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by abraininavat 14y ago
The income you don't use toward tuition, fees, books, etc, is taxable income, so make sure you report it to the IRS.
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by abraininavat 14y ago
From "Same Love" "And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written 3,500 years ago" The Bible doesn't really need paraphrasing or eye-squinting to be interpreted as anti-gay, it's pretty clear in that p
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Why Clojure?
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Could someone tell me, is the FSF actually relevant anymore? If so, how?
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Expecting an AI to replicate/model every detail of a brain is like expecting a house to replicate/model every detail of a cave.
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by abraininavat 14y ago
What do you mean by "comprehend"? What do you say to the idea that we might -- rather than build an AI piece by piece and thought by thought, a project I agree is several orders of magnitude beyond our ability to comprehend -- instead "gro
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by abraininavat 14y ago
This explains it better than I could: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Quantum_consciousness We've always groped for ways to explain things we don't understand, and have always preferred irrational explanations to the uncomfortable feeling of
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by abraininavat 14y ago
People keep on describing this as manipulation. In what way is it manipulation? People upvote stories they think have interesting characteristics. If these stories are showing up on the front page, it's because people find them interestin
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Is a modicum of integrity really too much to ask?
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Seriously? You feel that his thinly veiled threats of violence to federal judges makes him a credit to your state? You think it's representative of the popular opinion in Texas to suggest that "None of your civil liberties matter much aft
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by abraininavat 14y ago
You call it "the next evolution in education." Could you elaborate on the evolutionary aspects of the app?
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by abraininavat 14y ago
Replace "right" and "wrong" with "effective" and "ineffective" and I think it better captures what you're saying.
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by abraininavat 14y ago
The phrase "verbal appearance" is genius and really summarizes my feelings on grammar. One shouldn't dismiss a person because of his appearance, but one would be wise to consider that he's more likely to be taken seriously if his appearanc
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by abraininavat 14y ago
No, it doesn't. You show someone he's out of his depth by attacking his argument, not by pointing out that the counter-argument comes from someone famous. Are you seriously claiming that no one you've never heard of can possibly argue aga