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by jbattle 14y ago
+ Apache gunships
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by jbattle 14y ago
Interesting as well, because most people I know assume users won't read copy if their life depended on it
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by jbattle 14y ago
I sort of tuned out after about two paragraphs once my "scary-boogie-man-justifications" meter redlined, but I could imagine something along the lines of PCI compliance being a reasonable first step. The government or whoever would establi
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by jbattle 14y ago
There are a million other confounding variables, but you can also track a reasonably strong correlation to income inequality and growth rates in the US over the past several decades.
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by jbattle 14y ago
Um, pro-palestinians as in "for", not "professional"
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by jbattle 14y ago
I get what you are saying, but I disagree. If there were millions of invisible unicorns, surely we'd occassionally bump in to one. Azaleas would go missing. With the right technology, it might be possible to harvest them for ivory or mea
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by jbattle 14y ago
It's harder than that, because it can take years of trying out new features & products before a company really matures and/or ossifies. So you can be in that awkward middle zone for a relatively long time where you don't have the time
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by jbattle 14y ago
Would be interesting to see a view including territories and possessions
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by jbattle 14y ago
In the US at least, not nearly enough is known about Iceland's history with respect to democracy, rule of law, and arbitration. We hear about the Magna Carta but not the Althing
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by jbattle 14y ago
It's amazing to think that some of those random looking squiggles are the center of someone's world. The eye glazes over at the multitude of hills and river bends - but some must be totally unique and meaningful to someone.
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by jbattle 14y ago
That would be great - but would depend on companies building their devices to support this
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by jbattle 14y ago
This seems to be the core of the argument: To get a better model, we either need make the learning algorithm more complex/write more code (which is human work), or we need to gather more or better sample data (which requires human work as
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by jbattle 14y ago
If I see a guy in a suit I think he is probably a recruiter or a PHB. I wonder how much of the macho stuff you point out is unique to tech. I see way more aggressive posturing in sales for example, and all the sales departments I've seen a
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by jbattle 14y ago
Isn't this just an argument against inconvenience? I.e. "If this were true, it would make other math, etc very difficult". The same argument could have been waged against the heliocentric model. Occam's razor is not a natural law after al
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by jbattle 14y ago
Another nice one for kids ... http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ VERY visually interesting and easy to make things happen Only runs on xbox and windows
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by jbattle 14y ago
The big upside with starting with web pages is it is SUPER easy for the kids to show off their work. All kids are motivated differently, but for my son at least being able to get encouragement from friends at school and family members was
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by jbattle 14y ago
Were the sitters and standers otherwise performing comparable work? (such as typing and staring at a screen) Or were they moving around a work station, moving physical objects, etc.
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by jbattle 14y ago
Can anyone explain what the key limits on bandwidth are when communicating from Mars? Is it just a matter of higher bandwidth requiring higher energy consumption?
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by jbattle 14y ago
How does he account for the fact that generations do not proceed in lock-step across families? Some parents have children earlier than others - siblings can be spread across ~15 year periods, etc. I'd hope he'd pretty easily be able to gen
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by jbattle 14y ago
You know that Germany has a far stronger labor movement than the US, right? And they've had this for decades. So your last sentence is surely incorrect as it stands.
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by jbattle 14y ago
I read "progressive" as an ethical statement. Unless you can demonstrate a "scientific default" ethical system that all scientists should adhere to, this seems like valid distinction
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by jbattle 14y ago
I'm pretty sure he stated, not implied, that "blacks" are untermenschen
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by jbattle 14y ago
I would be a little surprised if anyone seriously objected to a sewing for boys class
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by jbattle 14y ago
I think the general rule keys around the relative level of privilege a group holds in the relevant society. I don't see society coming to consensus on this any time soon - but a lack of consensus doesn't and shouldn't stop private meetings
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by jbattle 14y ago
You are basically suggesting (I think) widespread availability of drug clinics giving people methadone or the equivalent? I think that's not a bad idea on its own, but I'm not sure it really gets at the core of drug users who really don't w
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by jbattle 14y ago
Make it prescription based? Then you still have people buying & selling in alleys. What's the difference other than slightly increasing the supply of high quality drugs?
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by jbattle 14y ago
I would think when you are spending ++$ to look fashionable, you really don't want the shoes to last. Wearing three year old 'fashionable' shoes would sort miss the point, no?
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by jbattle 14y ago
Why can't prices go down? As chinese apartment-owners start to look to 'cash in' their investment en masse, the supply/demand equation will flip and people will see at whatever prices they can to get some cash back out of their investment.
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by jbattle 14y ago
I don't think it's as simple as "Iran is probably the worst country on the planet when it comes to supporting terrorism." Every powerful country uses violence to advance it's political goals. Every powerful country kills the civilians/citi
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by jbattle 14y ago
The business model isn't fighting the war, it's selling stuff prior to prepare for a war that may or may not happen.

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