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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Why would the US invade Canada in that position?
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
I understand that the article explains Putin's position, but explaining Putin's own reasons for his actions doesn't come anywhere close to implicating the US or Europe. And even so, it's not the article's main focus
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
This strikes me as blatant Putin apologism. Would Mearsheimer rather the US and NATO turn away, let Ukraine and its people slip behind Putin's Teflon Curtain, and encourage him to continue his empire seeking in other former Soviet domi
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Exactly. Especially also since people who visit museums (even the awesome Van Gogh museum) tend to be older, and older people tend to have older browsers.
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
As a fast thinker, everything you say here makes sense to me, especially about quickly pruning dead ends. I admire my slow-thinker friends for not doing that, and I've always considered slowing my thinking to be a top career goal. As
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Tells How It Feels to Go Up in a Geyser (1916)(nycsubway.org)
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
A really interesting thing about this is the length of the development cycle. It was released in March 1999, so that's 2.5 years from start to release...I think I would go stir crazy if I worked on a dev project that long without a re
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqpAEA3wYE Forgive me...
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Way to crowdsource ours and Iraq's military intelligence! I'm sure someone will find this useful.
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A global guide to the first world war – interactive documentary(theguardian.com)
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The swimming pool with a seven-hour queue(bbc.com)
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A piece of paper folded 100 times would be the width of the universe(raju.varghese.org)
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
This has been fixed. Thanks!
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Show HN: EphChat – Ephemeral, Anonymous, Encrypted Realtime Chat(ephchat.com)
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ReservationHop Does a Soft Pivot(brianmayer.com)
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How I Became the Most Hated Person in San Francisco for a Day(brianmayer.com)
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Show HN: ReservationHop - Snap up last minute reservations to hot SF restaurants(reservationhop.com)
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Nope.
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Is it possible that Asians are so successful in America precisely because they have been largely ignored in the pursuance of social justice?
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
Anyone interested in this topic should read "The History of White People" by Nell Irvin Painter, who shows how in America the very definition of "white" has changed to include a widening circle of people. For example, i
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
My app, DrillbitApp.com, uses the same data to run on marketing lists. Also does race and gender.
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
The actual dollar amount of the wage isn't the same as real income in terms of what goods and services you can buy relative to the wage, so sentences like this are useless: "would make mostly immigrants here in agriculture, housek
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
It's absolutely table stakes to avoid being an asshole and understand you and your interlocutor's backgrounds and experiences as best you can. No one needs to, or should, diminish the life experiences of others to make their poin
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by bmmayer1 12y ago
You make a good point, which is that many arguments devolve into a plethora of logical fallacies anyway, and then it becomes a battle over whose logical fallacy is "better." Don't know about you, but I've long since stop
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“Check Your Privilege” is Actually Just a Lousy Argument(notes.brianmayer.com)
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Enlightened intolerance(economist.com)
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
"Income Inequality" is a complete misnomer in this case because even according to this article, the wealth gains are made from investment income ("And it's this investment income, rather than ordinary earned income, that
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
...and this is bad because...?
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
I think this is the first time I've seen a new generic tld in the wild. Took me by surprise!
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UK Porn Filter Architect Arrested On Child Porn Charges | Techdirt(techdirt.com)
2 points by bmmayer1 13y ago|0 comments

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