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by jdenning 3y ago
Separate reply, because I've already made two edits :) -- also don't confuse Judeo-Christian-Islamic philosophy with religions in general. The majority of Buddhist philosophy doesn't say anything about "acts of god"
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by jdenning 3y ago
That's fair - but I think that the cozyness you're referring to is more a product of someone building their entire world view off of a core "truth" that cannot be undermined. That kind of thing is pretty common among rel
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by jdenning 3y ago
Ugh, I just realized that accusing people who disagree with you of being ChatGPT is going to be a thing now. The dismissive part was the "pleasantly sounding" bit. If you want to continue the discussion in good faith, I'm gam
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by jdenning 3y ago
That’s kind of dismissive. Just because something is “religion” doesn’t mean that it has nothing to say on the subject. In my experience, a lot of Indian “religious” texts have some pretty interesting philosophy above and beyond the dogma o
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by jdenning 3y ago
I think from the Buddhist perspective, “desire” (I think “un-satisfactoryness” is a bit more accurate) is the prime mover
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by jdenning 3y ago
To play devils advocate: if, in the near future, AI is commonly used to produce the actual work product, then shouldn’t AI be part of this pedagogical practice?
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by jdenning 3y ago
Many prices change seasonally; comparing inflation to the rate 12 months ago accounts for any seasonal variance.
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by jdenning 4y ago
Another comment mentioned her, but check out Emily Oster’s books. Data-driven, no bullshit.
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by jdenning 4y ago
Well, that’s the push I needed to completely close my paypal account - good job, paypal!
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by jdenning 4y ago
The bribe is for stamping the passport (which is required). My understanding is that every Cambodian border agent expects it. When my wife and I were in Cambodia, I paid my bribe (it was like $2 or $3), then I handed the agent the same brib
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by jdenning 4y ago
Banning gas furnaces for new construction is removing choice.
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by jdenning 4y ago
If you’re just using TV as a library, then I think you need to show more of what the app does beyond the trading view charting, and be up front that your are integrating trading view
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by jdenning 4y ago
Your screenshots look like they were lifted directly from TradingView (and cointelegraph). My first hunch is that this is some kind of Trojan or virus. No thanks.
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by jdenning 4y ago
Please call the suicide prevention hotline and talk to someone for a few more minutes before you make any final decisions. Please call: 1-800-273-8255 right now.
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by jdenning 4y ago
Here's the tour request form: https://reactor.reed.edu/tour-request.php
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by jdenning 4y ago
I don't think they run public tours, but they do have tours for local schools and community organizations I believe. It's pretty easy to get a tour as a Reed student, and yes, you can see the Cherenkov radiation. Source: I'm
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by jdenning 4y ago
This looks great, thanks for sharing! It took me a minute to figure out exactly what the usefulness of this project is. I suggest emphasizing that this enables you to include content from external files in a markdown document and keep it up
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by jdenning 4y ago
Assuming this is real, I suspect the leaker is planning suicide shortly after the release (they said in the post that they were terminally ill)
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by jdenning 4y ago
I think you're wrong about this -- as I understood it, the term is a relic of the cold war. "First World" nations were aligned with the US, "Second World" were communist or communist-aligned, and "Third World&q
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by jdenning 4y ago
Dropbox stands out as 1) a company I didn’t expect would sell my email, and 2) some of the worst spammers in terms of phishing/scam attempts.
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by jdenning 5y ago
Sounds like there was some blowback after this article was published: https://spreckelsdistrict.org/2021/statement-from-the-distri...
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by jdenning 5y ago
Real Estate - highly leveraged mortgage with a low, 30-year, fixed interest rate. Keep the payment low enough that you're sure you can afford to hold it. The 30 year mortgage rate is still pretty low, especially compared to current inf
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by jdenning 5y ago
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." - HN Comment Guidelines
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by jdenning 5y ago
Definitely. I use a link shortener to track visits to my portfolio links. (Almost) Nobody looks at your public work.
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Google Photos is so 2020—welcome to the world of self-hosted photo management(arstechnica.com)
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by jdenning 6y ago
It really sucks that you've had that experience. FWIW, I've enjoyed many of your comments here, so thanks for persevering in a bad situation!
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by jdenning 6y ago
caveat lector: my sysadmin experience is all in Linux, I can't speak to life as Windows admin, but I bet it's pretty similar. > Am I kidding myself by attempting to go down this road? Is it too late for a career change? The onl
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by jdenning 6y ago
I think the problem with G. H. is that he gets way too specific. I think his core theory is plausible (civilization existed before our current evidence suggests, and that it was wiped out by some sort of cataclysm - he suggests a meteor eve
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by jdenning 7y ago
For the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201_(South_Park)#Online_leak_o...
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by jdenning 7y ago
You absolutely do have the right to remain silent at the border.

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