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1321.
by hackeraccount 9y ago
Both get used for political ends but I don't think either is inherently political. People enjoy using science and religion as a sort of "Open Sesame" to get political ends. I think it does neither any good.
1322.
by hackeraccount 9y ago
It's not the science that's politicized. It's the response to the science. Politics is, in my opinion, all about helping your friends and hurting your enemies. If the response is one that will do the opposite then your opp
1323.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
someone explain "reversion to the mean" I don't understand it.
1324.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
it seems like this is trying to solve the same problem as ipfs https://ipfs.io/ It's pretty neat when you see two people/groups working on the same problem independently.
1325.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
Regulations destroy competition. Sometimes that's a sacrifice you want to make - do you want an unregulated drug market or would you reduce the number participants with burdensome regulations? - but I don't think you can regulate
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by hackeraccount 10y ago
High risk pools are an answer to the questions posed here. A collective will to ignore reality would not seem to be an answer to me.
1327.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
Ugh I read Sapians and Debt and found that core idea to be horribly argued.
1328.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
Save the Whales? Why, if there are people starving? Preserve Yellowstone? Why, if there are people starving?
1329.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
What should the process be for foreigners in the US?
1330.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
I'm reminded of Abraham's Lincoln's quote: Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men a
1331.
by hackeraccount 10y ago
Oddly while it's closer I think it takes more energy to get to Venus then Mars. Something to do with orbital dynamics revolving around the relative speeds of Earth and the place you're trying to get to. That said the Venus explo
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by hackeraccount 10y ago
I thought they used Chip & Pin in Europe? Wouldn't that make skimmers a much less useful proposition? Also the women next to him was hilarious. Clearly thinking "Who is this nutbag and why is he grabbing at me?"
1333.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
Just the same. It's probably not perfectly secure but it beats having them on an encrypted dropbox directory which was my previous setup.
1334.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
Awesome is the bomb.
1335.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
D+ for the presentation but the content gets an A. It really is a nice overview of the options without being overly prescriptive about what option to pick.
1336.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
How on earth can it be that yours is the only reference to Arrow?
1337.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
Duh. Something better.* *"better" is left as an exercise for the reader. I have a better solution but the margins of this textbox don't provide enough room for it.
1338.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
I think that there's a un-elected bureaucracy and then there're elected officials. I don't really have a problem with the elected officials trying to persuade. I don't have a huge problem with them trying to persuade u
1339.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
It doesn't have to work in the sense of stopping an invasion of privacy. Name your governmental - or even non-governmental - organization will always be able to read any individual. The question is one of effort. In an optimal world
1340.
by hackeraccount 11y ago
In a perfect world if you extended this beyond DUI the punishments given out would be reduced. Especially, the punishments that happen after you serve your time. One of my biggest problems with criminal justice system is the way the ex-
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by hackeraccount 11y ago
http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/community/drug-offende... This is the same idea applied to people on probation. The short overview - typcally when people on probation commit an infraction (fail a drug
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by hackeraccount 12y ago
When I was a kid one of my friend's hunted. I remember going over to his house and helping butcher - skin would be the word I'd use - squirrel and rabbit. It seemed more like and anatomy lesson then anything else.
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by hackeraccount 15y ago
Yeah? I think there's a man whose last name is Holmes and first name rhymes with ... uh, merlock who would disagree with this guy. 'Course I haven't read the article so I might be off base.