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121.
by ldh 15y ago
Which fallacy?
122.
by ldh 15y ago
Well stated. It always turns me off when people use mysticism as a comforting hand-wave for things which can readily be be stated more plainly, as if shedding some rationality on a subject makes it any less awesome.
123.
by ldh 15y ago
The man himself asserted that certain experiences are integral to his outlook, and by extension a certain measure of his success. Maybe you don't like how he came by those experiences - so what? What fallacy is being committed here? I would
124.
by ldh 15y ago
All illegal drugs are not equivalent simply because they happen to be currently illegal. Some of them aren't even particularly bad for you.
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by ldh 15y ago
I think it's a mistake to focus too much on the mystical "revelation" angle that some people use to frame the benefits of psychedelics. I have no trouble believing that the positive outcomes people get from psychadelics are real while rejec
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by ldh 15y ago
Doesn't that kind of take the wind out of Node's sails as far as its claims of being easier for dummies to write non-blocking code, if you have to do all the usual due diligence anyway? I'm genuinely curious as someone who's only familiarit
127.
by ldh 15y ago
I think it's telling that the final sentence uses a word which contradicts his intent (emphasis mine): an electron is not a thing, it is something that happens under the right conditions. just like every_thing_ else.
128.
by ldh 15y ago
At least at this early stage with little content, the site seems very snappy. Looking at the blog, I'm assuming you're running on Google AppEngine? Can you give us an overview of how the site is implemented?
129.
by ldh 15y ago
For one, much of the funding for roads comes from taxing gas I feel the need to add the qualifier that this is true of federal roads, but less so as we talk about local roads. I realize the story pertains to the interstate system, but as
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by ldh 15y ago
Ah. Ok, thanks - I totally get where you're coming from now and can definitely relate to your sentiment. The "you must use an IDE" crowd irks me just as much as the "you must use only Vim" one. Maybe it's an inevitable part of a developer's
131.
by ldh 15y ago
I guess I'm being all Statler and Waldorf here, but the hipster 'look at me I only need a text editor' is bullshit. I'll grant you that it's been a fairly annoying meme over the last year or two, but people are being productive every day
132.
by ldh 15y ago
Relax. I'm not saying I don't think IDEs are useful or that I don't use one myself. The point of TFA is that there's some benefit, especially when learning a language, to just getting down to the business of writing text, compiling, and run
133.
by ldh 15y ago
Personally I think the text editors in all IDEs I've tried are awful anyway. Plus IDEs are sometimes fiddly to get set up right for a given language; it's easy to sink way too much time into getting things set up when you could just be writ
134.
by ldh 15y ago
I pretty much agree. I'm not blind to the fear that some women have in situations like this, and I don't doubt that the guy's behavior came off as creepy. And I think Richard Dawkins came off like a jerk and needs to soften his position sli
135.
by ldh 15y ago
Agreed, that language seems a bit overblown. And the extraneous comma makes it stand out even further.
136.
by ldh 15y ago
I'm merely observing that meaning exists in minds. If you believe that all minds will cease to exist, you must believe that all meaning will cease to exist. I can't speak for the parent post, but personally I'm fine with that. All meaning
137.
by ldh 15y ago
No, this doesn't have anything to do with the language it's written in.
138.
by ldh 15y ago
If it's a server I plan on logging into more than once or twice, it's easy enough to pull down my git-managed dotfiles and have everything I come to expect.
139.
by ldh 16y ago
It's no use pretending otherwise, "what's with all the parenthesis?" is still a major roadblock to acceptance. Sigh. One might imagine a similar objection such as "what's with all the significant whitespace", but apparently that shocks pe
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by ldh 16y ago
" I know the right way to use this code and I have thought of all the possible use cases. If you don’t agree, then you have to prove me wrong and wait until I either agree or figure out a better right way for you. This is the real message
141.
by ldh 16y ago
I think there's an argument to be made that the way an API is implemented is an implicit contract that ought to be upheld. That sounds wrong to me. If your consumers have to rely on assumptions beyond what's provided in the contract of th
142.
by ldh 16y ago
Meh. So basically you're asking for "not Lisp"? There are plenty of languages which fill that role already. See: many modern languages which have a functional influence but more syntax (Scala, Ruby, Groovy, etc., etc.)
143.
by ldh 16y ago
Definitely try out Clojure for web apps. I'm currently loving the bare minimalism of Ring/Compojure/Hiccup.
144.
by ldh 16y ago
Agreed. A rule of thumb I find useful: Any criticism of Lisp which opens with a joke about parentheses is quite likely to be flimsy and ill-informed.
145.
by ldh 16y ago
You can't spell "culture" without "cult" ;)
146.
by ldh 16y ago
The existence of Clojure begs to differ.
147.
by ldh 16y ago
Yeah. My personal, inexpert opinion is that if we are ever able to simulate/generate what appears to be consciousness, it won't be as a result of identifying the appropriate algorithm or whatever - it'll be an emergent property of complex s
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by ldh 16y ago
Ok, fair enough. If the idea is to just state what you believe without further discussion, go nuts. However, if we're discussing it (and the fact that comments exist for this poll leads me to believe that we are) I would ask if you care whe
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by ldh 16y ago
So the spritual world is not curious? Until anyone can actually articulate what they mean when they talk about "the spiritual world", I've personally given up on spending any time discussing it.
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by ldh 16y ago
If you think these representations are any different from humans or the mind then you've got a lot of explaining to do. I want to emphasize that last bit. I think the last two poll options are equivalent. Either you believe that the mind

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