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by mar77i 8y ago
> Rights that aren't asserted are not likely to be respected. I don't see that happening at all. I find this whole activism trope a dangerous game, they indoctrinate each other with a mindest to disregard empirical data and dis
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by mar77i 8y ago
How are trans people excluded from human rights, again? I seem to have missed that part in my source [0], because that should certainly be covered most formidably by article 3, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of p
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by mar77i 8y ago
That follow-up tweet freaks me out. What does that have to do with anything, really. I think it's rather unprofessional and would prefer people not make self-congratulatory statements about their personal beliefs.
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by mar77i 8y ago
Well as far as Dan Britt's talk goes, trees haven't noticeably been adjusting for thousands of years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yze1YAz_LYM
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by mar77i 8y ago
I see my argument solely as one driven by my own survival instinct. And as it's nature that biases me towards my species, is it wrong to try live up to that and build those spaceships?
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by mar77i 8y ago
I kind of see the utility in prevailing in the universe can much more be an active and guided persuasion through us humans (maybe by proxy, through whatever robotic arks we can come up with), because it can be so much more effective than a
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by mar77i 8y ago
> To date it's not even clear that multicellularity is that great of a branch to be on. Doesn't it hurt to realize your multi-cellular brain came up with this? Of course you want multi-cellular life. It's the only known an
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by mar77i 8y ago
I don't understand the modulo issue with negative numbers, since you can always just use an unsigned number or write a representation layer without much hassle. Though maybe I'm too deep down the rabbithole already and simply got
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by mar77i 8y ago
Such a pool, assuming you're not the only person using it, is usually a rather well-used patch of land, as opposed to the space needed for an entire skiing resort, considering outdoor pools are also used seasonally. And even if you are
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by mar77i 8y ago
The mountain meadows used for skiing are kind of a mess during the summer. I'm Swiss, and going to ski basically means to be pulled up by a lift and slide back down. The entire concept of it is laughably unproductive, resulting at most
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by mar77i 8y ago
In an ideal world, few craftsmen would beat more handymen's asses regularly so they take the things that matter seriously. So how do we get VC to align with this? EDIT: What's wrong with codecademy? See, figuring things out in a w
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by mar77i 8y ago
> Full-stack development and architect are roles, not skill sets. That's the thing the article seems to be glossing over categorically. I kept looking for the distinction between skill sets/productivity thing and what I'll
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by mar77i 8y ago
HN title diverges from article title, which I find is counterproductive on giving the reader a hint on what to expect. The real title of the article is "Former Canadian Diplomat Detained in China, Adding to Tensions". I might be w
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by mar77i 8y ago
> Free will has no room to survive in a clockwork universe. Reminds me of this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TVZIBj7UA Effects of electromagnetic waves you emit will appear random to you, even if you produce a r
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by mar77i 8y ago
>>you are the god, or the only one that matters anyway. > you will find yourself ensnared in mindless consumption. Funny how you're both following the religion thing only on the surface. Take a bite, already! Western culture i
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by mar77i 8y ago
Are you over-correcting towards a mean right there?
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by mar77i 8y ago
Well I may be imagining a pattern here that's biased by my own mileage, but starting from what computers usually come pre-installed with (windows)...
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by mar77i 8y ago
https://xkcd.com/979/ See other sections in this thread: mdadm itself recommends using a partition to prevent hardware from tampering with the data. Therefore I don't see any real problem with anything around here
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by mar77i 8y ago
I C what you did there very well.
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by mar77i 8y ago
Interesting to see hard-learned lessons in software development generalized into the rest of life so neatly. > We can’t really justify all our decisions, many them are hunches, many of them are wrong. https://mikehadlow.blogsp
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by mar77i 8y ago
"Overthinking, over-analyzing separates my body from my mind" - Tool
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by mar77i 8y ago
You haven't heard of Hyperbole Town, have you? :)
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by mar77i 8y ago
I already see my local dairy industry make money out of this: "Drink our new Brainimel, with the best microbiome for your brain, so you can stay asleep, obey and consume..."
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by mar77i 8y ago
We keep trying to teach machines this intelligence thing, while we're still measuring the real thing using IQ tests? We're not even close to having a halfway decent metric for this catchall intelligence term - and these engineers
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by mar77i 8y ago
For this comment I'll pretend I'm writing this on a Linux installed on ReiserFS. You get the idea.
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by mar77i 8y ago
Oh wait, "languages" in the title are natural languages! I haven't realized that typing the above comment. :D
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by mar77i 8y ago
With regard to the product, it could be a hint at mercenary times. Once upon a time it was possible for any army to employ Swiss mercenaries in their rows. Not that I, as an engineer, approve that it's generally a good idea to unite mo
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by mar77i 8y ago
https://abstrusegoose.com/302 I think a modern case around the Babylonian language confusion can be built around the fact that before you agreed on a common vocabulary, you may not at all be sure whether your exchange of id
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by mar77i 8y ago
> non uniform distribution Is it really imperative to treat reality as if it was uniformly distributed? Why would you want to cast a non-linear environment into a linear shape? Are we trying to get rid of non-uniformity (which is realist
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by mar77i 8y ago
Oh look, a vortex ring. Hermann von Helmholtz, while studying fluid dynamics predicted that vortex rings had to exist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcr9-93wXng

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