mowenz

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by mowenz 9y ago
So the argument is any country with citizens that have not left thetefore does not have a unconstitutional or criminal government? And how are you not aware of any unconstitutionality or illegality? >I already have a brita filter. Oh of
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by mowenz 9y ago
I mean, isn't all this debate kind of moot drama in 2017? If guns were meant to protect us from our government--well we already have an overtly anti-constitutional, criminal government with disproportionate powers residing in unelected
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by mowenz 9y ago
I think we're a bit disconnected b/c I haven't done a good job of communicating my idea. I'm not saying you don't have good ideas about what conclusion we should expect, I'm saying it's a good idea not to
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by mowenz 9y ago
What you are misunderstanding. 1. The earth will still be inhabitable in the short run. Even with worst case global warming x10. It will be a lot different, and probably not better, but we can still survive here. 2. 99% of human history peo
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by mowenz 9y ago
>complexity tends towards chaos Sure, that's a good point, but to play devil's advocate, I could also say something like: "life tends towards patterns of similarity" and point to anything from fractal patterns in life
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by mowenz 9y ago
Just nitpicking a bit about something I'm passionate about: Becoming a multi-planetary species should at least be on that list, if not first item.
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by mowenz 9y ago
>not surprisingly [...] the outcome is likely often chaotic. Ok so if we have assumption that to make Identical[DNA + environment] equal to a chaotic outcome, then we need to add variable, random. Random would be determimed by environmen
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by mowenz 9y ago
It seems they should get to impressive mileage numbers reliably if used mostly for long-distance commuting. Electric motors during city-driving (traditionally where most engine wear takes place), and gas on the highway, where an ICE can bas
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by mowenz 9y ago
I thought your argument was that 'a school where many don't pass is a bad school,' but now I see you were saying something a little different, 'that they should only accept qualified students.' I missed that. But ev
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by mowenz 9y ago
The legal system did not provide me with computers. This post is confused.
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by mowenz 9y ago
>I don't think that's much about the students. I think that's a huge failure on the part of the boot camp program. If you want a silver bullet for success, go to an ivy league or similarly-pedigreed school. There are plent
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by mowenz 9y ago
>keep him in court until he was broke How many times do we have to hear these kinds of stories of abuse, or patent trolls, or of other unfairness and injustice in the legal system before anything is done about it? I mean the legal system
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by mowenz 9y ago
Not everyone is the same :)
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by mowenz 9y ago
Very inspiring. I think a remarkable part of this that no one has mentioned is that the article mentioned you struggled with homelessness at least at one point. Can you talk more about your experience being homeless? Did you have difficulti
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by mowenz 9y ago
Anyone's workplace promote rubber duck debugging? It seems to have a lot of positive press, and it works for me--though I'm cautious of talking to myself at work before knowing if it would come across negatively.
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by mowenz 9y ago
You might be interested in searching for: Richard Feynman - Names Don't Constitute Knowledge & Alan Watts: Bigger Wiggle It seems those two have said something about which you are saying now: people by default try to understand by
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by mowenz 9y ago
Can you give examples? Afaik most publish their address?
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by mowenz 9y ago
Because of limited resources. A degree signals knowledge of a subject, ability to commit and see-through to a goal, and of intelligence. It also decreases uncertainty in the outcome of your time investment. >How would testing centers and
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by mowenz 9y ago
It seems like 140 million would be enough to create something along the lines of a MIT OCW or Khan Academy-with-testing-centres to earn degrees. Maybe it's the unrealistic and the naive opimist in me that is saying this--but imagine an
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by mowenz 9y ago
That's the most important argument. The second has to do with the vast number of different kinds of abuses that will occur--that you previously couldn't even imagine would--when we give up our privacy^1 [1]- https://www.
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by mowenz 9y ago
At 60 and above, isn't the Prius a gas-only car with some energy recovery in the brakes? It seems battery life would vary tremendously based on how it was used.
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by mowenz 9y ago
...and use a pseudonym?
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by mowenz 9y ago
>The leaks contain no "raw" evidence Something stinks here. Both WaPo and the NSA, who Greenwald has picked fights with, get to smear The Intercept, while we are supposed to bekieve the leaker has extreme incompetence (flagrant
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by mowenz 9y ago
There is actually no competitive market here. I agree there is a lot of danger in profiting from incarceration. However, it would be good if someone figured out how to solve the problem and a profit motive is a reliable way to do it. In oth
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by mowenz 9y ago
Where we agree is that it is a dangerous place to open up to the market. If it's not well-regulated it could face these kinds of problems you mentioned, and others as well.
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by mowenz 9y ago
Every approach has pros and cons. And wouldn't "straight textbook-based instruction also omit lab work?" I'm a little bit confused by this language. Anyways it doesn't seem like an insurmountable obstacle: If it&#x2
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by mowenz 9y ago
Remember when a small team built a better healthcare.gov? Why not open up well-regulated competitive markets for these kinds of problems? Let some bright people solve them by going at them with their ingenuity. The fastest way towards pro
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by mowenz 9y ago
Sure. It's possibly a misleading statement and that's all I said.
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by mowenz 9y ago
I was actually talking about a pre-med degree to apply to med school. I also would prefer a doctor who has been through med school and residency.
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by mowenz 9y ago
>Eighteen was middle-aged That is possibly misleading. By year 1500 the life expectancy of a nobleman in England who had reached age 20 was about 70--about the world average in 2017. Infant Mortality rates were high back then, skewing av

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