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I will not sign up for a service with a clause like this.

But yes, ultimately the (U.S.) government is not able to tell businesses what content to moderate (or not moderate) because that would be a first amendment violation, so the only solution for people unhappy with current platforms is to migrate to new ones.

Migration is not what's best for society. The migration to silos creates thought bubbles, is a barrier to cross-pollination of ideas, and potentially creates extremist.

The ideal social network is a federated network with individuals selecting their own content filtering/moderator. It's possible for all nodes of the network to communicate, and the important responsibility of moderation is removed from the platform. Removing nodes form a network and adding them to a separate network (migration) doesn't solve anything at scale.

I concur with the core message -- that the current research on psychedelics is not strong. Some of the problem is that the research itself was not designed with an eye on earning FDA approval. This was hard to do because we'll never have a true double-blind psychedelic trial for psychedelics like we can have for SSRIs. Spravato recently showed a path for FDA approval, because ketamine treatment for depression closely mirrors protocols for psychedelics.

The US Forest Service is just wrong on this. Ergot does not contain LSD, although it contains very similar psychoactive alkaloids. Ergot cannot be called a mushroom, it is a fungus that grows on wheat, rye or other grains/grasses.

If I search for "Volvo XC 60" then there is absolutely no doubt I want to see information about that vehicle. Any information about Subaru is just irrelevant noise.

That's funny wordplay, but atmospheric carbo is clearly the intended implication.

HPPD

I've had some experience with HPPD but luckily mine went away. My experience ranges from 'oh that is pretty cool to look at' to 'this visual distortion is hurting my ability to focus on an important conversation'. I wish we better understood HPPD.

I honestly didn't even notice the denominators were different. All of the fractions were in simplest terms, which is (imo) preferable to using a common denominator.

1. Why are wait times so long? Is there anymore we can reasonably do to reduce them?

2. How much would it impact the costs of goods to pay truckers an hourly wage during these downtimes?

Maybe we can encourage unionizing by generating a quality union management software package.

60s and 70s research does not meet modern standards. The validity of almost all medical and psychological research done in the era is very questionable. Some research done in this time was very good, but with psychedelics we are really starting back from square 1 because we've just begun researching it in earnest.

tl;dr If you're in medical or psychological fields and the only empirical evidence you have to back up a claim is from the 60s you are on shaky ground and need to collect more data.

I agree with everything you said, but would also advise caution for more experienced users as well.

Alcohol is not as effective of a treatment for depression as P. Cubensis.

I'm in this space as a hobbyist, a consumer and occasional producer (I've done some limited runs on simple projects). I'm specifically interested in jp coin-op and 16-bit home console. I see your concern.

There's always going to be the originals, which will almost definitely hold value for the lifetime of millennials at least.

This is always going to be a small market driven by passion. If you can write a PlayStation flash cart you can almost defiantly make something with a higher market value.

There is an active market for extremely high quality products in this space. Look at Analogue (analogue.co) which is building FPGA reference-quality reproductions of classic consoles (NES, SNES, GENSIS, and recently GB/GBC/GBA). These machines play original carts better than original hardware, they are widely critically acclaimed, and the company keeps outputting fantastic machines. Many speed running and other competitive organizations accept plays running on analogue hardware, but not other knock-off consoles.

Sure, the market for cheap imported goods is much larger. It's also more competitive. Do you really think Etsy is going to stand against Walmart, Amazon, etc?

It's ironic to me because flashcarts are widely used to pirate console games. Someone making a tool for pirates is complaining about their IP being pirated.

Yes, I know flashcarts are also commonly used for homebrew, and I use mine exclusively for homebrew. I also understand that many of the older games have become collectors items, and wanting to play backups instead of the original is another use case. This doesn't change one of it's most common use cases, which is playing illegal roms.

I disagree. Having a reputable online handmade trinket shop was very valuable because it was the largest and had the best brand recognition. Being a Chinese factory retail outlet is less valuable because _everyone_ is a Chinese factory retail outlet.

It’s moot in practice. The people inside the house are caught off guard while the people kicking down the door are well trained, staffed, and practiced. Their zero injury success rate is impressive.

Nah. No one gives a shit about a nice suburb in Dallas. I’ve seen feds execute warrants in very nice neighborhoods. The FBI canceled because the neighborhood was a nice one in DC, where people with external influence live.

In the recent past I’ve concluded that I consider being in the top results of Google Search to be an indicator of a poor quality website.

I feel like it would be possible to write software to tell artists if a song is in danger of copyright infringement of other registered songs.

I'm trying to decide if you (as a joke) plagiarized this idea from the popular TV show Silicon Valley.

Edit: https://youtu.be/sj9hesuQV6s?t=49

I'm unsure "clean-room defense" can apply to a melody from a top 10 song.

I think that's a long enough running practice that it cannot be classified as a fad.

Plenty of rock solid investments have failed throughout history. :).

I would never tell anyone how to spend their money, I'm just bringing up a counter point to the conversation.

Pronouns in profiles is at least four years old is some mainstream contexts [0]. I'm unsure that it is a fad because on the internet there can be very little other signaling of someone's gender.

[0] https://blog.asana.com/2018/05/new-profile-setting-pronouns-...

because spreading the payments out over 12 months means more investment capital

This is essentially borrowing money to invest. It doesn't matter if the investment makes money or loses money the lender will expect payment. This strategy can make a lot of money, but it's also ruined many people. One key thing to watch while implementing this strategy is your debt to assets ratio. Also understand that during a market crash this ratio might change suddenly and dramatically.

I don't make small (sub $10k) purchases on credit, period. Not only is it somewhat risky but it also encourages overspending because it makes the 'pain' of spending money decrease. As for your $2000 mattress, I saved way more money by buying a $600 mattress instead and I sleep like a rock.

1 and 2 will essentially prevent any sort of a rental market, and rentals clearly play a valuable role for lots of society.

I believe jaw development has effects on mental health.

Why? I am honestly curious.

1. IQ tests are actually showing higher scores over time. About 90 years of data on this.

2. We do not have genetic data to show that these mutations are happening. This is theory only without empirical data.

3. There's a lot of debate over the role of genetics and intelligence. It's very possible that our understanding and implementation of childhood development has a larger impact on intelligence than these presumed random mutations.

4. Intelligent people are more likely to pair with other intelligent people, so maybe there is still selection effect for intelligence. This effect could be increases as world travel means a greater geographic range for potential mates.

the opposite actually [1]

This is a much more controversial view than as suggested in the comment -- specifically there is very little data backing up the hypothesis that intelligence is decreasing. This is compounded by the fact that we really don't have great tools for measuring intelligence or a deep understanding of how it develops and manifests in humans. IMO the jury is still out on the general direction human intelligence is moving, but realistically if you are concerned the best thing you can do is improve environmental factors and educational access.