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by badosu 9y ago
Perhaps a better term is that it's the ideology where 'capital' and 'resources' should flow through supply and demand with some additional rules such as private property and being able to organize into corporations.
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by badosu 9y ago
Well, is there friendship without an ulterior motive at all?
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by badosu 9y ago
Assuming there are no capable laser and railgun interceptors deployed and detection/jamming tolerance, probably ASBMs [0]. Or ASMs [1] if carrier air or seaspace is breached, carriers are heavily escorted though. If nuclear deterrence
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by badosu 9y ago
> Eagerly waiting for the first combat engagement of F-35 with current gen Russian/Chinese SAMS or fighters. > I might get my wish soon, as the Israelis just lost an F-16I in the Syrian theater and they might start sending F-3
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by badosu 9y ago
> And that makes me wonder if and when this will turn into something akin the "Communism / Captialism / Whatever concept has never been tried/implemented _properly_" I see this as the 'No True Scotsman&#x2
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by badosu 9y ago
Sometimes it's good to remind ourselves of the many mission critical practical applications in disciplines outside of Computer Engineering.
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by badosu 9y ago
> I am not sure that I agree with the entire article, but this part stood out to me. I never know how to express this in a way that sounds appropriate, but I feel that some of us might be better off if we focused more of our energy on a
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by badosu 9y ago
>> If we are in search of truth and want to build a consistent model of the world then we just can't accept this kind of reasoning. > Yes, you can. It's called generalizing. Remember, we're not doing math here, th
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by badosu 9y ago
Since we're talking about mind-boggling quantities, although this is more related to cardinals it's one of the most fascinating pieces I've ever read. https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2016/06/29&
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by badosu 9y ago
This cliche is successful because it's an instance of lekking [0], giving more freedom for female choice. In this arena the status markers may be different from individual evaluation (with some general markers shared). It's pretty
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by badosu 9y ago
You're right
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by badosu 9y ago
The theory is always 'wrong' if 'correct' means fitting the data perfectly. Having to adjust the parameters of the model and having to change the fundamental aspects (e.g. humans came from Africa) are different things.
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by badosu 9y ago
I wonder if there's liability for the author when people get damaged by this
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by badosu 9y ago
> Of course we are in a novel high stress environment so I think it can be triggered erroneously or we just need to now live through really shitty situations at work, etc. I wonder if this is something new or that only was misreported or
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by badosu 9y ago
Looking at the wikipedia article about the incident: > Fatalities resulting from Peterloo > John Rhodes > Cause: Sabre wound to the head > Notes: Rhodes's body was dissected by order of magistrates who wished to prove that
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by badosu 9y ago
Unless you think about some metric of relevant countries in the global arena, like the G8, then it makes sense.
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by badosu 9y ago
Apart from checking the feasibility of the proposition I could imagine a few factors: - For evolution to occur in this directed way there should be some natural selection mechanism present. If the pathogen is able to reproduce and spread th
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by badosu 9y ago
Not sure how to interpret this statement.. One part of me is disgusted at someone profiting from bad planning and misery of others, the other thinks that this is something that really needs investing.
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by badosu 9y ago
From the wikipedia article[0]: > Civil society including especially NGOs, played critical roles at all stages of policy development leading up to the Vienna Conference, the Montreal Protocol, and in assessing compliance afterwards.[64][
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by badosu 9y ago
Not sure why the downvotes, this is true.
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by badosu 9y ago
There are some metrics that are related to fertility like ejaculation volume and sperm motility[0]. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_motility
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by badosu 9y ago
Ironically maybe having a glove full of ants once in a while is safer than shocking your head repeatedly every week for years...
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by badosu 9y ago
Tens of thousands years later, future archeologists will find out about this creepy religious ritual primitive humans used to perform.
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by badosu 9y ago
I wonder if there'd be an increase or loss of carbon footprint compared to gas, when most of electricity produced in Australia is from coal?
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by badosu 9y ago
I have always thought of the modern way to do science very 'unscientific', i.e. science as the activity scientists perform as opposed to the classical tripartite definition ('Justified True Belief'), as it is simply not
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by badosu 9y ago
Even if this research would be used to develop an alternative fusion bomb ignition system, wouldn't it be better as it would avoid using a fission reaction that has a high probability of leaving heavy radioactive material?
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by badosu 9y ago
I guess the better calculation would be: Cost of a typical trip w/ shades x Cost of a typical trip w/out shades Then account for the average number of trips in a year. May seem like an exaggeration but the impact of some decisions
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by badosu 9y ago
> But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? I am not sure the issue poster really uses that password...
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by badosu 9y ago
Off topic, but too fun not to mention: An ounce of gold weighs more than an ounce of feathers. This is because an ounce of gold is a troy ounce (1/12 of a pound), and an ounce of feathers is an avoirdupois ounce (1/16 of a pound)
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by badosu 9y ago
A couple of instances pre and post-ww2 of medical human experimentation: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_syphilis_experiment - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

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