hacking_again

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by hacking_again 9y ago
Oh, I'm not really a drinker, so I miss these things. Do you mean for getting girls drunk with plausible deniability?
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by hacking_again 9y ago
I'm assuming blackout curtains are also an anti-perk? My eyes hurt from looking at the picture, I could never work there.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
It's not racist to assume that you can more safely trust other people that look like you, because most people are racist and are therefore less likely to betray the trust of someone who looks like them. There are sociology / anth
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by hacking_again 9y ago
You can almost always substitute 3/4 cup white vermouth (e.g. Martini) for 1 cup white wine. Generally tastes just as good, and you don't have to drink the remainder of the bottle.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> It'll start... keep moving... ended up slippery slope
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by hacking_again 9y ago
This is from the conclusion of the review: > Our review suggested that exercise might have a moderate-sized effect on depression, but because of the risks of bias in many of the trials, the effect of exercise may only be small. We cannot
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> That's your "mountain of evidence"? It's moderately better than fuck all? No, that's the conclusion. There's mountains of evidence indicating it's moderately better than fuck all. And there is, real
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by hacking_again 9y ago
IMO, your original comment is too brief, reading as antagonistic. You weren't just politely asking for clarification along with an expression of your understanding. And anyway, they're just internet points, who cares. I throw my
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Try calling your female Japanese friends "manko" and see if you still have female Japanese friends.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
How do you explain this? http://www.youswear.com/index.asp?language=Japanese
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Canada has also had this problem. http://tentcity.wikidot.com/list-of-tent-cities
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by hacking_again 9y ago
The lack of empathy that online communication encourages. Empathy defined as conscious attempts to think and feel what the person you're talking to thinks and feels. It's quite natural with in-person and even voice communication
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Okay, fair enough. Do you agree that getting factory farm meat to taste as good as pastured meat is an easier problem? As an example, given a pastured chicken, a factory chicken, and a lab chicken, is it easier to get the factory chicken t
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Lab-made synthetic flavors* are readily distinguished from non-lab flavours. Getting lab-made flavors right must be an easier problem than growing a steak in the lab... and we still still can't do it. * a.k.a. artifical and natural fl
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by hacking_again 9y ago
I've always thought that strong AI needs to model emotions, and that for emotions you need biochemical modelling. It reminds me of what happened with analog synthesizers. After many years of a divide between digital and analog synthes
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Ok sounds good, but why differentiate between mind and substrate? Doesn't the pattern / substrate model reduce the mind to just information, and the brain (or body) to just machinery? For me the substrate and the pattern are the
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> the mind is a pattern which happens to be encoded on a physical substrate Why do you believe you can differentiate between mind and substrate? Copying the mind is not like copying a hard drive at rest. It's more like copying a ha
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> in a situation where they're believably screwed There's a lot of action-packed neo-noir that you might like: http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-20-best-neo-noir-films...
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by hacking_again 9y ago
I use mintty with Cygwin. If you want tabs maybe you can try the fork called fatty.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Sorry, no difference.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Or in plain English, if you care then there's a greater chance you'll be using Emacs. The fallacy if any is assuming likeliness implies implication. This is commonly known as stereotyping, but it's perhaps more clearly descr
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by hacking_again 9y ago
When I go to your link I get this: Your connection is not secure The website tried to negotiate an inadequate level of security. hashnode.com uses security technology that is outdated and vulnerable to attack. An attacker could
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Right, so since movies are about 2 hours, divide those numbers by 2 to get GB per hour. It's hard to find that quality for good but unpopular movies or shows. But then again, it's usually hard to find good but unpopular movies o
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by hacking_again 9y ago
TPB quality is usually very good, 1GB per hour is common and 4GB per hour is possible for high demand stuff. Plus you get a much better library. A fast internet connection makes the inconvenience of downloading vs. streaming go away.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Also consider Karl Popper's contributions towards the importance of falsifiability.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> Nicotine is a carcinogen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine says: > Although there is insufficient evidence to classify nicotine as a carcinogen I guess you better fix Wikipedia...
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Canadians eat less, smoke less, and are exposed to less sunlight. Lifestyle is important for health and longevity.
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by hacking_again 9y ago
>> I unlock it to peek at messages in meetings under the table. > If you can look at the screen from a reasonable angle then it can see you and unlock. You don't need to be able to see the camera to respond to messages in the
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by hacking_again 9y ago
> Because I got dragged into a time-consuming and unpleasant law suit involving apt-cyg, I am very unlikely to put more time and effort into it anytime soon, even though I won. I write open source software because I enjoy it, not so I ca
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by hacking_again 9y ago
Why not just use Cygwin?

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