal military attacks from a government? twitter did/does sometimes have (bullshit) exceptions for what they consider "newsworthy". which is why trump was allowed to keep his tweets up for so long. ~a
[2022-04-15 15:20:31] - MBS / Iranian leaders are more state actors than Babylon Bee? I get it is a different standard but we do have precedent with embassies / ambassadors etc having a different set of rules applied to them. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 15:12:48] - Paul: That they didn't get in trouble till someone brought attention to it? I feel like that is the case with everything from referees to teachers to parents. Hard to police what you don't notice. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 15:12:37] - Content moderation is hard. How do you justify banning Babylon Bee but keeping like MBS or various Iranian leaders who have outright called for the destruction of Israel? Likewise, you have to rely heavily on others reporting violations to you, which very quickly encourages weaponizing this against your political enemies. -paul
[2022-04-15 15:10:43] - aDaniel: Yeah, and if you go to their profile, the tweets are protected (maybe why it had to be screenshots and not a link to the tweet?). Wouldn't be shocked if the account got suspended now, what with the attention drawn to it from a person like Greenwald with 1M+ followers, but I feel like that's part of the problem too. -Paul
[2022-04-15 15:01:02] - paul: i agree with daniel. i'd even question if the tweets were or were not removed. and that's very relevant to your point. he posted a screenshot so we don't know if they were removed or not. ~a
[2022-04-15 14:59:38] - paul: Just as a note those tweets in greenwald's screenshot are not good and if twitter suspended (banned?) those people I wouldn't be upset and would probably think its a good thing. -Daniel
[2022-04-15 14:54:30] - a: "twitter would remove at least some of family guy / south parks' content" Yeah, probably, and I don't like kind of content moderation even if I think they have the right to do it. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:52:27] - https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1514960925886926858 This is top of mind since I just saw it this morning. I'm not sure what Jesse Singal's writings on trans issues are, but from what I've heard, he is only guilty of being skeptical of certain things you aren't supposed to question. Meanwhile, people are openly sharing rape fantasies regarding him. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:51:16] - paul: though, you do agree (i assume) that twitter would remove at least some of family guy / south parks' content (if posted as a stand-alone tweet) from their system, if they were reported? ~a
[2022-04-15 14:49:22] - paul: i'm not referring to those jokes i guess. i'm more referring to how family guy will straight up make fun of a real-world person in a non-joking manner. these people are always celebrities, but that doesn't make it right. rachel levine is a celebrity of sorts. ~a
[2022-04-15 14:48:51] - a: "one side is offended by attacks to religion/country, and the other side is offended by attacks to the person" Also disagree, although I think that's what people want to believe. Both sides are offended by attacks on their beliefs and both sides absolutely make horrible hateful personal attacks. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:47:47] - a: "family guy and southpark are downright hateful at times" I disagree with this framing. I think some people see jokes about certain topics as being hateful, but I don't. I think this is part of the problem. Just because a joke is made about race or gender doesn't make it hateful. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:44:38] - paul: "Everybody kind of has different priorities" maybe that's closer to what should become my point: the two sides aren't the same. one side is offended by attacks to religion/country, and the other side is offended by attacks to the person. these aren't the same. ~a
[2022-04-15 14:44:03] - paul: most of the content on family guy and south park would be removed from twitter if posted as a stand-alone tweet. family guy and southpark are downright hateful at times and twitter wouldn't stand for that at all. ~a
[2022-04-15 14:33:02] - a: It's a little hard to gauge what is "like that example". Everybody kind of has different priorities of what is important for people to be able to access and what isn't. I think it's important to allow people to have a discussion around transgender issues, but I also acknowledge that this is a satire site that in the grand scheme of things might not be super life and death. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:31:34] - a: Uh... I dunno, any episode of Family Guy or South Park? Mention of the Piss Christ? Pictures of homosexual relationships? -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:19:53] - i'll throw out an example: "the babylon bee's man of the year is ann coulter". otoh, i 100% would be behind a ban based on that tweet. ~a
