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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #12540 on: March 27, 2024, 09:06:07 PM »
This is why I say it's a win for the CC companies. Nothing changes, but they get everyone off their backs for a bit about the fees. "We're empowering the retailers to take control over the fees even though we know it's not worth it for them. But now they can't complain about the higher fees."

It’s a win for the CC companies because they don’t have to lower fees. Though if it actually becomes a thing consumers who value points will suffer, as will some premium CCs.
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« Reply #12542 on: April 07, 2024, 11:40:43 AM »
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/science/space/astronomy-universe-dark-energy.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240405&instance_id=119392&nl=the-morning&regi_id=127949808&segment_id=162665&te=1&user_id=4fe5272e506ab982d980b2b2ea788b2d

Facinating.

two excerpts to highlight:

1. "The new finding has about a one-in-400 chance of being a statistical fluke."

Meaning it has a 399 out of 400 chance of being validated. Leading to the final paragraph:

2. "Dr. Riess of Johns Hopkins, who had an early look at the DESI results, noted that the “hint,” if validated, could pull the rug out from other cosmological measurements, such as the age or size of the universe. “This result is very interesting and we should take it seriously,” he wrote in his email. “Otherwise why else do we do these experiments?”"

meaning this is significant to the entire basis of the Big Bang theory, which from what I understand, is extremely dependent on the specific age of the universe being 13.7 Billion years old.

Is there something I am missing here? Or should this be a way bigger story?

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #12543 on: April 07, 2024, 04:57:08 PM »

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« Reply #12545 on: April 07, 2024, 10:11:42 PM »
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #12546 on: April 08, 2024, 12:20:06 AM »
BS challenged CO to a debate and she apparently accepted.
When is the train wreck?
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« Reply #12547 on: April 08, 2024, 07:14:45 AM »
When is the train wreck?

I don’t think that’s final. She challenged BS to “name the time and place” and he did, but then the back and forth negotiating the details started and “Monday 5pm in Nashville” was no longer viable. It’s all on their X accounts, as well as Jeremy Boering’s who entered the conversation when Ben was offline for Shabbat.
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #12549 on: April 08, 2024, 07:53:06 AM »
BS challenged CO to a debate and she apparently accepted.

Not exactly how it happened.

She posted on Twitter asking for anyone who could help her set up a debate with Ben on "Israel and the current definition of antisemitism."

Ben responded with a time and date (and reminding her that he had offered to speak to her privately or publicly on the topic).

She tried to make all sorts of ridiculous "moderator" suggestions, and in the end said she would be in touch privately to work out the details.
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« Reply #12551 on: April 11, 2024, 11:15:48 PM »
Not exactly how it happened.

She posted on Twitter asking for anyone who could help her set up a debate with Ben on "Israel and the current definition of antisemitism."

Ben responded with a time and date (and reminding her that he had offered to speak to her privately or publicly on the topic).

She tried to make all sorts of ridiculous "moderator" suggestions, and in the end said she would be in touch privately to work out the details.

I did say kinda. Did you see this exchange?
https://x.com/jeremydboreing/status/1776424410561351736
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