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throwaway4220 commented on EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm   nytimes.com/2025/07/18/cl... · Posted by u/anigbrowl
rayiner · a month ago
The notion of Congress “delegating powers” to administrative agencies is entirely incompatible with the constitution.

The administrative agencies do not merely “advise.” They make regulations with the force of law (legislative power), enforce those regulations (executive power), and adjudicate violations of the regulations (judicial power). That concentration of the three powers into a single entity is the very thing the Constitution goes to great lengths to avoid.

throwaway4220 · a month ago
Ok, so after you burn down this system what’s the replacement? Nothing?
throwaway4220 commented on EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm   nytimes.com/2025/07/18/cl... · Posted by u/anigbrowl
dash2 · a month ago
For sure Fox et al. have been pushing the idea that scientists have biases, but it can also be true that science has become more biased.

Update: a little evidence. This doesn't cover change over time, but it strikes me as fairly extreme, unless you are willing to go very far down the "reality has a liberal bias" road: https://github.com/hughjonesd/academic-bias

throwaway4220 · a month ago
Liberal in US = center right
throwaway4220 commented on Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement   cnbc.com/2025/07/18/meta-... · Posted by u/rntn
throwaway4220 · a month ago
The world seems to be literally splitting apart, and Meta was a huge part of sowing discontent and stoking violence. I hope to move to Europe one day and I can use an open source LLM at that point
throwaway4220 commented on Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?   arstechnica.com/science/2... · Posted by u/rntn
nothercastle · 3 months ago
Water + salt = corrosion
throwaway4220 · 3 months ago
But this is not seawater right
throwaway4220 commented on Elon Musk shut down internal Tesla analysis showing Robotaxi would lose money   electrek.co/2025/04/16/el... · Posted by u/danso
mbac32768 · 4 months ago
Given the way AI is advancing it would be really dumb to not go hard on Robotaxi. That's it. That's the analysis.

If you think AI progress is going to hit a wall or Tesla's AI in particular is going to hit a wall then sure spin up a Model 2 and prepare for a long grueling endless war with BYD.

throwaway4220 · 4 months ago
Choosing a two seater is very odd for this. Then again I’m in my 40s so maybe I’m too old
throwaway4220 commented on Americans die earlier at all wealth levels, even if wealth buys more years   theconversation.com/ameri... · Posted by u/rntn
floxy · 5 months ago
I wonder if there is a way to measure the effects of attitude and if it plays a role. For example, my in-laws are both diabetic, one is insulin dependent, and both my spouse and I are astonished at the lack seriousness that they both have towards their health. As in, not measuring their blood sugar levels on a regular basis, and then just taking a shot of insulin at whatever-dose, because they didn't measure their blood sugar level. Missing doses, not making dietary adjustments (excessive sugar/candy intake), etc.. Not sure if it is solely laziness, or some sort of low-level brain damage, or asense of entitlement that the world will just cater to me, or giving up on life, or what.
throwaway4220 · 5 months ago
It’s so funny you say this - I have a colleague who’s mom in India has an A1c of 8.5 - she’s probably late 60s- and apparently a doctor she went to just dismissed it as no big deal for her age
throwaway4220 commented on New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile   cnn.com/2025/03/19/sport/... · Posted by u/mooreds
markeroon · 5 months ago
Jim Ryun ran 3:59 as a high schooler in 1964 (and then 3:55 in 1965). Alan Webb ran 3:53 in high school in 2001.
throwaway4220 · 5 months ago
Oh my god it was Alan Webb at the armory in NYC that I saw! That same track found me on the floor when i fell during a relay race haha. Thank you for that mental trip
throwaway4220 commented on New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile   cnn.com/2025/03/19/sport/... · Posted by u/mooreds
throwaway4220 · 5 months ago
I saw the first time a the four minute mile was broken in high school in the US. 3:59.86 it was in 2002. Tbh I never questioned it
throwaway4220 commented on Anonymous sources: Starship needs a major rebuild after 2 consecutive failures   behindtheblack.com/behind... · Posted by u/jethronethro
throwaway4220 · 5 months ago
“ The one saving grace is that FAA red tape is clearly no longer an additional obstacle. ”

This is wrong - remember starship tests in 2022 were not FAA limited. This is just hard problem

throwaway4220 commented on For Many of America's Aging Workers, 'Retirement Is a Distant Dream'   time.com/7260357/aging-wo... · Posted by u/geox
brg · 5 months ago
You should have talked to them instead of assuming it was out of necessity. My parents retired in n social security ten years ago. Most of their friends are doing fine with savings and retirement, but they get bored and take a job at Walmart or Applebees. For the most part they enjoy it.
throwaway4220 · 5 months ago
So I’m challenging you. Why is it jobs, not volunteering at church or hospitals, where I often see senior citizens in droves

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