neuxenian

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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   The relativist position in modern philosophy of science has little or nothing to do with Cartesian dualism; it has more in common with the incompleteness theorem in certain respects. The short version is that any theory of observations (i.e
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   We looked into this quite a bit when our child was born because we grew very skeptical of much of the guidelines we were reading. Sleep in particular was difficult for our child for various reasons and at some point we realized that followi
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   This was the tipping point for me, actually, when I went through this same experience about a year ago: https://consumerist.com/2013/06/18/amazon-cancels-my-6000-or... It sounds like a minor bizarre Kafkaesqu
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   Thanks for these links--these are interesting and probably come closest to addressing my questions of anything I've seen so far.
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   Leverage cuts both ways, though. As someone who just sold their house, the costs are a percent of the sale. You don't get taxed on the sales (generally) but you will probably have to pay real estate sales costs. So yes, if your home in
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   I've started reading some quantum computing texts, and dabbled a bit with IBM's quantum computing experience, and this is where I get stuck: I can follow the basics at the level of "gates" or circuits -- a lot of what&#x
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   I'd add a computer of some sort to that, probably a laptop but basically I agree 100% As a professor, I can say most professors don't like lecturing, but for some classes the alternative is to have small interactive classes, which
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   I've used R since it was in beta form, and one of the most interesting things to me (aside from the evolution of type hierarchy) has been changes in use of the assignment operator. When I started, = was the norm for assignment, with ==
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   by neuxenian 8y ago

   This discussion is reminding me of how much of an impact 2010 had on me in elementary school. For me it fostered sci-fi fantasy in the same way that I think Star Wars and Star Trek have for lots of kids. To me, the universe of 2010 was just