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by bcook 11y ago
We argue about the background color of a linked article with little resistance, so I think a post about general piracy within an article about academic piracy is relatively on-topic (but I know that is subjective). I agree that the current
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by bcook 11y ago
So, only the citizens who fund the research should have access? That, just like the current high-prices, excludes poor countries/people from access.
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by bcook 11y ago
Then give me your credit card information, because I have no health insurance and it has been 5 years since my last checkup. Edit: The parent's reply was "yes" when I replied. Edit2: I am unsure which "free" you are
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by bcook 11y ago
So, any knowledge that could save a life should be freely available? I like the idea, but I think the situation is not that simple. Although you make a good point that piracy of one thing may be dissimilar to piracy of another thing, both a
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by bcook 11y ago
The article addresses a certain (popular) perspective, not the only perspective. I agree, papers should be cheaper, but should they be universally free via sci-hub... I dunno.
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by bcook 11y ago
I did, but with so few comments I thought I would pose a question directly related to piracy, rather than the precise topic in the article.
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by bcook 11y ago
I agree, but I think "I'm poor" is better than "I want". Neither completely justifies.
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by bcook 11y ago
I am poor, which I use as my primary excuse to pirate software, movies, books, etc. To those who are not financially struggling: Why do you pirate? What is your moral justification?
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by bcook 11y ago
Yeah, I agree. I was only criticizing the analogy (which I fumbled), because privacy itself is a very complex topic without involving it with gun rights.
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Guns are related to privacy?
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You are right. I got a bit carried away...
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by bcook 11y ago
I agree, but I think your position excludes the existance of "unknown unknowns". What really drives us?
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by bcook 11y ago
Well, you hurt my feelings. Congrats.
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by bcook 11y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus "Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically"
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by bcook 11y ago
Yes. Thanks for respectful reply. (Contrasting the deleted, hateful comments.) I say it from a point of indoctrination. I have felt "God", just as I was sure Santa existed. I can never rid myself of the past, where I thought the C
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by bcook 11y ago
Hate is retarded. Reason is golden. I was critcizing the hatred. The object of the hate is unimportant. Drop the emotion and share the logic. The OP's entire rant was an unfounded strawman attack on religion.
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by bcook 11y ago
You are right. Intelligent minds have only existed for a few dozen years. Nothing can be learned from the thinkers of the distant past (anything beyond 31 years, in my very personal experience). /s No offense, but your ideas deserve cr
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by bcook 11y ago
Booted and works fine on my Nexus 9 running Chrome and Android Marshmallow (CyanogenMod 13).
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by bcook 11y ago
Interesting... the plural says to me "all the individuals at Apple", vs the singular referring to the company as a single, faceless entity. I wonder if that was intended by the author.
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by bcook 11y ago
... is still bad? /grammarnazi
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by bcook 11y ago
Whatever. My entire life is fucked because of my mistakes. Live and learn... and try to make less mistakes.
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by bcook 11y ago
Cut off fingers? How about simply photographing the fingers, or, at worst, just fingerprint the dead without removing the digits (which I assume is SOP)?
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by bcook 11y ago
Was this exact conversation not had decades ago regarding C & assembly-type languages? Tomorrow, lua vs C, then Go vs java, then spoken language vs whatever. (I surely got the specific comparatives wrong) Tomorrow we will take terabytes
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by bcook 11y ago
if ($password == blah.crap) is insecure in any lang. What I mean is, we solve one vector, but is always another (logic flaw vs stack flaw). Is there a truly "perfect" way to code? Is there any academic philosophy that is impossibl
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by bcook 11y ago
Whether it is true or not, I dunno, but I was told that the native Americans thought that immediate responses/reactions were disrespectful. Regardless of the historical truth of my folk-tale, I find the idea interesting. Nowadays, slow
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by bcook 11y ago
Very similarly, I once had a pain pill addiction and I would chew them up (Hydrocodone APAP). I dunno if you have ever chewed up a pill, but they are awful... very bitter. During my addiction, they would taste almost sweet when I chewed the
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by bcook 11y ago
Perhaps not a hedge fund, but something to prove your claims. (The "horrible mindset" statement is a bit harsh.)
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by bcook 11y ago
Honeywell was the brand back when I installed security systems. Ancient (analog modem, iirc) interfaces, but quite dependable.
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by bcook 11y ago
I once carried my actual knife (Schrade CH7) into the airport while traveling with my parents (pre 9/11), and I was allowed to take the knife on the plane, since the blade was "under 3 inches" (which it isn't). As an exp
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by bcook 11y ago
You're an awful person. /s ;) I only upvoted because I felt smart for recognizing "au". (Not a high-school graduate.)

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