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by chesimov 9y ago
The ones sold in my country are atrocious. Which new models?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Edit: I haven't been able to clearly determine if the actual initial burning was harmful (in a significant way) or not.
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by chesimov 9y ago
Yes, it is definitely improper to say the least. It also brings the profession into disrepute. I agree that it breaks trust as well as insulting dignity; and I should also clarify that my aim was not to defend the actions of the surgeon. I&
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by chesimov 9y ago
I think it is a reflection of the zeitgeist - things are once again either only good, or only bad. There is no space for bad people to also have done some good things, and vice versa.
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by chesimov 9y ago
To me, a doctor drunk at work is far, far worse. I would much rather have a doctor initial my liver but still do a good job of fixing my problem, than have a drunk doctor operate on me (or treat me in any sense actually). I suspect a lot of
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by chesimov 9y ago
Are all unpopular personality traits also negative?
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by chesimov 9y ago
A friendly note: 'cut and dried'. As an aside are these kind of remarks welcomed or seen as pedantic?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Creators: please provide an address for a cryptocurrency of your choice. I dislike this move by Patreon.
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by chesimov 9y ago
I read it differently - that is, even those living the best life by modern standards still suffer enormously. We age, we must deal with biological drives, we must deal with the loss of loved ones. The best we can do (since we didn't as
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by chesimov 9y ago
This seems the best refutation I've read here so far - to strive for a Culture-esque utopia. And yet as a personal decision, in the world we live in right now, how do we justify creating another life to ourselves?
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by chesimov 9y ago
I also don't fully understand the attention given to home consumables in these kinds of IoT applications- for me devices like Amazon's one press ordering button thing are better for this type of problem as it keeps you in the loop
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by chesimov 9y ago
I too am saddened as what happens in the US will influence the rest of the world; I expect to see similar things happen closer to home if this goes through.
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by chesimov 9y ago
This would depend on the field, right? Ie in some fields are there possibly more jobs outside of academia (than within) that require a PhD, alleviating the pressure to progress from PhD->Prof?
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by chesimov 9y ago
According to other comments, people don't seem to care about who moves in / from where, rather they care about their property value being diluted.
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by chesimov 9y ago
Does 'xenophobia' have other connotations in the US besides its established meaning?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Is this typical pricing for N. America or does it depend quite a lot on where you live?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Maybe the Northern European approaches are a little kinder to the human condition?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Have you ever spoken to somebody who actually lived under a different system? You will not like what they tell you.
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by chesimov 9y ago
*wary
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by chesimov 9y ago
Thank you for your efforts.
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by chesimov 9y ago
I wish to confirm what you have written about African countries. I speak about sub-saharan Africa here. Even without donations Africa has enormous unrealised wealth and potential (minerals, gas, agricultural potential). Geopolitically also
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by chesimov 9y ago
Would it be correct to say that '60 out of 1000' has more predictive power than '6 out of 100'?
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by chesimov 9y ago
One difference might be that continental US have not been invaded in modern times. Within living memory, most of Europe was invaded and occupied by foreign powers. This may be part of the reason that nationalism and pride in the military et
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by chesimov 9y ago
If you read about what has already happened in Zim, you'll understand why people would do that sort of thing with ease at even the thought of upheaval. I agree with you on the whales but man... back in the 2000s people were desperately
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by chesimov 9y ago
Travelled in the US earlier this year on 3 regional carriers. I realise this is only an anecdote, but I was surprised by a number of things: - tickets stated as direct included a hidden stop and change of plane. - there was an extra charge
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by chesimov 9y ago
Here in South Africa a sophisticated campaign to inflame racial tensions was recently exposed. Notably a UK firm (Bell Pottinger) was hired to achieve this. To cut a long (but fascinating) story short the underlying aim is to fast-track a n
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by chesimov 9y ago
Do the admin and faculty staff see a share of the returns in their salaries, or are there outside investors? Or is it more about ensuring a long-term and improving ability to pay for top researchers and fund cutting edge research, raising t
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by chesimov 9y ago
Why would it be in a university's interests to accumulate such a large amount of cash?
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by chesimov 9y ago
Not to be facetious, but I'd really prefer there to be fewer drawn-out videos of the nature described in the posts above. The issue of payment for content is of course real though.
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by chesimov 9y ago
Would the reasoning be something like this? Investors determine how money might optimally be put to use, for example identifying which ventures are most likely to succeed/fail, thus providing value to society, for which they are paid?

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