LordKano

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by LordKano 8y ago
The occupants of the trolley had intentionally run over many people in the past. Ender had reason to believe that they intended to do so again. We only have the word of the dormant hive queen that they didn't intend to again. (Spoiler
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by LordKano 8y ago
Even Han was kinda forced to shoot Greedo. Greedo said in no uncertain terms that he'd kill Han I'm going to have to vigorously disagree with you. You must have only seen the Special Edition. Greedo makes it clear that he plans
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by LordKano 8y ago
Bean knew but we don't know that he knew until Ender's Shadow.
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by LordKano 8y ago
I don't believe that the dilemma faced by Ender is akin to the traditional trolley problem. It's not a straight utilitarian choice of 1 innocent or 5 innocents die based on your decision to act or not. Namely, the people on the tr
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by LordKano 8y ago
Doesn't Ender continue to attack Stilson and Bonzo after they are down? Stilson, yes. Bonzo, no. Bonzo was effectively dead but still standing when Ender kicked him in the groin. Are we to assume that he doesn't know that doing
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by LordKano 9y ago
It sounds like your dermatologist is not just a good doctor but also a good person. Giving the same (high?) standard of care to patients without regard to their financial resources.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I've been vaping for 4 years. I still want a cigarette sometimes but it's becoming less frequent that I feel like I need one.
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by LordKano 9y ago
The caffeine is coke is synthetic. Using synthetic caffeine is cheaper than extracting it from coffee. To the best of my knowledge, the only place where they still use caffeine from coffee is Japan.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I get your point but as I understand it, the source of the nicotine for those liquids is tobacco.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I smoked for about 18 years and I made the switch to vaping a few years ago. I haven't completely given up tobacco smoking but I have cut back tremendously. I tried to quit several times, I tried the gum, the patches, Chantix and cold
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by LordKano 9y ago
Dogs will naturally break away from your gaze if they're not sure they could take you in a physical confrontation. That's not cultural. Some things are just built into us, not that we don't have the power to override them thr
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by LordKano 9y ago
It's not so easy to control because judges have to be re-elected or aspire to sit on higher benches and having police unions oppose you can make that more difficult. There's a reason why there are more former prosecutors on the be
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by LordKano 9y ago
When a police officer does face charges, uniformed cops will show up en masse as a "show of solidarity" with the defendant but in reality they're trying to intimidate and influence the jury.
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by LordKano 9y ago
You're absolutely correct. This is extremely serious. And it's extremely common.
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by LordKano 9y ago
This is the best advice. I learned more about programming when I had a task in mind that I wanted to accomplish than I did just going through the motions with a book or for a class.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I can't help what other people think. I know my craft and I'm good at what I do. Code that I wrote as an intern was in use for many years (to the best of my knowledge, it still is) at a former employer.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I would leave that information off because I had no way of knowing if it would be a help or a hindrance. If I apply to Google in the future, I will probably include it.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I was qualified for the position but I got the impression that Google was just going through the motions. They got around to interviewing me a year and a half after I submitted my resumé.
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by LordKano 9y ago
As a black IT professional, I tend to leave the demographic information blank on applications because I want to avoid the racial implications of my application. I don't know if I'll be dismissed because I'm black and I don&#x
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by LordKano 9y ago
Not all heroes wear capes.
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by LordKano 9y ago
In the US, we have Social Security and everyone pays into that but for the most part, you can't collect anything on the benefits until you reach retirement age or become permanently disabled.
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by LordKano 9y ago
If someone is determined to screw themselves, it's impossible to stop them.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I would consider a much less drastic step. Mandatory contribution of 10% of their income into an investment account and that has a maximum annual withdrawal of 1% until age 55. If they otherwise destroy their finances, they'll at least
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by LordKano 9y ago
>True. As noted, in our current system, it's just the insurance companies making the call instead of a bureaucrat. And it's usually done at a general level, not individually (except for rare, expensive, edge cases). If a privat
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by LordKano 9y ago
Extremely low likelihood versus maximum severity of consequence versus moderate likelihood with low severity of consequence. I choose to guard spend more time being vigilant against the former.
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by LordKano 9y ago
By "father like me", I mean one who is on the lookout for threats to his children.
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by LordKano 9y ago
I have no proof of this but I would suspect that this happens more often when the sibling had been a victim of abuse.
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by LordKano 9y ago
True. My position as a sheepdog isn't limited to strangers. My children aren't unsupervised with many relatives or family friends either. They're also not left unsupervised with clergy.
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by LordKano 9y ago
>Is that kind of paranoia productive? Especially considering we are at historically low crime rates. I balance the likelihood with the potential consequences when making my decision. For example, logically, I know that there's no da
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by LordKano 9y ago
Have a look at the Megan's Law registry. Tell me how close the nearest violent sexual predator is to you. A few months ago, I discovered that one lived on my street. He has since been arrested and is no longer in the neighborhood. But,

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