gjm11

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   by gjm11 18y ago

   The trouble is that "human" is a very ambiguous word. If a "human" is a living organism made out of cells with DNA typical of humans, then certainly embryos are humans. If a "human" is a thinking, language-using, tool-using bipedal mammal,
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   by gjm11 18y ago

   Anywhere between a book a day and a book a month (with occasional extreme outliers in either direction), depending on work pressure, nuisance from small child, etc. The ready availability of reading matter on the internet -- interesting but
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   by gjm11 18y ago

   Prakash, if you're reading this and can amend the title: "Joel Spolsky", not "Joels SPolsky".
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   by gjm11 18y ago

   Dots-and-boxes is a game with real strategy to it, too. See "Winning Ways" or Berlekamp's book that's just about D+B.
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   by gjm11 18y ago

   Brussels Sprouts is completely determined: it doesn't matter how you play, the winner is a function only of the number of spots. Sprouts is not; one can play it well or badly, and it makes a difference.