richardatlarge

Why should we care about anything MG thinks? He’s intellectually dishonest and a usurper of other’s ideas. And a joke of a leftist. A popularizer of twisted logic presented as cutting edge One of many…

As far as paying subscriptions to newsletters and blogs I do think it’s a good model — because so many sites aren’t toxic with ads. I wish there was a movement for people to declare a yearly amount th…

Would be great to know why but this article ain’t gonna tell us. Like a weather report: it says might be partly sunny with rain. How about we narrow that down?

Found this: https://www.dyspatch.io/blog/why-is-gmail-clipping-my-emails... …

Hey, thanks for that. Substack seems to be playing it very conservatively. Will have a look

I have published in philosophy journals yet never took a course in philosophy. For me it was all learned because I had questions I was writing about and I needed answers. Then, writing in philosophy f…

I have tried longer posts and not had issues, and this limit seems hard to verify in a Google search. Odd considering how big an attachment can be

China thrives on singling out countries for punishment when they don’t show deference, so one answer is definitely organised resistance Power, corruption and lies: https://www.theguardian.c…

If everyone in the world disappeared but the world kept on working (somehow), what would you really spend your time doing? This is the question you should ponder if you really believe that what you’re…

Teflon is a brand and a history, so no there is not a page for Teflon. To suggest otherwise would be to suggest that to find GorE-Tex I’d have to know to look up: ePTFE

If you want to know more about DuPont’s dubious history and lawsuits involving Teflon, Wikipedia isn’t the place to go (although some information is in the link above) DuPont: https://en.m…

Yes, I think we all have had symptoms of one thing or another and thought, 'do I need to get tested.' So we have some of the listed symptoms for covid but because those symptoms are so gener…

When it comes to attributing a symptom you're feeling to a cause, the number of correct-negatives in COVID testing indicates a lot of noise (not covid) vs signal (true covid symptom). With placeb…

Makes sense when you think of the very high rate of ‘symptomatic’ people who get tested and are negative. Signal/noise: and ‘placebo’ effects are stronger when it produces ‘side effects’ rather t…

At least fundraising seems to be one of the few areas where standards have fallen: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29054729 …

There is a lot to say on this subject, but instead of focusing on a fear of virtual or machine based therapy, why not focus on the need to de-professionalize therapy. If you really want to de-capitali…

Old Skinner would have a laugh today, debating immediacy as a reward on HN, where points are so prized ...

I only reply here because I know some readers will be open minded and interested. There is a behavioral literature on what's called 'stimulus equivalence' - it shows how emergent, novel…