EatATaco

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[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t take that chance.

Not taking the chance isn't the same as it never happening. Speaking as a decently experienced poker player, you can understand your odds, and make the right call, and still lose because of it. It doesn't mean you were wrong, it's just statistics.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

He was very wrong

If everytimw you say something has a 30% chance of happening, it never happens, then your models are wrong because they should say zero percent. If you say something has a 30% chance of happening and it happens, that doesn't mean you were wrong.

It's shocking how many people don't understand percentages.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

Microsoft expects me to pay for Office 365? No, fuck you, I’ve got LibreOffice and your older Office software still works as good. Your word processing program, Word, hasn’t really changed that much since 2007 or even 2003. Hell, maybe not since 1997!

So I moved to foss probably about 20 years ago and have been going back and forth between libre office and open office.

A couple of years ago my wife wanted me office, so I got the subscription...and man it's so much better than either of those two, and to suggest that maybe it hasn't changed since 1997 is mindboggling.

I'm a big proponent of not signing up for these services, but this paragraph really misses the mark for me.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it's not for everyone, but I just have an event on my calendar for every six months, and I just rebalance when it goes off. Only takes a short while, especially if you are using some tool that will tell you what your weights are.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)

If you're really hands off these are a good choice. But if you are willing to rebalance a couple of times a year, it's unnecessary to pay the extra fees associated with these funds.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I'm going to the first open one 99% of the time. If you don't want people next to you, make sure you go all the way to the end.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

It's as hilarious as the first time I read it. I think it's aged quite well. Its almost timeless.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Only non-black racists try to claim that Negro is not a racial slur.

Ive presented straight up facts.

lol. You really have no idea how logically ridiculous you are, do you.

Because you’re more concerned about being “right” than actually changing your viewpoint.

Just remember that you are clearly projecting here. You think I must have this short-coming because you see it in yourself.

I won’t respond any more to any further arguments on your part.

Next time I suggest just moving on rather than taking childish insulting swings at the other person and then running away. I'm happy to debate you on the topic, if you're willing to not ridiculously and illogically accuse me of being racist because I disagree with you.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

It's been such a steady stream of scary shit coming out about the horse they are backing that they have to manufacture something.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's not a word I use myself. I've just never considered it offensive, just dated. If someone told me it was offensive to them, I wouldn't use it (but again, I don't use it anyway so I don't see how this wouldn't come up) around them.

But, honestly, I would have no problem saying "the United Negro College Fund" if I were talking about it, but if there were a similar entity that used the far more offensive n-word in it, I would not feel comfortable using it and wouldn't say it at all.

And I find this all kind of silly because they freely use it throughout the article, where i doubt the same could be said about the other n-word.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Only non-black racists try to claim that Negro is not a racial slur.

I would have considered your point, but it's pretty clear you are absolutely unreasonable and presumptuous. Of course you think I'm prejudiced, because it's a projection of who you are.

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