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721.
by modzu 7y ago
im curious to know how he got through the oral defence of his phd. would they grant an exception for these circumstances? pretty cool
722.
by modzu 7y ago
weather balloon
723.
by modzu 7y ago
im all for the technology and accepting it will be fallible, just not for putting the blame for its errors onto the human non-driver
724.
by modzu 7y ago
you cant expect the human driver to be ready to take over autopilot in any meaningful way. if the driver is alert enough to the conditions and physically ready at the appropriate controls to do that, then they are already driving . still,
725.
by modzu 7y ago
i do appreciate seeing tldrs in the comments, thanks :)
726.
by modzu 7y ago
well in the context of developing drugs that cure disease (esp rare ones), pharma says its so expensive to do, it costs billions to develop a drug. but if in fact it "costs" billions to "market" a drug then is that the s
727.
by modzu 7y ago
language is symbolic so there doesn't have to be a literal connection between the reference and referent. for example you still "boot" a computer, which comes from the concept of "bootstrapping", ie, pulling oneself
728.
by modzu 7y ago
Pharmaceutical companies typically claim that the reason for high drugs prices is because of the amount that they spend on research and development (R&D). According to the industry, it costs USD $2.6 billion to bring a drug to market [1
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Ban on banana-eating artwork in Poland(stuff.co.nz)
2 points by modzu 7y ago|0 comments
730.
by modzu 7y ago
what do you mean "by that logic"? i can't even follow your argument.
731.
by modzu 7y ago
no. young children who have yet to be vaccinated and others who have developing or compromised immune systems are at risk.
732.
by modzu 7y ago
a perfect opportunity to start a conversation with her coming-of-age son about critical thinking and how to make informed decisions. ignorant ideas and opinions are everywhere. the best defense is being capable of logical reasoning. it&#x27
733.
by modzu 7y ago
“If someone says we are playing, it strips away everything we made, it strips away the reality,” said Ms. Aarniomaki. it looks like playing to me as well, and not sure why the community would see that as a problem. even professional sports
734.
by modzu 7y ago
lsd is neither addictive nor toxic
735.
by modzu 7y ago
does this mean we can free leonard? my idea of justice doesnt include non-violent academics serving life sentences for manufacturing psychedelics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard
736.
by modzu 7y ago
well first of all i think you are equating society and territory, but even so, a society/territory is not akin to a book club. if there is only one club, that you are born into, does that analogy still make sense? if "outsiders&qu
737.
by modzu 7y ago
borders are legitimized racism it's fine if my country has certain policies that are different than your country. BUT LET INDIVIDUALS DECIDE WHICH SIDE THEY WANT TO BE ON. NOBODY CHOSE WHERE TO BE BORN
738.
by modzu 7y ago
it's interesting to think about this case from the perspective of the banned user being right, morally, if not legally. what if? as our social circles are increasingly connected, being "banished" from them may not be a trivia
739.
by modzu 7y ago
somewhat excessive? the guy's life has been destroyed. the FBI agents were laughing about it, because the story is kind of funny. unless you think about what is actually happening to him. sitting in a prison cell for 2 years, all your
740.
by modzu 7y ago
agreed about abusing the millenium term. whatever gets clicks... but is that just another way of saying americans have hopes and dreams?
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by modzu 7y ago
haha here's one better -- i am using the GOOGLE'S voice to text API to break their own audio captcha!!! so when people say that captcha is about stopping bots, they are wrong. as some of the top comments point out, from google&#x2
742.
by modzu 7y ago
it seems that both companies started up at the same time both have raised tens of millions. the only direct copypasta i'm seeing is some oauth references (lame yes, but big deal without the backend code) why does this post read like da
743.
by modzu 8y ago
...and i don't wana swim (sorry, had to, im canadian)
744.
by modzu 8y ago
lol! out of curiosity, how can u tell when their account was banned?
745.
by modzu 8y ago
i was looking at a speaker, a couple of the verified reviews said something like, "it fit a little tight".
746.
by modzu 8y ago
yep, teams has a lot of potential, but there's a lot of rough edges. for example until recently copy-and-paste didn't work. i was just thinking of moving from teams to slack. hopefully this is good news
747.
by modzu 8y ago
why is it oblong???
748.
by modzu 8y ago
in my neuroscience days there were some students who literally attached wet 9 volt batteries to their heads while studying :) this was inspired by work on EBS. i cannot say if it helped.
749.
by modzu 8y ago
didnt think so. hundreds of comments, some lengthy, and nobody knows whats really going on? also, i mean, maybe some cynicism ought to be tolerated if misinformation is? its hard work to do real, rigorous science, which is what journals lik
750.
by modzu 8y ago
i thought one of the features of bitcoin was that mining would eventually become too computationally expensive -- because the total number of bitcoins is fixed. so at some point, mining does not produce coins and you're only mining to

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