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by bregma 5mo ago
People need something to resent or hold in disregard. Government and taxes are a good target. The problem only really begin when someone actually tries to reduce or eliminate that target. It's the old "be careful what you ask for,
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by bregma 5mo ago
It wasn't just because he was in the 10%. He was proudly a member of a small minority within a minority when it came to certain predilections. But those predilections did not include minors. One might be not able to say he has gone wit
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by bregma 5mo ago
Yes, I understand most artists would be glad if their landlords accepted "exposure" as rent. Similarly most salespeople would gladly work commission-free if it meant more sales.
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by bregma 5mo ago
> Did I just described rich kids? You just described Lord Of The Flies. Be mindful of fundamental human nature and how it shapes everything we do, including all our social constructs. Few people are, which make mindlessness the dominant
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by bregma 5mo ago
> Baby stage has sleep interruptions but is otherwise super easy. Your assertion does not correlate with my lived experience. But dirty diapers was definitely not the biggest issue.
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by bregma 5mo ago
Relax: it only lasts a few months. Rarely more than 60 or 70.
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by bregma 5mo ago
> What Java code? A class with a passel of static member functions is Java code. It is not in any way idiomatic C++ code which has had namespace-level ("free") functions since it was invented as C-with-classes many decades ago.
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by bregma 5mo ago
"Thaer whunce waes e mann fromm Nantucket...."
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by bregma 5mo ago
Author has used LLMs to generate Java code in C++. It detracts from his point.
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by bregma 6mo ago
I fail to see the sexism aspect to that comment. Can you elaborate?
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by bregma 6mo ago
I find I can't keep it down for more than a few minutes. I guess I can eat all the poop I want and stay healthy then?
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by bregma 6mo ago
The part you're missing is that the evaluator already knows the answer. They're not looking that you can arrive at the correct answer, but that you know how to arrive at the correct answer. If "arriving at the correct answer&
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by bregma 6mo ago
Not to mention that every few years either a typhoon or a 9.0 earthquake defeats any effort to build exceptional value in your property. It seems the only thing that is permanent in Japan is impermanence.
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by bregma 6mo ago
I think you mean timestep. The video frames get updated on one timestep (the so-called "frame rate" because it is the rate at which video frames get redrawn, the inverse of its timestep), physics gets updated on a separate timeste
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by bregma 6mo ago
We used to have asbestos rocks sitting around in our house when I was growing up (my mother was born a raised in the town formerly called Asbestos, QC). You could just peel the fibers off the rock. In that form the asbestos is harmless: it&
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by bregma 6mo ago
Is the coffee actually in the mug or only on top of it?
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by bregma 6mo ago
So did compassion, probably in a greater amount. And yet the greater amount of resources goes into war at the expense of compassion. Humanity has taken control of its own evolution and no longer relyies on natural selection to be the drivin
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by bregma 6mo ago
They didn't go without saying: there are laws on the books explicitly making them illegal. But a law that is not enforced is not justice, and a law that is unevenly enforced is an injustice.
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by bregma 6mo ago
Step 1: Gut the SEC Step 2: Buy $100,000,000 in oil futures 15 minutes before bombing starts Step 3: ??? Step 4: PROFIT!!!
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by bregma 6mo ago
> So who are the suckers who are losing all this money? Gambling is just a tax on the stupid. Is it surprising it's rampant in certain institutions?
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by bregma 6mo ago
Trump for pope! I hear he's going to be looking to do something new in a few years.
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by bregma 6mo ago
That would be following established rules. Such a thing is not the habit of the current administration.
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by bregma 6mo ago
Slackers! You're all slackers! [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEsNiV8e4ko
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by bregma 6mo ago
Ah, the good old "trickle down" theory of Thatcher and Reagan. Remember how much better off we became when we gave more to the wealthy?
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by bregma 6mo ago
As always with these admirable hacks, I feel compelled to point out these are not really ELF executables but just small files you can trick the x86_64 Linux kernel into loading. I mean they're very clever and legit and kudos to the peo
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by bregma 6mo ago
How would they get it up to the required reentry speed for it to be a valid test? They already know the heat shield works for reentry at LEO speeds. That's not where the problems occur.
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by bregma 6mo ago
> backside of the moon I think perhaps you mean the far side of the moon. The "backside" of the moon implies a large graben stretching almost from pole to pole, and I have seen no evidence of such a geological formation in any
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by bregma 6mo ago
That wasn't a Therac-25 by any chance?
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by bregma 6mo ago
There's still plenty of web sites that check the OS and if it's not Mac OS, Windows, or Andoid it's no service for you. Faking your UA is not always about privacy, it's about defeating stupidity.
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by bregma 6mo ago
You could just re-use the studio where they faked the Apollo 11 landing except it was in 7 WTC which was destroyed in a controlled demolition to hide the evidence.

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