jat850

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by jat850 10y ago
Maybe, but there's probably something to be said for social cost that make that argument somewhat less valid. Herd immunity. Seat belt and helmet laws, etc. Note that I am not taking a position here on vaccinations or anything else, ju
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by jat850 10y ago
I get the feeling like the idea behind Sam's experiment was to eliminate the notion of "unfathomable". Listen and discuss, acknowledge the views and beliefs of others where possible as valid, through empathy and open-mindedne
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by jat850 10y ago
Fair enough. Opsec is not at all my domain of familiarity so I've no idea what challenges it might present to do it properly.
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by jat850 10y ago
Perhaps not something insanely obvious like Grouch Marx moustache and glasses, but more subtle? I'm not really very well aware of how advanced face recognition, etc. is at this point in time though. But I'd guess anyone who cares
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by jat850 10y ago
Would a disguise at time of purchase not help reduce this risk?
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by jat850 10y ago
Estwing absolutely makes the best hammers. Had the same one since I was 12.
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by jat850 10y ago
I think I misunderstood the last part of your original comment in the context of your first part. I understood it to mean that one should stop recording in an effort to survive or not get arrested, but re-reading it I do not think that&#x27
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by jat850 10y ago
Much better people than I have been dead or in prison in the name of preserving or gaining civil rights. And many more people are freer because of those people. Sometimes people have to die or go to prison so that others may live or be free
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by jat850 10y ago
OT but I'd never come across the term "banjaxed" before. Thank you for introducing this to my vocabulary. I can't wait for my first meeting of the day today!
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by jat850 10y ago
Your comment caught my attention - I am not aware of what this might mean. Genius went evil? Will you explain? Thank you! I haven't used the site in a long time and the last time was only to look up some song lyrics.
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by jat850 10y ago
It's incomprehensible to me - after some time I just started parsing it as "Big Data, Cambridge Analytica, Brexit, Trump". It'd be better if it was just re-titled to use the article headline, I think.
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by jat850 10y ago
On a hand by hand basis, sure. In freezeout tournaments, yes. In heads-up over 120k hands? No. This was not a lucky win. And I say this speaking as a one-time full time player in a number of formats. Variance does not explain this loss.
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by jat850 10y ago
I guess what matters most is whether or not it's "ok" with you, or whoever you may be referring to. There's no single answer that applies to all situations, to all founders, to all employees. If it's not okay with y
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by jat850 10y ago
Not sure where you're located, but in Google Canada I see the spinner.
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by jat850 10y ago
I have tried to do similarly, although I do sometimes have a habit of carrying guilt a long time - and it can occasionally have the side effect of getting in the way of fully moving past mistakes and into doing better. It's something t
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by jat850 10y ago
At least as tiring (physically, mentally). Like my brain obviously was when I wrote that post :)
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by jat850 10y ago
If it's unfair in any regard (and I disagree with GP that it's unfair on the merit of physical reads), it's that humans get fatigued and computers do not. Having played poker for stretches of 16+ hours I know that the number
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by jat850 10y ago
That's a good point of view to take. If I hadn't made some of mistakes, I also may not have learned some valuable lessons - about myself and others.
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by jat850 10y ago
I suspect you're right. I realize that I'm very lucky to have parents as good as I do, and just hope I can do as much for others in my future as they did for me. Including them, if and when they ever need it.
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by jat850 10y ago
You're right, of course. And that's what I will try to do with current and future opportunities and choices. I appreciate the perspective and encouragement.
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by jat850 10y ago
Not your fault, but your comment made me subtly sad that I haven't repaid the same sacrifice and commitment from my family with as much as they deserved. They too worked very hard to provide and give a good life for me, and through nai
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by jat850 10y ago
I've spent the past 4-5 days going over and over this page: http://winterbe.com/posts/2015/04/07/java8-concurrency-tutor... Talks about some other useful topics as well. It's probably not news
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by jat850 10y ago
Not the author, but it was absolutely, definitely not removed before this article appeared on HN. It may have been removed afterwards, but when I read this article last night that timeline was there. It was even discussed elsewhere in this
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by jat850 10y ago
Not OP but I always say "etsy", and "etsy-d" for etcd. I have never explored if these are correct pronunciations or not...
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by jat850 10y ago
Ahh, okay - thanks for that. I don't want to wade into an argument, I just do not expect any artificially-created agent to act on anything that one might consider "feelings"-based, but instead through more tangible - programm
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by jat850 10y ago
Can you explain what you mean by "enslave a mind"?
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by jat850 10y ago
There's debate on the terminology, so I'll credit your first point. But there are atheists who also study theology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Avalos is one such example.
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by jat850 10y ago
I agree (and others do, too) that there should be a greater distinction between anthropological study of religion vs. theology - and it is argued by some that "religious studies" is more appropriate a classification of that than t
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by jat850 10y ago
I'm going to disagree with the "or merit" part. For two reasons - the first being related to theology itself, and the other related to another field which is sometimes classified as being without scientific rigor - philosophy
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by jat850 10y ago
Theology is the study of religion or things supernatural, not necessarily tied to a practice in any belief.

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