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541.
by deciplex 11y ago
No, the solution to the problem is for copyright terms to be limited to something sensible like 10-20 years, and leave it at that. There is no need to burden everyone with extra paperwork just because a few assholes have bought Congress. No
542.
by deciplex 11y ago
You seem to be suggesting that cryonics will remain a scam until such time that vitrified brains can be recovered. But, by that time cryonics would likely be unnecessary. Is there a use case for cryonics at all?
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by deciplex 11y ago
> I think the jury is still out. It literally is not.
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by deciplex 11y ago
You adding a lot of extra words, and there are many other options to tar, and you've left out making an archive, but yeah: -cf Create File -xf eXtract File then you have the adverb v, and the adjective z: -vczf Verbosely Create gZip
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by deciplex 11y ago
I guess I wasn't clear enough, but considering the topic of this thread, when I wrote "certain problems" I was referring to statements about the natural world. That is, the sort of stuff you would talk about at any scientific
546.
by deciplex 11y ago
Unless you've redefined religion such that it does not require, on some level, belief in supernatural phenomena, yes there is a conflict, in principle. There is no room in science for supernatural events that have a cause and effect re
547.
by deciplex 11y ago
To the extent that history is the organization and interpretation of known past events, no it is not science. But, neither does it need to be, since it is not factual discovery - it is not dealing in objective truth, rather cataloging known
548.
by deciplex 11y ago
> Yet a growing group of intelligence analysts persisted with their complaints. For some, who have served at CENTCOM for more than a decade, scars remained from the run-up to the 2003 war in Iraq, when poorly written intelligence report
549.
by deciplex 11y ago
> What betrays the rejection of science even more, is making blanket statements or taking strong standpoints, especially on controversial topics. The controversy-value of a statement has no bearing on its truth-value, and to think so i
550.
by deciplex 11y ago
Can you offer up some examples where religious "reasoning" directly improved our understanding of the world?
551.
by deciplex 11y ago
If you are religious, then you either think that religion is a valid alternative to science for certain problems, or that testable predictions are not important in some domains. Which is to say, either you think that scientific reasoning is
552.
by deciplex 11y ago
> You've never heard God mentioned at a conference because the religious people are hiding from bigots like you. They probably should. Religious belief betrays at least a partial rejection of what science even is. If you can apply
553.
by deciplex 11y ago
I mean, I agree with you that Stockholm isn't the greatest city in the world to live in, nor Oslo, but they're not exactly filled to the brim with human misery, either.
554.
by deciplex 11y ago
> Wasn't San Francisco destroyed in an earthquake in 1906? Weren't 63 people killed, and thousands injured, by the 1989 earthquakes? That's what happens when a populated and earthquake-prone region has poor building codes
555.
by deciplex 11y ago
We're not going to get much smarter through mere genetic engineering. At best, it would be the first step of (hopefully) many.
556.
by deciplex 11y ago
What kind of wonderful life you must lead, where you think a question like this has any hope of being productive!
557.
by deciplex 11y ago
You're basically talking about a post-scarcity economy, which is coming in bits and pieces already. Based on what we've already seen with digital goods, the answer will probably be artificial scarcity by fiat, with (I would guess)
558.
by deciplex 11y ago
It "snows" every year in Tokyo but it often does not stick around very long. 2012 and 2013 both had a lot of snow (by Tokyo standards) on separate occasions.
559.
by deciplex 11y ago
Don't forget tree allergies!
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by deciplex 11y ago
> Talent market: with specific regards to foreign entrepreneurs hiring in Tokyo, I often find that they have... interesting expectations. "Hey I'd like to find a bilingual Japanese/English engineer who has startup-compati
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by deciplex 11y ago
FWIW, these guys (Gengo) show up on Glassdoor/Tokyo now and then with a role description in English, but based on this blog post they seem to be looking exclusively to pull Japanese engineers out of e.g. "Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic&
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by deciplex 11y ago
Yes I do remember that. Didn't they use a battery charger for it, though? I seem to remember doing this as well after watching this show, but either they used a battery charger or I was bright enough to realize that using a wall outlet
563.
by deciplex 11y ago
No I think you're right, reading it again.
564.
by deciplex 11y ago
Yes, and? That's hardly a secret.
565.
by deciplex 11y ago
I grew up on this guy's show in the twilight of his career, on Nickelodean in the 80s. Had a few of his books as well - good stuff. I'm glad he's not forgotten and I wish more educators on TV would take his approach. I was in
566.
by deciplex 11y ago
dmckeon might be referring to the time needed to achieve LEO. That's how I read it.
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by deciplex 11y ago
I wonder if the nominee would offer Trump a position in their administration in exchange for not running as an independent, and if Trump would give a shit.
568.
by deciplex 11y ago
You seem to think there is some sort of schism in physics, with one side on GR insisting it is "correct" and one side on QM insisting their model is what the universe "really is". That's not the case at all and I&#x
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by deciplex 11y ago
> Still, Borkowski urged stricter legislation and more oversight. “These questions you raise touch on fundamental things we are going to be doing differently now,” he said. “We want to secure ourselves in the future from any potential q
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by deciplex 11y ago
Well, yes, but no one is suggesting that making a single large buy on one particular day - any day - and no other investments at all after that, is a sound strategy. Considering that the time period you're talking about saw: the Dust B

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