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by doctorstupid 9y ago
That's why it's called Cadbury's.
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by doctorstupid 9y ago
You mean a brain?
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by doctorstupid 9y ago
So we should allow children addictive substances and blame them when unable to control themselves?
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by doctorstupid 9y ago
I think we have a tendency to form groups in which the individuals have roughly the same ability to beat each other up. It's a primitive mutual respect.
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by doctorstupid 9y ago
Not entirely, and that doesn't account for the rise in sales. Paradoxically, the destruction of handwriting by computers may have benefited some fountain pen makers. As most everyday writing tasks are now computerised, writing by hand
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by doctorstupid 9y ago
Going by global sales, I'd say a more affordable EV like the Leaf has been more disruptive than any Tesla.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
That's absolutely true. However, these are global yet centralized mediums, run by companies with global interests.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
It's clear that Facebook and its ilk are becoming the gatekeepers to elections and social movements. China must have foreseen this long ago when it blocked them. The means are now in place to steer the governments of the democratic wor
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
Alphabet = winning bet
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
China buying and building An-225s would exponentially increase its power projection capabilities... I expect a scientific publication to not popularize the misuse of 'exponential'.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
The high-pressure turbine is, in more ways than one, one of the the highly optimised inner-loops of the modern world.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
And we're just feeding our devices all of this information, permitting its new owners to freely build psychological profiles about us.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
It could be training practice for the protection of their own young.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
When you feel powerless the truth seems irrelevant.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
Japan is an hierarchical society in which the pressures flowing from the top can build to unbearable levels near the bottom. The outlook for many is quite bleak, with an unthinkably small possibility of escape from one’s allotted role. Many
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
Hopefully not a pioneering incident for the robotic enforcement of citizens.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
Lynn Tilton may very well be a sociopath.
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by doctorstupid 10y ago
I feel that our fears are misplaced towards the wrong kind of voting machine, the one that collects the vote. The other kind, the one placing the vote, is far easier to manipulate. Facebook and Google have the mechanisms at their disposal t
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
I have confidence in the rigor of Newton's alchemy.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Good point. However, I think the miracle is exchanged for another one if you believe that civilization was built not on a mountain of crap, but through the efforts of the few who put true rigor into their contributions. Science, philosophy,
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Smart people created software that lowered the barriers of entry to making software. It was inevitable that not-so-smart people would eventually be writing software that others would build upon.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
This is besides your main point, but I just want to add that the 'problem' of Go is not nearly solved. Rather, nearly solved is the problem of beating a human Go player. There is quite a difference.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Great. After they're done working for you, they can work for my children, who'll be taught some social skills.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Exhibiting a basic survival instinct in a situation of simulated danger is weak evidence for emotion.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
The author may be autistic.
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A Point of View: Why it's time to turn the music off(bbc.com)
3 points by doctorstupid 11y ago|0 comments
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Pagekite might work: https://pagekite.net/
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
I have a suspicion that these parents are using children as mirrors for their self-obsessions. The self is the true religion here.
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
Question: is the prize to reward the receiver or to elevate the giver?
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by doctorstupid 11y ago
You raise an interesting point. Perhaps we shouldn't stipulate that a symbol must be understood the first time - the meaning of most symbols are probably taught in some way - but rather that once learned, the meaning is unambiguous. Th

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