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by kirse 13y ago
What else do you expect? You're not supposed to find most of it acceptable. Why are you surprised when a book that records the fall of man into sin and depravity is both shocking and FULL of stories of man pushing the bounds of dep
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by kirse 13y ago
you really should read a bit about the philosophy of science Sounds like you're quite well-educated on this topic. Can you list a few recent philosophy of science books that you've read? I'm also interested in hearing you
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by kirse 13y ago
Events can be observed. Causation is not an event, its a relationship between events which cannot be observed, only inferred Hmm, I may be improperly using the word "cause" here because of the connotation of the word causality.
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by kirse 13y ago
Causality, as such, is not directly observable. The whole thing science does is produce and refine methods of inferring things that are not observed from things that are. This is awful, awful science. Science works best when the entire
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by kirse 13y ago
So when you can't subject something to empirical observation... such as the original creation of the sun, where exactly does one gain a sure confidence in the explanation for it's original cause? Let's look at a few simple
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by kirse 13y ago
For example, you seem to have some concept of "testing" that involves the observer having to cause the observed phenomenon in order for it to be empirical. No, don't project words into my mouth, because that's not what
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by kirse 13y ago
Science works best when it studies the here and now, the observable. That's the basis for confidence in empiricism, and that's where solid empiricism ends. Belief in a designer motivated many great men of science to understand t
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by kirse 13y ago
we found that several people exploited and took advantage of him for personal gain. which this guy is obviously doing. You're not projecting your own personal experience into this story at all, are you? The only way for you to dra
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by kirse 13y ago
There is some very meaningful work to be done in this "perspective/reminder" space This falls under the category of "knowing thyself". Each man must learn his own rhythms and behaviors well enough to build a syst
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by kirse 13y ago
This is why I will not travel with friends who just want to party-vacation in whatever country they visit. Bars, clubs, and people are bars, clubs, and people no matter where you go. Not a world traveler by any means, but it didn't t
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by kirse 13y ago
Agree. I always use this behavior as a red flag for myself... whenever I look back on my behavior for the day/week and find myself being captious, petty or not, it tends to be a reminder to check my motives and examine if I have unres
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by kirse 13y ago
Tried that first, but that will fail on the "false" case.
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by kirse 13y ago
Yea, this is what I realized once I saw the puzzle was throwing junk data like "false" on #5. I mentally skipped over Justin_Time's solution, figuring I would just hit a float error case because it was going to be a stickler
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by kirse 13y ago
Fun little puzzles. First 4 went pretty quickly (~8:00) and then the last one took ~7 minutes Googling around for this so I could test if a variable was an integer... n===+n && n===(n|0) Wish I could see my answers after the
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by kirse 13y ago
Yep, Nissan's 370Z has had SynchroRevMatch as part of its Sport/NISMO packages for a few years now, and from what I've heard through friends it's very simple and works really well... Although it makes me wonder at what p
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by kirse 13y ago
I'm sorry, but as a car enthusiast who spent much of his younger years devouring every ounce of Road&Track/Car&Driver mags, the phrase "any car ever tested" is a bit over the top... I'm almost positive the M
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by kirse 13y ago
I said "crushing mountain" mostly for shock value, only because when I was 17 and applying for college I really didn't grasp the burden of "future me" having to wheelbarrow $700+ a month away from the School-Loans q
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by kirse 13y ago
how can I even know what will make me happy Do you have any ideas in mind? Even the slightest vague inkling like "this topic or activity has me curious"? Or are you applying to college because it's the next-thing-to-do an
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by kirse 13y ago
I posted a "Future of Facebook" question to HN many days ago... funny to look back on it now. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=82706 Facebook moving the application "profile boxes" off the main profi
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by kirse 13y ago
Fantastic to hear... I'm interested to know what you meant by "being so stuck on myself"? I like to hear stories of how God has changed people!
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by kirse 13y ago
Which is why they drive to work in a Model T and rely on an IBM 7090 for their backroom stuff, correct? This is a goofy analogy. Whining that BigCo, Inc. won't shift their embedded "way of doing things" is like whining whe
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by kirse 13y ago
"The value and necessity of anxiety mean that it will persist until the last breath. It is impossible to extinguish, no matter the level at which it affects you." In contrast to your post, I found it interesting that the author
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by kirse 14y ago
you realise hours or days or week or even years later make that connection to a event and realise your embarasment you never experienced at the time This happens to everyone. It's part of normal social growth & development to have yo
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by kirse 14y ago
Can't any of those high-functioning brain cells be put to good use learning social skills and choosing to practice a higher level of empathy? In my experience, I've found that applying the Golden Rule and "seeking first to understand" gener
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by kirse 14y ago
OK people, I get it, you don't carry cash, etc etc. I'm just imagining myself using whatever I have on me to come to a quick agreement on a precise valuation and secure a solid "affirmative" from an investor, beyond a basic verbal agreement
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by kirse 14y ago
Why not do something creative like have the investor sign a dollar bill (of any denomination) and give it to the founders? Every founder comes prepared with some cash in their wallet, and then when you confirm a deal the founders ask the in
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by kirse 14y ago
But what no one talked about was the years she forewent hanging out with other girls in middle school, watching TV and doing her hair with girlfriends in high school. Ah the old "I knew Taylor Swift" card, hear it all the time. I will sa
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by kirse 14y ago
I think most people would parse "rational thinking community" as a community interested in rational thinking You are right, it would have been wiser to apply grace and ask to clarify why he was in such wonderment at the existence of a "ra
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by kirse 14y ago
A rational thinking community On what basis did you establish this as fact? Did you read everything on the site and determine this to be true based on exhaustive "rational" analysis, or did you simply assume it to be true based on a few h
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by kirse 14y ago
Slightly curious, what kind of projects were you working on that are "several hundred million LoC"... wouldn't 45-minutes be reasonable for that many lines of code? I ask because I've never even come close to touching a project with that ma

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