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by cjslep 10y ago
I think the "crazy" aspect coming into play is an iteration of the world-shattering view that occurs when a child realizes his or her parents are just people, not infallible perfect protectors. This fundamentally changes the view
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by cjslep 10y ago
Sure, in three dimensions three gears can turn together [0]. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mf0JpTI_gg
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by cjslep 10y ago
> Make them pay for every accident that happens because of their technology, and you'll see how quickly they improve it and how carefully they release the technology. ...or you'll see how quickly the industry dies off instead o
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by cjslep 10y ago
I don't think synthesizing alpha-decaying nuclei would be practical. Neither would be refining them into higher concentrations. Plus it wouldn't stop the He-3 shortage.
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by cjslep 10y ago
Ugly points in the USA's history: Trail of Tears. Slavery. Battle of Blair Mountain. Japanese Internment. Kent State. Jim Crowe. Abu Gahrib. Guantanamo. Drone Strikes. Global Surveillance. History is written, there's just more eye
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by cjslep 10y ago
Count me in as one of the thoroughly confused. I was expecting more Citadel content.
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by cjslep 10y ago
> "dead" language In the world of traditional engineering, you will still encounter senior PE's that pump out Fortran. Luckily, it usually isn't fixed form. Also revisiting older projects can also mean visiting Fortra
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by cjslep 10y ago
Historically, neither side has made real moves and no one wants to increase tension precisely because of each side understands their opponent is still highly committed to defending their way of life. The US does not want to attempt to get C
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by cjslep 10y ago
The Korean War has technically not achieved a final peace, only reached an armstice [0]. There's been many incidents along the border [1], notably the Axe Murder Incident [2]. The Korean war was a conflict primarily between North Korea
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by cjslep 10y ago
I was destined to create this reply.
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by cjslep 10y ago
People that want seriously random numbers use radioactive decay because the underlying physical phenomena (described via quantum mechanics) is fundamentally random and cannot predict the time, energy, and direction of decay all at the same
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by cjslep 10y ago
Dependence is stricter than correlation: the population violates probabilistic independence. Correlation can help guide statisticians to finding a dependence between variables, because correlation measures how close or how far a sample
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by cjslep 10y ago
What if Otto starts deflating?
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by cjslep 10y ago
At the end of the day, the average person would be more exposed to radioactivity from walking by fly ash (in a pond, in a pile, in the air, wherever it is) than from shielded waste. "[...] fly ash most definitely is not more radioactiv
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by cjslep 10y ago
"Tenfold" seems common enough.
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by cjslep 10y ago
> It's typical of people from both the East Coast and West Coast to think their experiences are representative of the whole country... I think you have good intentions, but this comes across as pretty insensitive. Rayiner isn't
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by cjslep 10y ago
> I don't know nothing monolithic like Rails for Go, do you? Revel is pretty monolithic: https://revel.github.io/ I've used it to build a web application, and here are some of the problems it addresses (this is
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by cjslep 11y ago
As someone far removed from practicing law, what are the ramifications if Microsoft fails? Would nothing change? Would others be barred from ever suing the U.S. Government for the same reason?
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by cjslep 11y ago
Also, the tax code is this way because software companies that produce tax filing software like Intuit lobby for it [0]. [0] http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/27/turbotax-maker-funnels-mill...
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by cjslep 11y ago
Serious question: How can a name have a biological sex? (Wouldn't the fact that penis-people and vagina-people could be named Amy, but society heavily biases towards one, imply names are indicators of societal genders and not biologica
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by cjslep 11y ago
Dirty bombs are a hugely inneffective weapon. You are taking a radioactive material at high (dangerous) concentration and spreading it around an immense area to low (less dangerous) concentrations, where the wind will easily carry it away i
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by cjslep 11y ago
You may be curious to know Woz does not hold it against Steve Jobs. He clarified that with me before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8706690
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by cjslep 11y ago
> The problem, as with most conspiracy theories, is the number of people that need to cooperate and stay silent, and the number of independent safeguards that already exist. It didn't seem like a problem for Diebold. The 2000 genera
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by cjslep 11y ago
The important question is: are we on the alpha or beta world line? El Psy Kongroo.
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by cjslep 11y ago
As long as it isn't nuclear science. Edit: I do mean nuclear science, not just nuclear power.
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by cjslep 11y ago
I thought it was also known for melodeath metal?
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by cjslep 11y ago
I am disheartened that it takes the money, fame, and power of a megacorporation just to meet the balance between individuals and government.
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by cjslep 11y ago
I've been to SF and Oslo for business. The homelessness in Oslo seemed only near the Nationaltheatret, whereas it was much more widespread in SF. Granted, I was there in the summer and have no idea where they would go come the hard win
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by cjslep 11y ago
What proof is there that terrorists are trying to secure nuclear weapons? How would they smuggle it unnoticed across the world? Why would they want to target the city you live in? These questions must be weighted by each person for him or h
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by cjslep 11y ago
I've never heard someone try to say Nickelback is metal as a serious argument. I have heard arguments for Evanescence. I usually toss Nightwish their way instead.

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