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by lurquer 5y ago
Yeah. Ironically, what you’ve described has also happen to books to some degree. The self-published ‘Createspace’ or ‘KindleDirect’ books are usually cringeworthy. It’s the old curator problem... if it becomes trivial to create something in
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by lurquer 5y ago
Unless one wished to remarry (or if small children and possession issues are involved) there is no reason for a billionaire to get divorced. I would bet there is some estate-planning or tax advantage behind it all. I admit I’m cynical... bu
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by lurquer 5y ago
We’re getting very very close to the point where a group of amateurs can make a ‘major motion picture.’ Not quite yet... but it’s getting closer. CGI can create sets and even characters; AI tools to assist with rotoscope and backfill are be
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by lurquer 5y ago
Even the most logical and unemotional person has to grapple with the pon farr every now and again.
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by lurquer 5y ago
People seem to forget the story states it never rained before the flood and that a mist covered everything. Indeed, there wasn’t enough direct sunlight for a Rainbow until the flood. Regardless of whether it’s true or not, the story is desc
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by lurquer 5y ago
It had nothing to do with lifespans. The pronouncement related to the Flood: it occurred 120 years after the pronouncement. There’s some confusion in the chronology, due to Noah’s genealogy, age, and the births of his sons being kinda garbl
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by lurquer 5y ago
YouTube is an advertising company. Period. The problem won’t be fixed as it’s not a problem... who cares if some piano teacher gets silenced? It matters not one iota to the revenue. You could ban 10% of ‘content creators’ and it wouldn’t ma
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by lurquer 5y ago
The 'halting' part confused me initially. It always came along with Turing machine explanations... But, the paradox extands beyond 'halting.' I think. You could just as well say, "There can be no program that can de
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by lurquer 5y ago
Most flu patients don’t get tested for flu. Indeed, most flu patients don’t even see a doctor. So, at the outset, the flu stats are coming from a very specific category of patients: in-patients and people with great insurance who have the t
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by lurquer 5y ago
That’s a very good explanation. When I first read about it years ago, I mistakenly assumed it was ‘deeper’ or more profound. But, at the end of the day, it is just a variant in the old “This Sentence Is False” riddle you’d encounter as a ki
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by lurquer 5y ago
You may have missed my point... I was simply observing that it is difficult, as an author, not to feel queasy about writing a character who commits immoral acts.
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by lurquer 5y ago
In all seriousness, it’s an odd feeling one gets when writing fiction. Is the author morally responsible for the actions of his characters? In reality, Gandalf isn’t killing orcs... there are no orcs and there is no Gandalf and it’s just a
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by lurquer 5y ago
Please... The gang of thugs possessed the Ring of Power, stolen from its rightful owner, and capable of killing millions; it’s like a nuclear bomb! If some gang of trespassers snuck into your dwelling with a nuclear bomb, I think “shoot fir
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by lurquer 5y ago
(Said shortly before Gandalf and the gang slaughtered a gazillion orcs, goblins, ‘wild-men’, and the like... still, though... it was a good line.)
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by lurquer 5y ago
> For me, there are some things that just don't warrant debate, and encompass such deep-seated truths about humanity that putting them up for debate is a repulsive and disingenuous act, The authors of the Declaration of Independence
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by lurquer 5y ago
> I think there is some level of societal interest in preventing displacement, Why? ‘Historic populations’ is a euphemism for Black in most cases. In most large cities I’ve lived in, there is typically a section of town plagued by bad sc
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by lurquer 6y ago
I find your comments hateful. They trigger me. They make me recall my grandparents who were butchered by Boshevik monsters who spouted this same tripe. Perhaps I misunderstood your intent. If so, you should heed your own advice: “You are re
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by lurquer 6y ago
> It's always an advantage to be able to benefit from something others can't, so you're not in direct competition. It is always advantageous to be an omnivore. The more things a creature can consume, the more it will repro
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by lurquer 6y ago
> Now those people are out in the world and there's little we can do to stop the spread of this witch hunt. I doubt it was intentional, but you should know how hurtful it is to use “witch” in this manner. It’s an offensive use of th
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by lurquer 6y ago
There is no correlation between sweet/bitter and safe/poisonous. Many of the most poisonous berries are sweet. Belladonna is extremely sweet. Much of what is bitter (basically every non-sweet plant out there) is harmless. If you j
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by lurquer 6y ago
That would be a very difficult experiment to design. Whatever process one used to isolate heavy water would invariably affect the concentration of trace amounts of other molecules. While the two samples might taste subtly different, the di
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by lurquer 6y ago
> It seems very obvious to me that those doing racist hate crimes... Who are doing racist hate crimes? There is nothing obvious about it. The media narrative is that Trump’s use of the term “China Virus” or “Kung Flu” has led to attacks
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by lurquer 6y ago
Yep. He totally fucked up a post I didn’t think was even theoretically fuck-up-able.
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by lurquer 6y ago
Don’t now why you’re getting downvoted. This happens. Particularly in rape cases where the woman (or child) describes some particular feature on the alleged rapists genitals. Michael Jackson had to strip down, as I recall. Obviously not in
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by lurquer 6y ago
Didn’t mean to come across as TOO judgmental... obviously I don’t assume to know the details of every parent-child relationship in the world when it comes to bikes. But, getting back to the article, I’m somewhat dubious about the assumption
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by lurquer 6y ago
I’ve had the privilege of ‘training’ three kids to ride bikes. As those of us who ride bikes know, there is no way to explain how to do it. Running alongside the kid with a hand on them (or on the handlebars) is useless. Training wheels are
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by lurquer 6y ago
The ‘artist’ spent many years vandalizing subway trains, buildings, and other properties. Payback’s a bitch. Perhaps the Korean couple should simply identify as ‘graffiti artists’ and get a pass.
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by lurquer 6y ago
Oftentimes, intentionally using superfluous words, particularly obscure words, is important in building mood. Lovecraft for instance. And Robert Howard (author of Conan). And, the granddaddy of all: Thomas Carlyle whose “French Revolution”
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by lurquer 6y ago
How about: “Write Sparsely”
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by lurquer 6y ago
> You can’t come close to relating if you don’t have it. Really? How do you know that? I don’t think you can come close to relating to what a non-ADHD person knows or feels as you have ADHD.

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