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by gills 18y ago
Which brand of rube are you?
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by gills 18y ago
Thanks, that was interesting. I kind of want to know more about neuroscience now.
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by gills 18y ago
Have you considered learning both? They have a lot in common, and 'which one is better' is a decision you need to make for yourself in the context of your project. Oddly enough, geography might matter. For example, Seattle seems to have a
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by gills 18y ago
We could call it "The Constitution of the United States of America". That has a nice ring to it.
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by gills 18y ago
It makes sense that low-information terms would have a lower preference when searching without any context. If your index models the context around terms, you can get better results from a low-information search. I think...I'm kind of shoo
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by gills 18y ago
No, you don't have to protect people from their own bad judgment. There's an argument for better parenting, not for cartels protecting themselves through regulation. Don't tread on me.
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by gills 18y ago
Nothing to see here, just a complaint from a bus charter company trying to protect their turf. It's obviously not fair for us peons to vanpool in private vehicles because some looter isn't getting his cut.
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by gills 18y ago
What ever happened to 'make something people want?' I was in the ice cream aisle a couple days back and it was downright depressing. [edit: quantity is very important to me when it comes to ice cream :)]
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by gills 18y ago
As clear as I can make it: "Taxation Without Representation." The Fed creates money when they make loans. Taxpayers are liable (in the event of default) to cover the gap between collateral value and principal. As guarantors of this debt,
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by gills 18y ago
I have this book. It's a decent introduction to the subject.
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by gills 18y ago
Doesn't this completely miss the point? Most religions claim some level of enlightenment in showing grace over condemning another person's morality. The effects of religion on morality should, by definition, be irrelevant to atheists.
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by gills 18y ago
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions." but in this case, replace 'hell' with 'serfdom.'
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by gills 18y ago
Don't kid yourselves, and don't pity the pigs at the trough. Long ago GM's core business became lending (GMAC), and vehicles the conduit by which they ensnare borrowers. It doesn't matter if they're ugly and unreliable as long as people
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by gills 18y ago
Please forgive my ignorance, but...can't you tell from the bloody smile on his face?
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by gills 18y ago
Heh...if some douche wants to waste his tuition by screwing around with his laptop, that's between him and his wallet (although, under the TARP, it's arguably between him and my wallet...grrr). My laptop stays shut during lectures and pre
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by gills 18y ago
Quit depending on your resume and start a business :)
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by gills 18y ago
He voted for the bailout. [deleted]
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by gills 18y ago
About a year ago we had Josh Benaloh of Microsoft Research as a guest lecturer in a UW course on computing security. He talked about the cryptographic side of voting systems, some of the papers on his page are a good place to begin: http:
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by gills 18y ago
Hey, Porsche figured out how the US Government has allowed the banks to drain our 401ks during the last year!
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by gills 18y ago
Two thoughts: 1. Great post. I hope Steve Yegge continues down this path (i.e. parts 2..n). I wonder if he's ever read Donald Knuth's "Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About." 2. I had a betta once. It lived in a 20-gallon tank
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by gills 18y ago
I also heard a rumor about Bank of Japan maybe cutting 0.25bps off their rate (a 50% reduction, bringing it down to 0.25bps). And that if true, it's enough to revive the carry trade for a while and pump our markets with borrowed Yen for a
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by gills 18y ago
The problems did not arise from demand for debt, rather the dealers' reaction to demand for higher yields on debt. The instruments which have been problematic were specifically designed to provide a higher yield with the appearance of ri
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by gills 18y ago
When presented by themselves, yes. When there is some pretext leading me to the point that I want to click a big shiny "download"/"sign up"/"take a tour" button -- and then POOF, it's right there under my mouse -- I think that is sometimes
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by gills 18y ago
Cool. Your logo looks very similar to the MS Office logo.
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by gills 18y ago
That looks like a great replacement for forklifts to shuffle parts around factories, especially spots where turning space is limited. It looks like it would make path planning a little easier too (for autonomous use).
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by gills 18y ago
Congratulations. I hope you guys have a huge impact, it looks like a great service.
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by gills 18y ago
Video here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=...
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by gills 18y ago
touche ;)
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by gills 18y ago
It is overwhelmingly unproductive profit. Which really isn't profit in the long run. A few great boosts to our general standard of living have come from military research during wars and arms races, but most of the money is spent foolishl
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by gills 18y ago
Not to mention the ever-popular "millions of hungry and homeless people whipped into a nationalistic frenzy by sociopathic zealots"...

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