mreiland

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by mreiland 12y ago
You cannot consistently eat well for cheap. Yes, it's true that sometimes you can find healthy stuff for relatively cheap. It's also true that you cannot do it consistently, in order to "eat cheap" in a consistent man
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by mreiland 12y ago
we have no good statistics due to issues with self reporting, non-reporting, etc. It isn't good to state things with authority that cannot actually be known. It's very possible, for example, that the reason the 'vast majorit
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by mreiland 12y ago
well obviously you're right because you hold the opinion. If someone else held that opinion than it would obviously be wrong because then you would no longer hold that opinion, thereby nullifying the validity of said opinion.
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by mreiland 12y ago
I honestly identified with it because it's been my observation that too many people decide on something and then rationalize it without considering their thought process for getting there. And I'm always secretly afraid that I do
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by mreiland 12y ago
Math is a philosophy. The only difference is that Math adds a few extra requirements in that it is required to stay internally consistent using a given system of logic (in this case, strictly Boolean logic, it's the entire reason why p
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by mreiland 12y ago
As someone with a pretty strong Math background, I certainly didn't take that from his comment. I took it to mean he understands Math fairly strongly as well, and that most of your grievances with him have more to do with your lack of
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by mreiland 12y ago
I really resonate with your first paragraph. I also think it's ok to look back and believe you made the best decision you could have given the information, and that you simply got it wrong (and that it's ok and understandable). A
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by mreiland 12y ago
still, logic is simply a system of thought, it's philosophy, nothing more (which is why Mathematics is considered a branch of philosophy). So the idea that logic isn't reality is a completely valid idea both because logic is simpl
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by mreiland 12y ago
One of the absolute worst attributes of smart people is their willingness to argue over the semantics of a word rather than simply accept the overall premise being communicated by the other person.
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by mreiland 12y ago
But when you start your argument off with a tautology, there is no way anyone can possibly disprove you in a reasonable way. You get to define what you mean by "smart", but others get to reject it.
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by mreiland 12y ago
As someone who secretly fears they suffer from exactly what the blog author stated, I can tell you unequivocally that your interpretation is not what I fear.
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by mreiland 12y ago
labelling it as smarter is a bit of a misnomer, they may very well be more knowledgeable and experienced than you in the field you're asking questions about. You can question someone's assumptions without being 'smarter'
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by mreiland 12y ago
So much this. I recently posted a question on reddit about a technology stack I've been using for the last 10+ years I think (a long while) because there were specific aspects of the stack I had always avoided due to the way it forces
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by mreiland 12y ago
I think it's because it loses less excess energy to the environment, thereby making it more efficient than heating the water directly.
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by mreiland 12y ago
Because if "something sucks", you clearly are making the right decision by going with the other thing. As opposed to worrying about whether or not your decision was the right one because all of the options had really good upsides.
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by mreiland 12y ago
> In a previous HN thread, we considered the possibility of medicine becoming automated, imagining that (say) 80% of doctors’ labor is replaced by machines. http://www.citehr.com/8951-knowing-where-tap.html
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by mreiland 12y ago
I re-use passwords, but only for things I don't care about. Not everything is critical, if someone gets into my HN account, for example, I'm not too fussed about it. It sucks, but whatever. If someone gets into my bank account...
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by mreiland 12y ago
No, I think there's a reason she recruited a professor in that industry who had well over 30 years of experience. That doesn't detract from her intelligence, but I think it's safe to say she would have simply done it herself
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by mreiland 12y ago
The CA's are legally compelled to issue 'global certificates' that always return as valid so they can do MITM attacks at will. It's fairly well documented if you google around. And note, while it may seem like a terrible
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by mreiland 12y ago
did it have any letters in between?
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by mreiland 12y ago
I just don't see how, if it's a 'trusted area' you don't usually lock your screen (or maybe you do? I imagine most people don't though), which means if you're logging back in, it's because you'v
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by mreiland 12y ago
How does one do this? I hate iOS7 enough that my next phone will definitely be an android. But in the meantime...
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by mreiland 12y ago
There are certain features where this would be problematic. Things such as copy/paste to/from the OS clipboard, and a few extensions that require ruby support (since ruby isn't always available).
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by mreiland 12y ago
I'm quite familiar with what it is, thank you, you missed the point. If/when you start working professionally, you'll learn why my initial comment got upvoted.
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by mreiland 12y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7921511 > If you want all the advantages of C++ compilers, you can write a backend for the language's compiler that generates C++.
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by mreiland 12y ago
intellectual humility is fake humility. Seriously, humility is one of the most arrogant things I've ever come across. You do not ever "signal" and be humble at the same time, that isn't how people work.
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by mreiland 12y ago
I agree with you bro, we should instead snicker at science for going back on something it said earlier. Pointing out it's humans behind the curtain is for veggie eating hippies.
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by mreiland 12y ago
LLVM is not a C++ compiler, CLANG is a C++ compiler frontend that uses LLVM as it's backend. Significant difference there.
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by mreiland 12y ago
Are you implying that non-theists don't have the capacity to experience empathy towards another human being such that they feel it's inappropriate to attack attack their religion in a roundabout manner in a thread in which they&#x
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by mreiland 12y ago
I agree with you, the point of my post was to try and get him to see the ridiculousness of it by simply reversing it.

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