Squarel

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by Squarel 11y ago
Mine is: "Plants in cooler regions do not like hot weather"
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by Squarel 11y ago
Very interesting story. I started my MSc thesis on palynology, but for reasons unrelated to pollen, I changed the subject of the thesis after a few months. (I could not get comfortable working with HF)
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by Squarel 12y ago
The political hot potato gets tossed around because business claim that increasing the minimum wage will cause the end of civilization as we know it, despite evidence from other countries that this is not a thing. I am also not sure why you
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by Squarel 12y ago
The OP does not seem to be testifying against a company for under declaring the amount of stationary they have though, unless that involves major law firms, and breaks state and federal law.
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by Squarel 12y ago
It is not necessarily about using trigonometry, but rather a basic level of maths or English that is missing, with functional innumeracy and illiteracy. It is multi-factoral for sure, but there is also a culture of being fine with saying &q
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by Squarel 12y ago
I have come to accept that my way of working is in bursts. Whether this is at a 9-5 admin job (work intensely 9-10:30, slow down until 12, work intensely 1-2:30, take it easy the rest of the day unless something comes up), or working on pro
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by Squarel 12y ago
Other countries put people in prison to protect the public, not to make them suffer. Many countries dropped the victorian method (lock people up and throw away the key, and lock them up in fairly nasty conditions)of prisons when they figur
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by Squarel 12y ago
Well, for me it is more about recognising fallacies. How often do we hear variations on the Black Swan fallacy, and how often do people fall for it,and repeat it in discussions? Your regular bloke down the pub finds Schroedinger and chaos t
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by Squarel 12y ago
The difference is in how you respond to the person. So, with the person who has read an article, or heard a soundbite and repeated it incorrectly, consider how you would respond to it in person if they were in front of you. Gratuitous negat
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by Squarel 12y ago
I run with "Would I say this to their face using these exact words if I was introduced to them in a room" If not, then perhaps I should rephrase it, to convey the same message, but perhaps without it being a personal attack.
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by Squarel 12y ago
So your argument is that companies should be able to profit off of my work for free? He states that he does not go after personal blogs. I have yet to hear a decent argument that explains why commercial profit-making organisations should be
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by Squarel 12y ago
In Denmark I get around €750 per month from the government as a student, and I can take another €400 euro or so as a very low interest loan if I want. I can also apply for assistance with rent as needed.
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by Squarel 12y ago
Some of the tech press is covering it. Gizmodo, slashdot, the register. WashPo also had a blog, as did a few other non-tech sites. The reason they don't show as Github specifically is because it is reported as "Anti-censorship gro
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by Squarel 12y ago
Indeed, flexibility and adaptability are vital to a global language.
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by Squarel 12y ago
Astroturfing is usually fairly easy to spot. Of course, it can be difficult to tell those who are a bit fanatical about an issue from astroturfers, usually because the fanatical people are sourcing from blogs etc written by the astroturfers
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by Squarel 12y ago
They did not vandalize a church. They stood on the altar. Afaik, they caused no physical damage to the church, nor defaced anything. I don't think people get multi-year sentences for saying bad words in a church ;)
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by Squarel 12y ago
Its 2 on, 2 off. 2 months in 12h shifts working 4 days a week is not that bad.
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by Squarel 12y ago
Agreed. I read the abstract, if it seems relevant, then I flip to the conclusion, if it still seems relevant then I skim read it through, then print it out if it looks like something I need to dig deeper into. Often those lightbulb moments
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by Squarel 12y ago
The correct response is to try to recoup your losses, but, not lose too much sleep over them, because I guarantee they are not losing any sleep over you. Much as with anyone who screws you over, or otherwise causes you problems.
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by Squarel 12y ago
Small Gods and Guards Guards are definitely among my most loved of his books.
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by Squarel 12y ago
Arrow keys worked fine for me
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by Squarel 12y ago
MDMA absolutely is. I am well aware that it is not ordinarily associated with hallucinations or disassociation. I can also absolutely say that you do not need a serotonin-syndrome inducing dose to forget who your friends are, who you are, o
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by Squarel 12y ago
Definitely not. Unless the usual method of taking LSD is via pill form. But I hear MDMA does not induce hours of hallucinations either, so perhaps LSD does come in pill form with logos on it.
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by Squarel 12y ago
I would assume as the poster is talking about raves, they are referencing ketamine or MDMA, and both of these are more than capable of making you forget who you are, let alone who your friends are.
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by Squarel 12y ago
I am the same, I cant see either white/gold or blue/black, and I am surprised that the options for most people seem to be white/gold or blue/black. light blue/gold barely gets a mention in most articles.
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by Squarel 12y ago
And yet plenty of people with the knowledge and means to ensure their privacy online and elsewhere get spectacularly vocal about the privacy of those who have neither.
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by Squarel 12y ago
I enjoyed the learning part of school, apart from classes I had no interest in, and was terrible at. The alternative to school currently is homeschooling, and, I do not feel that I would be able to teach my children the range of topics cove
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by Squarel 12y ago
I did no college or further education, and spent my teens largely drunk, and my early twenties on drugs and in generally dodgy situations. I am about to finish my MSc and move onto my PhD, I just turned 35
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by Squarel 12y ago
So you are not of the opinion that her tweet was rather about privilege? When you make assumptions about someone based on 1 line, then you may or may not be a bad human being ;)
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by Squarel 12y ago
So clearly one should cut oneself off from social interaction because of an individual? I do not use my "real name" on Facebook, or elsewhere online apart from in a professional capacity, and this is precisely the way I want it. I

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