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iammisc
5y ago
What I've learned over the past twenty years dealing with the middle east issue, is that everyday Americans should not be trusted with having to vote for politicians on this issue. The truth is the Taliban will win because that's
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5y ago
After several calls with my Oregon house representative, she no longer responds to my e-mails or calls. Can't contact her via social media because I've been blocked there. I've thought about going to her office but those are
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iammisc
5y ago
If the lead MS word developer listens to Carmack's thoughts and points out problems, he's more than qualified.
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iammisc
5y ago
What platform is that?
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iammisc
5y ago
No the democrats shut mine down and are taxing us for them anyway
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iammisc
5y ago
He is an opthalmologist not an optometrist. A md degree gives you the ability to practice medicine. Paul will have been trained on the whole body. The eye speciality is an added specialization. As an MD he should be able to do everything fr
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5y ago
> YouTube doesn't have any responsibility (especially legal) to the public discourse. Of course it does, should the government decide it does. Just like how the Civil Rights acts mandated that certain private businesses have respons
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iammisc
5y ago
Yes, in times like this, other's apparent power to read minds is simply amazing. What I would give to have such ability!
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5y ago
He may not have a bachelor's but he does have an MD, which is a higher degree and one that confers some expertise on medical matters last time I checked. > asking a random computer science graduate to tell you how to fix your Window
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iammisc
5y ago
How can you cross reference and double check if only one side is presented and the internet is the main means by which one double checks? This is the conundrum I haven't figured out.
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5y ago
> Many of his followers still believe he will be reinstated as POTUS, allowing him the bullhorn of his Twitter account would be unethical as it would make it easier to galvanize these folks into action again. That's quite ridiculous
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5y ago
What kinds of things do you unit test that aren't propositions?
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5y ago
Considering the riot in the capitol building started while he was giving a speech during which he asked those listening to him to make their voices 'peacefully heard'. Many other American politicians were behind similar riots and
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iammisc
5y ago
Except if they were familiar with christian mythology they would not. You cannot view the image and then ascertain the mythology without reference to both written documents and traditional culture. You have to first study the documents and
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iammisc
5y ago
There are few elective courses in high school that couldn't be replaced by a book.
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iammisc
5y ago
Who has more power... the government or some tiktok influencer?
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iammisc
5y ago
Okay great, let's discuss the ethics of twitter banning the sitting president of the united states. This is ridiculous. Those of concerned by the ridiculous excusal of this behavior as being okay because they're 'private co
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iammisc
5y ago
Absolutely! A major structural problem.
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iammisc
5y ago
> federally funded child care in the US. Indeed... As my mother was told by her principal in her inner city school for poor minority kids... "We're just here to watch them until they go to prison".
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5y ago
The mainstream republican party does not say any of those things. You are taking fringe positions and making them emblematic of the party. On the other hand, the democratic party openly and literally claims there is no distinction between m
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The soviets were nationalists who believed the utility of the citizenry was in their contribution to their country. You reinstill love of country, which really means love of society and others, which is another word for philanthropy, and yo
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iammisc
5y ago
You are correct, but this explanation is cultural and sociological, not logical. We must motivate math, absolutely. And to do so in my opinion starts with socratic questioning. You must convince the student that such an inquiry is even wo
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5y ago
Well you have to work, so it's better to do it with people you like. Obviously, if you didn't have to work, you wouldn't work just to see office mates. But if you do have to work, slogging away in a common place with friends
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5y ago
How is your interpretation any better than the editorialized 'brown drops education requirements'. The pandemic is no excuse to lower standards. It short changes these kids. If anything, public schooling should be extended as an o
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5y ago
They absolutely can. Most adults should be able to immediately recall the learnings from elementary to high school. This is not rocket science or highly specialized knowledge. The fact that an arbitrary american adult educated in this count
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5y ago
The opposite claim 'humans are okay lackin meaningful work' also needs a citation, as its easily demonstrably false in history. Contrary to popular belief our civilization is not the only one that has come close to being able to p
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iammisc
5y ago
You are being downvoted but you're correct. Consider the natural numbers. There is no 'why' behind them. There are axioms behind them, and -- given those axioms -- there are statements about the natural numbers that can be lo
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5y ago
Programming languages do not have a why. The turing machine is an arbitrary model of computation, as is the lambda calculus, as is horn clauses. The 'why' is deciding which one is most convenient to solve a particular problem. Giv
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The problem with asking teachers to think on the spot is that teachers in America are especially dumb: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2019/03/13/why-so... My mother was a public school t
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5y ago
Median home value in FL is $226.6k Median income in FL is 58k. That's 3-4 years of income. Not much different. the only places where housing prices have gone nuts are the coastal cities, which 'everyone'[1] wants to live in f
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