Igelau

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691.
by Igelau 6y ago
I don't believe in stonks either :)
692.
by Igelau 6y ago
That's a good point, and I think it points out the fundamental misunderstanding in the comment I was replying to: conflation of atheism with radical atheism, particularly New Atheism.
693.
by Igelau 6y ago
The first one looks like a form letter that they had on deck for "we need to stop trading right now" situations and they just plugged in the list of symbols. The second one is the more adequate explanation for when there was time
694.
by Igelau 6y ago
That doesn't quite work. I'm not a stamp collector. Does that mean I lack a stamp collection, or do I have a collection of a lack of stamps? If I am asymptomatic, is there a lack of symptoms, or is my symptom the lack thereof?
695.
by Igelau 6y ago
> logical induction, a necessary component of reasoning about the world Bah! You're only saying that because induction worked the last n times ;)
696.
by Igelau 6y ago
It's not a fallacy. It's more like a "logic smell" that means you should look closer to see if the arguer is jumping to conclusions. If they are you should still investigate, e.g. the chain of events they are describing
697.
by Igelau 6y ago
I literally cheered when I saw that.
698.
by Igelau 6y ago
1) It looks totally fine on mobile. 2) I want to hug that VCR gif like a long-lost friend. 3) I really want a tamale from this food truck looking gizmo.
699.
by Igelau 6y ago
The next week, the cleaner returned. The monk offered him the book again, whereupon the cleaner held out his trash bag, that he might toss it in. At this moment, the monk was enlightened.
700.
by Igelau 6y ago
> Point-set topology is as dead as the dodo. What makes it dead?
701.
by Igelau 6y ago
I have something very important to tell you about wealth inequality... and you can read it as long as you're a paid subscriber!
702.
by Igelau 6y ago
The problems creep in if they get too big. Too many people and it's a huge waste of time. If non devs are sneaking in, they shouldn't be permitted to speak.
703.
by Igelau 6y ago
That whole thing was weird. I guess if you're a creative professional, be it an artist, designer, or cake decorator, there's going to be some degree of soul-selling you'd be expected to do where you make a decent effort on a
704.
by Igelau 6y ago
Name-calling never changed anyone's mind, but then if these markets were healthy, economists wouldn't have anything to write about. Ergo, piss people off.
705.
by Igelau 6y ago
> I've got more kids than you do They never said how many kids they had, which makes it hard to take your comment seriously. You don't know what their kids are like, how much spousal support they have, the floorplan or acoustic
706.
by Igelau 6y ago
> a $60 T shirt will need to last me more than 20 to make it worth it. And then there's the $120 T-shirt they endorse: https://www.buyforlife.com/products/33/outlier-ultra-fine-me... That better last more
707.
by Igelau 6y ago
That's a great version of it. I'm also pretty partial to the Stan Rogers one.
708.
by Igelau 6y ago
> proving that the bureaucratic processes... are Turing Complete It's called COBOL
709.
by Igelau 6y ago
That underscores something about languages. They don't actually map 1:1 to each other. Whatever "I go first" means to speakers of Mandarin, we might only be able to approximate what that means in English. An example that come
710.
by Igelau 6y ago
My understanding is that a Chrysler as big as a whale can seat about 20. (Love Shack, 1989)
711.
by Igelau 6y ago
We should start using this. At the very least bring back "craunch".
712.
by Igelau 6y ago
Physical matters of technique. Depending on the instrument or lack thereof: grip, placement of fingers, posture, breathing, lip embouchure, and more. Heck, you could even have it put together wrong or be holding it upside down. A remote tea
713.
by Igelau 6y ago
> having a fairly neutral companion is pretty valuable I think this is true. Not a "yes man", but an "is that so? man". Conversely, the friends I can argue with vehemently and yet have neither of us take it personally
714.
by Igelau 6y ago
Don't murder me, I beg of you don't murder me.
715.
by Igelau 6y ago
Yeah this site is incredibly scummy with ways to trick you into clicking into some diploma mill.
716.
by Igelau 6y ago
Theseus also slayed the Minotaur of the labyrinth. Maybe they want to kill a monster.
717.
by Igelau 6y ago
> it pr(e)tends to be scientific, whereas it is merely a futile quibble of semantics. It doesn't pretend to be scientific. The question predates science. > I... My... I... I... Identity, identity, identity, identity!
718.
by Igelau 6y ago
> a meaningful, rigorous distinction between “same identity” an “different identity” — I reject that I reject that? No I don't. I need to stop putting words in I's mouth.
719.
by Igelau 6y ago
> Why not to take kids away from the family and transfer them to the state so they are not exposed to racist parents? This isn't about racism. This is about a site that is unable/unwilling to stop itself from being a forum for
720.
by Igelau 6y ago
> a family with a genetic mutation which means they have no fingerprints I had to give ink fingerprints a few years back and the ah, Print Taker Person expressed some concern that my prints were on the border of not being visible enough

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