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by mfoy_ 11y ago
To add to your point, holding opposing ideas in your mind doesn't mean you accept both ideas as correct and valid and good (as in the Orwell quote). It just means that you can appreciate them and understand some of the points they try
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
The tsunami analogy was quite eye-opening for me. It puts things into perspective. It's easy to look at an individual drop and say: "this is nothing!" Anyhow, it's a shame that it looks like only half the comments here a
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Ironically, the article mentions you! >People who have so desensitized themselves to everything offensive that they’re offended by mere attempts to be considerate.
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Not to nitpick, but it's "lactase" persistence. Lactase is the enzyme which breaks down lactose. People without lactase in their gut cannot digest lactose, hence "lactose intolerance" in those without "lactase
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Yes, I didn't know "Honor" was the name of the startup (Which focuses on Elder Care) until I opened the article. On an unrelated note, it's interesting to see that the decision to do this was less related to the current
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Hanlon's Razor dictates to "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
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Buy low, sell lower?
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If you were ever curious what the phrase "couldn't see the forest for the trees" meant... here's an example.
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"Andrew Graydon: Chief Operating Officer of Netsweeper Inc. Andrew gave an enthusiastic talk on the benefits that IRAP has had on Netsweeper; explaining how they started out in 2002 with an IRAP YEP grant (Youth Employment Program) and
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Fascinating read, this one individual blazed a trail from "independent research project" all the way to "National Center for Injury Prevention and Control", a US Government Agency. Also amazing was with how much lackadai
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
If you can't fire them, how can you possibly hold them accountable? From the article: >“Baha Mar Ltd.’s decision to file for bankruptcy is the direct result of its failure to secure adequate financing and its mismanagement,” the Ch
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
Oh wow, on closer inspection you're right. I initially skimmed the article and clearly made some assumptions. It's more focused on the biological and physiological effects of socioeconomic status on fetal development... which is a
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by mfoy_ 11y ago
I think the title isn't quite so off. The article is trying to point out that people should be wary of using it wrongly. Like other commentators have pointed out, the saying "garbage in garbage out" only helps when you stop t
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You're saying that the problem is that the Southerners are just eating too much rich food. The article, and I, are saying that that is a symptom of an underlying problem. The underlying problem is the eating habits which are artifacts
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That's what they are talking about... the cultural effects. Not the "South vs North" cultural effects, but the socioeconomic ones. (EDIT: I was wrong, the article is literally only talking about the biological and physiologic
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On one hand this seems bad because it implies that Google is sanctioning the links it returns... it's just a search engine, not a content curator. But the IP people have been making Google take down links for years so I suppose it&#x27
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Right? If he left it at the RCE he would have gotten the $2,500 split between him and his friend... but he continued and was able to get access to all the S3 buckets which you would assume would warrant a much higher payout. Instead he got
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You're assuming the user thinks they are performing an "experiment". When I use core OS functionality I don't think I'm "experimenting", I'm using the system. I don't backup my C:\ drive before I
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Just goes to show how deeply people here cannot empathize with being poor. You said "passport is like $70 bucks" which people down-voted assuming you were were being naive and dismissive of the problem where you were really pointi
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>while he has their attention he can teach them things. The author's point was that he isn't, though-- at least not good things. He's self-centered and immature; he avoids things that are "hard" and acts selfishl
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He must be rolling in his grave with the way violence has waxed and mentionable, manageable feelings have waned. I haven't watched any cartoons recently but it seems the trend is toward rejection and denial of feelings rather than acce
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The legal system perpetually baffles me.
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It's not about what is needed. It's about what the person ultimately responsible (the client, your boss, etc) perceives is necessary.
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What do you mean by external / internal? Do you mean physical / spiritual?
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Furthermore, I don't believe they outright cancelled it, but they suspended it temporarily to look into whether or not they should cancel it. Still ridiculous, but less so than it's being represented as.
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Wikipedia is just Western propaganda! /s
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I wonder if Western sources discrediting it doesn't actually just lend credence to it. From Daesh's POV it's like "Hah! Nice propaganda attempt America! But we know the true power of Red Mercury!"
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Perhaps you confused "prayer" with "meditation" or something else?
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>Why do criminals need to be treated humanely though? Because criminals are still human. I can't believe I have to actually say that...
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What.... this is so wrong, so disconnected, so cold. You think you can take convicts, put them in a small box with nothing but "enriching material" and have a productive member of society pop out after a few years? What about the

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