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721.
by hopler 8y ago
If induction proofs tell you nothing, how is a true theorem different from a false theorem? An induction proof shows the recursive internal structure of a mathematical object.
722.
by hopler 8y ago
Paying a dumb kid to not go to the authorities sounds underground.
723.
by hopler 8y ago
Phonearena is reblogging and adding negative value. https://www.idropnews.com/news/chinese-kid-now-24-disabled-f...
724.
by hopler 8y ago
What's wrong with retiring? If you have a problem with Google, call Sundar. The author assumes that Larry, who has been downshifting his role for years, including an extension nodded medical leave in the last, is the real power at Go
725.
by hopler 8y ago
Only extremely competitive insecure gadget geeks think only dummies use Apple.
726.
by hopler 8y ago
OK, knowledge isn't progress. Why is anything else progress? Nothing lasts forever, is nothing progress?
727.
by hopler 8y ago
It's a disorder if it interferes with your life. It's an addiction if you are unable to separate yourself from an (external) source of disorder (like alcohol). (We don't say people with internaly manifested neurochemical&
728.
by hopler 8y ago
Why not? China's history is one of growth by eliminating local culture via merging into a national culture.
729.
by hopler 8y ago
You're not wrong, but Amazon isn't going to do the government's job for it. If they can get away with stealing, they will.
730.
by hopler 8y ago
Because it was intro to computer science, not intro to computer practicalities
731.
by hopler 8y ago
The article is 10 years old. Has MIT graduated a generation of failures?
732.
by hopler 8y ago
This is exactly it. Nostalgia is overpowering.
733.
by hopler 8y ago
The US has been volatile for 2 years running. Cherrypicking examples to create the appearance of rare coincidence is bad stats.
734.
by hopler 8y ago
Jobs career was launched by a capitalistic exploitation of Woz's work -- subcontracting his work to Woz for a fraction of the pay. He was similarly ruthless in negotiating pay and IP ownership with his employees and colluding with comp
735.
by hopler 8y ago
Oversimplification is unhelpful. There are multiple levels of hierarchy. On a space ship, the commander is also a laborer and also accountable to mission control on Earth.
736.
by hopler 8y ago
People seem to be missing that "simplify" here is a droll insult to too-clever hackers. The code is not too complex, it is well written and documented.
737.
by hopler 8y ago
Why not also select for astronauts who don't need expenditure bulky spacesuits, or astronauts who can get to space without burning so much fuel?
738.
by hopler 8y ago
FDIC does not insure your account against fraud or "identity" theft, only against the bank's collapse.
739.
by hopler 8y ago
What if your friend gave you a free coffee with poison in it?
740.
by hopler 8y ago
If you walked into your bank and someone in the lobby told you complete your transaction at a (fake) bank next door, would you say the bank was hacked?
741.
by hopler 8y ago
In other news, physics textbooks are all wrong because infinite sheets and spherical cows don't exist.
742.
by hopler 8y ago
The adage of people using up free things until the providers go bankrupt also applies.
743.
by hopler 8y ago
V4 is 2^32 or 10^11. You could fit an entire IPv4 with an entire IPv4 nested inside each one, throw them all away and repeat every day for 300 years.
744.
by hopler 8y ago
If adults and kids both like candy, is candy a kids product?
745.
by hopler 8y ago
What does "5% as harmful mean" when users are comsuming 20x as much because puffing a vape is as easy as checking a text message on your watch? One vape pod is a pack of cigarettes, with no barrier to puffing. Kids can't smok
746.
by hopler 8y ago
http://gwern.net/Nicotine Lighting a fire in your mouth is so obviously worse it's comical to debate. How would adding smoke to nicotine make it healthier?
747.
by hopler 8y ago
Patent said allocated, not implemented.
748.
by hopler 8y ago
That the turbines were incapable of producing significant amounts of energy even when working correctly, is not out of the really of reason.
749.
by hopler 8y ago
Vapes like Juul are also way easier to consume to excess, for reasons the OP explains.
750.
by hopler 8y ago
You mean like how Steve jobs killed his pancreas and himself by eating only fruit? Your naturalistic fallacy aside, modern fruits ate not natural; they have been genetically engineered to be as sugary as possible.

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