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by jqm 11y ago
I know and agree dangerous criminals need to be in prison, but for some perverse reason I find myself kind of rooting for this guy. Possibly it's the awe at the engineering marvel of his last escape tunnel. Anyway I'm guessing his
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by jqm 11y ago
Within certain boundaries. I haven't seen very many happy unemployed homeless people.
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I think that's a fair question.
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There is plenty of propaganda, sure. However that doesn't mean NK isn't a state dangerous to the world in which you and I live.
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by jqm 11y ago
Good piece. A (minor) nitpick. On section titled '''Prefer "pure" functions and generators''' two "dedupe" functions are shown. They are stated to be the same but aren't. The first func
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by jqm 11y ago
There are two components of private property. 1)the raw materials (or land) 2)the labor (or improvements). I agree with your stance on component 1. The raw materials, the land, they do in fact manifestly belong to everyone. On component 2,
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by jqm 11y ago
You don't have to prove that ideas won't lead to the deaths of millions at all. Right now there are a bounty of ideas floating around, many the basis of whole civilizations and governments which very possibly could lead to the dea
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by jqm 11y ago
Religion has killed a lot of people as well. In fact, for that matter so has capitalism. But I don't necessarily blame the ideas of religion or capitalism for the deaths. In truth, the point is a bit worn out and overused and doesn&#x2
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by jqm 11y ago
What if "X" to call the guy for doesn't exist anymore? Say for example (of course this could never occur) that a brand new web development paradigm came out and javascript died almost overnight. Say (in this hypothetical ex
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by jqm 11y ago
History is interesting otherwise I generally agree that much of the humanities are opinions masquerading as knowledge. It's not there is no value in opinions, there is, it's just that people have come to expect the rewards of know
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by jqm 11y ago
I beg to differ. I'd love to live in a world run by engineers.
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Because the increase in wages vs Guatemala wages makes it worthwhile.
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by jqm 11y ago
Picking lettuce is a skill believe it or not. I know because I've worked in the industry. I don't agree with shady tactics (newspaper ads in other cities etc, I've seen those too). I also know many big farms are often one ste
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by jqm 11y ago
My understanding is that April Fools started as a way to make fun of people who still celebrated New Year at the end of March. So maybe the timing of the article is appropriate. It got me.
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by jqm 11y ago
Agreed. If the black banner is going to be used, this is an appropriate time.
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by jqm 11y ago
I'd argue nobody is that trustworthy.
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by jqm 11y ago
Alfalfa isn't an annual though. It's a perennial.
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by jqm 11y ago
Maybe hard work was characteristic of the people Hitler took advantage of rather than an attribute he instilled?
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by jqm 11y ago
Ya, but you don't need high level AI to expose religion. A little first grade logic would do if people chose to use it in that manner. The fact that they often don't indicates AI won't change anything in this area either.
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by jqm 11y ago
He actually seems a lot worse. I think there should be a rule he doesn't get to talk anymore unless he says only nice things:)
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by jqm 11y ago
I don't follow the topic closely but it seems there would be a difference between "hate speech" and not wanting large numbers of immigrants from a poor violent region immigrating into one's society. I suspect the second
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by jqm 11y ago
Cynical me has to wonder if this has less to do with stealing and more to do with getting the plebs riled up to the point they start wanting to shine a light on the whole ecosystem. Powerful people in government and industry are... well, no
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by jqm 11y ago
Of course people know who George Foreman was. He's the man behind those wonderful indoor grills. Who's Mohammad Ali?
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by jqm 11y ago
Do you mean ironic to comment on people's beliefs while calling free will into question? Absolutely. Consciousness might just be an illusion as well. But as you point out, these are the conceptual tools we have to work with. I prefer t
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by jqm 11y ago
The inescapable question of free choice always seems to come back into these things. It's easy to say "just think like this" when you already do think like that. It's much more difficult when (for whatever reason) you do
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by jqm 11y ago
Ya, but... are some people more genetically predisposed to have growth mindset? :)
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by jqm 11y ago
I've got you beat by several years....
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by jqm 11y ago
I didn't read the techdirt article but did read the relevant section of the bill. It sounds on the whole fairly reasonable. Here is my understanding... Companies can monitor their own systems or the systems of clients for cyberthreats
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by jqm 11y ago
That's 2000 pages! "Sane" isn't a word I'd use to describe it either.
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by jqm 11y ago
Looks like (so far) nearly half the people shown wound up at twitter. Apply to twitter first?

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