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160 pts · October 27, 2010


The document itself is still up, though on-site links may have been deleted: https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01660679.pdf

It's hard to know what to make of this document, as most accusations it lists weren't/couldn't be followed up, and those that were might be Billie Jean situations. It's not time to stop digging.

2 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Old motor oil. It helps bind the sand together and release the casting.

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… Arguing that a blood analysis is 99% accurate to convict someone of robbery ignores that the 1% will match against the population as a whole. In other words, there are many, many more people from the general population (compared to the specific population, those who committed a specific crime) who the analysis will return a positive.

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Obviously, this isn't the place to get into it, but I worry you've had some terrible experiences that have created trauma. That saddens me, not only because you've gone through something bad but because pain too easily begets pain.

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Going from "most A are B" to "most B are A" results in all sorts of trouble. It's what led too many to go from the 9/11 attacks to targeting muslims. It also can lead to innocent people being convicted on a statistical basis. "Meadow’s Law" has been used to convict women of infanticide, but is based on some very flawed reasoning (assuming two events are statistically independent when they aren't; assuming that the alternate explanation, SIDS, is rarer in the general populace than infanticide).…

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Attitudes such as "only women can raise children" or "men can't be nurturing" are a major factor in workplace gender inequalities, such as the pay gap and management imbalance. They are also are involved with why a dark-skinned mother of a light-skinned child may be assumed to be a nanny, while a dark-skinned father may be assumed to be an abductor.

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The post is ambiguous, but "it" refers to Atlantean, not PIE. Among other things, this shows the weakness of pronouns based on their referents' properties.

Okrand has taught at UC Santa Barbara and worked at the Smithsonian. His name is well-known among SF fans.

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l still can't find an original for this video (and no longer copies), but it was shot at a zoo in Liaoning, China (according to KameraOne). There are a half dozen or so other videos of ducks evading tigers the same way (often in zoos, such as the Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney, Australia, or the Montgomery Zoo in Alabama).

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As the saying goes, if you hate someone, give their child a drum.

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"…100+ photographers and spectators… come from out of state" First thought: Birders?

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It should be noted that Bert Lance resigned to avoid tainting the Carter administration, and was later cleared of all charges.

3 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

Downsides:
Poor coverage
Low-priority, so often slow data
Terrible customer support (responsive, just couldn't resolve any of my issues)

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

$7.31 / 30 days for 100 min, 500MB (I don't need much; 2Gig would be just +$2.00) and unlimited text. Brought own phone.

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Looking at the statistics in the article, Clinton's border patrol policy had a much larger impact on deaths and injuries. …

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Elmer's glue and borax can also make good slime, and (at least at one point) the ingredients were readily available in school.

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Oobleck isn't quite the same as other slimes, as it's not as cohesive. I always preferred polyvinyl alcohol + sodium borate...

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