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by nercht12 8y ago
> if you’re going down that route, you could claim that any feature not necessary for turing completeness conflicts with the one way to do it strategy I suppose one could do that, philosophically if not practically. What I had in mind wa
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by nercht12 8y ago
> The corporation is not a person, and executives do not have privileges and rights greater than any other person by birthright. In theory, but not in practice. Lobbying obviously benefits corporations, as does the socio-economic status
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by nercht12 8y ago
> not really: Yes it does. You could construct the string using a for-loop. Thank you for proving my point and then down-voting me.
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by nercht12 8y ago
The doesn't really counter feudalism though. Perhaps in mentality/ideology, yes, but in practice, it's possible for people to agree to such a system and be content with it. We do it all the time in a capitalist society, excep
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by nercht12 8y ago
Taken straight out of Ruby, I see. Very convenient feature (and one of my favorites about Ruby), though it does contradict the do-it-one-way mentality.
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by nercht12 8y ago
Yes
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by nercht12 8y ago
The problem isn't the idea of "net neutrality". The problem is special interest groups and lobbyists, but those are the same problems we've always had. Nothing's changed. Admittedly, it could get worse, but the need
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by nercht12 8y ago
It is government controlling the internet. It's the extent and who that is different. In this case, it's only forcing a fair playing field. Kinda like highways being public vs. toll instead of telling you what cars you are and
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by nercht12 9y ago
ask.com used to work that way. That was more or less why Google replaced Askjeeves as the top engine: Google would throw at you everything whereas Ask would give you only exact matches. It seems to have changed now, though. Too little too l
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by nercht12 9y ago
You could say that, as far as trolling is concerned, the NYT is a PRIME suspect. XD
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by nercht12 9y ago
Here's wondering how soon we'll see ActivityPub added, now that it's in the standards.[1] [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
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by nercht12 9y ago
ditto. That's why on WP, I feel more connected. I get various followers and I can search WP for blogs I'm interested in, but that leaves out everyone not on WP. :(
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by nercht12 9y ago
Looks good to me :)
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by nercht12 9y ago
E: They're the unlucky one who got hit first by a cracker trying out his a zero-day.
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by nercht12 9y ago
When you're evil, the first thing you lose is trust in everyone else. After all, if you can stab in the back, what stops others from stabbing you?
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by nercht12 9y ago
For those unaware: Peterson takes you on a scientific journey through the the Bible from the lens of a psychologist. It's always very insightful, even if not always agreeable, but you don't have to take my word for it. See for you
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by nercht12 9y ago
"Do technologies drive our values, or do our values drive our technologies?" This depends on the kind of values, IMO. Some values can be created when we find something new that we want. Many values are subject to change. However,
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by nercht12 9y ago
It might be helpful to specify in the title that this is for converting website apps to Android apps.
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by nercht12 9y ago
Not surprising. What's interesting though is how the kinds of individuals who would use a gun (rather than hack) are now finding it worth their time to try to steal the coin. It's a another reason to not have Bitcoin... well, more
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by nercht12 9y ago
> The most dangerous month, it turns out, is August, and Saturday the most dangerous day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Saturday and Friday night at those times are dangerous where I'm at because of
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by nercht12 9y ago
Out of curiosity, why do alot (all?) of the objects in the built-in library have a % after them? Is that for convention or is that required? It seems like convention (since I see <%> also), but I can't tell for certain.
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by nercht12 9y ago
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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by nercht12 9y ago
More precisely, everyone here is highly skeptical, so this is nothing unusual. Everyone here should be quite well aware of all the trouble that has cycled around Bitcoin, such as DD4BC, etc. That's common with something new, but it&#x2
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by nercht12 9y ago
That's speculative market value, though. You can't actually go to your local coffee shop with 10k in Bitcoin and buyout the stock. They may treat it like $2. I'm not one of the people crying "scam", but I think most
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by nercht12 9y ago
Similar indeed, although you could sell something for Bitcoin and thus get ahold of it. What you sell in comparison with its value against other currencies influences the value of the Bitcoin. I suspect the creators of Bitcoin expected Bitc
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by nercht12 9y ago
You know what's kinda funny: In order to make the changes to "define" these physical constants, we first make equipment using the old definitions. XD (Not that it changes the outcome, mind you.)
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by nercht12 9y ago
That's just getting into semantics, which is pointless. What is "truth"? Ultimately, that depends on your point of view. If you base it off of experience (which is how you learn about everything in the first place), then the
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by nercht12 9y ago
>> Or being able to decide if a proposition is true within an axiomatic system? You mean like Prolog?
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by nercht12 9y ago
I'm not sure who down-voted you, but it's an interesting question. However, the South Pole station afaik isn't equipped with the means necessary for self-sustainability, such as being able to recycle bio material. Anyone with
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by nercht12 9y ago
But I insist I'm not like that, and I'm perfectly rational, therefore nobody else is either... ... wait a minute... DOH!

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