cbd1984

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by cbd1984 11y ago
How do you internationalize strings built up from multiple string fragments?
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by cbd1984 11y ago
So the only implementations are Wolfram and the cloud Wolfram, both of which can go away or change incompatibly at any point, making my software worthless. I fail to see why I should invest a lot of time in this, given that I'd then ha
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> If unions could compete with each other for workers' influence ... they might become less corrupt, and more responsive to the wishes of labor, as opposed to union leadership.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> what they do isn't philosophy. It's more philosophical than what most philosophers do, as long as they dismiss people out of hand. Yudkowsky at least admits others have ideas worth engaging with.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Feeding trolls isn't what makes them stay. Lax moderation makes them stay.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> GPL uses the term "Free" in a twisted, marxist way. You appear to be using the term "Marxist" as a snarl term. This is strong evidence you're trolling. Please leave. We don't especially want trolls here.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Downvoting me doesn't change any laws.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
You can't break the law through a clever loophole. Or, well, you can for a while, but eventually a judge will wake up and see what you're doing and apply the law you're breaking to you, even if you think you're strictly
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Because laws are administered by humans, who are not blind to intent. Laws are not software. They are not run like software. This is one of the reasons why.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Interesting discussion: https://lwn.net/Articles/252794/ which links to here: http://web.archive.org/web/20071011110715/http://kerneltrap.... which further makes the point that
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by cbd1984 11y ago
You treat them nicely while you keep your records and protect yourself as well as you can. You can say "No" nicely, and you can instigate a lawsuit without ever losing your decorum or sense of fair play.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Jack Crenshaw, of "Let's Build A Compiler" fame, has an interesting critique of works like these: http://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/tutor8.txt The main point for our discussion is last: > Desire for
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> Besides, my vague insults are pretty much the common view (which is actually far more dismissive than I have been). So why should I take the common view seriously? If vague insults are all professional philosophers have to offer, what&
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Truth is a utility.
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So you disagree with his style, not his substance, and even you admit he's getting things right. I didn't know tone policing/tone trolling was such an important part of philosophical discourse.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> But philosophy isn't concerned with the question of utility. Of course it is. It's just that you have defined the word "utility" to exclude some of the things it means to certain philosophers.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
And it's still consistent with most of our everyday evidence. It hasn't been falsified, it's been expanded. There's a difference.
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Do you have any substantive arguments against his philosophy or just vague insults?
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Talking to yourself, there?
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Pullum, the author, is a regular contributor to Language Log, which is highly recommended. http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Wasn't broken to begin with.
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Too bad that's TEDx, and not a real TED talk.
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That's interesting, but this is actually what I had in mind: http://biblehub.com/matthew/16-28.htm Matthew 16:28 > Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they s
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Christian used to mean "Follower of an obscure Jewish apocalyptic heresy." Christians used to believe the world would end before the Christ's original followers had all died. ("Christ" used to be a title, too, not a
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Are cgroups meant to be secure against malicious code trying to get out and install rootkits on the underlying system? AFAIK, hardware-level virtualization is. If code running under Xen can get out, that's considered a bug in Xen and i
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> Stripping out LTR and RTL override might be reasonable because they're frequently abused to screw up website layouts. As long as Twitter allows Zalgo it isn't that concerned about website layouts. (Zalgo: Rampant abuse of sta
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by cbd1984 11y ago
> Yet what constitutes abuse is universal, and what constitutes positive social interaction is universal. Only if you define it down to the basics. Some jokes are considered abusive in one culture and funny, or at least innocuous, in ano
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by cbd1984 11y ago
Doesn't work on two separate browsers (Firefox and Arora).
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> The organizers shall be aware of the risk of "date rape" drugs. They shall be aware that the most important "date rape" drug is alcohol. That's un-PC to say, especially around drinkers, but it's true.
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And you have to take into account the fact culture plays a role. What's your personal space? It varies based on where you were born and where you grew up. Invading someone's personal space is perceived as aggressive and noisome an

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