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by ambler0 12y ago
Just focus on the first two sentences. Take the notion of causality. It underlies all of empirical science, yet it is not something that can be proved empirically. It is a given, a built in part of how we perceive things. You can read more
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by ambler0 12y ago
I would never say that I support Russia in any of this, but it's important to put the hypocritical Western pearl-clutching in context: The near-universal Western condemnation of Putin includes citing the "emotional address"
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by ambler0 12y ago
Looks like it's alive and well to me. The "Old Friends" hypothesis by Rook mentioned in the article appears to be from 2003. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
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by ambler0 12y ago
Discounting the future self is only one of many possible reasons for procrastination, which is a complex subject. If you want to listen to a podcast that reviews the many different lines of inquiry into the subject, including several branch
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by ambler0 12y ago
I was wondering the same thing. From that section, somewhat incoherently and with typo: "You're [sic] parents and grandparents knew it was true. This is a, Christan-based, truism that is fundamental to our society."
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by ambler0 12y ago
To the people saying this is not a problem, it is. In particular, iMessage seems to often get confused when trying to send a picture. The progress bar will get to half or even mostly full, and then just pause ...forever. It's not a con
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by ambler0 12y ago
I took him to mean that everyone at Harvard who doesn't come from wealth gets a huge amount of financial aid.
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Unexplained Russian Crater Discovered(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by ambler0 12y ago|0 comments
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by ambler0 12y ago
Isn't the latest Xcode beta available to anyone, developer account or no? https://developer.apple.com/swift/resources/
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by ambler0 12y ago
I've never heard of this. Do you have an actual source?
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by ambler0 12y ago
Exactly what I was thinking. Hipmunk does something like this for minimizing the pain of flying, which I always thought was a great idea.
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by ambler0 12y ago
There was a very good one for the Wii that came out not long after that system's launch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zack_%26_Wiki:_Quest_for_Barbar...
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by ambler0 12y ago
I have always wondered what the probability of being struck by lightning is, given that you are actually outside during a thunderstorm. We always use the phrase "chances of getting struck by lightning" as a stand-in for a very low
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by ambler0 12y ago
I have to agree with inscrutablemike here. Seems to me that all forms of human knowledge have both an empirical and a rational component.
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by ambler0 12y ago
From the article: "Social-media competitors Twitter and Pinterest do honor the setting."
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by ambler0 12y ago
From the last paragraph: "The Machine isn’t on HP’s official roadmap. Fink says it could arrive as early as 2017 or take until the end of the decade. Any delivery date has to be taken with some skepticism given that HP has been hyping
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by ambler0 12y ago
I think we agree. And I think Turing's point in choosing a conversation as the test was to pick something that would indicate the vast range of human experience. If a computer could pass a strong version of the test as you describe, th
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by ambler0 12y ago
I think most people misunderstand the intent of Turing's paper in which he describes his eponymous test. I agree with Chomsky's reading, which he laid out in "Language & Thought": "There is a great deal of often
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Apple Has (Partly) Lifted the NDA for Beta Releases(oleb.net)
3 points by ambler0 12y ago|0 comments
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New audio features in iOS8 and OS X Yosemite(9to5mac.com)
1 points by ambler0 12y ago|0 comments
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by ambler0 12y ago
"I’m also letting go of second chances. One strike and you’re out." This is the part that I came to criticize as well. To me, it doesn't sound like letting go at all; it sounds like holding on to a grudge. I excommunicated
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by ambler0 12y ago
Does anyone have a link to a screen shot of the new "dark mode"? If I've seen it, I didn't notice it.
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by ambler0 12y ago
By what measure is Google poorer than Microsoft? They have less free cash flow, but a greater market cap. http://ycharts.com/companies/MSFT http://ycharts.com/companies/GOOG
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by ambler0 12y ago
In any case, the spirit of my original comment was just to say that it's a notable omission from the article. I think that ansimionescu was right to point out the (perhaps subtle) difference between the author's actual explanation
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by ambler0 12y ago
That's fair. He's saying that he doesn't want to take the time to read the terms and therefore cannot in good conscience agree to them. A rare breed, to be sure, as commenter Dmitry Minkovsky points out.
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by ambler0 12y ago
Notably absent from the article, but spelled out in the comments, is that the author doesn't have an AppleID because he doesn't want to agree to Apple's terms, and therefore cannot acquire a kernel debug kit.
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by ambler0 12y ago
My understanding is that the importance of the indica-sativa dichotomy has been vastly exaggerated and that whatever differences exist between strains are more complicated. Think of something like a fingerprint that specifies the levels of
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by ambler0 12y ago
It can cause both of those response in the same person. Even within the same session
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by ambler0 12y ago
I fully support legalization and find marijuana to be relatively harmless compared to other recreational drugs, but comparing it to coffee is ludicrous!
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by ambler0 12y ago
Fun fact: Paul Simon lifted the basic harmony and melody for his song "American Tune" from that piece, which itself lifted them from an earlier piece. Remixing is not a new phenomenon! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&

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