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A friend of mine who was in the Marines ROTC said he had seen one of these being demonstrated a few years ago and I got the chance to ask him about it briefly. He was scant on details but did say there was no chance they would ever use it b
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I intended the first meaning if my original comment wasn't clear. I agree that could be read either way and indeed, convention is useful in some situations. As far as driving on one side of the road or the other, if there were a compel
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If I were in charge of reviewing code for a coworker I might object to their coding style as a matter of preference but if they were able to provide a reasoning for their position then I would "pass" them without requiring them to
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"As a result, I have recently instituted a one-point penalty on every assignment for infractions." These were always the worst type of teachers. When the majority of students are telling you and insisting that you are wrong, you a
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"Sean is now pursuing another bachelor's degree, this time in computer science, from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. He is paying for this degree as he goes, with help from an internship program with the U.S.
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The wiring is only temporary and can only be on the tree for a relatively short period of time before you risk permanent scarring. After being held in position for a long enough time, if done properly, will permanently shape the tree. Every
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I think his status as a single child-free person goes understated in this article. It takes a special kind of husband/wife to be okay with someone who works this hard and not having to juggle a home life frees up his schedule to a huge
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It seems to me that the centralized internet has simply grown to be very popular because most people are indifferent to having their information stored in a centralized place. This has not precluded a decentralized internet from existing. (
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Vagrant is a way of setting up virtual machines. For example I am not using docker (yet, it's in progress) but I use Vagrant on my Mac to run an Ubuntu vm for my dev environment. I even use it on my Ubuntu desktop which is running a di
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I had friends who learned how to read when they were toddlers and it had literally no effect on them later in life other than that they were bored in school until everyone else had the chance to learn who did not have their parents expose t
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> Science and journalism seem to be uniquely incompatible: Where journalism favors neat story arcs, science progresses jerkily, with false starts and misdirections in a long, uneven path to the truth—or at least to scientific consensus.
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Thanks for the data source, I came here to ask that same question. The site look nice. Very impressive bio btw.
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I'm not sure what country you are referring to but in some places you can video into the court room. I agree that's super convenient in comparison to what you are describing but it isn't exactly AI
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This article spells a doomsday scenario for the legal industry but having worked in a law firm during college I don't find that scenario to be very plausible. Some legal work is just rote paperwork and perhaps much of this could be aut
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This is a true point. When you have a lot of money available to invest and you already have a diverse portfolio of high risk-reward investments I suppose it isn't such a big deal to spend 1m on an intelligent family friend. Still... th
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Perhaps not, and perhaps she has a gifted eye for talented medical professionals/chemists and/or is able to put people in place who do but it's still a company being built by someone who doesn't really have the deep doma
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The idea of rapid disruption in the healthcare industry makes me uncomfortable for some reason. I admire Holmes's ambition and in interviews I've watched she seems competent and well guided but something just doesn't seem to
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I think his lawyer undoubtably knows this and is under no illusion that he has a monopoly over his services. Shkreli might have to use him for a few hours though which is more than enough to make the joke worth it.
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Interesting that Hillary would protest unauthorized access of data when she was running that email server that was not authorized, and arguably was holding much more important information than a voter database.
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Non-text icons is one of the reasons I don't use IDEs all that often. I'm always wondering "damn, what did that icon do again?" or "I wonder where I can find the button to run this thing" but then I click the
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This is awesome, definitely will be reading. As someone who majored in philosophy I am a sucker for the fact that it starts with the philosophical origins.
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certainly is a way to set yourself apart from non-professional blogs. I would have no difficulty reading this story in a print newspaper but on my laptop screen I find it hard on the eyes for some reason. I'm wondering if print media w
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It isn't about designing an efficient intersection, it's about designing one that generates a lot of traffic revenue for the city.
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As part of the contract they have the right to steal it back at any time, so they very well could get the album back.
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> "*.com.com.", leading, of course, to a page full of ads. had to laugh at this part. I tried a whois lookup but they have protection on. I'd be curious to know how much this person makes off this domain and whether or not
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I personally use Uniball Vision fine pens when I can but its convenient to have a stash of cheap pens lying around that I can take anywhere and possibly dispose of while not worrying about losing a pen that cost several dollars. I say keep
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Well, the "virus is alive" thing is more of a toy example, a real example (which actually happened) that pertains to biology might be that of cigarettes causing lung cancer. There were extensive studies done to prove the statistic
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Mathematics cannot be reduced to logic, logic is not the foundation mathematics. An excellent summary can be found here. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/ or just google Russell's para
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One of my majors was Philosophy and I'm often disappointed by the attitudes of Feynman, Hawking, and other scientists towards philosophy. Their domain is science and I don't think that it is their place or right to judge the value
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For those who have a curiosity but lack the patience or inclination to read these books, "Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction" is a highly approachable introduction to this particular branch of philosophy. http:&#x2F

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