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  1. Comment on How Hertz’s bet on Teslas went horribly sideways in ~finance

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    Yeah, TechDirt had a bunch of reporting on this a few years ago: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/hertz-shells-out-168-million-to-settle-364-false-theft-reports/...

    Yeah, TechDirt had a bunch of reporting on this a few years ago:

    https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/14/hertz-shells-out-168-million-to-settle-364-false-theft-reports/

    https://www.techdirt.com/2021/11/22/more-than-100-hertz-customers-are-suing-company-falsely-reporting-rented-vehicles-as-stolen/

    10 votes

  2. Comment on "Dune: Part Three" in the works, in addition to Denis Villeneuve adapation of "Nuclear War: A Scenario" in ~movies

  3. Comment on Lyme disease vaccine: Major test underway. All you need to know. in ~health

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    It’s not every tick, if that makes it any better. It needs to be a deer tick that’s been attached for a day or more (or at least, you suspect it has). This was the only time I’ve been on...

    It’s not every tick, if that makes it any better. It needs to be a deer tick that’s been attached for a day or more (or at least, you suspect it has). This was the only time I’ve been on doxycycline for Lyme (though I’m way more careful these days post hikes) and I live close enough that I’ve driven through Lyme (the town) in the last 3 months

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Lyme disease vaccine: Major test underway. All you need to know. in ~health

  5. Comment on The influencer who “reverses” Lupus with smoothies. Psychiatrist Brooke Goldner makes extraordinary claims about incurable diseases. It’s brought her a mansion, a Ferrari, and a huge social following. in ~health

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    The entire “wellness” space is almost indistinguishable from a grift at times. At the very least we could do things like regulate supplements so that people are not buying unsafe products:...

    The entire “wellness” space is almost indistinguishable from a grift at times.

    At the very least we could do things like regulate supplements so that people are not buying unsafe products:

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/whats-in-your-supplements-2019021515946

    (The Dream also had a good episode on this: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-dream/s2-e3-magic-little-pills)

    Doesn’t address the wellness grifter “”influencer”” tho

    15 votes

  6. Comment on Lyme disease vaccine: Major test underway. All you need to know. in ~health

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    Yeah, I’ve gotten Lyme before and had to do a pretty extensive treatment regime from a specialized tick borne illness doctor for 3-4 months to get rid of it. That was after catching the tick on me...

    Yeah, I’ve gotten Lyme before and had to do a pretty extensive treatment regime from a specialized tick borne illness doctor for 3-4 months to get rid of it.

    That was after catching the tick on me a day after being in the woods and starting the standard doxycycline course the day I found the tick.

    I’ll sign up to get this vaccine the first day it’s available to me.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Looking for a good guide to gigs in ~music

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    Jambase is pretty solid for major US metropolitan areas: https://www.jambase.com/concerts Others like song kick will import a last.fm library and give you recs based on an area:...

    Jambase is pretty solid for major US metropolitan areas: https://www.jambase.com/concerts

    Others like song kick will import a last.fm library and give you recs based on an area: https://www.songkick.com/

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge dead at 79 in ~books

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    Yes, but Children of the sky is probably my least favorite book of his. I’d recommend Rainbow’s End for a “newish” (this century) work of his

    Yes, but Children of the sky is probably my least favorite book of his. I’d recommend Rainbow’s End for a “newish” (this century) work of his

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge dead at 79 in ~books

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    Oh man, this sucks. VV was one of my favorite authors. Everyone talks about Fire on the Deep and Deepness in the Sky, and for good reason: they’re both excellent. But he also wrote a bunch of...

    Oh man, this sucks. VV was one of my favorite authors.

    Everyone talks about Fire on the Deep and Deepness in the Sky, and for good reason: they’re both excellent. But he also wrote a bunch of other great books, e.g., the real time series (the peace war and marooned in real time), rainbows end, and true names are all worth your time. I have a collection or two of his short fiction as well, some of which are real fun.

    He was truly a master.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Once more with feeling: Banning TikTok is unconstitutional and won’t do shit to deal with any actual threats in ~tech

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    Ah, ok. Then clearly ByteDance is allowed to convert TikTok to a progressive web app and not be in violation of the law then? It’s not going through an App Store then! Russia Today can continue to...

