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by nnfy 9y ago
Fukushima was safe, by all standards. This was not related to corruption. It was simply not designed for the rarity of a magnitude 9 earthquake and the scale of the tsunami that followed. Your house in a five hundred year floodplain is not
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by nnfy 9y ago
The process in the article is effectively sintering. If [1] is any indication, you can get to within an order of magnitude of strength of cast/forged parts, if sintering variables are controlled for properly. Which may not be the case
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by nnfy 9y ago
Based on what I've seen in the off-media, I don't know that Mr. Mayweather understands much outside of boxing; I fear this article would fall on blind eyes if he would even read it. Then again, thats partly the purpose of the SEC,
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by nnfy 9y ago
>As long as there are controls in place that make it difficult Keeping people from discrimination may be about as difficult as perfecting genetic engineering.
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by nnfy 9y ago
Definitions for "killing it": 1. Performing a task exceptionally well. 2. Facebook
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Cotton gin Hypodermic needle Fracking Solar panels This argument is a little pedantic, but here are some examples that contradict your assertion. Consider this: without the bomb we would not have nuclear power. Without modern warfare we wou
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by nnfy 9y ago
>The first thing people do with tech is to use it to create or enhance weapons. That's only true if you're cherry picking. Plenty of tech doesn't even apply to the defense industry. Moreover, I'd posit thay any limita
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by nnfy 9y ago
I agree with your sentiment, however I would extend it beyond genius to success in general; and our tendency to conflate the two makes it substantially harder to study either, I think.
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by nnfy 9y ago
>They're being ignorant about the harm being done to the victims of child pornography You are foolish to believe that all children are harmed by childhood sexuality and/or child pornography. Sex is part of the human nature, and
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by nnfy 9y ago
Why not three? This "wide range of offenses" generally applies to felonies, which are grevious enough to be placed into their own category with its own suite of punishments, and it is not entirely unreasonable to apply a singular
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by nnfy 9y ago
>People mostly become addicts in response to something bad happening in their lives This is absolutely untrue. It would seem that you are living in an ivory tower of your own. I won't recount anecdote, but take a look at this source
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by nnfy 9y ago
>But, you would need to up your game if you really want to argue your case on HN. I can think of several good arguments, better than "Why do you care if I get high when I get home?" There IS no better argument. Pardon my langua
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by nnfy 9y ago
Except it is completely unequal because you've been given 3 chances to follow the laws of the society in which you live. And because sentencing will still be much less severe than that of murder.
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by nnfy 9y ago
While I believe that western sexual norms are a bit puritanical, the premise behind protecting children with zealous laws is that it is extremely difficult to judge whether child pornography is truely victimless, even if you believe that ha
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by nnfy 9y ago
>how do you run a society without trust? You distribute trust and power among actors in a way that is secure and relatively equitable (compared to current power structures). Enter bitcoin and other more versatile cryptocurrencies like Et
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by nnfy 9y ago
Our global hegemony ensures stability of trade for the entire world, and that stability is the reason that other countries eagerly trade and generally deal business with the US. Unfortunately, if we back away from our role as world police,
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by nnfy 9y ago
You have difficult accepting the generalization and judging individuals by it; however, statistically speaking, you are more likely to find intrinsic merit and accomplishment in those from ivy league schools; which is why when an assessment
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by nnfy 9y ago
For what reason would you interpret my comment as satire?
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by nnfy 9y ago
It is cherry picking to analyze only obstacles faced by women in tech and then conclude that women face extra challenges without even considering that men spend their lifetimes facing predominantly male-unique problems. The same flawed pers
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by nnfy 9y ago
Perhaps the white majority userbase doesn't wish to be subject to racist generalizations. Note that the article did not examine the race of the drivers, but you were quick to make your typical agenda driven and, frankly, rather racist
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by nnfy 9y ago
I am pleased to see you attempt a logical exploration of this topic. However, I object to a couple points. First, there is almost always potential for consequences for saying no, so long as you allow a physical power imbalance. Second, and
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by nnfy 9y ago
I had the gaul to cite personal experience as reason to legitamitely question the narrative, as there was something I didn't understand. Rather than take this as an opportunity to bring someone onto their side, I was met with a barrage
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by nnfy 9y ago
Isn't this just a generic graduation speech? I'm curious as to why anyone finds this noteworthy. It wouldn't surprise me if Cook didn't even write the speech himself.
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by nnfy 9y ago
.Most people do nothing but look at Reddit/Facebook endless stream of entertainment and scroll, scroll, scroll. Don't forget porn!
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by nnfy 9y ago
I agree, and would extend that to the earth system in general. The universe does not care for good, bad, optimal, or suboptimal; the universe simply is.
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by nnfy 9y ago
Drugs in the amphetamine class do not cause epilepsy as far as I know. I would be very interested in a source, if you have one.
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>Similarly the fact they have to now choose between throwing away financial opportunity or acquiesce to this harassment And what of the situation in which women continue to associate with their harassers? Do they truely have no liability
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by nnfy 9y ago
I am not assuming anything. In fact it is ironically the opposite, people are assuming that McClure is some kind of he-devil. The truth is likely much murkier. But because of the power imbalance, in our culture we are more critical of McClu
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by nnfy 9y ago
It sounds like people are underestimating the pervasive lonileness that even successful young males experience in tech. This does create an incentive for women to play a little loose with their professional behavior, and we only see one sid
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by nnfy 9y ago
So long as there are incentives to make false accusations, there will always be false accusations. Just as there will always be true accusations.

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