jcromartie

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by jcromartie 10y ago
But our gov't is right on top of banning even more harmless plants... (Kratom this time).
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by jcromartie 10y ago
If bananas reflected yellow light, but we saw them as blue instead by some purely neuropsychological phenomenon, would this cause any significant problems?
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by jcromartie 10y ago
Am I the only one that actually did learn this in school?
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by jcromartie 10y ago
The most terrifying thing about prions is that they are infectious but not alive : they can't be "killed" in the normal sense by sterilization. The proteins must literally be dissolved to neutralize them.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I don't think anybody ever meant to imply that pure functions can be composed in any order. That's the confusion here. "Pure functions can be run in any order" only means that they don't have side effects so one c
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Are you sure we are talking about the same "functional programming"? Consider a function that parses a number from a string, and a function that doubles a number. How could anybody expect the order of these applications to not mat
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by jcromartie 11y ago
When reading anything on The Guardian it's important to ask what they aren't telling you, because it's almost certain that they are omitting many very salient details out in order to fit the story into their own narrative.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
People in third world nations don't have any empathy super powers for people who are ethnically, religiously, or socio-economically from themselves either.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I remember that thread. I actually think they took my advice to heart.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
They moved a 2-ton car... on wheels, on sealed concrete, with winches...
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by jcromartie 11y ago
So, how does it turn out for people who shoot at the police? I'm sorry but you are living in libertarian cowboy fantasy.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
And part of the reason why cops are armed to the teeth is because the citizens are. It would require real total mutual disarmament of citizens and police to change anything in the USA. So I don't see it changing any time soon.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
And until the people employed by the systems that police, prosecute, and incarcerate other people have a sufficient safety net, they will be motivated to prop up those systems. Universal basic income just makes too much sense.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
> those of us who are non-white, older than 40, disabled, trans, not neurotypical, queer, from low-income backgrounds, and/or a host of other identities will continue to be locked out of tech. What if those people are just less like
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Trans people have contributed some crucial developments in tech. The ARM processor was invented by a trans woman. If trans people were barred from the industry we might not have all these amazing mobile devices right now. https:/&#x2F
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by jcromartie 11y ago
How about a "blind" hiring process? For software engineers, it's easy to imagine tools that could help evaluate skills without revealing that person's race or gender.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
If I want to see someone's work, and they provide a URL, I'm interested in the content, not the identity of the service it's hosted on. Gee, this sounds familiar...
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by jcromartie 11y ago
You say "adapt" but you mean "capitulate."
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by jcromartie 11y ago
How many more years before all of these orgs finally come to the realization that making hiring decisions based on skin color or genitals isn't a winning strategy?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Unless my 2013 Nexus 7 has a hardware problem I don't see any reason to replace it. It's really hard to imagine a compelling reason to upgrade from today's crop of tablets.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
This is a fantastic illustration of geological processes. Sometimes I look at hillsides and geological layers and wonder how they could ever be built up so much. How could hundreds of feet of rock be deposited little by little, to make such
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by jcromartie 11y ago
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Police-domestic-violen...
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Police officers abuse their romantic partners at about twice the average rate. Domestic violence occurs in about 40% of households with police officers.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
It seems that microcephaly is associated with onset of Zika during the first trimester of pregnancy. Considering the mild nature of the illness, couldn't the virus be its own vaccine? Could a woman proactively contract the virus while
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Let's see how babies do on a planet without rainforests.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
If a technology exists, and can feasibly be leveraged by a party to its advantage, then you should assume that it is happening.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Why shouldn't we use statistical inference to deliver information that enables responders to be better prepared to deal with a situation? I would hate to be a false positive, but I'd rather have the chance of being flagged as &quo
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I don't think Radiohead's earlier albums were as influential as they were released to an audience who was influenceable. They had influence because young people listened to them, and now the people who listened to them a lot aren&
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Are there grounds for a lawsuit when a manufacturer pushes out an update to a product that intentionally degrades its feature set like this? This is no longer the same product that these users bought, it's effectively damaged by the up
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Twitter deciding that they don't want ISIS supporters using their application violates nobody's 1st Amendment rights.

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