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scottalanmiller

I'm not sure how the term strawman works here, as a strawman requires refuting an argument, which I was not doing, not making one. A strawman is "A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while refuting an argument that was not advanced by that opponent." and then... "The typical straw man argument creates the illusion of having completely refuted or defeated an opponent's proposition through the covert replacement of it with a different proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man") instead of the opponent's proposition."

Technically, I made no argument at all. You provided the first argument to my mention of an important coincidence and claimed that the fact (that so far hasn't been said by the news that I've seen) that is was a gang thing and could not be related to the increase in gun density, would actually be the strawman in this case. As I did not make a case and certainly did not form an argument against an opponent, I was not in the position to have a strawman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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You'll notice that I never said that one thing led to another, I asked if they had (because that's the last thing I was told about Arkansas before this happened) and the news story included the details that gun density was believed to be the cause. I didn't not say that it WAS the cause, at most I implied that it might have contributed is the most you can reasonably draw, and it was only a question.

Attacking that position by claiming I made the correlation and that I implied it was certain and attacking that ... is the actual strawman. Calling my position the strawman misdirects from the fact that stating that it certainly was a gang attack was the actual strawman.

scottalanmiller

Canada 150: Huge crowds celebrate nation's anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40468161

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http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

Already hearing about this? This is good, wish more people would know at least the basics on how the power grid functions.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

I was reading the piece you posted the other day - interesting problem.. and corruption in the government is preventing them from saving money.

travisdh1

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

I was reading the piece you posted the other day - interesting problem.. and corruption in the government is preventing them from saving money.

I just glanced at the article, did they even mention anything about how the grid works?

Dashrender

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

I was reading the piece you posted the other day - interesting problem.. and corruption in the government is preventing them from saving money.

I just glanced at the article, did they even mention anything about how the grid works?

Only that shutdown the the natural gas plants costs more money to bring back online versus the solar, so in the long wrong it's better to shut off the solar.

But it did say they are still building more natural gas and other non solar/wing plants.

JaredBusch

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-electricity-solar/

Really interesting bit on what is going on with excess green renewable power in California.

I was reading the piece you posted the other day - interesting problem.. and corruption in the government is preventing them from saving money.

I just glanced at the article, did they even mention anything about how the grid works?

Only that shutdown the the natural gas plants costs more money to bring back online versus the solar, so in the long wrong it's better to shut off the solar.

But it did say they are still building more natural gas and other non solar/wing plants.

While I highly expect corruption is there somewhere, nothing in that article leads one to say corruption.

Slow changing government? Bad price structures that have not updated? Sure.

scottalanmiller

Cuba love hotels to make comeback, state announces
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40489157

coliver

Odd...

http://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-happy-ftc-will-limit-broadcom-with-brocade-2017-7

scottalanmiller

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

Odd...

http://www.businessinsider.com/cisco-happy-ftc-will-limit-broadcom-with-brocade-2017-7

Only way Cisco stays in business, IMHO. Like Hershey's, they had to get the law to block sale of Cadbury's because no one would buy Hershey's if there was another option realistically.