alphapapa

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by alphapapa 9y ago
I guess you're not a fan of democracy, then?
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by alphapapa 9y ago
On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts
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by alphapapa 9y ago
"We have to get to 80%, then we can talk about cost"? Is this like the "we have to do it to find out if we can afford it" version of "we have to pass it to find out what's in it"?
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by alphapapa 9y ago
IIRC I saw it in the Spacemacs release notes.
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by alphapapa 9y ago
I'm afraid I don't follow your line of reasoning at all. > You're missing the point too. What I mean is, you're missing my point. Maybe I'm missing yours too, in which case we're talking past each other a
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by alphapapa 9y ago
> Do liberals have any genuine principles at all? The principle they adhere to most strongly is that the ends justify the means. Virtually everything they do flows from that. Of course, that leaves the questions of what the ends are, an
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by alphapapa 9y ago
> I think he means that it's not spying or infiltration when the data is already there for everyone to see. You're not thinking clearly. It is infiltration because the person in question is pretending to be a member of Party A
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by alphapapa 9y ago
I think there's a crucial distinction between a) participating in a party's primary as a member of that party, generally intending to support that party's candidate, and b) participating in a party's primary, pretending
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Thank you for actually understanding my point. :)
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by alphapapa 9y ago
I'll see your condescending lesson on the Constitution and raise you a trip to the Capitol, where you'll see the very real, tangible divisions between the two major parties. You seem to be confused about the argument. It's n
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Of course, you're right. The question is, how many climate scientists do?
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Which regulations does it replace?
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by alphapapa 9y ago
I don't know how you expect me to take you seriously with "lolwut." But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt once. > The Republicans shamelessly flaunt their positions and policies. What is the point of this st
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by alphapapa 9y ago
How are you going to spin that?
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by alphapapa 9y ago
It's actual scientists saying this. > On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the
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by alphapapa 9y ago
I highly recommend general: https://github.com/noctuid/general.el It lets you easily bind keys in a vim leader-like way. For example, I use a macro that defines binds under a `M-SPC` leader key: (ap/genera
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Yep, that's true. They're planning to essentially fork MELPA and have their own "stable" repo of packages Spacemacs uses. I wish them luck on that, because the security issue is a concern.
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Has he said that he's willing to be a liaison like that? If not, you'd be putting an unfair burden on him by doing that.
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by alphapapa 9y ago
This is almost scary if you think about it, because this is in its infancy. In 5, 10, 15 years, will any photo be able to be authenticated? Will this be doable in real-time at high resolution, on live video feeds? Will we be able to beli
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by alphapapa 9y ago
Hey, fancy meeting you here. :) Thanks for sharing that, I'll have to give it a try.
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by alphapapa 9y ago
You sound like a shill. Typical deceptive argumentation tactics. Casually dismissing anything you don't like, ignoring common knowledge, veiled insults toward your opponents, and hypocritically advocating blind faith in your position
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by alphapapa 10y ago
LOL, what? GP claims that depression is caused by the disconnected consciousnesses of dead people, I challenge the claim, my comment gets downvoted, and his doesn't? Is this Hacker News: Dark Mirror?
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by alphapapa 10y ago
> Until then, it is safer to continue with the general understanding that snopes is not biased. Are you serious? You think it's safer to consider them not biased? That's just bizarre. Snopes is a business. Their purpose is
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by alphapapa 10y ago
> Even if I were to grant that point, you now have to establish that "no good system" exists for Trump's statement to possibly be true. What expert witness will you cite to assert that no such "good vetting system&quo
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by alphapapa 10y ago
Seems like a fair point to me. If science is really about reproducibility, then this is a fair question. How can we say with absolute certainty until we run a falsifiable experiment? Note that I'm not disputing our understanding of h
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by alphapapa 10y ago
Seems to me that the question of how stars function is completely separate from the question of how they and the matter in the universe came to exist.
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by alphapapa 10y ago
The "unemployment rate" is a specific number produced by the government. Whether it's useful or accurate compared to other numbers (e.g. labor participation rate) is another matter.
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by alphapapa 10y ago
At some point the machine fact-checking relies on data input by humans. Or does the machine interpret data directly from cameras on the street to determine, e.g. that suspect A shot victim B with weapon C? Does it interpret a historical t
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by alphapapa 10y ago
> Spirits are part of the consciousness of people that have died, and have not returned to their source. They lost contact with themselves, and with reality. They identify themselves with anything that they can attach themselves to. So w
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by alphapapa 10y ago
Are you saying that it's impossible to control your thoughts? Saying that "you choose what to think" means that you can control your thoughts. You seem to be operating with unusual definitions of "think" and "t

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