    Ah, ok. Then clearly ByteDance is allowed to convert TikTok to a progressive web app and not be in violation of the law then? It’s not going through an App Store then!

    Russia Today can continue to do propaganda dressed up as “””journalism””” as long as the want, but lord help them if they decide to create an app?

    When people are trying to ban speech, they don’t fucking put “we are banning the speech of person or entity X” in the bill.

    Instead they ban books discussing LGBTQ/race by saying:

    The policy must include procedures to develop, periodically review, and evaluate feedback regarding
    the library collection to ensure the collection is appropriate for the age and maturity levels of the
    students who may access the materials, and suitable for, and consistent with, the educational mission
    of the school

    https://casetext.com/statute/tennessee-code/title-49-education/chapter-6-elementary-and-secondary-education/part-38-age-appropriate-materials-act-of-2022/section-49-6-3803-materials-review-removal

    And making it a criminal offense for school employees found providing “obscene materials harmful for children”

    What matters is the effect of the bill, not the laughably false stated intent.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Once more with feeling: Banning TikTok is unconstitutional and won’t do shit to deal with any actual threats in ~tech

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    This is trivially false. Moderation is speech: https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230 Banning an application because you don’t like their moderation (or their potential to promote viewpoints) is...

    I don't think the resolution in question runs afoul of that because it doesn't describe content or ban specific speech

    This is trivially false. Moderation is speech:

    Section 230 allows for web operators, large and small, to moderate user speech and content as they see fit. This reinforces the First Amendment’s protections for publishers to decide what content they will distribute. Different approaches to moderating users’ speech allows users to find the places online that they like, and avoid places they don’t.

    https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230

    Banning an application because you don’t like their moderation (or their potential to promote viewpoints) is effectively suppressing their speech, even if it’s the CCP’s viewpoint.

    8 votes

  13. Comment on A mistake in a Tesla and a panicked final call: The death of Angela Chao in ~transport

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    Fully submerged, yes. But it’s not like you have to go hunting for the manual to figure out how to open the door after losing power on a Camry.

    Fully submerged, yes. But it’s not like you have to go hunting for the manual to figure out how to open the door after losing power on a Camry.

    23 votes

  14. Comment on A mistake in a Tesla and a panicked final call: The death of Angela Chao in ~transport

  15. Comment on Colorado Bureau of Investigation finds DNA scientist manipulated data in hundreds of cases over decades in ~science

  16. Comment on Annoying hospital beeps are causing hundreds of deaths a year in ~health

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    So, when we had our kid we basically lived with alarms going off, semi-continuously, for 3 days. My wife was on continuous monitoring and the things would slip off all the time, or the hourly...

    So, when we had our kid we basically lived with alarms going off, semi-continuously, for 3 days. My wife was on continuous monitoring and the things would slip off all the time, or the hourly blood pressure would alarm or…

    Somewhere on day 2, I was holding the kiddo and yet another alarm went off. I didn’t think anything of it. I didn’t even think it was our room.

    The nurse busted in 30s later because apparently the baby alarm they put around the kid’s foot was loose and lost contact with skin. She asked “didn’t we hear the alarm?”

    I laughed.

    32 votes

  17. Comment on I want to hear about your unknown favorites! in ~books

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    I definitely read the first sequel, but also some others in the same vein: Darwinia, the chronoliths and blind lake

    I definitely read the first sequel, but also some others in the same vein: Darwinia, the chronoliths and blind lake

    1 vote

  18. Comment on I want to hear about your unknown favorites! in ~books

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    I think winning a Hugo award counts as not super obscure if you’re into sci-fi Fun fact: he basically wrote the same story 5-6 other times. Spin was by far the best though

    I think winning a Hugo award counts as not super obscure if you’re into sci-fi

    Fun fact: he basically wrote the same story 5-6 other times. Spin was by far the best though

    3 votes

  19. Comment on What's a "house rule" that has made a game more fun for you? in ~games

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    Same, but we play “if you play A-2-3, the ace is worth 5 even if you stick a king on the front of it later”

    Same, but we play “if you play A-2-3, the ace is worth 5 even if you stick a king on the front of it later”

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Boy Kills World | Official trailer in ~movies

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    The best H Jon Benjamin character is Coach McGuirk. I will not be taking questions at this time

    The best H Jon Benjamin character is Coach McGuirk.

    I will not be taking questions at this time

    7 votes