Tichy

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by Tichy 14y ago
Remote desktops can be used for all sorts of things, among others helping people with their computer problems.
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by Tichy 14y ago
We have certainly adapted to an extent, but not enough yet. Proof: civilization diseases do exist. (Not necessarily all about diet, but general lifestyle compared to traditional societies). The fact that these diseases exist shows that we h
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by Tichy 14y ago
They studied what happened to people who switched to agriculture 11000 years ago, via the fossil record. Also you can watch what happens to people who lived in a traditional way and then entered society. That way I think a lot of things you
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by Tichy 14y ago
Still, if people from traditional societies enter the western world they tend to be afflicted even worse from civilization diseases (obesity, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks...). I think part of the problem is that our foods are engineered
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by Tichy 14y ago
This information does not just come from fossil records but also from studying living specimen, who still exist in the world today. The article mention that those people also had time to evolve, but I don't think that is much of a killer ar
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by Tichy 14y ago
"the fossil record of the Stone Age is so small and necessarily incomplete that its ability to tell us about paleolithic society is severely limited." Actually there are still people who live as hunter-gatherers, or there were until a coupl
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by Tichy 14y ago
"after this only a few nostalgics will occasionally burn wood for "recreation"" Not true unfortunately - here in Germany wood burning has been trending in recent years, even though alternative means of heating are readily available. In fact
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by Tichy 14y ago
My dad with asthma has severe problems in the winter because everybody in his village heats with wood - in the middle of western Germany (they do have other heaters, but like the wood, is what I mean). So definitely not just a third world p
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by Tichy 14y ago
That seems irrelevant to making a working brain thingy. We don't want to predict how another given brain will evolve, we want to mimic intelligence. Your brain evolves differently than mine, yet we both are intelligent (I think). I don't ne
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by Tichy 14y ago
There are also people who believe in god and all other sorts of things. Doesn't mean they should be taken seriously.
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by Tichy 14y ago
This xkcd cartoon on tar might be comforting: http://xkcd.com/1168/
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by Tichy 14y ago
Most research papers look pretty shitty. So you dismiss the argument because it isn't a fancy infographic? What exactly do you want, or what would be a credible source for you? The book provides more citations, in case you don't want to tak
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by Tichy 14y ago
Contrary to you I actually provided a citation, you just refused to look at it. Or have you? So I am curious about your definition of "dubious uncited statistics". Do you believe my statistics are wrong, and what makes you think so (citatio
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by Tichy 14y ago
Explain it? You take offense by the "don't need so much money" or the "supplemental earners" thing? The latter is presumably simply a current statistical fact? Don't need so much money - well I explained it. And as I said, any women who fee
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by Tichy 14y ago
If you read carefully, I never made any claims like the ones you listed. I never said men and women have different mental capabilities or emotional preferences. To assume such things is unnecessary for understanding the difference. I claim
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by Tichy 14y ago
What did I say about women that you disagree with? If I said that men tend to be just the supplemental earners in a family it would be false. At least for the present time. I don't understand what you might find offensive about that - I did
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by Tichy 14y ago
I never heard of the judgmental stereotype. Anyway, I notice that you seem to also tend to believe that CS is somehow hostile to women because the people in it are not social enough or whatever. I just want to put forward another idea: what
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by Tichy 14y ago
You can compare lots of historical societies, or lots of historical companies, or whatever. Why shouldn't that provide valid data - more than anecdotes, because you can have a large data sample? Also, even an anecdote can often prove someth
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by Tichy 14y ago
Wouldn't it just cancel out? If you have twice the impressions but the same number of clicks, prices for an impression would simply halve?
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by Tichy 14y ago
So basically everything is Hacker News?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Data? Because I seriously doubt your claim. Would be genuinely interested, though. In theory it seems sometimes possible, if you really believe what you market makes the live of the person you market to better. But is that really more often
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by Tichy 14y ago
Wasn't he also famous for hosting life role playing events at his mansion? Something like that would be a good reward, too :-)
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by Tichy 14y ago
I don't
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by Tichy 14y ago
What would be the incentive for killing the guy, though? Since nobody knows who the criminals are, sending a message "don't mess with - uh, nevermind" isn't very useful?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Were women unhappy with him?
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by Tichy 14y ago
Is that what the story suggests? My impression was that it concludes that the prof probably knew he was smuggling drugs, but was still doing it for his love interest?
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by Tichy 14y ago
On HN it tends to be, though. I think it is kind of implied by "news" which are things one didn't know before reading about them.
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by Tichy 14y ago
I must admit I don't get the appeal. What is there to learn from it? Seems like a pretty standard scenario (internet lure)?
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by Tichy 14y ago
I think people defend the things they are invested in. For example if you have bought Macs and invested time in learning to use OS X, you are invested in Macs and will defend them against competition. It is not just about personal preferenc
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by Tichy 14y ago
Obviously lifting the minimum wage would increase pressure on their competition. Maybe they can not operate as efficiently as Costco and having to pay their workers more would send them on a tailspin to bankruptcy (for example). It really d

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