mycroft-holmes

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   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   Are we? http://www.gizmag.com/nanobot-micromotors-deliver-nanopartic...
2. 62.▲
   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   I'm all for the government not spending any money on any sites.
3. 63.▲
   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   I'd rather they spend nothing.
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   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   I don't think selfishness is what the parent commenter is referring to. A great example of "news" not impacting me in any meaningful way was a week or two ago when there was breaking news about two alpacas on the loose. Mea
5. 65.▲
   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   Parent probably is looking for "African-American" even though they may not be African-American.
6. 66.▲
   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   But most people are not exceptionally wealthy.
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   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   I also imagine that the parent's mentality is one people only have after the fact. I imagine if you hypothetically described a US government with its current surveillance powers before Snowden's leaks, people would have said the
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   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   That's quite the assumption. When I'm around your stereotypical programmer, I feel they assume I'm not as technical.
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   by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

   Same here. I worked at a creative agency some time ago and nearly every employee, men and women, at some point told me, "You know, you don't really look like a coder to me. You're too fashionable and you're not socially
10. 70.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    I have no way of knowing my hormone levels or various nutritional information. Do I not have enough Vitamin D? Is my body low in zinc?
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    The mind is extremely limited in this context.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Continued wars. Drone strike killed an American citizen. Didn't close Guantanamo. Engaged in new wars. If all this had been done under a president named Bush the left would be outraged.
13. 73.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    > Because you can't survive playing video games. http://www.twitch.tv/
14. 74.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    The cost.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    True. I wasn't necessarily trying to imply that anybody does. It was more to illustrate that we live in one of those countries now. In most of the US, you could get thrown into jail but it's fine as long as you're where all
16. 76.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Yet it's legal to smoke, with a license, at our nation's capital.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Unless I'm mistaken, marijuana is a Schedule I drug. https://www.google.com/search?q=schedule+1+drugs&ie=utf-8&oe...
18. 78.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    The general realization that men and women are different and probably want different things in life. That alone causes controversy within the feminist spheres of social media.
19. 79.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    I have to say, you have some balls to say TRP without a throwaway account.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Because our government doesn't respect the sovereignty of individuals to sell services that involve their own body?
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    Why schools are failing our boys(washingtonpost.com)

    109 points by mycroft-holmes 12y ago|159 comments
22. 82.▲
    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Couldn't you say the same thing for Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Reddit?
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    60-90k in San Francisco ? Can you even make it in SF with that salary?
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    > Probably more crass than sexist Yes, crass. But it's not sexist.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    The self image is derived from feedback in society so for straight men, blame other women.
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    Wouldn't this story be a reason to actively research these drugs?
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    I'm guessing you've never tried them?
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    You're correct. My point was directed more towards people, like the parent I was replying to, who defend government actions simply because something is illegal. It would be equivalent to defending people who returned escaped slaves bac
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    > I also support 90% of the drug laws out there. The argument that heroin and meth should be legal is asinine. Why exactly? > often leads to more crime as addicts will steal or even kill for their next fix. You realize the drug laws y
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    by mycroft-holmes 12y ago

    > "voluntary trade" makes it sound like said trade wasn't actually illegal Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's wrong.