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by maze-le 8y ago
To the contrary, I think the average joe is generally more reasonable and able to develop critical thinking skills than most people think. They just don't ever get the opportunity to learn it properly. There might be a subset of the po
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by maze-le 8y ago
Not only social media I might add. Traditional media also has a role to play here. They are generally more critical of these types of groups, but they also seek ever more ridiculous stories to tell, in order to get an audience -- so even a
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by maze-le 8y ago
The fact that you'll face resistance along the path should not stop you from setting the foot in front of the door. And its not an unreasonable thing to strife for. Certainly more realistic than some political demands, for which there
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by maze-le 8y ago
Nope, but this would also be a good idea in this context. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
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by maze-le 8y ago
Its a structural problem, not necessary facebooks -- if it werent for facebook, the idiots would congregate somewhere else to spread their lies. What is missing is an education in epistemology for a broad audience regardless of education le
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by maze-le 8y ago
What is the difference between "DNA-Programmable Chemical Machines" and Proteins? Aren't basically all Proteins DNA-Programmable Machines? I don't think you can encode non-organic or organic chemistry without long-chaine
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by maze-le 8y ago
The number of people I know in suburban settings and inner city settings are fairly equally miserable and depressed though. I kinda don't buy that suburbia makes a happy-life theme...
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by maze-le 8y ago
>> If you aren't making at least $40k a year (with a low-stress job), you will mostly just be treading water covering the cost of daycare Ahh, I see... That's actually a rational argument in favour of it. I sometimes tend to
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by maze-le 8y ago
>> If you have kids or living on a single income for 2 people Does anyone still live with that kind of family-model? '2 people + kids / 2 incomes' is pretty much standard where I live, no one can afford otherwise -- not
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Planet Venus: Hopes rise of new mission to the hothouse world(bbc.com)
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by maze-le 8y ago
It was part of the ocean. The Eurasian landmass was not yet established and in large parts submerged. The bulk of the landmass of what is now central/eastern Asia developed during the late carboniferous / early permian era, due to
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by maze-le 8y ago
That is not legitimizing but contortion of history into nationalist sentiment. No one takes these stories seriously, aside from the easily impressed, that don't have a solid grasp on history. Besides, most of these "claims" a
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by maze-le 8y ago
>> And there is of course mental health Mental health is THE key issue of the homeless population in Germany. I know some social workers who work with the homeless at the train station in my home town. Its frustrating to see how often
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by maze-le 8y ago
And even if you don't need it, the people surrounding you (friends, family, co-workers, people you share a seat with in the tram) are probably in a better general state of health, which is also good for you.
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Writing a lambda calculus evaluator in Haskell(bor0.wordpress.com)
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by maze-le 8y ago
It's sad to say, but using a VPN Provider with a list of globally distributed exit points is critical to navigate the web from the inside EU these days.
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by maze-le 8y ago
If you decision leads to a failure like this, you are directly responsible. Responsibility for business processes are not outsourced with the IT service. When a company that has huge guaranteed profits (by nature of the academic publishing
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Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight(phys.org)
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by maze-le 8y ago
To be sure the exact same argument can be made for some startups too. Toxic work-culture for the sheer possibility of (often limited) rewards is not unique to academia -- its just more prevalent.
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by maze-le 8y ago
This is not a matter of immigration restriction. The people I was referring to in my first comment already are citizens of Germany -- hell they speak better german and have more knowledge about our history and culture than some of my countr
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by maze-le 8y ago
Each individual should have the choice to live in the society they want, that is equally true the other way around -- I don't see a connection to a concoted West-vs-East / colonial argument. You are trying to create an point fo co
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by maze-le 8y ago
At least in Denmark you have the possibility to get over the border to germany or sweden and travel back -- trying to handle that matter from the Danish consulate in Australia. In South Korea, the only border is towards North Korea...
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by maze-le 8y ago
The worst of it is, some states don't let you rescind your citizenship at all. I know at least 2 Iranian born citizens of my country, that cannot travel to their family and former friends anymore because of this -- Turkey seems to enfo
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by maze-le 8y ago
Of course not, I never said they were equal, but 'equivalent'. In order to facilitate a discussion some simplifications are helpful sometimes. You are right in the regard that on the level of a formal academic discussion this woul
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by maze-le 8y ago
Nothing, I just wanted to use another word for the Budestag, since it is an equivalent institution and not everyone is familiar with the german political institutions. Especially the Bundestag and Budesrat (equivalent to the Senate) is ofte
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by maze-le 8y ago
We cannot always hope that the Constitutional Court comes to the rescue and is the final straw that will invalidate these laws. First, last year a very conservative constitutional judge has been appointed, which probably will be more commo
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by maze-le 8y ago
Thats just the point, these services are already outlawed. There are numerous laws that regulate the sale of drugs, weapons etc., which makes these onion-services already illegal. The wording of this proposal is made deliberately weak so th
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by maze-le 8y ago
Stop that bikeshedding and apologism please, its neither constructive nor relevant
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by maze-le 8y ago
This is why I use specific throwaway emails for tasks like this. Has the nice effect to keep spam confined and trackable to the service you registered to.
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by maze-le 8y ago
I think you are confusing 'activists' with 'agitators'.

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