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by mfoy_ 9y ago
No, they reclassified something they knew we had as an organ. Not like "whoa, what's this thing??".
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
The point of reading for entertainment is to: 1. Have fun. If you don't like the book you're reading, put it down. Life is too short for bad books. 2. Leave a general impression on you. For example, some books just change your out
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Canary. A cannery is a place that cans stuff. Pedanticism aside, you make a very good point. I feel like Western society has been progressively getting more and more individualistic, with movements like Libertarianism on the rise. People wh
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Yeah... The headline and the rest of the article are out of sync. It's not "Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression", it's "People who Wind Up with Depression Are More Likely to be Unselfish&quot
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
He joined out of school then climbed to CEO. That's damned impressive. It would take commitment, grit, skill, and so much more to do that. It's not like he was a mindless pencil pusher in the same dead-end job his whole life.
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I mean, if he didn't speak to his mother for the last 15 years of his life it was probably pretty horrible.
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It's also well known that when one part of the brain dies, other parts will step up to assume its responsibilities. So it's not inconceivable that there is some flexibility there.
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I am not my neurons, my neurons are not me, but my identity is driven by those neurons. Exactly... a non-mystery. But a great example of "the whole being greater than the sum of its parts".
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I think that's the point. The previous work referenced in the article seemed to indicate something much MUCH more profound.
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Their business model is largely a shotgun approach: Go for a plethora of services and products then see what sticks.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Same thing at my company. We've been trying to fill out our team roster for the better part of a year and ended up hiring from overseas to find the talent and relocate them to the region. To be fair, we didn't have zero local in
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That's just an argument for not cutting funding of government regulators. It's also a solid point against the little-to-no regulation folks who think the free market will solve every problem.
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I disagree, the onus falls on the state to actually make the licensing process strict. How can Google be expected to do this at scale? To act as an extra layer of regulation that even local government cannot or will not provide?
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
How can you get to the related reddit discussion from a picture in your grid? If I'm like 50+ images deep and I want to see what people said about it... odds are browsing the actual subreddit is going to take ages.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
>possessing encrypted data (while being unwilling or unable to decrypt How does this work with things like DRM? What if you have media on your phone from something like Spotify or Netflix that's presumably encrypted or protected in
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
I know people who say they felt guilty about getting wedding gifts and whatnot. They said it felt like they were forcing their friends to buy them things... which I guess is what it is.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
That frame of mind implies that marriage is something women want and something men do not want. Why? It sounds like you're making some weird assumptions about sex-positivity, child-rearing, or finances.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
I remember once hearing how there were some strange correlations between hair and eye colour and role and personality. I wonder if they will touch on that too? Either way, will be cool to see what they've found.
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To quote Alec Baldwin's character, Ellerby, from The Departed : "Marriage is an important part of getting ahead; lets people know you're not a homo. Married guy seems more stable. People see the ring, they think 'at lea
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Just like complaining about paywalls, complaining about adblocker-blockers is pretty pointless. Relevant C&H: http://explosm.net/comics/4729/ Except instead of $1, they just want to be able to display ads.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
They could have acknowledged that F1 is "help" and really slow / annoying, so putting a much useful function onto F2 was probably a bad idea. They could have put what F2 did onto a different shortcut. For instance, they cou
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
The greater point is that if you put something really useful next to something really annoying it will exacerbate the issue. F1 should not be so bad, and it should not be so close to F2. Even just leaving alone how bad , and utterly useles
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Ah, good ol' Reddit.
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The passing of the sentence was quick, the execution of it was painful and slow.
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That's the end game, certainly, but having guaranteed income and additional programs doesn't hurt the experiment. The idea is you can help pay for UBI by cutting the then-superfluous programs. But the benefit for people is in havi
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That's why I have approximately 0 faith in the pension plan my government(s) have in place. I'll save for my own retirement so I'm not high and dry when they mismanage the funds or change policies or whatever.
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The indoctrination starts young, and it sucks. And the majority of role models in society reinforce it. People in general seem to lack the self awareness to realize what's going on and chalk it up to the natural way of things.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
This is exactly the point I wanted to make and was the anecdote I was hoping someone would share. Funny how once their penises start growing they're accepted for the boyishness, but the "real" girls are stuck in their shitty
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Assuming you could get a pair of working ovaries with male chromosomes... what would happen? I really don't know enough about biology or genetics... Or is the issue that with male chromosomes it's "tricky" to get working
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Good point. But I don't think most people realize that if it weren't for the way adults decorated their children, their sexes would be wholly invisible. People seem to generally be more comfortable when they can put a label on th

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