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by maratd 12y ago
> I have no trouble parsing it I must be slow. I had quite a bit of trouble reading it. I counted 8 disparate ideas in that one sentence. I had to read it 4 times to actually understand everything.
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by maratd 12y ago
> Doubling the number of competent-but-not-superstar scientists would about double the marginal discovery rate of science, assuming the scientist-as-prospector model. Right. I reject that assumption. Because science has nothing to do wit
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by maratd 12y ago
> Actually, they do stop doing business with you when reasonably believe you are committing a crime. Did you read the article? The guy had no idea what they were doing. The only difference here is that unlike banks, utilities, etc. he&#x
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by maratd 12y ago
> Do the people in this thread think that getaway drivers on bank robberies should get off scot free because driving a car is not itself a crime? I think this is more like putting the car salesman in jail for selling them the getaway car
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by maratd 12y ago
> No, that's exactly how science works. No, it doesn't. There have been an ample number of scientists that have produced spectacular work on a consistent basis. No luck involved. And they have been highly valued. What you don&#
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by maratd 12y ago
> The market simply does not value science. Not true. It values science. It just doesn't value most scientists. If you produce high quality science on a consistent, constant basis ... trust me, you'll get the big $$$. But if yo
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by maratd 12y ago
> Without that, how would they validate who is a student vs not? What? Why would they need to? Those "perks" are only appealing to somebody who's learning or a hobbyist. They are absolutely worthless to a professional. I w
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by maratd 12y ago
If we skip the moral indignation and look at the situation plainly, this sort of technology enables a whole subset of people to actually own cars that were considered too risky before. That's a good thing. Given the choice between no c
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by maratd 12y ago
> the rebels and the intellectually vain are easily co-opted politically. and > The rise of libertarianism in geekdom seems to fall under the same dynamic. I can agree to the first, the second can be simply attributed to an understand
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by maratd 12y ago
> I suspect much of the answer could be cultural. I suspect much of the answer could be genetic. Males in primate species tend to be more aggressive and have less "self-restraint".
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by maratd 12y ago
Who is paying for the roads, sewer, fire protection, police protection, etc.? Those services aren't free. Normally the burden is shared by all, by with these special deals, they're shared by those who didn't get the special d
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by maratd 12y ago
> How would this have been a net negative on Texas? Not for Texas. For Texans . These tax reductions are given out to those with bargaining power, leaving those without to pay the bills. Mainly, the average tax payer.
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by maratd 12y ago
There's no such thing as an objective source.
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by maratd 12y ago
Can someone name a single time something like this has happened?
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by maratd 12y ago
> I've never understood why keypad locks haven't been more widely adopted in the West They have been adopted widely. In businesses. It's mostly a perception issue, where such locks are perceived as a product for a business
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by maratd 12y ago
Stop pretending we're talking about something else. The three Israeli kids were killed by Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group. Read the parent.
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by maratd 12y ago
> not related to Hamas Huh? Take your propaganda elsewhere.
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by maratd 12y ago
> The website is pretty clearly operating across state lines. Why is that so clear? It's fairly easy to create an infrastructure that directs users to servers solely in their state. Prostitution is a fairly local affair.
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by maratd 12y ago
> But who are the weapon makers going to sell to? They already sold the equipment to the federal government. The federal government is simply getting rid of stuff they don't want. If anything, this practice hurts them by flooding th
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by maratd 12y ago
> For anyone defending AirBnB The gist of virtually all of the complaints against AirBNB is that it imposes costs on the neighbors. And of course, it does. There is a multitude of ways of dealing with that. If you cut the neighbors in on
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by maratd 12y ago
While this specific story is staged in Atlanta, this is happening throughout the country, in every state. We need to stop the demented practice of selling surplus military equipment to local police departments. We're not saving money.
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by maratd 12y ago
While your points are valid, this is an automated solution. We can sit here and debate this, but software doesn't debate anything. There will be one conditional statement. If criminal at any point in time, deny. That's it. The ove
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by maratd 12y ago
You're conflating tangible with the intangible. Land ownership stems from natural law. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law Animals are territorial and that's really the end of that. However, the idea of
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by maratd 12y ago
Not only has the bill not been brought to the floor, it would need to be approved by both legislative bodies and then signed by the governor. The probability that the dealer lobby will sit idly by and let this pass ... is unlikely. Regardle
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by maratd 12y ago
> when they can't agree on a budget deal Cute, but the gridlock in congress and elsewhere in the government is a good thing. It keeps the government's attention focused on screwing up their own affairs and not on screwing up yo
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by maratd 12y ago
> it's amazing how pervasive this myth is Is it really so amazing? Virtually everyone doing research in this area has a massive vested interested in the ivory tower.
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by maratd 12y ago
> demonstrate that an alternative path is measurably superior for a significant percentage of the people That's really kind of my point. There is no path that is measurably superior for a significant percentage of people. We'
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by maratd 12y ago
> if I can send my son to Berkeley, MIT, Urbana Champaign, etc. then of course I want him to go Why? Are you truly saying that for the amount of money you would be charged to send your son there, you cannot find him a better educational
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by maratd 12y ago
Isn't IP law federal?

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