Holy shit why did this man spend so much time defending these despicable positions?

…together with the dishonest law that labels sex with adolescents as “rape” even if they are willing, we cannot tell from this article…

These are dangerous and disgusting views.

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A car already must be classified as finishing the race to get any points, so this isn’t likely to be an issue.

I can’t disagree, except to the extent that I don’t personally view the CI as a means to reaching some objective, universally “good” set of actions. I think Kant was way off the mark with a lot of that pursuit. I do think, however, that an action which fails to satisfy the CI (meaning as I see it, “I want to do this but I don’t think others should”) is often one that should be re-evaluated.

But also I took like 3 philosophy courses so I’m officially in way over my head now but enjoy the discussion!

I think the CI is far from a universal law that solves all problems. But I do think it can be among a set of useful tests to judge an action. I’m not sure the surgeon example is in good faith - a reasonable interpretation might be “Help others to the extent that you are trained and able to”, which gets you pretty close to most Good Samaritan laws.

Most imperatives taken literally and expected to fit every situation and interpretation will fall apart quickly, I think this one is no better or worse than others. Probably the way I’ve internalized it is different from how it was originally intended, too!

Something that’s weirdly stuck with me (even though he’s not my favorite philosopher) is Kant’s Categorical Imperative which says, briefly, do only the things that would still be okay if everyone did them.

I think it fills in a nice gap left by the golden rule (treat others as you’d like to be treated) in drawing attention to how some things which don’t seem to do much harm would be a major problem if broadly adopted.

Brb strapping in for the wildest 2 years, 11 months of my life.

Thanks for posting this though. Remember folks, even the super safe drugs are only safe for their intended purpose and dose.

A way that I find helpful to answer questions like this is to look backwards when taking multiple doses:

“If I were to take another pill now, would I have had no more than 1-2 pills in the last 4 hours?”

The pharmacokinetic questions are outside the scope of what the patient should be trying to figure out when taking a drug. That was the responsibility of the drug label writer and (if applicable) the prescribing physician and/or pharmacist. Yours is to faithfully follow the instructions, not make assumptions about drug residence time or loading doses.

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I didn’t realize they finished the first game, I thought I was playing something still in early access with all the bugs lol. But I’ll still check this out.

I use a Kriega messenger bag. It’s got a wide strap with a quick way to adjust the length, so it’s easy to make sure it’s secure and comfortable. Waterproof and tough enough for use on the motorcycle but not so bulky that it looks out of place in the office.

I hate that I’m going to upvote every single one of these.

But I am going to.

Can we talk about how utterly absurd it is that there isn’t an obvious answer to this question yet? Feels like we’ve gone backwards from the AIM Direct Connect of old.

I just started rewatching Star Trek: Voyager, for the first time since its original run on TV when I was a kid, thanks to all the damn Star Trek memes on Lemmy.

I am having a great time.

You had it until the end. Glass has an amorphous structure, not crystalline, but is still very much a solid.

Other people: Hmm I only use a few commands on this thing, I wonder if I can just refer to them by number or something?

You: Googling African tongue-snapping languages

I always thought it was weird to model a game avatar after myself. I always roll the “random character” button (shout-out Monster Factory) when it’s available, keeps things simple.

Paramedic of 10+ years here. If you are a first responder and this verdict gives you pause, makes you worried about your ability to do your job well, then you are in the wrong profession. We already operate publicly - on scene someone is usually recording us on a phone, in the ambulance we often bring a family member and explain what we’re doing, at the hospital we justify the treatment we initialized, and after the run someone is reviewing our documentation. We are accountable for every milligram of drug we administer to a patient, and if that is too great a burden, then please do us all a favor and just leave now.

Prosecution of paramedics is rare because we operate in difficult situations (to put it kindly) and patients often have poor outcomes regardless of treatment. What generally protects us is the maxim of always acting in the best interest of the patient. The minute you stray from that path, you can and should be held personally (and criminally) accountable for your actions.

TL;DR: Magnets. China makes almost all of them so any time we see something that might replace rare earth metals we get excited. In this case because a group made improvements to our ability to synthesize tetrataenite, an iron-nickel alloy, by adding phosphorus.

With respect to data, there does seem to be a damning amount of it in the CFPB dataset they analyzed for the article. The fact that approvals were this disproportionate even when accounting for “income, debt-to-income ratio, property value, downpayment percentage, and neighborhood characteristics” is alarming. Specifically with respect to income, approval for lowest-quartile whites exceeded that of highest quartile blacks. Yes, credit score was not available in the dataset, but we know it doesn’t fully explain the gap because of its frequency as a cited reason for denial, and reliance on credit doesn’t really do much to dig NFCU out of this hole IMO.

I’m tempted to agree with the authors assessment that the use of automated tools by the underwriters is a likely contributor. Use a tool trained on historically racist data and practices, and that’s what you’ll get more of.