Zimahl

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by Zimahl 13y ago
but you do have to break a few eggs to throw the baby out before it's hatched. "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!" - Zapp Brannigan
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Hardly a chance, if you have a device that is used for criminal activity don't be surprised if that gives cops a reason to scrutinize you. This article is so biased and reeks of agenda. There are no other more sympathetic people to do
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I know what you are getting at, but that recent SCOTUS decision didn't implicitly say that. However, it did make it clear that you can't talk with police (thus waiving your right), refuse to answer a question, and then answer oth
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by Zimahl 13y ago
From my chemistry background I know you could extract anything with solvents but I didn't realize that you would use that method to get a potable alcohol! I don't doubt you would be able to taste the difference.
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Vodka is a pretty unique beast with respect to alcohols. It's defined as 'colorless, odorless, and tasteless' alcohol. While the tasteless part is not necessarily true, other alcohols are specifically designed for taste, wh
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I suspect the testing grandparent is thinking of would show that price does not correlate with quality Correct. Of course there was a difference in taste, but it was clearly within statistics that there was no correlation between favorit
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by Zimahl 13y ago
At a minimum it might make a good defense in federal court.
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Here's a couple articles that are talking about blind-tests either they did or from someone else. I've seen better articles with more test details but I can't seem to find them again. The New York Times similarly blind tast
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by Zimahl 13y ago
A little off-topic but in blind taste tests (I'll have to find the link) people weren't able to tell the difference between top and bottom shelf vodkas.
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Sure my last line was somewhat facetious but still a valid point - I'd love a link to the paper to draw real conclusions. I think the blog post is a little underwhelming as far as insight into the experiment. As for the puzzle-solving
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I'm with foobarbazqux . The experiment randomly assigned people to groups and then increased the cognitive load on one group. Then it found a statistically significant difference between groups in a particular measurement. This sen
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by Zimahl 13y ago
The problem I have is that 'willpower' is completely subjective and arbitrary. Exerting your willpower is not the same as me exerting mine. Also, your definition of a willpower choice might not be the same to me. Like I said, in
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by Zimahl 13y ago
It assumes that cake to all participants is decadent and requires willpower. As a college student in my 20s, no amount of food was off limits and therefore I wouldn't have batted an eye at choosing the cake. I read the results as more
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Man, this brings up a lot of privacy questions. Especially around who gets to look at what. I mean is this a personal archive that only unlocks after your death? Is it open to anyone? Is it available to law enforcement? This about this:
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by Zimahl 13y ago
His actions don't appear to be illegal, but do the police have the right to not investigate something that was reported as illegal? I mean, if harassment is claimed by someone should the police just shrug their shoulders? No, they sh
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I would guess it's because the context is relatively obscure whereas with Google it's not. Yes, they can uniquely identify you by your profile more than Google can, but for many who don't 'like' everything left and
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I'm not sure if people understand that Nate Silver likes sports. Under the tweed blazer and spectacles, the guy loves baseball. There are very few topics of study with more data points than baseball. Besides, there are sports 100% o
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by Zimahl 13y ago
All I have to say about this is maybe . I mean, tropes are used, overused, and come and go - that's how the industry works. Writers are who they are just like directors. You aren't all of a sudden going to turn Zack Snyder int
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by Zimahl 13y ago
You could say this about a lot of tech that just wasn't quite right, failed, and then someone tried something at a later date and it took off. Google wasn't the first search engine, Skype wasn't the first attempt at consumer
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Not to disparage the idea but this can be expensive to set up and time consuming to use. Also, it can take a while to get the process down and/or have someone who can properly interpret what the user is actually doing. I have found th
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by Zimahl 13y ago
The market seems to be voluntarily making a massive hole for an adult-content-friendly blogging platform to fill There is so much euphemism in that sentence when referencing porn that it's almost palpable . That said, I agree. Does
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I think you are missing the point. There's no argument that new authors can sell a ton of books given the right inputs. What the article is saying is that you can sell a lot of shit to people with a fanbase. The point is proven with
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I can't speak for the OP but the main reason for me would probably be nostalgia. The second reason is that I could probably download every single ROM ever produced for these systems and store it on an average sized flash drive. Final
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by Zimahl 13y ago
where will you get legal ROMs for those consoles? You don't. You put on your eyepatch, grab your cutlass, and raise the Jolly Roger.
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by Zimahl 13y ago
In Oregon, the highest paid state retiree is a former football coach that was paid millions[1] during his career. Agreed, the system is broken. [1] http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20111122/NEWS/111220
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but why does it have lenses if those lenses don't actually do anything? I mean, why not just the display portion in some sort of headpiece instead of including the glass?
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by Zimahl 13y ago
I never said any of those wouldn't exist, but I'm a firm believer in rewards. Right now a janitor is rewarding himself with a paycheck so he can do what he wants otherwise the flip side is poverty. Here's the thing. Let&#x2
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by Zimahl 13y ago
Do you think he wants to be scrubbing toilets for a subsistence wage? Thanks for proving my point. No, I highly doubt he wants to scrub a toilet for a subsistence wage. I think a janitorial job would go empty for a long, long time. So
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by Zimahl 13y ago
The question is: how many people currently working would stop working if they didn't need to? (particularly in the areas vital for the basic functioning of society) That question is so impossibly difficult to answer that I don't
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by Zimahl 13y ago
The unfortunate reality today is that we are living in a country where you really have to be afraid of the consequences of exercising your Constitutional right of free speech and assembly. I never thought I'd have this thoughts in the

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