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by innguest 12y ago
I'd encourage you to give it a longer try. When selecting a language, just pick R(5,6,7)RS and you're set. Liking syntax sugar is hardly a reason not to use the language with the most powerful macros around. You can write macros t
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> How are these supposed to be handled, without socially enforced conduct agreements, enforced by an overarching party? With contract enforced conduct agreements, enforced by a dispute-resolution organization, who tracks your reputation
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- people vote for cops to track license plates "for security", "for the children", "don't complain if you have nothing to hide" - libertarians complain "you don't know who will be in power tomorr
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The reason for the contradiction between belief and behavior arises from lack of principles. Most people will decide on a per-issue basis how they feel about it, and then rationalize their sentiment. The truth is intellectual property is no
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So cyclists started raising money for roads in the 1900s from private individuals ("Pope [...] and other special interest groups"), private companies ("asphalt manufacturers") and 16 years later when it was too late, the
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Because that's wrong derivation? pro-woman -> woman in Latin is femina -> feminism pro-man -> man in Latin is vir -> virilism (sounds stupid). That's why.
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It worked for the US and Europe for 100 years of peace after Napoleon - there were no passports and there was free movement of labor. Were they all insane? Were they less sane than we are now, x-raying people before they pass a virtual line
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Are you suggesting women are getting black eyes as much as children are being spanked? Is getting spanked 936 times a year as a 4 year old less violent than getting a black eye as a grown woman who has access to friends, cars, the police, w
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by innguest 12y ago
He's alluding to the old 77% canard which has already been debunked. There's no pay gap between genders, the pay gap is between women who never married and women who have married at some point regardless of present status. Somethi
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Does your definition of domestic violence include spanking? If not, why not? Is spanking not violence that happens in the home? Is spanking not violence against those who have even less choice than their parents of moving away? If you do in
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Academics are all cronies.
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You said the two choices we have are democratic process and revolution. You then complained that I'm not being clear about the alternative, which is fair. However, I'd like first to name the options correctly. Do you still stand b
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Making a cellphone that talks to antennas and satellites is a billion times more complicated and yet many companies do it. You're not addressing the core question here. jbert said above: "people want to try on several pairs of gla
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Repeating the word "involved" in different contexts does not explain anything. I still don't know what you mean by "get involved" besides voting. Can you list a few actions in the real world that exemplify what you
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Alright, let me make this argument another way. This study from Princeton University says in its abstract: "Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial inde
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Dense = "golfed" (in current programming parlance). For instance, Java code is not dense because there's a lot of ceremony, whereas Perl is dense and has little to no ceremony.
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You sound like someone who has never challenged your own opinions. Some of the first US presidents would argue this government is in huge breach of its original contract with its people.
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You're only getting "involved" by voting according to the government's definition of "getting involved". Your parent post just put forward an argument which you did not address: "You recall what platform O
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Agreed on both counts, the reason that iSheep like me don't look at competitors I'd say is ultimately what you pointed out (at least for me that's more than half the reason - no maintenance!); and I agree on not being offende
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> That makes HTML "code" marginally easier [...] and for programs to error-check and correct. This is a great point. It's not subjective and I'm pretty sure it's right. I hadn't thought of that. I guess ther
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We already have a solution for that: if whatever ... end # whatever (p ...(bunch of stuff inside p)... ) ; p Now it's optional, not part of the standard, and the language is cleaner for it, while allowing for a w
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by innguest 12y ago
Tell me about it. First thing I asked when I saw HTML over a decade ago was "Oh so you can close tags out of order?" - "Uhm, no, the last opened tag must be closed first" - "Then why do I need to say its name when c
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I want an undemocratic currency and I don't want to forbid you from using a democratic currency if you prefer it. I doubt those that like you, who are unable to agree with the statement above, will willingly extend the same courtesy to
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I just wanted the answer to my question, but I guess if you had one you'd just give it to me and not hide it. They haven't published a positive sentiment in 7 years of ZIRP? You don't say? And they profit from stirring up the
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That Bitcoin is undemocratic is a good thing. Look around in the world at what democracy has done to currency. Not a single democratic currency has withstood the test of time. It's time for a different approach.
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Does it store the notes in a way that I can easily make a backup of all the file names and their notes? Or does it use undocumented xattr funny stuff that apps like Photoshop pay no mind to and promptly destroy?
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> Now I'm more honest and I'll admit "I'm too lazy" to do those things. I used to think that too. "I'm just too lazy". But in comparison to what? The protestant work ethic? Are you really "too
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> Does gold truly have that much worth as a value store? Why do central banks hoard it? Two questions, one answer.
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> the Greek name for the body was Io When? I was under the impression in Ancient Greece that the moon was called Selene (Seleenee) or Mene (Meenee)?
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Metonym?

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