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by am_i_down 10y ago
The distinction often is more akin to "promising" and "not promising". Universities, employers, creditors, those looking for a spouse, etc. Everyone does it to some degree. Why can't a country?
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Professional Tetris players and people who classify pictures of cats and dogs. Machine learning is not a mature or robust field. Real world applications are brittle and extremely narrow in scope. The past few years has seen a burst funding
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by am_i_down 10y ago
The poster is likely referring to track-trump.com.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
> One can't disobey "conventions" You are playing a semantics game. Replace disobey with ignore, and the intent is the same. > you can't be disobeying if you're the boss and decide who gets tried and who do
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by am_i_down 10y ago
There is no human organization that should be free from scrutiny. Actions taken by members of the media and academia have significantly contributed to public distrust, long before Trump entered the political arena. He is simply capitalizing
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by am_i_down 10y ago
What do you mean by "lack of intention"?
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Modify your hosts file to block all porn domains. Here is an extremely popular list on github: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts . It can block malware, adware, porn, gambling, and social sites. I personally use it f
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by am_i_down 10y ago
What is a criteria in which China is "better" ethically or "better" by some criteria you select? I can think of none.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Neighborhoods are segregation. Let's all live in a big, happy neighborhood together because segregation is bad. My point being that you cannot, by definition, eliminate segregation until everyone is made equal in all things. Attempting
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Willingness to generalize an entire group seems far more deserving of a black mark.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Hard to imagine how that could be done in one month.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Almost every day for the past several years, I have eaten whole wheat biscuit cereal. I don't think I'll ever stop.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
My dog doesn't care that my factory job vanished.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
I meant that the refugee crisis fueled populism, not that it prompted this potential visa change for US citizens.
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by am_i_down 10y ago
What's the big deal with climate change and famine? I am sitting in an air-conditioned room and have a pantry full of food! We as a species have hilariously overblown reactions to perceived threats. The smug your-problem-aren't-re
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by am_i_down 10y ago
Are you serious? It is largely a reaction to globalization and the refugee crisis.
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Ask HN: What would you do with six months?
5 points by am_i_down 10y ago|11 comments