namarie

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by namarie 7y ago
But at the time, without robust mathematical concepts of inertia, forces, etc there were some reasonable arguments against heliocentrism. Plus, Galileo ignored Kepler's elliptical orbits, which are closer to reality.
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by namarie 7y ago
It'd be much bigger news if it was constructed, I'd think.
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by namarie 7y ago
Is profit the ultimate objective of every human activity? Isn't it enough that the minimum wage raise has helped employees better their living conditions even if at maybe a cost in employer profits?
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by namarie 7y ago
> Retail jobs aren't meant to be bread-winner jobs. And yet they are. Should people suffer degradation for it?
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by namarie 7y ago
And yet the reality of it is different. Are the people who work there deserving of not being able to survive reasonably? Secondly, why should teenagers have to work in the first place, instead of studying?
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by namarie 7y ago
However he is not japanese.
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by namarie 7y ago
Makes you think about what we think today that will be seen likewise by future people.
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by namarie 7y ago
> Maybe his Japanese (distant) ancestry was a factor? Why would it be?
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by namarie 7y ago
So there are no good systems of government then.
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by namarie 7y ago
> "Creep" is a description of how attractive you personally feel someone is. Not really? Where did you get this definition fron?
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by namarie 7y ago
> In a world that respects free speech, you would be more empowered to criticise authority, not less. Sure, I guess. In this case, as far as I can see, Stallman's coworkers' speech about his terrible behavior led to him resigni
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by namarie 7y ago
> If speech is so potent a weapon that to protect against it we have to use extreme social defenses like expulsion, why not to use the same weapon against the perpetrators? Why not to speak in return? Stallman says something, you say som
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by namarie 7y ago
> One thing I haven't seen mentioned: 'Friends' in your teens and twenties are often really about having someone to hang around with while looking for a mate. So you won't look like a lone loser at the club, or in soc
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by namarie 7y ago
They did say religion AND philosophy...
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by namarie 7y ago
The Revolutions podcast is great. History of philosophy without any gaps if you're into philosophy. From Wittenberg to Westphalia; History of the Papacy podcast; History of China podcast. I'm not a fan of Hardcore History - it see
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by namarie 7y ago
> but should we compare gorilla social behavior to e.g. 21st century American social behavior, or "uncontacted tribe" social behavior? There's a mostly unwarranted assumption that one of those is more complex than the oth
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by namarie 7y ago
> Maybe podcasts are like tenure at universities... 95% is wasted, but the other 5% is so good that it's worth it anyway? Why do you think tenure is wasted?
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by namarie 7y ago
Yup. Plenty of good history podcasts, for example
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by namarie 7y ago
Seconding this, for the same reasons really.
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by namarie 7y ago
> Let's say the origin of life is a million to one filter, and the successful development of sentience is another million to one filter. Those are actually pretty high odds for those two events, and the combination of those two toge
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by namarie 7y ago
And where are those food sources coming from? As good farmland becomes too hot and the colder regions that warm up don't usually have good soil... And sure, "cities will move" - so much political chaos happening on Europe jus
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by namarie 7y ago
Well, there's this search engine: https://wiby.me/
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by namarie 7y ago
Why would you want to beat him anyway?
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by namarie 8y ago
Lots of people.
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by namarie 8y ago
But you have to admit it's a lot more risky. Also, plenty of people are looking forward to a good laid but are turned off if you just spam innuendo or are too forward.
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by namarie 8y ago
Got any source for that?
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The Revolutionary Discovery of a Distributed Virus(theatlantic.com)
4 points by namarie 8y ago|0 comments
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by namarie 8y ago
All of these questions are answered in the article.
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by namarie 8y ago
> If the arbiter would be fair then the ability to threaten to fall back on the court system could be used as a coercive threat. If the courts are also fair then there's no threat involved. Plus, what to do if the arbiter isn'
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by namarie 8y ago
The worst of unions being?

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