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by cyorir 11y ago
The main argument against incest that I know of pertains to recessive genetic diseases. Suppose one parent has a recessive disease, and the other does not (P generation). Then F1 generation may have carriers, but will not display the diseas
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by cyorir 11y ago
"It would be, I submit to you, a major error to allow such a minuscule difference to cause massive damage to the Eurozone’s integrity. " It seems like this type of language is being used a lot by all sides. It kind of irritates me
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by cyorir 11y ago
There was not "an earlier agreement between the NATO and Russia that we are not expanding to the east direction in the EU and we do not interfere with Russian interests in ex-soviet countries." First, you are confusing NATO policy
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by cyorir 11y ago
A correction, I think, for part one. It is mentioned that neural network based translation is "recently proposed," but attempts to use neural networks in machine translation date back to at least the 90's. In high school I ch
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by cyorir 11y ago
Most refugees from Syria have ended up in camps in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan, not Western countries. Life in these camps is not especially good compared to asylum in Western countries with infrastructure for accepting migrants such as Ger
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by cyorir 11y ago
Reminds me of Missile Command
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by cyorir 11y ago
I agree that the Shinkansen can be regarded as a competitive option for medium-distance inter-city travel, but I think that daily use of trains in Japan can be expensive. A Tokyo Metropolitan pass costs 750 yen/day, and that's onl
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by cyorir 11y ago
Clearly trolling. Calling Japan a "well known socialist country" ignores most of late 20th century Japanese politics: the fact that Japan was generally ruled by the LDP, often described in Japan as "neither liberal, nor democ
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by cyorir 11y ago
This case would not be "99.9% of these cases." It is not quite the same as, for example, the attack on Sony. The main differences are: 1) attack targets intelligence, rather than IP 2) target is US government, rather than private
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by cyorir 11y ago
My understanding is that the attack actually started ~August/September, specifically targeting clearance information, but the attack broadened in December to target more information.
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by cyorir 11y ago
Well you hit on a good point, the need to be wary of counterfeit currency. There were disincentives to using gold and silver in daily usage. The golden koban coins (Ryo), as well as silver and brass coins, formed the official Edo period cur
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by cyorir 11y ago
> It was all about strategic interests, political influence and resource grabbing. This is true, if you omit the 'all'. > That has never happened in the history of modern war. This is not true. A state may go to war for both
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by cyorir 11y ago
>The last time we "had to" intervene in the Middle East because "waiting it out is not an option", we generated the conditions giving rise to the Islamic State. America did not intervene militarily in Syria (covertly,
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by cyorir 11y ago
However, if their bet fails and automation alone can't make up for the shortfall in the labor force, they stand to lose more compared to other countries like the US and those in Europe that do a better job of integrating immigrants int
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by cyorir 11y ago
A Shanghai marketing executive who was married to a Taiwanese Businessman is not exactly representative of women across the country. Not all demographics in China will feel the same empowerment that she might feel.
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by cyorir 11y ago
1) That is a pretty dim and sexist view of men. You are implying that men who do not get married will be likely to resort to committing rape. I think a broad generalization like this should be backed up with statistics. It also distracts fr
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by cyorir 12y ago
I'm a bit unhappy about the notion of any sort of "right-to-farm" program. I used to live in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. As the name implies, before Wheat Ridge was a suburb of Denver, it was named after the abundance of farmers i
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by cyorir 12y ago
Pure bullshit. Fluoride (F-) is a weak base. Dental plaque produces acid (H+) which is one cause of tooth decay. F- + H+ <-> HF. The Fluoride neutralizes some of the acid to reduce tooth decay.
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by cyorir 12y ago
My favorite is pokeglitch. Otherwise this is before my time, I've never seen 93/95/98 (my elementary school had machines running 2000 and DOS, though).
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by cyorir 12y ago
Roppongi may have a significant drug trafficking problem, and you can probably find other such areas with similar problems (Shinjuku or Shibuya, perhaps?) but I think that for the most part these areas are the exception rather than the rule
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by cyorir 12y ago
One can only speculate, but here are some possible factors : 1) Firearms are not widely available, and must be registered. Violent crime usually involves knives rather than firearms. 2) Japan has little in the way of slums or ghettos. Low-i
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by cyorir 12y ago
There are also many other differences: differences in resource/energy availability, differences in the global environment, differences in policy options available to the government, differences in internal structure and diversity, etc.
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by cyorir 12y ago
I think you are hitting the right point, that China's system has a lot of flaws that we don't want to pick up. However, you are casting this in absolutist terms, "NOTHING about China's economic system would be appropriat
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by cyorir 12y ago
I think the typical rhetoric of "China is bad because it steals innovation!" is usually misplaced. From China's perspective, there is nothing wrong with "stealing innovation," as this model has helped grow China&#x2
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by cyorir 12y ago
"Geeks always seem to worship autocrats and dictators for whatever reason." I do not think this is entirely correct. You don't see widespread support for the majority of the world's autocrats. I think geeks want technocr
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by cyorir 12y ago
Appeal to authority would be something like, "North Korea wasn't behind the attack because Schneier says so." To avoid an appeal to authority, you cite Schneier but make use of his arguments. "According to Schneier, Nort
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by cyorir 12y ago
Would North Korea even have an interest in attacking a company like Sony Pictures in this way? Normally, when a nation-state goes for a cyber attack, they go after useful targets. For example, they go after a government to get an upper hand
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by cyorir 12y ago
On the other hand, there is a chance that the estimates may undershoot. Identifying as transgender is difficult for many people because of the stigma involved. There are also costs; costs for HRT and surgery if you go that route,the cost of
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by cyorir 12y ago
I had an internship at a company where all email was scanned, labeled, and encrypted based on the type of content in the email. Access to email was restricted when not using the corporate network. The information policy was strictly enforce
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by cyorir 12y ago
My laptop has a 256GB SSD. My media collection is 337GB. So a 100MB app doesn't just need to compete with other 100MB apps, it has to compete with my music, videos, and photos. Is a 100MB app better than my photos reminding me of my ti

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