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  • Oh, okay, so you’re just talking out of your ass. You’re thinking of the Core CPI, but there are others, just as valid, that take it into account and which are used in things like legislation. It is because they’re too volatile, and you want Core CPI to give a more stable understanding of which direction the economy is generally moving. Such a crazy, whacky idea to have multiple metrics that take into account different factors; fucking bonkers, honestly. What will those filthy, mustache-twirling government economists think of next?

    And by the way: 3.8% does include all items. 3.8% is not the Core CPI you have sand in your groin over; it’s the CPI-U.

    Maybe you can make fun of the “respected economist” when you’re ready to present a macroecon 101-level or higher understanding of CPI and get your facts straight about the article I’m sure you actually read.


    Edit: Here’s the press release, for context. Less food and energy is 2.8%.


    Edit 2: Zero acknowledgement they’re objectively wrong about food and energy not being included in the 3.8%. Very cool, Lemmy.


  • Unequivocally, yes, very helpful. The strength of projects like OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia comes from their numbers– from parallelism.

    Think of it like a race against the physical infrastructure: looking at the specific things you contribute, you are vastly outpacing the infrastructure. If you notice a speed limit has changed and correct it, that’s probably set for an extremely long time relative to the age of the project. You’ve fixed in 30 seconds what will remain for perhaps a decade. Once you’re maintaining the infrastructure and not just building it out, the race is won on breadth of effort, being able to quickly respond to small issues. Small issues only consistently get noticed if there are a lot of people on the look-out. You’re one of those people.

    Source: seen too much shit.







  • I don’t think it’s corporate dick-sucking to say that if you use an e-scooter share, it’s not dystopian that the company administering them tries to track if you’re using them in a negligent way that causes unnecessary wear. It’s not yours.

    The fact these corporations are running this kind of thing is itself problematic, but I also wouldn’t object if a government-administrated e-scooter share tried to detect poor behavior on a piece of equipment you don’t own.





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    I mean, yes, I did win an argument on the Internet; it’s just not something to be proud of. Wrapping getting your point destroyed in a warm, fuzzy blanket of “the other person pointing out an obvious contradiction I left dangling almost like a baited fishing hook must be a loser lol” is unsurprisingly pathetic and insecure.



  • Worth noting:

    • Journals published by MDPI are notorious for being low-quality.
    • Academic literature out of China is notorious for being low-quality.
    • The actual info relevant to your point is in this study published again in MDPI’s Microorganisms.
      • It reads: “These results [from 12 cats; 6 control, 6 treated] all show that the bacteria L11 could be related to the fat metabolism of cats and affect the gut microbiota positively so that the odorous substances decrease for the improvement of the digestibility of nutrients.”
    • Many cats are lactose intolerant. Your own link discusses this.

    Not saying this is wrong, just that taking veterinary advice from someone on the Internet isn’t necessarily a great idea. You can buy bacterial cultures rather than feeding your cat yogurt and messing with their digestive tract more than you have to, and certainly ask your vet if possible if your cat is having GI issues.



  • France’s health minister, Stéphanie Rist, said on Tuesday that while it wasn’t currently clear whether the hantavirus strain involved in the outbreak may have mutated, officials were “rather reassured”.

    Rist told the National Assembly: “There are things … we do not know about this virus. We do not yet have the complete sequencing of the virus, which allows us to say with certainty today, even if we are rather reassured to date … that this virus has not yet mutated.”