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by Lon7 9y ago
I don't like apps/hacks when it comes to mindfulness and meditation. Humans have been successfully meditating for thousands of years without them. Gamification of mindfulness totally misses the point. The Mind Illuminated: A Compl
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by Lon7 9y ago
I'll share this with my GF. I'm a bit amazed how much of a dedicated fanbase the bachelor/bachelorette series has. And most of it is enabled by newer apps. For every hour my gf spends watching the bachelor she probably spends
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by Lon7 9y ago
No. Absolutely not. I'm sure you have a female in your life who is important to you. A wife, daughter, mother? Would you be ok with an investor talking to your daughter like that? Joking that she demonstrate a sex toy for him? I would
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by Lon7 9y ago
I really like the approach they are taking to make sex toys and the advertising surrounding them less pornographic. Buying sex toys can feel kind of dirty and sleazy a lot of the time, and not very women friendly. You have toys made for wom
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by Lon7 9y ago
The fact the Securities and Exchange Commission is seriously looking at ICO tokens is, to me at least, additional proof that this technology is here to stay. That said, the SEC has also said that in many cases these ICO tokens can be classi
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by Lon7 9y ago
That's a great link! I've been looking for something like that. It confirms the criticisms of Damore cherry picking his sources. It appears that for almost everything he wrote there is both supporting and conflicting evidence. The
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by Lon7 9y ago
And I think it's important to point out here that this argument is probably wrong. It is one of the many examples where Damore cites research, but puts his own spin on it. One of the researchers Danmore cited is David P Schmitt. Here [
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by Lon7 9y ago
Maybe we're talking past each other here. I don't think the author has a problem with the science James referenced. The science behind the core issues is fine. No argument there. The author has a problem with James' interpret
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by Lon7 9y ago
> And again, direct support - not "mating practices of birds" or "fetal hormone influence and autism" or other none sense. You've already admitted that you are not qualified to judge what is accurate in this cont
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by Lon7 9y ago
> cites exactly one supporting scientific study I counted 10 supporting scientific studies, and a whole bunch of other articles that all included lots of references. > thereby gloss over the actual question at hand (namely, was he rig
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by Lon7 9y ago
I hadn't read that Guillette article. David P Schmitt, the only one whos work was used in the memo doesn't exactly seem to agree with the memo. His third and fourth paragraphs say that any differences between sexes is small and no
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by Lon7 9y ago
I agree. But it is really tough to actually play openly, and tough to know when others are playing openly. Enough time has passed that experts have had time to comprehend the original document, and it seems like James was only pretending to
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by Lon7 9y ago
I agree. The Kolmogrov essay stood on it's own very well. It was great piece of writing and could be applied to various situations. But now it will always be tied to this messy debate.
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by Lon7 9y ago
I think the 7 points Scott outlined are fantastic, and I absolutely agree with him. This sounds a bit strange to write, but I think Scott, and a lot of people here and on the web, are almost thinking too logically and critically about all t
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by Lon7 9y ago
I'm still pretty young yet I've experienced benefits solely from my gender. My sister is smarter than me and better at math and physics than me. I was invited by my grade school to go to robotics camps over the summer, she wasn&#x
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by Lon7 9y ago
> Before quotas and social justice warriors, were you thinking about fairness and equality when the status quo potentially benefited you and excluded others not on their merit but race and gender? I was not thinking about that. And when
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by Lon7 9y ago
RockSmith is a fun tool to practice with but I'd be very hesitant to recommend someone use it as a method to actually learn the guitar. The biggest problem is that by learning differently, you create a real barrier between yourself and
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by Lon7 9y ago
I have a (not very well supported) prediction that Filecoin will be the first ICO company to incur the wrath of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last month the SEC released a report [0] that said in many cases these ICO tokens can be
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by Lon7 9y ago
> Lastly, there is a difference between speaking truth and how you speak truth. Yes, this seems to be the thing that most people are missing. He didn't release a study in a scientific journal, he shared a document with his coworkers
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by Lon7 9y ago
I don't think many people have a problem with any of the science or the statistics. That's not the problem with the 'manifesto'. The author of the 'manifesto' seems to think that no one else reads these studies
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by Lon7 9y ago
> Attempts to break down aptitude by gender tend to imagine computer science in terms of compiler theory and algorithm design, when in reality 90% of all software development is repeated iterations of "wire this database column into
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by Lon7 9y ago
Do you really find that interesting though? Isn't that incredibly obvious? My biggest problem with all this is how the author gave absolutely no thought to how his female coworkers would be affected by this. These are REAL women who ha
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by Lon7 9y ago
Thank you for this great response. I think you've covered why the 'manifesto' cannot be supported on a scientific basis very well. There's another issue with the manifesto that I don't think is talked about as much.
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by Lon7 9y ago
You're right. I'm sorry about that.
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by Lon7 9y ago
You wouldn't believe what happens. They slip off or break and intercourse is continued without them. Some guys put two on at a time, some guys insist on wearing the larger sizes even though they don't fit. Some reuse condoms, some
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by Lon7 9y ago
I wonder if this was a big part of why coinbase decided not to support BCH initially. This really is an interesting situation. In the hours approaching the BCH fork an absolutely massive number of short positions were opened on various bitc
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by Lon7 9y ago
There are a bunch of sailing clubs in Stockholm. Before you purchase a boat yourself I'd advise you to join one for a summer. Go sailing, talk to people whos lives revolve around boats. You will get loads of useful advice. I don't
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by Lon7 9y ago
I use the sql BULK INSERT command to put it in a table. It's simple, fast, and gives you options to generate error files containing any rows with malformed data.
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by Lon7 9y ago
That simply isn't true. Billions of people are intentionally clicking on Facebook and Google ads. Why do you think they aren't?
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by Lon7 9y ago
One approach is that contracts can be associated with their hash. It is a bit silly for everyone to be writing the same smart contract over and over, with some versions being erroneous or malicious. So instead of having to run a potentially

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