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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Arguably, when people shut themselves inside their cars for safety, they also become disconnected with the problems their society faces. They will have less incentive to fix the problems, so crime rises, and more people shut themselves in c
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
> But in some domains (or pieces of domains), state and mutation aren't just unfortunate implementation details, but a core element of the problem space True, but I would argue that it is far, far more common for people to writing s
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Some meta: The cynic inside me thinks that people’s negative responses here are not really about corrupt media (tm). They are just reflections of the contrarian attitude that runs rampant on this site. The fact the HN guideline has to expli
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
> all threads about Assange have become the same This is what I have observed in all threads marginally related to 'censorship'/'freedom of speech'. The exact same ideologically charged opinions, often mixed with
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
I wonder if people’s perception of 'modern' paintings will change if they view them through VR. Many modern paintings are massive in scale (bigger than my bedroom in some cases) and/or have many thick, voluminous layers of pa
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Gothic architecture is fascinating because they are not only aesthetically appealing, but also very advanced (at their time) in terms of engineering. Stones are heavy, but the pointed arches and flying buttresses make Gothic churches feel l
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Ironically there are not only one, but two, Disneylands in Tokyo, and they seem to be popular among locals. There also seem to be more McDonald’s per capita in Japan than Europe. And don’t get me started on faux-European food in Japan (they
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
It’s funny to see the comments lamenting the projected destruction of Japanese culture, while in fact - the Japanese language is littered with loan words written in katakana even though native words of the same meaning often exist already -
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
If you’re ‘nearly 30’ then it’s likely you grow up with modern gadgets, and since you are on HN there is a higher chance that you have a stronger than average interest in electronics. Your parents did not grow up like you. They grew up in a
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
I don’t think anyone is actually defending pollution. Those who say ‘meh it’s asthma not pollution’ just enjoy being a contrarian, who would point out any perceived ‘error’ in others’ words. They don’t really have any agenda to push nor any
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Fun fact: Aldous Huxley, author of, among others, the Door of Perception, was the grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, the biologist who was the first dean of Royal School of Mines, which later became a part of the Imperial College.
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Sorry for being slightly off-topic, but I really hope that PE lessons could focus more teaching the students how to enjoy exercising. It would have tremendously positive influence on the physical and mental health of the society as a whole.
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by llamathrowaway 7y ago
Upvoted. For some reason more recent skyscrapers (not just the ones mentioned in the article) lack the modesty of older constructions. They feel completely out of place when viewed from afar. Totally not like some of the pre-ww2 skyscrapers
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by llamathrowaway 8y ago
Thank you for this. However the labels 'syntax Haskell' and 'syntax LLVM' do not seem to display properly on Firefox. Wish you could find a way to fix them.
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by llamathrowaway 8y ago
Education in C:SL is actually more realistic then sc4. In sc4 the difference between different levels of schools is just that they boost the education level of sims of different ages. So a elementary school increases the education level of