[2022-04-15 14:18:27] - paul: you're 100% right, of course. but for the sake of argument, please give me an even-handed example. in the one situation, a satirical news publication is effectively saying "rachel levine looks like a man". can you come up with another example that is both *like that example* and one that i would be angry with moderation removing? ~a
[2022-04-15 14:14:09] - a: "they get to decide how to moderate their website" I agree, but I think most people making this argument (and I include you in this) wouldn't be nearly as tolerant if the moderation was going against their viewpoints. -Paul
[2022-04-15 14:08:51] - i just looked up why babylon bee was banned from twitter. ("the babylon bee's man of the year is rachel levine" if you don't want to look it up yourself). i mean, i get it, twitter is trying to moderate their content, not be a bastion of unrestricted speech. i'm 100% fine with the ban honestly. like them or hate them, they get to decide how to moderate their website. ~a
[2022-04-15 13:41:30] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-05/elon-musk-opined-about-buying-twitter-after-babylon-bee-ban Probably paywalled, but the headline is all you need. Was the Babylon Bee ban the straw that broke the camel's back for Elon's Twitter bid? -Paul
[2022-04-14 21:33:05] - mig: looks like it was over a year ago: "The Parler service returned online for existing users on February 15 [2021], with a redesigned website and logo, and said they would open the service to new signups the following week" Parler . . . "Apple denied Parler's request to be re-added to the App Store". ~a
[2022-04-14 21:25:21] - Parler is apparently back online? At least it looks that way. - mig
[2022-04-14 21:09:09] - Sorry, I've been a bit busy and haven't been able to reply to everything, but regarding the twitter alternative... there is/was a movement to develop a decentralized alternative to twitter that they themselves were developing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky_(protocol) -Paul
[2022-04-14 20:14:54] - i agree with you then. ~a
[2022-04-14 20:14:47] - ok. ~a
[2022-04-14 20:13:55] - a: I'm thinking more near term. Of course anything can happen when you're talking about decades. - mig
[2022-04-14 19:58:45] - jeese i can't believe i forgot google+. ~a
[2022-04-14 19:58:19] - mig: or goes the way of digg or myspace or wattsapp or friendster or orkut or .......? i don't think all social networks are here today and gone tomorrow. but i think the chance of twitter being very popular for, say, decades, is low. ~a
[2022-04-14 17:54:12] - daniel: certainly possible that could happen, but i doubt it. - mig
[2022-04-14 17:47:11] - mig: Yeah I just wonder if twitter goes the way of parler if Musk buys it and goes with a strict free speech approach and then does that mean his investment was wasted? less of what he wanted. -Daniel
[2022-04-14 17:38:13] - oops daniel:
[2022-04-14 17:37:55] - a: i mean parler is (was?) a thing. There’s nothing patent/trademark/copyright wise preventing twitter clones from appearing. - mig
[2022-04-14 17:28:56] - that does the same thing but with rules in place? I guess that would give the free market a chance to decide on whether people prefer some rules or strict free speech. -Daniel
[2022-04-14 17:28:20] - Twitter is interesting to me in that it serves as the public town square as he puts it but it doesn't have to. Digg used to be the hotness before Reddit and it made changes and people bailed. If he buys Twitter and makes it strict free speech where anything goes, what happens if people just leave to another service? Does twitter have any patents that would keep Flitter or Twotter or whatever new service from coming along? -Daniel
[2022-04-14 17:24:34] - https://twitter.com/matthewrozsa/status/1514582899651194891 “ Elon Musk's attempted takeover of Twitter is a threat to the free world.”. that is some hyperbole. - mig
[2022-04-14 17:23:09] - a: he declined a seat on the board, so yes he’s found a workaround. - mig
[2022-04-14 16:17:50] - does that avoid the issue with the board? I'm curious. ~a
[2022-04-14 15:51:12] - https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/04/14/tech/elon-musk-twitter-offer/index.html musk wants to just outright buy twitter. - mig
[2022-04-13 17:42:35] - paul: my response to your john stossel video would be using my best john stossel imitation: isn't this is supply and demand at work? (stossel's voice) isn't this the market doing what the market does? isn't it working as expected? you can make biographies about conservative icons like amy coney barrett and brett kavanaugh, and the laws of supply and demand will set the price of your unwanted books. ~a
[2022-04-13 17:39:17] - paul: i never said i was worried. i'm aware you might have just a bit of sarcasm there, but i want to be clear: i'm not worried about the tuttle twins. remember i described their commercial as: mockable, vapid, unreasonable, irrational, ignorant, trite, inane, foolish, imprudent. ~a
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