GavinMcG

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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Why do you think they wouldn't ? What an odd default assumption – that a country wouldn't enforce its laws. Keep in mind that official enforcement isn't the only concern. Illegality can make people feel justified in taking m
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
And they already told you they didn't mean it that way. Maybe listen to them, adjust your expectations, and move on?
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Not the person you asked the question of, but I think there are reasonable anti-globalist positions that don't have anything to do with superiority. A sort of Ludditism could do. And I actually do think people can be strongly attached
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
No, it really doesn't. "Etc." just includes other services. But it's unambiguous that whatever the service, it must be used for its own sake .
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
I went on a 300 mile hike
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
It would be nicer for Congress to not impose capricious retirement funding requirements, artificially making them look unprofitable.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
You're right that you need some measure to judge improvement, but you can have a vision of perfection without making it a goal in itself. Optimiziation may be a subset of problem solving, but surely you'd agree that a problem ca
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
You seem to be equating problem-solving with optimization , or a drive towards improvement with a drive towards perfection . No doubt the effort to solve problems and improve one's self and circumstances have been powerful forces
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
This sort of comment isn't really in the spirit of this forum.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
There are other potential problems than swaying voters, though: swaying non -voters (to keep them uninvolved) and swaying potential future voters (such as teenagers). To the extent that people engage in any format, propaganda in that for
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Can you elaborate on what you're trying to say here, or how it relates to this article?
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Well, saying that he's one of the more prolific OpenBSD contributors and has had a front row seat would obviously be a good start...
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Without actually answering the question asked or clarifying what you're referring to, your comment is not a good contribution.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
You're conflating belief and knowledge. Agnosticism has to do with epistemic access to God – that is, knowability. One can deny knowability while having a belief in God, and therefore being a theist. It just requires acknowledging th
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Your third question should be inverted: if you do care that it's not the new hotness, run away. I think you meant something like "Is it okay that it's not the new hotness?"
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
But it does a lot to weed out the many harassers who aren't that motivated.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Absolutely, but that requires me to implement and set up long-term maintenance for a software system, and then train non-technical people in its use. Not gonna happen. The other thing is that the model has been the basis for software's
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
As the file clerk for a small law firm, I've been thinking about exactly this. The fact that an OS exposes only hierarchical folders is such a loss. Even aliases aren't well thought out, at least on Windows. No automatic updating
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
It also diminishes your ability to brake. And if you do slide back, and the seat then locks in place , that could be serious.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Other people are explaining why you're wrong, but I'd like to point out that even if you were right, your comment would still be nearly worthless. Merely pointing out that someone else isn't correct might even have negative
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
I haven't read the specifics of the study or refutations, but knowing how court scheduling works, it's likely closer to randomly distributed than not. Edit: just the scheduling, people. I'm not claiming the effect isn't
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
"Corner store" doesn't mean a store at the corner of an intersection. It means the store you can walk to from your home, with many of the things you might need day to day. The term implies more density, rather than just being
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Though it's not that simple; isolated use of sleep deprivation can be an effective treatment for at least one mental health issue: https://mosaicscience.com/story/staying-awake-surprisingly-e...
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Every single time something like this comes up, without fail, someone makes a comment like this: one that says "just solve the collective action problem!" The fact is, even if I go through the trouble to not use anything I find
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
Those are legitimate concerns, but they're distant and relatively specific ones compared to the widespread practice of incorporating where you aren't.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
How fitting that your username is a sort of false "equivalence".
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
When someone else is wrong by definition , consider that you're the one misunderstanding things. Yes, it's possible that they're using language wrong. But there are almost always more charitable interpretations.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
If you think the article is clearly wrong to use a certain word, consider the possibility that they're using a different definition than you are. I, for one, would never identify "requiring less commutes" as a key facet of mo
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
What the comment points out is that the fields might be streaky ones, and that that isn't necessarily something that can be generalized. It's the choice of those specific examples that's being criticized.
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by GavinMcG 8y ago
But if we're looking at things like a trilogy, or a series of papers in the same small area, it only appears to be a streak due to a (somewhat artificial) decision about divvying up the results. These sorts of "streaks" could

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