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by gerbilly 8y ago
This seems a bit uncharitable. I still use Java a lot for application servers[1] and enjoy it. I've also used Go, but I wouldn't want to try and implement, say a non trivial REST server with it. I don't have the time to code
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> You should be careful using allusions when you don't understand their origins. Even if I tried, there is literally no way I could possibly self censor myself enough to avoid offending everyone on the internet. These types, of thre
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> so you're gonna risk ending up on the "naughty driver" list if you don't go out of your way to perform for the damn thing. Worse than this, who say's they'll use the data honestly or competently? Maybe the
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by gerbilly 8y ago
>Insurance companies are also involved in promoting technologies that reduce the risk of claims Yeah, that's why trucks and buses beep all over the world. Thanks for the noise, insurance industry!
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by gerbilly 8y ago
No such parallel was intended. How are you getting 'genocide' from the above comment?
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Fine, you can chose to see it that way. But I do believe that we have a bias towards solutions that punish a particular person.[1] It's an insurance company, if many people drive badly then you can be sure they've factored it in b
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> require tracking for drivers who have proven themselves to be unsafe Bad drivers are already a part of the risk calculation. I think the desire to track them individually is a manifestation of our North American propensity to look for
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> what crosses the line about monitoring driving behavior? I think the privacy line is already drawn too far, but aside from that, I think if monitoring 'driving behaviour' involves GPS tracking, it crosses the line because you
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by gerbilly 8y ago
This is like offering a discount on car insurance if you consent to having a GPS tracker installed.[1] It's voluntary for now, but the industry is hoping people get used to it so it can be made effectively[2] mandatory. And because peo
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Dude, I had a friend who constantly harangued me[1] to look into such claims over a period of six months. He also made the same claims that you do above (and more!) and stupid as I was, I attempted to substantiate them. This puts me in the
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by gerbilly 8y ago
I bought this book in print 20+ years ago. It came with a vomit bag.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> What's this delta-epsilon proof of a limit all about and why do I care? I remember a test in high school where the bonus question was a delta epsilon proof. It was the only question I got full marks on. On all the other 'easy
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> kids doing poorly in math observe other kids that grasp the concepts quickly and don't fall behind. Some get A's without struggling. Two comments. * The kids who appear not to struggle may be struggling at home the night befo
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by gerbilly 8y ago
And what you just cited should be taken in context, and that context is that native people in Canada have been subjected till very recently to a program of forced assimilation.[1] Some people call it cultural genocide. Basically we tried as
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Free Climber Alex Honnold's amygdala barely fires(nautil.us)
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> that the pain is real, it's just caused by processes in your brain, not the rest of your body. I was also helped by Dr Sarno's book, and for me the news that it was "all in my head" was encouraging. I can control my
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Yeah me too. You know if WiFi was so awesome, wifi routers wouldn't have wires in them!
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Yeah, so let's race to the bottom and make sure we treat each other, animals and nature as bad as we can because it's all just relative...
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by gerbilly 8y ago
I never eat any animal products when travelling in the US. They are of much lower quality, and full of hormones and additives.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
If you meant the EPA, it looks like it isn't doing too great job of protecting the land either if peoples taps are running with manure like the article shows.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
I'm from Canada[1] and supply management protects more than just a market. It protects the landscape too. Factory farms pollute the surface and groundwater. The big corporate players will fight hard protect their right to dump their &#
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NYTimes Opinion: The Good Enough Life(nytimes.com)
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One Drowning Too Many Full-Face Snorkelling Masks: One Man’s Quest for Answers(snorkelclub.blogspot.com)
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by gerbilly 8y ago
> Detaching emotion from the outcome is key. Performance will drop if you detach emotion from your work, even if it is supposedly 'rational' work. We aren't robots, and the whole brain is supposed to work together to achie
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Hokulea is not shunted, but it is a decent replica of a double hulled Polynesian ocean canoe.[1] The craft that were shunted were the smaller outrigger canoes. [1] When it is rigged with lateen sails. It often is rigged with a Bermuda sa
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by gerbilly 8y ago
Vaka Moana means 'ocean canoe.'
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by gerbilly 8y ago
IIRC shunting meant that they could keep the outrigger down wind at all times, which is supposedly more efficient than sailing an outrigger canoe 'the wrong way' half the time.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
You might like the book 'Vaka Moana' if you haven't read it yet.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
If Harley Davidson made an electric bike, then people would start buying aftermarket noise makers that play the Harley sound at 140dB.
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by gerbilly 8y ago
I have another reply to this in this thread, and I stand by it, but I thought this might explain the use of the terms 'art' and 'spiritual' used in the article. Western navigation is typically learned explicitly, meaning

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