The trial is over and Depp decisively won. Sure, Amber won one of her three counts, notably the one that was sufficiently hyper-detailed that it could be called knowingly false - and many of the lawyers who'd been covering the trial live think it was a compromise verdict. The difference was still 10+ million to two, when Amber had originally asked for twice as much as Johnny. Nevertheless, the news, and AH's lawyers, couldn't let a good spin die. The relevant bullet points: * The judge impro…
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Or, how not to do a ceremonial firing of an artillery piece. The funniest part, other than watch her not have the strength to follow through, is that you know she had been trained for this, that everything was prepped to "make sure nothing went wrong", etc. - including almost certainly her doing previous firing pulls. The myth goes that in today's services, endurance, muscle mass, and upper body strength just aren't factors, and women are just as capable as men. Women just do not have the upp…
I've read the Didact for quite some time, but a few things have definitely gelled in his writing style of late. First, an extended look at the classic observation that most psychologists get into the profession because they desperately need the kind of help it supposedly delivers [https://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2019/02/dont-date-psychologist.html]... > The irony of a grown woman in the midst of a full-blown hysterical meltdown, calling a relatively calm and unemotional man "immature", will e…
Much to the amusment of the wrongthink part of the internet, Amazon decided that automating it's HR functions still needed a little bit of work [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G] . > The team had been building computer programs since 2014 to review job applicants’ resumes with the aim of mechanizing the search for top talent, five people familiar with the effort told Reuters…
"Mad Mike" Williamson is an interesting character, a guy whose books I have enjoyed, as well as his dissections of gun control freaks. That said, there are times when his more liberal and athiest tendencies show, and no more than in his recent "Reproductive Health Actually is What it Says" [http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/index.php?itemid=481]. To get a few things out of the way - I am very sorry for what happened to his mother, and nearly happened to his wife. I am profoundly happy that…