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by halfcat 12y ago
After you call 911, yes.
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by halfcat 12y ago
>Stuff makes me happy The definition of irony. Happiness will exist regardless of circumstances. No one can take it away from you. Maybe you meant, "stuff brings me pleasure"?
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by halfcat 12y ago
>What do you do when you believe that you can do great things but something that you have no control over is holding you back? Usually after this realization, most people turn 19. Sorry, but you are not unique in your belief that you hav
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by halfcat 12y ago
Sounds like you are in an average, ordinary job, where they pay less and expect more. A lot of these places are revolving doors, working people to the bone until they quit. Then they bring in the next sucker. Good jobs are out there, but yo
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by halfcat 12y ago
There is an idea among some medical professionals that cancer is a natural mutation, survival of the fittest at the cellular level. In other words, if we figured out a way to "cure" aging and live forever, everyone would still die
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by halfcat 12y ago
This is exactly why, on a Windows computer, you should: 1. Never run under an administrator account unless you are performing administrative duties (i.e. temporarily admin to intentionally install an app, and not opening Word docs). 2. Use
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by halfcat 12y ago
The problem with Cython, in this case, is that in order to get close to C/C++ speed, you end up having to write code that looks an awful lot like C/C++. All of the Python black magic that let's you write this in 111 lines goe
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by halfcat 12y ago
PST stand for piece-square-table. You keep the static evaluation simple and fast, and let the search hash out the dynamic details. The search is surprising effective at its job, and trying to evaluate a position statically is surprisingly d
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by halfcat 12y ago
>E.g. ADD could be a "deficit" of attention, or it could be a "surplus" of attention This is very true. Of the six types of ADD, one is "over focus". It is ironic that someone with attention deficit disorder
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by halfcat 12y ago
Introvert-extrovert is a spectrum, not a false dichotomy. It is also a model, and certainly no one fits either archetype 100% accurately. There are people across the entire spectrum, and people who have both traits at different times. I onl
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by halfcat 12y ago
>In a way I'm like everyone else. When I was diagnosed with ADD as an adult, the doctor said, people with ADD are just like everyone else, only moreso. A lot of what I feel, and the comments I see from those diagnosed on the autism
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by halfcat 12y ago
What happens to everyone's net worth if power goes away for months or years? If I have, say, $1M in the bank (I don't), and the power returns after 2-3 years, do I still have money?
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by halfcat 12y ago
That's it. I've had it with cancelled shows. I'm no longer starting any shows until the series finale has aired.
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by halfcat 12y ago
The author mostly described the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. See "A Guide To The Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/02/what-is-stoicism-a...
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by halfcat 12y ago
There is a difference between happiness and joy. Some have the definitions flipped, so I'll not try to define them. It's not important which is which. One is a result of circumstances. If something bad happens, like you get a flat
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by halfcat 12y ago
Continuing to play devil's advocate with the moral objectors: While these surely _are_ dangers of someone ingesting some substances, which of these dangers is prevented by making them illegal? On the whole, none are prevented. Those al
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by halfcat 12y ago
I heard the state of Texas is also bringing a suit against itself, as well as the inventor of roads, because roads are becomming more of a factor in crimes committed by criminals everywhere.
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by halfcat 12y ago
Human-level AI is not such a worthy goal. In a few years when self-driving cars are more common, we will be thankful that they aren't using human-like AI, otherwise they will get in wrecks for all kinds of preventable reasons. The huma
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by halfcat 12y ago
Maybe "pointless" is more correct then. "Nonsense" suggests you have a strong opinion on whether we live in a simulation, which as you said, we can't know.
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by halfcat 12y ago
Unfalsifiable, okay. But why nonsense? (I haven't read it, yet, genuinely interested in your non-hand-waving thoughts).
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by halfcat 12y ago
Olympic sprinters do not practice racing against race cars. Maybe for a publicity stunt. But not for improvement.
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by halfcat 12y ago
What separates one chess engine from another is its ability to efficiently navigate and evaluate the game tree. Stockfish effectively discards probably 95% or more of the nodes in any position. Easier said than done, better not discard the
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by halfcat 12y ago
Performance optimization, while it is not neglected, is not what separates chess engines. You don't win an exponential race with linear advantages.
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by halfcat 12y ago
By far, the fastest way to improve at chess is with a coach. Books work in the beginning, but soon you are crawling around in the dark. You can't identify your weaknesses, so you can't correct them. After studying the wrong thing
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by halfcat 12y ago
>"Predictably, there is a very high OxyContin addiction rate there" Missing the point. There is a very high addiction rate of alcohol, caffeine, porn, and sugar. Addicts are going to be addicted. Society has not yet collapsed d
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by halfcat 13y ago
Yes! People want a prescriptive approach, and then they are surprised when they get a random walk. Once you use your brain and develop a meta-approach that you understand why it works (and doesn't), surprise, you beat the market.
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by halfcat 13y ago
You are talking about something different (investing). Traders take a smaller amount of capital and earn a wage from it. So a talented trader might take $50k and over the course of a year working more than 40 hours per week, making thousand
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by halfcat 13y ago
Let's please stop this parade of ignorance! Trading is not investing! You can make or lose money with both. That's where the similarities end. One deals with the value of businesses, the other deals with psychology and gambling th
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by halfcat 13y ago
>There is no basis for returns to "go down as numbers go up" Sorry, but he is correct. If you buy $1000 of a stock, it's a drop in the bucket, it changes nothing. You can buy it and sell it back all day long. Get in quick,
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by halfcat 13y ago
>"A trader makes money, on average, when they have knowledge that the market doesn't about a stock's valuation" That may be true for an investor, but it is completely false when speaking of a trader. A trader need not

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