Nessuss

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by Nessuss 9y ago
I'm shocked there has been no mention of The Economic Laws of Scientific Research. Terence Kealey makes a compelling argument that government funding more than crowds out private funding for Science. I.e., we are worse off in terms of
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by Nessuss 13y ago
The risk of losing money in a savings account is not zero. By losing I mean, losing its purchasing power. Banks have repeatedly gone bust throughout all of history, in all countries. But there is such a thing as deposit insurance. In the U.
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by Nessuss 15y ago
This isn't the funeral for the fella. Being able to discuss taboo subjects is what makes it great to be an intellectual after all - why are they taboo? is the reason a good or illogical? In this case, death is bad, very bad. Something to re
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by Nessuss 15y ago
I hope he had a cryonics contract. .... In reading the above, some people might think it insensitive to 'peddle' this here, and I almost censored myself because of that. But that's not helpful at all. People are dying unnecessarily because
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by Nessuss 15y ago
The essence of capitalism is that consumers buy what goods or services they think are worth for them, otherwise they don't. If a handmade knife is worth more to a chef then a china created one, then the chef benefits. Remember, knives are t
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by Nessuss 15y ago
I think the idea is that what you want to do differs from what you are doing, or what you must do. When you run faster than you're comfortable with, the will to do that comes from yourself. External forced, not using your willpower.
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by Nessuss 15y ago
Two eyes are not a requirement for depth perception. They help, especially for stuff close to you, but are not absolutely necessary. Don't take my word for it, close one eye and move your head from side to side and see the 3d jump out at yo
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by Nessuss 16y ago
Reuse of old code, familiarity with API's (other's old code).
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by Nessuss 16y ago
Except that the more you exercise, the more your body hungers for more calories. The homeostasis theory of the body makes far more sense than the current thermodynamic view of eating; that change in weight is equal to what you eat minus wha
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by Nessuss 16y ago
The line should be more "most people don't understand what kids can do".
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by Nessuss 16y ago
And now we have power problems, so you can't have everything on at once. Such is life.
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by Nessuss 16y ago
The hypothesis though, is to remove the emotional part of the memory, which this does seem to be doing a reasonable job of doing it. Much better than bilateral lesions to the Amygdala!