Ava

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[–] Ava@beehaw.org 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Unless the page has been edited, the term "troops" is one that Chris appears to have introduced. It is not present on the linked page.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 16 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Let's not make unfounded and harmful claims that being LGBTQ is some sort of toxin-related defect, unless you're prepared to provide some sort of evidence to that effect. There is ample historical evidence of the existence of LGBT individuals dating back thousands of years.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

They'll definitely find a way not to do that, they just made an extra $67m to spend on lawyers to do so.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

In general, this is definitely an area where the best approach is to just find an existing tool for what you need and use that. Especially for text data, compression is a pretty well-studied field and there are plenty of public (and open-source, if that's a requirement) tools that will do a fantastic job at reducing size. Rolling your own is likely to result in significantly worse compression rates, and if you make an error your data could be irreparably destroyed which you won't know until you try to access it later.

If your data is incredibly specific you might be able to do better, but it's usually best to ignore that sort of optimization until you actually need it.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

They died doing what they loved. Placing their very life into the hands of techbro con artists.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago

Liver failure is terminal. She was invariably going to die without the transplant. She wanted to receive the donation, her donor wanted to donate. If the success rate for a living transplant is zero that's one thing, but that's not being claimed here since she wasn't eligible for procedural reasons.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 22 points 8 months ago

I'd be inclined to agree, except that her partner wanted to donate HIS liver and was prohibited from doing so as a living donation due to the alcohol use determination.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago

I'm sure that the protest size limits of 100 will be respected at a school with 55,000 students. This is definitely a realistic and effective strategy for them to take.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 9 points 9 months ago

Well of course not. They don't see cis children as people either, just as property. You're a person in the womb, property until you turn 18, and a drag on society after that unless you're a christian conservative.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The first word you submitted in this comment chain is literally "pronouns" and the topic of conversation is your stated choice of "it/its" pronouns and implication that you use them when not engaging with individuals, like on this board.

[–] Ava@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

To be somewhat contrarian, what advantage is there in BLM raising these concerns and making this demand? What does it do, in this election cycle, to advance their agenda?

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