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841.
by deciplex 12y ago
Humans already die and are replaced by other intelligent beings every day. It's been going on for as long as we've had humans. It sucks, but it sucks regardless of whether the replacement was created by means biological or technol
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by deciplex 12y ago
I read that to be more like "the naive interpretation of entanglement". The author even spends the remainder of the paragraph reminding (or educating) the reader that faster-than-light communication is not possible, and then the r
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by deciplex 12y ago
Investors should be harmed if they invest in enterprises that engage in criminal acts. Perhaps then there will be a bit more appetite for some ethics at the expense of a little profit.
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by deciplex 12y ago
I was first exposed to mathematical induction in, I think, first-year algebra. Although I was able to struggle through the work, I didn't really recognize its power, and thought the whole thing a bit pointless. Blame either my young br
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by deciplex 12y ago
> One thing to note is that the weaker the social safety net is the more reason companies have to pay their employees more. Reason, perhaps, but not necessarily incentive. Just pointing that out. I like your proposal, but it seems like b
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by deciplex 12y ago
Whether it is 'just' or not, however you're defining that, it does not align with the way human culture works, and degrades cultural innovation resulting in fewer works of poorer quality. If cultural progress is one of the th
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by deciplex 12y ago
> If you think being gay is due even in part to environmental factors, then reparative therapy would have to be able to do something according to your hypothesis. This is false. Even if sexual orientation is due in part to environmental
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by deciplex 12y ago
> they'd have to try pretty hard to mess that up I agree, but I also think Microsoft stands ready to meet that challenge, if recent history is anything to go by.
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by deciplex 12y ago
> Is there any possible evidence anyone could show you which would convince you this position is wrong? For the "fanning the flames" part, you'd have to either show me that entrenched media and political organizations are
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by deciplex 12y ago
If only Americans were separating themselves into merely two distinct groups. From what I can tell, it's more like they're separating themselves into about 320 million different groups. And everyone hates everyone else, and if
851.
by deciplex 12y ago
I'm surprised they aren't marketing it as a phone.
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by deciplex 12y ago
Can you point to some specific policies that support the idea that the GOP will encourage competition from smaller players against entrenched interests? I mean, I don't think the Democrats are much better on that front, mind you, but t
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by deciplex 12y ago
> I have zero problem with someone making a 100 million a year Maybe you should have a problem with it. I get what you're saying, that there may not be anything immoral about being extravagantly compensated, and in principle I agree
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by deciplex 12y ago
So, this is literally the post where I find out that my account has been restricted in some way, and that is why I keep having conversations cut short because I can only reply to a half-dozen or so things in a day. (I had assumed that this
855.
by deciplex 12y ago
Or, perhaps they are knowledgeable enough about cryptocurrencies to realize that what they were previously planning to do is actually unlawful.
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by deciplex 12y ago
The downside to getting the wrong Elancer, or the wrong high school kid, in terms of delays and wages paid, is potentially a lot higher than not having your pool cleaned properly. In my view, you're right about "choice" in th
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by deciplex 12y ago
I'm pretty sure your comment was tongue-in-cheek, but I'm taking it at face value for the hell of it: Horror stories of outsourcing cheaply overseas, where doing it ended up delaying the project and sending it way over budget, are
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by deciplex 12y ago
> If you were a bank that had just been pressured into forgiving a bunch of loans, how likely would you be to make new loans to the same class of people? Considering that many of those loans are predatory in nature, that may not be a bad
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by deciplex 12y ago
I think I get what you mean, but bear in mind that the examples in the article are all people who come from privileged backgrounds. It is definitely not about personal powerlessness, at least. It's something else.
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by deciplex 12y ago
My reaction to Gamergate was to continue playing video games and to continue not reading 'Games Journalism' because I already knew it was payola garbage. As for your friends my suggestion would be to discuss other shared interests
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by deciplex 12y ago
I think that's more the fact that any leftists you can get to stay in a room together for five minutes without tearing each others throats out, will by necessity be ideologically consistent with each other. I'm leftist, but I&#x27
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by deciplex 12y ago
Like, when they all mysteriously start saying "I'm not a scientist" at exactly the same time? I'm not suggesting they all adhere to the same ideology. I'm saying that they have better party discipline.
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by deciplex 12y ago
I wonder if this is a reaction to Republican party politics of the last 20 years or so? They seem to speak with a single voice, even if that voice is usually saying stupid, hateful, regressive things. That they march in such lockstep is pro
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by deciplex 12y ago
Interstellar travel is easy. We have the technology to do it now. The only problem is that humans live really short lives. If humans had lifespans of one million years or so, interstellar travel would be mundane.
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by deciplex 12y ago
Isn't the 'purity' of Latin due more to the fact that we just don't have much data on the languages that informed it? I'm sure Latin borrowed heaps of words and grammar from other languages, but those languages are
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by deciplex 12y ago
Probably not many. But, the point is that they can't use violence to corner the market for distribution anymore, with something like Silk Road around. Provided dealers remain anonymous, there is no "turf". This simultaneously
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by deciplex 12y ago
> Aside from offering a hands-on account of how the Silk Road worked from a dealer’s perspective, Duch’s story calls into question claims that the Silk Road reduced violence by moving drug sales from the street to the relative safety of
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by deciplex 12y ago
That would be a violation of Directive 4. So no.
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by deciplex 12y ago
I hope I can see the day when the justice system is run completely by benevolent AI. Legislative too, for that matter, and at least partially the executive functions of government as well, while we're at it, including law enforcement.
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by deciplex 12y ago
Sure, there are other things worse than fighting a war. I assumed (mistakenly as it turns out) that the GGP was suggesting war was good for the economy, as opposed to (in the absolute best possible case) the least of all evils. In the cas

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