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by ellyagg 13y ago
Not in the same sense. From the article: A former federal agent in the northeastern United States who received such tips from SOD described the process. "You'd be told only, ‘Be at a certain truck stop at a certain
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by ellyagg 13y ago
He didn't misread the story at all, what on earth are you talking about? The government is hiding the initial evidence. That means it's "not public". You are wrong. No one but you thinks it's OK to start investigati
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by ellyagg 13y ago
The government is already misusing its secret surveillance programs: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/us/double-secret-surveilla... Since this is apparently new information to you, I hope you update you
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by ellyagg 13y ago
Easiest comment in the world. Still true, though.
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by ellyagg 13y ago
I guess I can't agree. In light of the delicacy of the subject matter, the question seemed designed to stifle debate. OC made several claims about which respondent could be asking for a source. I'll assume it's the claim that the reactions
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by ellyagg 13y ago
Yep, I thought it was a joke at first, too. Since the term soylent is widely understood to mean human remains masquerading as food, the name suggests pretense. He wrote: Before I rarely had enough energy to go to the gym, but this
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by ellyagg 13y ago
Last year, New Hampshire's murder rate was 1.3. Since 1996, like Iceland, its murder rate has never gone above 1.8. New Hampshire is four times as big as Iceland. Why is violent crime so rare in New Hampshire? [ http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.
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by ellyagg 13y ago
Indeed, the old Irish diet of milk and potatoes was pretty darn healthy. If you're trying to eat healthily, cheaply, and with a reasonable cognitive load, it's hard to go wrong with eggs, milk, and potatoes. Poor people can do this. Eggs an
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by ellyagg 13y ago
As usual, you post an authoritative sounding reference that confirms a popular slant--in this case "gun violence is as bad as ever or even getting worse!"--and it gets voted to the top of the comments where it stays visible just long enough
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Show me a rigorous study demonstrating that one can only lengthen their lifespan by making decisions based on evidence at the level you demand. I don't believe you make every, or even remotely close to most of your decisions in daily life b
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by ellyagg 14y ago
No, the evidence for each of those is far more limited, ambiguous, and in one case contradictory. You would not advise your parents to maintain strength enough to stand because only prospective studies link standing strength to longevity?
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by ellyagg 14y ago
There are extremely good reasons, aside from this study, to think increased strength would improve life expectancy.
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Can you list some things that weren't controlled for that you think would lead to both increased one rep max and longer life expectancy? As Edward Tufte says, "Correlation is not causation but it sure is a hint." That increased strength imp
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by ellyagg 14y ago
"Let's face it: developers start to rely on new features the moment they're added." "So this is a huge win for us, the developers." There's a contradiction here, and I'm not being cute. Your argument is not the only argument to be made, and
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by ellyagg 14y ago
"And then accepting that status quo" Less Wrong is a place where folks try to discuss things with a high degree of technical accuracy. For example, if a respondent were to disagree with the linked article, they would try to avoid making an
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by ellyagg 14y ago
"2) Paying taxes is one of the few transactional relationships you have with your government. If you ask me, a government representative should come to your office and you should pay him in cash, not hide and automate taxes so that they dis
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by ellyagg 14y ago
It may be apt, but it's a stupid name from a marketing perspective because of the associations it brings to mind. I noticed how eager he was to correct the record about the term "soylent", demonstrating a common blind spot among technical p
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Indeed, it's a review by someone with an axe to grind about a book by someone with an axe to grind. I'm not a "Paleo" person, but the hinting in this article that folks trying to infer better living patterns from the past are loons is faint
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by ellyagg 14y ago
One time my sister-in-law met a guy at a bar and it was one of those movie conversations where they liked the same obscure writers and comedy and whatever. They parted coolly and casually, but the next day they reconnected through Craigslis
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by ellyagg 14y ago
I think people generally miss the obvious explanation for this. American teenagers have more freedom than kids in other cultures. Here, kids have enormous latitude with regards to how and where they spend their time. They acquire agency at
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by ellyagg 14y ago
http://lesswrong.com/lw/frm/prediction_sources/7yr0
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by ellyagg 14y ago
There are environments that have been behaving just this way for decades (emacs elisp buffers, Satimage Smile for AppleScript text windows) and no one complains or claims it's not well worth the risks. How is typing in any destructive code
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Your comment is why speaking truth to power is so hard. Don't say you're "fatigued" from hearing him. If he's right that this is a pernicious and dangerous trend from Google, then he should never stop shouting it. Assume that Gabriel is 100
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by ellyagg 14y ago
As Keynes said, "When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?" When I was younger, I didn't know what confirmation bias was. I had to be introduced to the concept. After being introduced, I was able to make bett
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Apart from the specifics of this or any other court case involving Apple attacking Samsung, I find the desire to defend Samsung odd. Obviously they copied Apple as much as they felt they could get away with. They did this because it was a v
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Growing up in Seattle, it was hard not to downvote you.
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by ellyagg 14y ago
Scientific American has also had a couple articles about this recently. Here's one: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to...
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by ellyagg 14y ago
False dilemma. The third and correct option is "don't be a dick".
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by ellyagg 14y ago
You must not be familiar with some of the history of Google's management of Android. It is documented beyond argument, including through leaked internal emails, that Google sets Android policies intended to control vendors. This is, for exa
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by ellyagg 15y ago
But I'm sure the extensive criticism that Apple receives here is all clear-eyed, eh? According to the poll, the public loves Apple, but they are routinely pummeled on HN. I note that, just in casual reading, I can count 20+ user names who a

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