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by deciplex 11y ago
It's not reasonable to insist on zero collateral damage of e.g. bodyguards, family, associates, etc., but still support drone strikes. If you resolve to assassinate a single person it's pretty much a given that you will very likel
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by deciplex 11y ago
> Wishing this guy 50 years just because "that's what they threatened Aaron for" is the kind of attitude that is going to keep the US prison system as horrendously inhumane as it is today. On the contrary, if we apply th
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by deciplex 11y ago
Here's the patent: http://www.google.com/patents/US8185551 Regarding using the tech in OSS, there is an interesting discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1hn7rg&#x
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by deciplex 11y ago
If we're going to compare human conversation to network performance, I think the limiting factor with speech is throughput, not latency. If I have a complex idea I can start explaining it pretty quickly, and whoever I'm talking to
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by deciplex 11y ago
Ah sorry I didn't pay enough attention :-( I thought we were talking about returning from Mars, not insertion into Earth orbit from the Moon.
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by deciplex 11y ago
You have to at least aerobrake enough on the first pass to get into some orbit, and it's preferable if the orbital period isn't a few months before you get the second pass.
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by deciplex 11y ago
I think that really overstates what the effect of copyright elimination would be. A lot of traditional methods of monetization would be harder to make profitable, but stuff like Patreon or Kickstarter would probably still work pretty well.
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by deciplex 11y ago
The problem is you're right, but you're not in good company. I want copyright too, and for pretty much the same reasons as you. But right now supporting "copyright" means you're taking the same side as assholes who
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by deciplex 11y ago
> This is also why managers that pick languages based on "hireability" are wrong for the most part. This is 80% of what's out there though, FWIW.
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by deciplex 11y ago
OP specifically asked for examples though.
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by deciplex 11y ago
The same as with any other identity politics, really. It makes it really hard to get shit done policy wise, because when you view everything through the lense of identity politics, every disagreement becomes an attack on you personally
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by deciplex 11y ago
"How much for the girl" is predatory behavior and a threat, actually, and anyway I don't agree with your premise.
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by deciplex 11y ago
You can use modus ponens to justify all kinds of weird shit. What's your point?
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by deciplex 11y ago
This guy at a minimum deserved a slap in the face and a firm command to get lost, and you don't have to be a third-wave feminist to think that. A lot people are of the mind that so-called "gender politics" solves fewer proble
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by deciplex 11y ago
I rather think the appeal of a Moravec transfer is that a single result-mind with an upgraded substrate is preferable to two result-minds, one on the superior substrate and one still on the original substrate. Doing it that way is cruel sin
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by deciplex 11y ago
There is no reason to think that it would, either. If you did a Moravec transfer with real neurons that were grown from your own stem cells, such that the resulting brain is more-or-less physically identical to the original brain, do you st
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by deciplex 11y ago
> But still a lifeless corpse all the same. How can you possibly know this? And I'll point out that no one but you has posited that the result would still be a human brain. What do you think happens if you freeze a brain in liquid n
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by deciplex 11y ago
It's complicated in the US because the person at fault is also on the hook for medical costs of any injured parties. The car insurance you get is mostly about taking care of that, not the property damage. FWIW I didn't downvote yo
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by deciplex 11y ago
Well, they're not exactly locking up people with mental problems and throwing away the key in Japan, either. They take the trains like anyone else, and yes that includes people talking loudly to themselves or occasionally shouting for
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by deciplex 11y ago
I think DanBC is being sarcastic in suggesting that the only reason you think this is normal is that all the kids who died at 5 years old while going to the grocery store, are no longer around to provide a counterexample because they&#x27
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by deciplex 11y ago
Obama stands arm-in-arm with Congressional Republicans in wanting this passed. So he's in great company. Some Congressional Democrats are against it.
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by deciplex 11y ago
Mandatory insurance is for the injury and property damage you cause , not that you incur.
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by deciplex 11y ago
How would I express that sentiment civilly, then? The only intent of that statement was to convey "I think you should feel some shame for what you've done with your post." It seems like a perfectly civil statement to me - I a
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by deciplex 11y ago
Do you know what an externality is? Do you know that ignoring them distorts the market?
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by deciplex 11y ago
Since we already basically ignore, in an economic sense, the externalities that come with burning fossil fuels, ignoring any subsidies associated with renewables is sort of fair game. Or at least, if you're going to insist on factoring
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by deciplex 11y ago
I understand how insurance works, but you haven't really addressed what I'm talking about, which is that insurance companies often don't seem to understand how insurance works. You can't expect to make a profit off of
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by deciplex 11y ago
> $12,000 per block If that's true, then why the hell is anyone mining? Bitcoin is currently trading at $240 or so which is half of break-even if the block reward is 25BTC. e: Nevermind, I see fryguy's comment now: > It&#
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by deciplex 11y ago
Insurance has got to be the best business to be in. In what other industry is the business model "take people's money and don't do shit"? Plus, in a lot of domains people are required , by law, to get insurance. It&#x27
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by deciplex 11y ago
So if they're adjusting premiums such that they're net positive on every single account, does that mean they'll refund your money if you end the contract without ever having made a claim?
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by deciplex 11y ago
Most organizations past a certain size will provide for anonymous feedback internally both among peers and up the org chart. Why do you think this is? Why do you think most organizations also have policies providing for penalties, including

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