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by dejb 17y ago
Given the fact that it is about a 'mined resource' you could just as easily see it relating to the Middle East - especially since the US is actually engaged there at the moment and the troops are modelled on US Marines. From an Australian p
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by dejb 17y ago
Yes it is. There is no other interpretation other than one that diminishes the contribution of business as a productive endeavour with respect to other areas. If there is explain it.
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by dejb 17y ago
> No, I think the parent's point was that if bright people still go into fields that matter, then the economy won't "suffer." So by implication business isn't a field that particularly matters. People passionate about startups just woul
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by dejb 17y ago
So has this place officially turned from being interested internet business into a bunch of whining complainers about 'the system' like reddit? Sad
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by dejb 17y ago
Wow. So you don't think that the abilities and attitude of business people matter to the economy, even startups? I hope that the potential and actual startups/businesses on this site don't have this attitude. If this was the prevailing atti
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by dejb 17y ago
It would end up being an interesting battle to see who starved first out of the copyright holders and the music/video sites. The day after this perfect enforcement came into effect users would still flock to Youtube/etc hoping to find the l
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by dejb 17y ago
Thanks it's good to hear.
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by dejb 17y ago
From what I've heard the conversion from ALA to EPA is OK but conversion to DHA is a lot more variable.
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by dejb 17y ago
> I think in terms of what is economical for food production and what is bioavailable to human eaters I've been taking Algae based DHA supplements for a while. The consensus seems to be that it should work just as well as DHA from fish
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by dejb 17y ago
I don't think taking dictation would qualify as thinking in the sense meant by this article. Pretty much any action a human could undertake would qualify if that was the case.
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by dejb 17y ago
I suspect the author of this piece is generalising from one example http://lesswrong.com/lw/dr/generalizing_from_one_example/ The author probably does not possess the mental traits required to formulate big ideas without the need to writ
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by dejb 17y ago
You're sure you aren't experiencing the same thing as a pensioner describing rap music? A lot of the music in movies shares similar characteristics. In fact I could imagine some of these tracks in a movie.
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by dejb 17y ago
They are pretty close to a 1:1 mapping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_t... 'The analysis of the truth and provability of G is a formalized version of the analysis of the truth of the liar sentence.'
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by dejb 17y ago
> That is OK of course, but it is a minority view. Probably in the general population but I would have though it a fairly typical attitude of those who ponder these issues in depth with an open mind. I should add that a great part of my
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by dejb 17y ago
> This fact, while not empirical, is reflected in the literature about humanity. It seems to me that when you compare what is happening in reality to the 'literature about humanity' they are very different. People are increasingly comfo
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by dejb 17y ago
> Who will watch the watchers? It would certainly be possible to have a situation where everybody is able to watch everybody else. Would that also be evil? Or is it just the asymmetry of access to information that is evil in your view?
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by dejb 17y ago
> It sounds like you don't value philosophical knowledge I value knowledge based on data and where that is not available, philosophical reasoning. I see 'philosophical knowledge' as somewhat of a contradiction in terms. However I don't
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by dejb 17y ago
I can agree that inherent feelings towards these sort of issues may exist but even then you can't assume everyone has the same inherent notions. For example historically a lot of people obviously found 'discrimination' to be OK/desirable an
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by dejb 17y ago
> because we have been programmed by thousands or millions of years of evolution to need it. Actually I think our early ancestors would have lived with much less privacy than we do today. Many of the concepts of privacy don't even make
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by dejb 17y ago
> Privacy is a basic human need, a fundamental part of our psychology that is as deeply entrenched as all our other basic needs and emotions. That is an assumption not an argument. Can you reference any studies or data to support your
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by dejb 17y ago
> Foucault argued that the very act of being watched was dehumanizing. Was any data involved in his 'studies'? Was 'dehumanising' somehow defined independently? I suspect his arguments are more philosophical musing relying on circular l
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by dejb 17y ago
This is exactly the problem. By saying something is 'inherent' you are essentially saying that there can be no debate on the issue. I believe that the whole notion of 'privacy' is actually a learned social construct, not something inborn li
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by dejb 17y ago
The 'Wii' sold OK in English speaking markets so I don't see what the problem is.
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by dejb 17y ago
True but the links are quite relevant and telling.
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by dejb 17y ago
Is that sarcasm or what? During the George W Bush's tenure as president, the US government (backed by the massive oil companies) WAS that organisation. Why did they not prevail? Cause the science doesn't work. This is likely to be the very
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by dejb 17y ago
It is nearly always possible to imagine alternative explanations for observations in complex systems. Sometimes the only way have any high level of confidence in a theory is to spend years studying the area and then more years researching t
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by dejb 17y ago
Maybe the guy has a defective phone. It doesn't seem that his experiences line up with anyone else's. My 'underpowered' 192MB HTC Magic certainly doesn't have these problems. Seems strange of him to assume that this is the experience that m
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by dejb 17y ago
From the article > If you don’t like this state of affairs join me in trying to develop a more reliable consensus mechanism on such topics: prediction markets. It would be great if people were rewarded or punished based on the eventual
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by dejb 17y ago
I could be the sound/vibration of the engine, the increased power/acceleration, the handling, the interior. I'm not sure all of these would classify as placebo in the traditional sense. But I'd agree it's mostly the pure placebo of knowing
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by dejb 17y ago
You should dump her.

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