jcromartie

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by jcromartie 11y ago
Just like hand-washing is for doctors who aren't cleanly people.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
If there are factual problems with this article, please feel free to point them out.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
So then the people who would otherwise use plastic guns to get past metal detectors would say "oh, well those are illegal now, I'd better not."
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The Noodle King, or the Hunt for the Most Complex Chinese Character(cgilinguistics.blogspot.com)
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by jcromartie 11y ago
There's no solution for this short of a revolution in free real-world education and something like apprenticeships.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
To stream video from the full HD camera. Now, any idea why an oven needs a full HD camera?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Evolutionary design doesn't just work, it's the only kind of design there is. Design is not done in a vacuum. We fool ourselves when we write software, thinking that we're creating something ex-nihilo, plopping it down in Ede
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I get the sense that you think that rioters are "just bad people" or something like that? Is that correct? They are genetically predisposed or something?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
It's one thing to say that people are deluded when they act against their own interests. But how do you think someone would arrive at the conclusion that rioting would be helpful? Where do you think they got these "romantic reason
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I completely agree. And I think we should separate incapacitation from the idea of retribution.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Why do you think they are deluded in this way?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Americans also have a uniquely individualistic philosophy of life. They are big on "personal responsibility" and free will. I see lots of people with no sympathy for people who are caught up in the justice system, based on a belie
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by jcromartie 11y ago
I'm sure there are some disparities in the way men and women are prosecuted and sentenced, but doesn't the bulk of the difference in incarceration by sex come from the difference in criminal behavior by sex?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
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by jcromartie 11y ago
This sounds just like an article I read a few days ago: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/04/29/beware-the-too-comp...
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Navigating places like parking lots, drive-thrus, garages, driveways, off-road, etc., gets pretty arbitrary. There's not much a self-driving car could even do for you, so manual controls will always be necessary.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Wouldn't insurance rates just go down in general? Car insurance would be incredibly streamlined with self-driving cars.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Self-driving cars will still have manual controls, for all of the minutiae at the beginning and end of a trip (mostly to do with parking).
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Indeed. This needs to be illegal, not inconvenient.
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by jcromartie 11y ago
The fact that 100 new cars go by without a trace is evidence that the regulations work, no?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
Um... when did it get better?
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by jcromartie 11y ago
A few Chinese places will do the work to make their food travel well. It's all about ventilation to keep crispy things crispy. I've seen some pretty elaborate setups with foil, cardboard, and paper bags that did the trick. I'
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by jcromartie 11y ago
It boggles the mind how we have outlawed plants and fungi whose safety and effects have been known and proven over and over again for thousands of years. Plenty of highly poisonous plants that can (and do) kill people are not illegal to g
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by jcromartie 12y ago
The "macbook on a wooden desk with a moleskine and a cup of coffee" is a running joke on many productivity/minimalism forums.
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by jcromartie 12y ago
Is it not sufficiently obvious at this point that decentralization is better than centralization?
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by jcromartie 12y ago
We should not use science to justify intolerance of minority sexual identities. But we should also not use it to justify intolerance of people who express things in terms of the normal (in the statistical sense) gender distribution of male
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by jcromartie 12y ago
Molecules in air do not exist on a spectrum from Nitrogen to Oxygen.
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by jcromartie 12y ago
I think the problem that many geeks have with sports is the tribalism and the blind devotion. We have a lower tolerance for religious fanaticism, even barring the distro and editor wars. "Your" team won? Really? In what sense are
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by jcromartie 12y ago
Noise is just wasted energy that could be doing useful work unless, of course, you actually want the noise (like in a musical instrument). This is a really weird trend.
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by jcromartie 12y ago
Energy is fungible. Eating less can result in the same caloric deficit as exercise over a "normal" diet. Since fasting itself has some health benefits, it's probably better to do any exercise at all while reducing food intake

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