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by mathgeek 7y ago
Only if you are far enough from retirement, or have enough assets, that you can handle the risk. Same as any other period.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> But you don't have to believe me as I read and don't make bibliographies in all of my posts. We certainly don't have to make them in all posts, but I think it's reasonable to request that we make them in what are ho
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> I can't imagine how much more is going to happen between now and 4 years old. Just wait until they're school age and can make the conscious decision to learn what they're interested in at a much deeper level. You're
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Pencils are not a modern invention [0], which is why it doesn't fit the question. The ballpoint pen, as an example, is a 19th century patent [1], so pens in general might fit. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penc
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> The 60 minute session limit It's also a nice way to force yourself to play for only an hour and then go do something else, or at least consciously make the choice to play for longer than you intended.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Can you provide some references for the general and school-specific claims you’ve made? The specific example of Rutgers is great but the broader claims definitely deserve some supporting evidence.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
For the same reason that you can spend from tens to thousands of dollars on many kitchen appliances, clothes, etc.: branding, appearance, and perceived (although sometimes real) correlation between price and quality. There are additional fa
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by mathgeek 7y ago
The story is quite short. Easily completed in 10-15 minutes of focused reading.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> Or should the tree break my hands and give me a concussion on the way down in order to level the playing field? This is a straw man argument. It would be a decent allegory for jail terms that favor the rich, though.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> It's obvious from the other clip provided that the voice evolved over time I'd be surprised if this wasn't intentional, based on the premise.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Usually it’s their day job rather than a side project (at least historically). They’re also publishing several articles a day, but many of those articles have lead times rather than being written and immediately published.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Usually the idea behind a doomsday vault is that you're keeping everything securely in one place in case there is widespread disaster that sufficiently wipes out the distributed knowledge. They're not mutually exclusive.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
One of the things about selling exclusivity or “first in line” is that you only need a critical mass of your consumers/users to crave it in order to be successful. An example being that people still preorder digital goods like games an
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> We have chat rooms-groups for each of the most common mental illness subject-matters. I’m not sure that is the best marketing line for a site for “unusual people.” The only thing unusual about mental illness is how common it actually i
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Could you elaborate on why a custom client is the different between using their service and choosing not to at all?
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> I don't know any society that would tolerate a person standing outside his neighbor's home and screaming death threats Such societies did and do exist, but usually they are good examples of why we limit hate speech. Nazi Germ
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Funded via public revenue isn’t the same as ad-supported. The former is still paid for by the group that many consumers are a part of. It’s only “free” in the manner that a public road is “free”.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
That’s why I said few exceptions. As a whole and for most populous locations, the world doesn’t appear to be doing that. I’d love to see some evidence otherwise though.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
This is a fine line to tread, without a doubt. It’s the same “if we don’t give them the idea, maybe some of them won’t think of it otherwise” thinking that has been a theme throughout the history of education. Similar thought process to sex
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by mathgeek 7y ago
News that is free to consume is the same as any other free product: the reader/viewer is the product.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
The rest of the world hasn’t even figured out how to force themselves to save their own equivalents, with few exceptions. Any action taken across borders should also be taken within borders. Sadly with the timeline of destruction, those two
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by mathgeek 7y ago
“Unsatisfactory” is an opinion-based comparison. If you find something that satisfies your desire, it’s satisfactory. I’d say your argument is more based on whether the results are more accurate, or “better” in some more concrete way.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
I’m not sure what to think of a Wikipedia article without any sections on Uses, and the only Example being unreferenced.
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Would you say there has been any other species we know of that was able to cause, perceive, predict, prevent, and react to catastrophes before? We seem to be unique in that we can prevent and react to catastrophes, even ignoring that we can
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> US still hasn’t figured out how to easily pay back your friend the $10 they gave you the other day. Cash worked pretty well for a long time. Checks, too. The problem isn’t how to pay your friend back, it’s how to make it so that you ac
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> For passwords the browser's built in management is inferior to password managers. This is a good thing. Browsers should be good at browsing. Password managers should be good at managing passwords. The two should have API’s as nece
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by mathgeek 7y ago
> A developer’s skill is measured in one parameter: how well he writes code. While this could be a valid viewpoint, one thing I’d caution against is that this type of measurement inevitably leads to the commoditization of developers. Rat
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Those you love are the same people that you’re telling other people to never trust. There’s also an intrinsic trust that we all place in people we have never met. Otherwise, you’d never be able to consume any food without wondering if eithe
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by mathgeek 7y ago
When it’s your neighbor’s house, most people tend to care somewhat less than if it was their own. At least until your now-homeless neighbor notices how nice your house is. Climate change will affect some people more than others in at least
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by mathgeek 7y ago
Like most things which your body needs (or produces from other materials), moderation is likely better than an outright deficit or abstinence.

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