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811.
by kbelder 3y ago
I would substitute "may be" for "is" in your first sentence, but I've had similar thoughts. Gravity may be a force that acts in a way that is mathematically equivalent to having curved space. I think that may even
812.
by kbelder 3y ago
My older brother jammed a pencil into an old-school dart gun and fired it at me, tagging me about half an inch to the right of my eye. Left the same permanent blue dot. Semi-permanent, actually; it faded after a couple decades. Probably w
813.
by kbelder 3y ago
Because there is no absence of any positive action. That's one of the main benefits of the free market.
814.
by kbelder 3y ago
My father died a few years ago at age 89. Timber logger, driving a cat at a work site, took a tumble down a hill. Sad to lose him, of course, but it was inevitable that he would have worked until he died. Probably worked as a logger for n
815.
by kbelder 3y ago
Popular conspiracy theory.
816.
by kbelder 3y ago
But he's correct. The original paper demonstrated an effect that has been widely miscommunicated and misinterpreted. The exact percentage of people getting it wrong was plucked out of the air, but that's not the important part of
817.
by kbelder 3y ago
What if the other enactment has the same provision?
818.
by kbelder 3y ago
Not at all. I think it's become clear that all the attempted solutions to the 'problem' of free speech have worse consequences than the problematic speech itself.
819.
by kbelder 3y ago
The rules state that they can.
820.
by kbelder 3y ago
I don't view this as pointing out a problem with alignment, but pointing out a temporary workaround to the problem of alignment.
821.
by kbelder 3y ago
Needs to be a 7'+ tall fence. Some people do that, but it's not practical for many. May not be allowed in some places.
822.
by kbelder 3y ago
Why would you even want the body of a teenager? Seems like the late twenties through mid-thirties would be optimal.
823.
by kbelder 3y ago
That's the main reason. Everything else is mostly post-facto justification. Incidentally, that was also the event that seemed to start Firefox's long decay.
824.
by kbelder 3y ago
I use Chrome for work on all my devices, and avoid any non-work browsing on it. It's an attempt to keep the two halves of my life apart. For all personal browsing and projects, I generally used Firefox, but switched over a couple year
825.
by kbelder 3y ago
They were and they were in use, for instance in character recognition. They just hadn't had their breakout success yet.
826.
by kbelder 3y ago
And the ability to turn off whatever guardrails they put on it in an attempt to make it trustworthy.
827.
by kbelder 3y ago
Most of them, I'd wager.
828.
by kbelder 3y ago
Huh. I wonder if there was some (superficially) valid reasoning there for forcing lefthanders to learn write with their right hand. Due to the left-to-right nature of English, and the technology of fountain pens, it really was more object
829.
by kbelder 3y ago
>Also, this gem: "You also can’t point to any individual lung cancer patient and say “smoking caused this person’s lung cancer”." But that's absolutely correct.
830.
by kbelder 3y ago
That's not a steelman. At the very best: - All content was viewed and learned from, which is ethical (even a good) use of all content that has ever been released content to the public. - Gave jobs to 3rd world laborers. - Benefited us
831.
by kbelder 3y ago
That's important, I think... not just historically, but to assist in concept formation. Although, replace 'ruler' with 'straightedge', to emphasize that there is no measuring.
832.
by kbelder 3y ago
Fits my observation. Every generation has this freakout about something or another. I expect modern kids will end up better at handling social media than their parents are.
833.
by kbelder 3y ago
Perhaps, but that's the owner's decision to make.
834.
by kbelder 3y ago
I haven't seen any decrease of their usage in the US, only a steady increase. I think the article is wrong, or my region is unusual. And my region is not unusual.
835.
by kbelder 3y ago
Are you saying that you think that description means the Michell was likely African-American? Or are you just saying that that description refers to a physical trait of being relatively dark-skinned for a Caucasian, instead of a behavioral
836.
by kbelder 3y ago
It doesn't matter what you accept. What matters is what they accept... the people you want to make decisions for.
837.
by kbelder 3y ago
Yes, it is the exact same 'diet and exercise' advice that anybody serious understands is the closest to absolute truth that they'll ever see in nutrition.
838.
by kbelder 3y ago
I once saw a paper arguing that one of the deleterious effects of climate change over the next hundred years was the proliferation of poison ivy. They found that greening was occurring because of increased CO2 and temperature increase, and
839.
by kbelder 3y ago
Fair, but finding new antibiotics then becomes trivial.
840.
by kbelder 3y ago
I agree, but there needs to be some legal distinction between 'union' and 'guardianship'. The latter probably should be harder to dissolve.

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