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by curi 19y ago
Most people think discrimination is bad. I agree with them. But just because something is bad does not mean that it's correct to make a law against it. The people who discriminate disagree about whether discrimination is a good or bad ide
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by curi 19y ago
discrimination should be legal. forcing you to hire someone you don't want to isn't freedom.
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by curi 19y ago
What? No point using Google when you have a whitelist of sites you can visit. Actually finding useful things with Google is a skill -- sometimes the right search terms are obvious, sometimes not. Old non-technical people have trouble with i
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by curi 19y ago
Ewww. Just because parents want to control their kids forcibly doesn't mean you should help. You choose a list of web sites appropriate for each child in your family. PikLuk will restrict their online exploration to these sites. This, for
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by curi 19y ago
Calling him immature isn't a good way to come off mature. Making fun of him regarding hurt feelings and hugging isn't a good idea either. The comments about his mommy were in bad taste.
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by curi 19y ago
increase font size, observe breakage
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by curi 19y ago
You can't verify (prove) that ID is false, or that there is no God, or anything like that. It isn't an issue for scientific tests, and certainty is never possible anyway.
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by curi 19y ago
I like Roark, but I think Galt is overrated. He doesn't do much. Dagny is more appealing and more similar to Roark -- they both heroically pursue active goals against stiff opposition.
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by curi 19y ago
I'm rereading The Fountainhead presently :)
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"Mandatory" Spam Emails by Digg
1 points by curi 19y ago|1 comments
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by curi 19y ago
Is making an AJAXified tool or toy that will likely be used by less than 1% of the people in the richest country in the world the absolute best use of your time and talents right now? Honestly? This is a good question. Here are some thoug
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by curi 19y ago
Have you seen Aubrey de Grey's Ted Talk? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/39 He's doing life extension research. He might have enough funding now, but if not...
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The Fabric of Reality (Opening Paragraphs)(qubit.org)
1 points by curi 19y ago|0 comments
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by curi 19y ago
The Fabric of Reality. Why? Find out for yourself. Read the opening paragraphs here: http://www.qubit.org/people/david/FabricOfReality/FoRExtract... Also, I second GEB.
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by curi 19y ago
But there isn't any ambiguity in the theory of evolution.
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by curi 19y ago
but it can't be, that's why she wrote a number of lengthy books instead of just one song.
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by curi 19y ago
In response to the study, the Food Standards Agency advised parents to monitor their children's activity and, if they noted a marked change with food containing additives, to adjust their diets accordingly, eliminating artificial colors an
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by curi 19y ago
Common food additives and colorings can increase hyperactive behavior in a broad range of children, a study being released today found. It was the first time researchers conclusively and scientifically confirmed a link that had long been s
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by curi 19y ago
an external hard drive?
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by curi 19y ago
A) I didn't mod you down. B) No one is forcibly stopping you from expressing your opinion. We can even still see your comment. Whining "look at me I'm being censored" when people disagree with you is dumb.
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by curi 19y ago
What's fair about buying something at a price that you think is worth it, then going back a month later and complaining you aren't happy anymore?
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by curi 19y ago
Why would we want to use your messaging system instead of just posting our email address?
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by curi 19y ago
24.5 mean or median?
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by curi 19y ago
Drop the verification emails, then drop the text about them which is the only thing on your site I read besides the word "music".
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by curi 19y ago
This isn't very good science. There are plenty of alternative conclusions the data supports just as well as the one they chose. So saying they did science to support their conclusion is false. For example, they didn't even bother to try a c
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by curi 19y ago
People with a McJob don't need to calculate change: that's the cash register software's job. And many people avoid calculating their wage or budget -- their spouse does that kind of thing. Perhaps you will reply they at least need to be abl
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by curi 19y ago
"I don't think any argument exists against the required teaching of these two subjects, other than stating libertarianism is always better." - rms Two competing schools of thought about how to treat the best ideas we have today -- the ones
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by curi 19y ago
My intended question was by what method the required curriculum should be decided. But I think that's clear now: what you consider "basic". What you are proposing is to set up a ruling system that permanently entrenches certain ideas (such
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by curi 19y ago
Not children, or their parents, I take it. So, how exactly do you draw the line of which ideas should be forced on unwilling families in the name of basic education?
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by curi 19y ago
And you don't want people to be able to make their own choices about what to spend their time and money on, or what?

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