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by _nedR 11y ago
Pain, hunger, sexual urges, etc. can't be classified by emotions. Maybe we can include fear of injury or death in this as well. Even a baby can feel these things (except of course sexual urges). But beyond that everything else is an e
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I don't get it. Is the article exaggerating things? How can you function without feeling emotions? What is your motivation for getting married? Getting a job? Playing a game or watching a movie? Succeeding at any task? What is your rew
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This. I find this is a big trap that nerds tend to fall into. We invest a lot of time and effort into tools and systems that have a steep learning curve (unix, vim, emacs) because it is a source of pride to master something that is so diff
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>There's no reason to believe it wasn't trivial for Skype to wiretap individuals. You could still glean info from monitoring the network communication (although i personally haven't done anything). Also if the leaked docs
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So long as the query is passed over HTTPS, it is encrypted. But the domain/subdomain info is not concealed by HTTPS.
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>Intriguing that this renders Tor essentially transparent in some contexts - that could almost seem by design. I would have commented on your tinfoil hat, except for what Microsoft did to Skype post-acquisition:- Completely rewriting it
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The behaviour might be hygienic for the dog, but not for the humans interacting with it.
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I don't know whether there has been a modern reinterpretation. The way i remember being taught in school, Muslims are allowed to keep dogs for hunting and guarding purposes, but we are not allowed to touch them (except perhaps on the h
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While you're at it Microsoft, please also give a way for users to remotely log out all active sessions on other computers and devices.
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Hmm.. Didn't mean to read too much into it, but i wonder if your vehicle was stolen for cross-border smuggling (possibly of refugees?)
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You probably don't know what you are wishing for. Just scroll through this list : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic... 4 out of the 10 most deadliest human conflicts in human history hap
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>>They, like us were arming the rebels. ISIS "formally" split from the Free Syrian Army in late 2013: That is not ISIS but Al Nusra - ISIS was not in Syria at the time (at least not openly in such large numbers). Both orga
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"All the machinery of oppression, and the silly exporting of de-stability (the arms to ISIS)" Ah. People (particularly NY Times readers) see the words "muslim" and "extermist" and they automatically assume it m
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Yes as the Nature article says, the commenter who gave Tao the initial idea is Uwe Stroinski, who received a PhD in mathematics from the University of Tübingen. Just repeating his name here because i think his contribution should not be mis
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by _nedR 11y ago
I am more reminded about Psycho Pass ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379308/ ) a terrific anime tv series. It basically explores a future in which a person's criminal intent (called their crime coefficient) alo
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by _nedR 11y ago
Maybe in the west where motorcycles are more of a leisure transport than a mode of commute, but in developing countries bikes with small engines in the ball park of 100 cc (the honda cub for example) are definitely some of the most efficien
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We got a commie here!
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Wow. No need to go hyperbolic. First off, SpaceX had little/nothing to do with any of the stuff you mentioned. Second, I am not devaluing what SpaceX has done or is trying to do. I am a big fan actually of such ventures which strive to
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None of those things has had any affect on my life or the lives of anybody i personally know (yet). I booked a ride on Uber just the other day. edit: typo
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Curious about what you mean by'a "caste system" mentality'?
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But that does not contribute to growth because the supply is steady (unless Apple progressively reduces the life of their products.
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What betrays the rejection of science even more, is making blanket statements or taking strong standpoints, especially on controversial topics. It betrays a propensity for scientists to ignore evidence, or to frame conclusions and experimen
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Nobody is worried about Apple's survival. Barring doomsday scenarios, Apple looks set to be a very large, very profitable company for the foreseeable future. Just like Microsoft. They are worried about Apple's growth prospects. On
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You are being downvoted to hell, but you have my thanks for pointing that out. According to http://whenonearth.net/walk-the-3500-narrow-steps-of-chand-b... ( amazing pictures) the Chand Baori was used as a shooting locatio
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I don't think any games were specifically inspired by step-wells (would be glad to contradicted with examples) but you point out a great place for game devs to draw inspiration from.
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The real way to celebrate a happy birthday is with a 90% off sale (on the remastered version)! Keeps fingers crossed.
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Originality and influence are distinct concepts. The ancient Indians have first claim to many inventions and discoveries covering a wide range of disciplines including math, science, statecraft, philosophy, governance, technology. But unfor
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>They won over the people at first by force (conquered) and then via other means they and coopted (won over) them and used them to their ends. If by 'won them over', you mean they threatened anyone who opposed them with terribl
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The article mentions one Mohammad Salmoni, 21 who travelled from Kabul, Afghanisthan through Iran to Belgrade, possibly on foot most of the way, with little else other than his smartphone ( and probably without any id, let alone a passport)
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Quake (actually Quake III) is still alive today in the form of http://quakelive.com which is free-to-play. I think the time is ripe for Arena FPS to make a return to the mainstream (with updated graphics). Toxikk which is still

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