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by cam_l 7y ago
It's kind of funny, for a bunch of people who ostensibly look for edge cases all day. Then they want simple one case fits all solution to a complex or intractable problem (and usually the same solution, regardless of the problem).
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by cam_l 7y ago
Yeah, still called them milko's in the 80s, even though milk was delivered to your door. By the 90s both the milk runs and the milko's were gone. The only ones i remember surviving were also takeaways. Which now that i think about
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by cam_l 7y ago
On the other hand my toy dog ate through a timber door. (And tried on every door subsequently until we trained him out of it). The anxiety is enough, it certainly doesn't take (much) brains.
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by cam_l 7y ago
I didn't see any Peugots?
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by cam_l 7y ago
Note Australia is not first past the post. It is preferential. In practice this probably means you feel more like your vote matters, but eventually goes to one of the major parties.
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by cam_l 7y ago
This seems to be a semantic argument. That is, an argument that attempts to describe or reframe an existing semantic meaning. It is interesting in the way it attempts to shoehorn this meaning into broader idea of information theory (or per
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by cam_l 7y ago
The most common story i have heard from non-tech people about how they experience tracking is that Facebook (et al) must be listening to their (spoken) conversations. Say they talk about visiting a relative in another city, and they immedia
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by cam_l 7y ago
Sorry, auto correct. Rodney Brooks. https://www.edge.org/conversation/rodney_a_brooks-the-cul-de...
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by cam_l 7y ago
Sorry, this was just a joke at the expense of the op. The op who asked the question obviously didn't read the article as the fact that farmed salmon is dyed was literally the first line. The second is why it was pink in nature. Ascetis
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by cam_l 7y ago
Wait, is the colour difference just due to lack of exercise?
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by cam_l 7y ago
>chain of moral responsibility This sounds like an issue with the limitations of the philosophical framework of cause and effect, which breaks down in complex systems. Also your comment on applying a process oriented solution, which is a
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by cam_l 7y ago
I think there is another aspect to your social importance thing. That is that the truth is varied, layered, often contextual. But falsehoods are fixed, easy to understand and remember. They are much easier to conform to socially if all you
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by cam_l 7y ago
English has many terms with multiple meanings which we use with the express intent to imbue our words with adjacent meaning. A hard decision is difficult but also unyielding. A hard man is unyielding but also strong. A strong decision is co
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by cam_l 7y ago
>hard sciences Yes, i have often said (including here on HN) that we should refer to them as the easy sciences, or less incendiary, the concrete sciences. The question that lingers in my mind about the replication issue is perhaps the em
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by cam_l 7y ago
>not the tone I'd like to see on HN. Fair cop, though my comment was in direct response to yours. To be honest, the bile against design is an opinion I see voiced quite a lot here and elsewhere and it riles me a bit, so I did not ta
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by cam_l 7y ago
I love it when people make authoritative statements about design. Because everyone has an opinion about design, it must mean everyone is expert. Dieter Rams designs were absolutely based on trends, and trends which very much fell or of favo
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by cam_l 7y ago
>The other thing to remember is that minerals dwarf all other parts of the Australian economy. Not so much. Certainly not in terms of employment or taxes. By and large the profits flow overseas, and once you make this exception, minerals
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by cam_l 7y ago
Funnily enough, the glass roof on the Gothic building is not exactly a modern idea. The earliest one i know of is Ruskin's oxford museum of natural history. I also, perhaps perversely, quite like the idea of housing the remains of the
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by cam_l 8y ago
That is a beautiful argument, but Star Trek is wishful fantasy. The reality is probably, most of the time, Riker was the only guy left after all the others, who could afford to, declined the case. But this is not even this kind of case, not
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by cam_l 8y ago
>Center Right It has been a while since they were centre anything. And i think in Australia at least the economically liberal / conservative split is not even close to a meaningful description. It was the left who curtailed the unio
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by cam_l 8y ago
Or even money at all.
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by cam_l 8y ago
I had my own experience of hearing and reacting to this same information at roughly the same time. As i recall the story then was that we would start to see extreme weather events becoming more common within 20 years, political instability
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by cam_l 8y ago
..and Australia, if you have been sentenced for a serious crime (more than 3yrs, iirc). (0) Hell, we don't even particularly care if we make them stateless. (1) (0) https://www.sbs.com.au/news/new-laws-will-strip-a
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by cam_l 8y ago
I can see you are trying to find evidence to support your assumption. No problem, but respectfully, not really interested in playing that endless question and answer game. Yes, as I suggested before, lettable floor area is king. That is why
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by cam_l 8y ago
Agree, it is difficult. The examples were meant to illustrate this. >If you choose to operate a general purpose forum, morally you are pretty limited in what it is acceptable to silence. I sort of agree, but isn't this almost tantam
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by cam_l 8y ago
>Sorry, you'll have to explain more. Like all things, Architecture is a rabbit hole. Every decision has a knock on effect. The floor plate depth is directly related to the amount of light and heat required. The ceiling heights need
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by cam_l 8y ago
>Does the traditional facade somehow prevent smaller offices? Well, yes. Light, servicing, ventilation. A modern floor plate is up to 40m usable depth. A historic floor plate 8-10m usable depth, and only half of that with a window. >N
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by cam_l 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Anthem_%28Black_M... See also.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate
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by cam_l 8y ago
I also am unequivocal about the fundamental human right of free speech, I also don't think it should be limited to US citizens. But I do accept that the effects of speech need necessarily be taken into account. If an immigrant overstay
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by cam_l 8y ago
I mean i don't disagree, but speaking as an Aussie, at least you have one..

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