Favorite Rejects 2021-11-04
50 years ago, the first edition of Unix was released. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Warner Losh @bsdimp
Revenue-seekers want tough penalties combined with spotty enforcement, so that people break the rules a lot and get caught a lot.
With automation you aim for rigorous enforcement so people follow the rules and there are few fines.
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ImASockMuppet @Mor_Sock_Puppet
NEW:
Why are home COVID tests so damn $$ and hard to find?
@lydiadepillis & I made some calls
Company after company told us they’d tried to get tests approved but *gave up after inexplicable FDA delays*
One FDA scientist told he quit in frustration
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This is a profound difference in worldviews.
My take is that if some cities place cameras inappropriately they should instead place them approptriately.
Balko's more pessimistic view is that if some cities place cameras inappropriately then no cities should have cameras.
Radley Balko @radleybalko
Good thread here ... thermostatic public opinion is very well-documented but it's also really crying out for some microfoundations or something.
Jonathan Robinson @jon_m_rob
Yep. CRT really is being taught to teachers and administrators (and occasionally to parents). When anti-CRT people say it's "in schools", they're technically right. Their implication that it's being taught to kids is false! But if we say "it's not in schools" we look like liars.
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Justin Trudeau should talk more about how Canada has the perfect balance between America's good appliances and Europe's universal health insurance.
Caleb Watney @calebwatney
According to the newest research by @UCBDisplacement the average Bay Area census tract built zero market rate housing from 2000 to 2020 so you're getting what you want.
China banning gay people is pretty much the proof we needed that Xi Jinping is just a conservative Boomer with too much power.
Darius Longarino 龙大瑞 @DariusLongarino
