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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2017-08-16 12:00 pm

Interesting Links for 16-08-2017

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[personal profile] calimac 2017-08-16 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think that #2 and #11 are in disagreement? It looks that way to me.

How would it be possible to run a social media campaign involving Twitter hashtags that wasn't subject to possible abuse?
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Re: Free Speech and Twitter Abuse

[personal profile] calimac 2017-08-16 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not commenting on their disagreement, just confirming that they are. Do I have time to unravel this conundrum? No.
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[personal profile] simont 2017-08-16 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ten Signs a Claimed Mathematical Breakthrough is Wrong

By any chance, is the appearance of this old(ish) blog post on your links page in any way related to the appearance of a claimed proof of P≠NP on the Hacker News top-ten list yesterday?

(Thanks for reposting it, also – point 10, with the analogy about ocean-crossing, is one of those things I should have long since written down in my handy file of things I keep wanting to quote at people, and now I have another chance not to forget to do so. :-)
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[personal profile] cmcmck 2017-08-16 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be because sex and gender are two entirely different things and one day folk might just catch up with that small fact!
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[personal profile] lilysea 2017-08-16 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Same-sex couples do not influence their adoptive children's gender identity

...because sexuality [who you are sexually/romantically attracted to] and gender identity are two totally different things?