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by curtis3389 8y ago
From their 2016 platform: We firmly believe environmental problems are best solved by giving incentives for human ingenuity and the development of new technologies, not through top-down, command-and-control regul
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by curtis3389 9y ago
This looks to be an art piece about smart phones. It seems to be the standard criticism of smart phones today; but it's in pretentious art form.
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by curtis3389 9y ago
I think the author's point is that even if "premature optimization is the root of all evil" is true, that doesn't mean you write a naive, brute-force solution for every problem.
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by curtis3389 12y ago
I suppose this is a good time to mention hiking safety. Boy Scouts of America Hiking Safety Recommendations: - Always tell someone where you are going and when you will return. - Never hike alone or at night; use the buddy system. - Dress p
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by curtis3389 12y ago
> I'm going to mostly point out that although this is an appealing idea: that we only get out of ourselves what we put in/etc./etc. there's no reason for it to be true. A) Meditation takes concerted effort (by definit
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by curtis3389 12y ago
> Is there any evidence of MDMA making users better people, other than self reports? Generally, no. You can't become better by taking a drug, but they're not talking about bettering themselves. They're talking about healin
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by curtis3389 12y ago
> I wish better drugs existed, but research in the field has been stifled. There has been some promising research with psilocybin: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/07_11_06....