eivarv

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   by eivarv 9y ago

   The burden of proof lies with the one making the claim, though.
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   The one doesn't preclude the other, though. It's also highly contextual, i.e. behaviors we've evolved (for some reason or another) aren't necessarily useful in another context. Humans are irrational and stupid.
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   I'm not sure I follow. From my understanding of the term, the "real" reality would be the same as the objective realm per definition; What do you mean when you say "objective" as in "... the subjective or the o
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   Why should we assume that they are not?
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   My point is, to follow your example re: orange juice consumption, that the reasons not to treat it as having any reasonable probability is secondary to the fact that there is no supporting evidence (burden of proof, etc.) As I replied in an
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   I don't think your analogy holds up; The hypotheticals aren't comparable, nor is the prior available information - and even though the Intel AMT/ME situation is egregious, explaining it simply as "a backdoor" is an
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   So what is the inductive reasoning behind the alleged conspiracy in question, then? That it must have happened since the NSA has the intent and capabilities? Does this mean that any digital conspiracy you can dream up involving the NSA is p
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   Why do you believe this to be the case?
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   by eivarv 9y ago

   Not really; it isn't actually proven until you have proof. As FooHentai originally said, "There is a clear evidential basis to infer the NSA's intent and capabilities in this area" - but it tells us nothing about this pa
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    [...] Electron is the only decent cross-platform UI framework That's just not true. What about Qt, wxWidgets, Tcl/Tk, or even Kivy?
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Your point doesn't push the burden of proof unto those that disagree (see Russel's teapot[0]), nor make it OK to skip evidence altogether. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Nah, it's still conspiracy theories. At best conspiracy conjecture. Unlike "... proven, factual happenings", your idea isn't backed by any evidence - at least not any that appear in your post.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Just to nitpick: Wouldn't this by definition make it non-objective? I would think the objective reality in your explanation would be what your sensory organs are reacting to, not what you perceive.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Have you tried Typora[0]? It features inline rendering (i.e. images, formatting...) I have barely used my standard editor (Sublime) for Markdown since I discovered it. [0]: https://typora.io/
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    I'd say wrapping native widgets is an advantage in and of itself.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    How is it basically the same? As far as I understood Yue is a GUI toolkit that wraps the platforms' native widgets, whereas Electron is a Node runtime and a Chromium instance (which lets you build GUIs with web technology).
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Great job! Maybe now we'll finally see accessible and efficient GUI apps from those who insist on writing desktop applications with JS.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Aren't Electron apps such as Atom known to have a significant impact on battery life/power usage?
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    I didn't mean "right" in a moral sense, or even correct. Being a hypocrite is irrelevant with regard to what the hypocrite is saying.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    Yes, but a hypocrite can still be right.
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    I think you mean "eccentric".
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    by eivarv 9y ago

    I've been toying with project-management features in various contexts for years, and I'm actually working on something that would solve this problem, as it also manages application state within a context. I have a functional proto
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    Well, news that are truly false can amount to propaganda and I've regularly seen it used to polarize and/or antagonize - so I find your comments about fascism kind of ironic. I think this whole thing boils down to people not being
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    Doesn't Sublime Text already support this on a per-project basis, i.e. the "settings"-section in ´.sublime-project´ files?
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    You're not really correct: There are, for instance, poisons and venoms in nature. Additionally, the example argument you make isn't an appeal to nature; The argument is based upon what early humans did (not nature, or whether some
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    Whether it's natural or not is irrelevant [0] (though I get your larger point) - but explanations would have been helpful. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    How is it arrogant? In European countries with minimum wages one can live off of, they are per definition treated substantially better. Not only is this not always the case in the US, but there are exceptions from minimum wage in profession
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    There's some contention about the terms "hacking" and "cracking", as you might know.
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    Those things would depend on the organism itself, not whether or not it has been "artificially" genetically modified.
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    by eivarv 10y ago

    There's nothing with GMOs that make them inherently more dangerous in the sense you're discussing, though.