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by erdevs 10y ago
"PV" is a user's name on Kinja, which is the commenting system that gizmodo et al use.
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This is an amazing study and a great step forward in our understanding of biology and previously mysterious mind-body connections. Besides helping to explain at least part of the classic Placebo Effect, it also opens the door to a great de
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Good ol' PV on Kinja (from the linked gizmodo article: http://gizmodo.com/the-so-called-alien-megastructure-just-go... ) has some interesting thoughts, as usual. > The biggest axe against it being an alien megastruc
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> The key difference between what he meant in the quote and how the quote is used is that liberty refers not to individual liberty but the liberty of the state to impose on the individual to further collective security. He wasn't ta
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I agree they aren't opposing forces. And I also don't take Franklin's quote that way. Indeed, in the historical context, another way to put what he is saying is "don't trade short-term security for long-term secur
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I completely disagree with Wittes' take that there is any misappropriation of this quote or that it's meaning as commonly used in this discussion today differs greatly from it's original meaning. And please see comments ab
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> Please note, I am not trying to take a position other than public awareness and conversation about these things is always good; whereas, quotes about not deserving liberty or safety only serve censor an open conversation from a positio
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While we are discussing context, it is also good to consider your sources. The person quoted by NPR may have an agenda; consider the below. It should well be noted that Benjamin Wittes, the person quoted in parent by NPR, is a noted propon
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I have never taken this quote to mean that "personal liberty and government force were mutually opposed", per se. Instead, it's meaning seems clear to me as such: don't trade short-term security/safety in exchange f
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Thanks for the information and it's always good to have context. I was going to say that the original meaning doesn't take anything away from the quote as currently used and the power of that meaning. But Wittes already said th
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I wonder if this will impact offerings like Pepperdata and Cloudera's cluster utilization tools.
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Hadoop Dynamic Overcommit Outlined by Yahoo(yahoohadoop.tumblr.com)
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> Take your comment for example.. This is not analogous. If parent had begun the comment with a personal history of experience in reading verbose articles with clickbait-y headlines that then meander to the actual meat of the bait, then
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Unfortunately, I think OS X has made it clear that many users are willing to compromise control and flexibility in exchange for a simplified or more polished user experience.
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Interesting that this $30B valuation is only 25% higher than last year's reported valuation of $24B, whereas the year before their valuation leaped up from $10B. http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-math-of-airbn
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Some commenters on the article discussed condensed matter physics as a potentially more viable path of inquiry for understanding underlying physics theory than high energy particle collision experiments. I'm no expert here and don&#x27
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Well, this ended on quite the cliffhanger. Incredibly curious what is next discovered about this "sandman" ion channel and what it interacts with and responds to. Additional links: Oxford write-up which sticks more prosaicLly to
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Many nocturnal animals have eyes and utilize vision of light. Also, many animals who wake during the day and utilize vision of light also frequently hunt at night (eg see lions during hotter seasons). It may well be that specializing syste
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Has this study been heavily replicated?
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I'm replying here again as the chain got too long, and as you made a point below which re-frames the entire ensuing discussion. > [From further down in this chain:] I'm arguing against the ideas proposed by certain groups of p
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by erdevs 10y ago
Your opening line was incendiary. The first line of logic you used to backup that incendiary claim was completely specious, as I took time and care to explain. With limited time in a day, opening this way leaves little motivation to take
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Does anyone have a quick backgrounder on what is going on here?
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This is long overdue. And adding an "#ad" tag or the like isn't cumbersome.
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> > That's because most ancient societies were blatantly misogynistic. > ...[This] implies that all women terribly oppressed, while all men had lives of unrelenting leisure. That's simply not true. No. The preceding state
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> Isn't the better question who invented those things? I mean we are looking for the first one, which is likely to be the person who invented it. So... you're assuming that the earliest example we can find will literally be t
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Do you have evidence it was more likely a female name? You think it is exactly 50/50 odds? You don't think it's possible to reason and make educated estimates? Of all known ancient societies which are considered contenders
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Yes, of course, these roles could be viewed as low-status in a patriarchy. And they might have been held by women even in a patriarchy regardless of whether they were considered low-class. But we should consider the logic and likelihoods
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> Ancient Egypt was more liberal than US in 1950. Right. With all of the slavery. And the emperor/pharaoh totalitarianism. And the state-sponsored religion. Very liberal. > And do you have any concrete evidence that 'Kushi
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You wouldn't need to ask questions in succession to the same user. If you have, say, 4 questions you can ask 1 of them to each of 4 users.
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"Mastery can only be achieved through practice." Try saying no to smaller things first. Also, to get over the natural (for many people) social anxiety involved in saying no, try saying it a different way. Example: "Okay, I&#x

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