bykovich

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by bykovich 10y ago
Serious question: why does everyone love the hard, mathematical reductionism that currently prevails so much? It's plagued by serious explanatory difficulties and terribly limited philosophical support, and seems to really contribute n
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by bykovich 10y ago
When has a SaaS operator stolen data hosted on their service?
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by bykovich 10y ago
Yes, I can't say that there's much I love more than forcing myself use a tool that's "not really too bad." DDG seems like they're really providing a stellar product.
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by bykovich 10y ago
what in the fuck
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by bykovich 10y ago
This statement bears no logical relation to mine. Who is arguing that we should adopt beliefs solely on their characterization as "ancient"?
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by bykovich 10y ago
Yeah, no one before 1600 knew anything. Thousands of years of compounded experience? Just straight-up garbage.
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by bykovich 10y ago
The third section of this article states that Parr was likely under 70 when he died and that his birth records may have been confused with those of his grandfather.
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by bykovich 10y ago
Do you have any reason at all to believe that this is a meaningful effect, or an effect at all? Have you considered that gearing your life-long behavior towards adding seconds to your lifespan is, perhaps, the wrong tact?
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by bykovich 10y ago
To what ancient philosophy are you referring?
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by bykovich 10y ago
Probably thanks to unmitigated baseless arrogance.
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by bykovich 10y ago
"Though I'm a techie, I'm in a situation similar to a fine artist because the market has not figured out how to value and reward the work I feel called to do." Keep jackin' it to the market, dude. "The meddling
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by bykovich 10y ago
Under my regime idiots who advocate for euthanasia on the basis of interest in abstract mentition with no true justification will be euthanized to protect those who don't subscribe to their fevered hallucination.
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by bykovich 10y ago
For most users this is an annoyance, but not enough of an annoyance to turn them on to free software ideology. It's hard for me to imagine what sort of closed-source irritation could outweigh the horrendous irritation of prioritizing u
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by bykovich 10y ago
The conceit that the obsessive pursuit of information is necessarily a good is also a quirk of that personality type.
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by bykovich 10y ago
I recall reading a criticism of Sartre essentially to the effect of "he elevated anxieties of the early 20th century to eternal truths." It's an insightful observation that does double labor, serving both as grounds for serio
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by bykovich 10y ago
no... no....... say it ain't so.
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by bykovich 10y ago
Heaven forbid accurate reporting embolden undesirable elements.
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by bykovich 10y ago
I think that the information-mania you describe is a quirk of a certain personality type, not a basic human phenomenon. Information is certainly important to humans, but this omnivorous "insatiable drive" is not, I think, foundati
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by bykovich 10y ago
I live in Mission Bay and it sucks dick. As a residential neighborhood, I'd rather have warehouses.