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by flurie 15y ago
A track record is important in determining credibility. Their long term (decades) track record may be fine, but their short term (past few years) track record is suspect. This may be legitimate and above board, but it is difficult, and with
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by flurie 15y ago
Why is that? Just swimming against the current, or do you have particular problems with them? Have you been making other positive recommendations instead?
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by flurie 15y ago
From http://www.alcor.org/cryomyths.html#myth3 The purpose of cryonics is to save the lives of living people, not inter the bodies of dead people. Death is a neurological process that begins after the heart stops. A stopped heart only cau
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by flurie 15y ago
Tapping the screen eliminates the benefit of using the cover alone as input and makes handheld use of this app even more difficult. One might not be able to keep score easily with paper flashcards, but that doesn't mean it's not useful. I'm
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by flurie 15y ago
It's an interesting use of the Smart Cover, but can it be a serious competitor to other flash card replacement apps since there's no easy way to report success or failure by lifting/replacing the cover?
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How to Be Happy(lesswrong.com)
3 points by flurie 16y ago|0 comments
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by flurie 16y ago
I feel it worth pointing out (with no disrespect to parent) that this was written by Emo Phillips, the paraprosdokian master of our time.
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by flurie 16y ago
I think this analogy only holds true if Ford is asking for a take of a seamless dispatch service built into all Crown Vics sold to taxi fleets.
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by flurie 16y ago
The best, sure, but the majority? I've seen many people in academia fall prey to the flaws and capriciousness of their advisors, so people often toe the line in order to minimize confrontation. And we haven't even taken into account the evi
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by flurie 16y ago
I believe that he was criticizing Krugman in addition to Levitt as a pop economist.
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by flurie 16y ago
With respect to your own self-examination, I don't find that one need be a spiritual person in order to meditate according to some Buddhist traditions. And interspersed in a lot of Buddhist teaching seems to be the caveat that the same appr
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by flurie 16y ago
Few people seem to entertain options between Facebook addiction and account deletion. I have a simple practical use for it: easy access to acquaintances. Here's a recent story I can share. I was on vacation in DC with friends, and I walked
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by flurie 16y ago
I can't speak for others, but I usually run a M-x shell process in Emacs.