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by drharris 14y ago
I don't have to have a friend that is the same as me. Indeed, that would be boring. I just want a friend to at least be able to understand those facets of me, and not judge me for them. Likewise I wouldn't mind befriending an atheist skateb
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by drharris 14y ago
It means I believe at the very least, a creator was responsible for initial life. I also believe that evolution is either a guided process or that the existing evidence can also point to creation. Do not believe in young earth. Do not belie
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by drharris 14y ago
Not sure if this leads to trolling, but yes, extremely, on both accounts. I'm both a Christian (even something of a creationist) and manage to love science. I admit it's not a common combination (hence my post), but it does exist. :)
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by drharris 14y ago
You know, at first I was thinking this is a cheesy idea, especially with it not really giving anything new. But then I think, what would I pay to find a friend that truly has overlapping interests? I'd probably pay decent money for that, be
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by drharris 14y ago
Haha. It's recently gotten worse at nearly 3yo, because he's much stronger and thinks playing with poo is funny. I've mastered the art of several wrestling holds, could probably go pro.
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by drharris 14y ago
Absolutely understand. I've been close to there. Definitely read books, and take advantage of the fact you can get a 100% free CS education from MIT in the comfort of your home. I hope I didn't come across too abrasive, I've just seen a lot
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by drharris 14y ago
Once you have the experience of trying to get a baby wipe out at 3am while a baby is crying, you'll realize they already come pretty close to vacuum sealed. :)
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by drharris 14y ago
I think the number of people who enjoy being siloed experts is many orders of magnitude below what people think it is. I think in the tech community, most hacker types love helping others along. After all, somebody influenced us. I've met m
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by drharris 14y ago
> I learned by copy and pasting novels of code, and did not read a single book, or take a single class This is the problem. His story sounds familiar to mine at first, but a generation apart. I was taught to self-learn, read books, and
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by drharris 14y ago
We need a new law that states whoever brings up Godwin's Law without Nazis being mentioned also loses the argument.
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by drharris 14y ago
Openness and innovation are not mutually exclusive. It is possible to both champion standards and have a walled garden.
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by drharris 14y ago
Yes, it does. I have standards for the people I choose to involve myself with. In a similar vein, I would likely not even befriend anyone that uses it, or anyone that supports this type of application (either directed towards men or women).
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by drharris 14y ago
I've seen this effect in other "heated" discussions, and I wonder if it's the effect of moderation. Primarily, what happens to a thread as the percentage of moderated messages increases? Is that metric involved in the positioning? I could s
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by drharris 14y ago
What are you talking about? I see at least a few stories per week on sexism in the top 10. Given that this place is more technology/startup-related than "let's talk about society", that's a pretty good frequency for just one of many valid s
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by drharris 14y ago
Indeed. This would become the first question I asked a woman when trying to date. If she's childish enough to use something like this, I'd have no problem saying sayonara. There should be some expectation of maturity and general couth in an
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by drharris 14y ago
It's a subtle difference, but one probably based on opinion. tptacek doesn't make any claims on the arguments themselves, but rather the placement on HN. So it's not ad hominem, but it is censorship. His claim is more along the lines that o
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by drharris 14y ago
I think you're only looking from a consumer perspective, not a business perspective. What is my incentive to start a business when it's constantly a race to the bottom? Furthermore, why invest in a business? It'd be stupid to put $1000 in a
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by drharris 14y ago
Thank you. Ad hominem has nothing to do with talking about the credibility of the author. Rather, the fallacy occurs when you rely on that information to challenge the position.
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by drharris 14y ago
And only four to counter: "Be a hard worker".
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by drharris 14y ago
Everyone seems to be missing the obviously snarky title here... As in, there is not strong support at all.
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by drharris 14y ago
Agreed, but it's also an interesting product. I'm around a lot of high school aged people, and they are incredibly social. They don't really use a lot of apps, just ones that help them do social things. Building a frontend around the social
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by drharris 14y ago
This reminds me a lot of my angelfire page in that era, though a little more AOL-centric. The linked people applet is definitely interesting given how things panned out for him. Mine had a lot of physics and science-y stuff, so I begin to w
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by drharris 14y ago
First reaction: Jackpot! It's like free money with little risk. Second reaction: People actually post this kind of stuff? And that's just with one simple bot to retrieve it.
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by drharris 14y ago
Agreed, I like it. Also noticed the nod at HN, but it might be a coincidence. Really like that it's an existing unicode character; that's something that other currencies get for free, and Bitcoin should be no exception.
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by drharris 14y ago
It was the original title of both the linked article and the HN headline. ("This Pizza is worth $750,000")
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by drharris 14y ago
This pizza is not "worth" $750,000, it simply cost that much in terms of delayed value of bitcoins.
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by drharris 14y ago
Good article, but I'm even more skeptical of using LOC as a measure of expressiveness (whatever that means). I think expressiveness has more to do with how "native" a language feels to you. Just like a hispanic might think in Spanish, I thi
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by drharris 14y ago
I brine chicken all the time; I think that for any white meat, it's critical in getting a result that people actually want to eat. However, brining turkey has never been an option; we're typically running up to the day on thawing the meat p
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by drharris 14y ago
What better way to teach her daughter entrepreneurship than show her how to beg for money?
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by drharris 14y ago
1600 Penn (great show, btw) had an episode where people picketed the White House for the environmental policies. Through a series of hijinks, these people got an audience with the President to express their concerns. Once in there, it becom

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