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Sat, 21/01/2023 - 00:00

1. Seems like a fish out of water at first, but swims just fine.

2. Wears the same clothes no matter what the profession.

3. Maintains exactly the same expression no matter how wild things get.

4. Doesn’t speak the language, but finds suitable underlings that do.

5. Expects people to like them even when they’ve gone absolutely insane.

6. Everyone thinks they are the best ever at their job, but it’s all PR.

7. Color is very important to them.

8. They think their significant other is one person, but it’s actually someone else.

9. They win a lot. When they lose, it’s for their own good.

10. They travel on the company expense account, but never eat.

11. Most of their so-called friends want to screw them.

12. If the first thing they see is someone’s shoes, they’re dead.

13. There’s more than one reason they believe the whole thing is a dream.

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Created
Fri, 20/01/2023 - 23:42
December 2022 saw the publication of the first two issues of the Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (JHWP).   JHWP “is the world’s first journal dedicated to restoring and discussing the history of the texts written by and about women philosophers. The Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists seeks to integrate women’s intellectual heritage into the canon of philosophy, the humanities, and the natural and social sciences…  The time period investigated by articles in the Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists ranges from 2200 BCE to the 20th century CE in both the Western and non-Western world.” Its founders and editors are Ruth Edith Hagengruber (Paderborn) and Mary Ellen Waithe (Cleveland State, emerita).
Created
Fri, 20/01/2023 - 23:39

Logic often appears in short supply in politics. This is because great decisions of state are not taken on the merits of the ostensible subject matter, but according to what best advances the career interest of the politicians with the power to decide. Scotland has left the European Union against the will of a large […]

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Created
Fri, 20/01/2023 - 23:33

 

MTG with the “checkbook!" analogy:





Ultra MAGA digging in for a slog…

Created
Fri, 20/01/2023 - 23:25
. The central problem with the present ‘Machine Learning’ and ‘Big Data’ hype is that so many — falsely — think that they can get away with analyzing real-world phenomena without any (commitment to) theory. But — data never speaks for itself.  Data by themselves are useless. Without a prior statistical set-up, there actually are […]
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Fri, 20/01/2023 - 22:59

 

It’s the good oooolld “govt as business!” art degree analogy by this person who I guarantee does not even know what Basis of Accounting the US govt uses…. GUARANTEED… lock it…