nybblet

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by nybblet 8y ago
Sounds like you're using the Google Accounts feature, and using the [separate] browser profiles feature would exactly solve your problem. In particular: you can log into different profiles in the browser (each window can be associated
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by nybblet 9y ago
The comment is not saying that prison will lower the risk of re-offending, but that it will lower the risk of impacting other people until the risk of re-offending falls suitably low (e.g. due to other means like treatment).
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by nybblet 9y ago
Not what I said. I said to avoid /hand-optimizing/ code. Trying to write performant code is good. Some examples of advice on that front: - use an appropriate algorithm, and make sure the logic is free of bugs. For example, acciden
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by nybblet 9y ago
I agree with a lot of these bullets just as general design principles, and emphatic +1 to not hand-optimizing. Just noticed this comment after posting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15069116 , which is specific to V8 b
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by nybblet 9y ago
tl;dr: No, this is outdated, and please don't try to hand-optimize. This is outdated. It was true in 2013, but changed in 2014 ( https://codereview.chromium.org/416403002/ ; specific change in elements.cc). Two tan
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by nybblet 10y ago
It's true that Confucian values talk about not self-injuring/damaging what parents gave to children --- their physical bodies etc. --- but pretty sure the abandonment of the long queue of hair on the collapse of the Qing was due t
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by nybblet 10y ago
Haha: "He developed a questionable reputation among the other members of the Mission..." Yes, I can see it, and this is very cool. Thank you very much!
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by nybblet 10y ago
You're quite welcome, glad it was interesting!
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by nybblet 10y ago
Just following up on the fascinating prospect you initiated. Which Russian missionaries translated which Chinese classics, since that you've already searched? I'm turning up Russian -> Chinese, not the other way around.
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by nybblet 10y ago
Agreed on all counts! "The Master said: 'Girls and inferior men are hard to get along with. If you get familiar with them, they lose their humility; if you are distant, they resent it.'" (Chapter 17) This sounds pretty b
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by nybblet 10y ago
Was just a guess on a uniform prior :) If you have specific evidence of Chekhov referencing Confucius (the similarities are so striking that either he came up with them independently, which was my original point, or he was inspired by Confu
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by nybblet 10y ago
At a certain point, sure. There is, I suspect, an execution difference (which does not at all create mutual exclusivity) though. Have you read The Analects, out of curiosity? If so, you know what I mean. If not, by all means please check it
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by nybblet 10y ago
Agreed with treve, what does culture really mean? If you read ALL the literature, listen to ALL the music, view ALL the art, can recite ALL the history and do ALL the science... and still conclude it's OK to cheat on your wife and taxe
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by nybblet 10y ago
"The Master said, 'The prosecution of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising a mound. If there want but one basket of earth to complete the work and I stop, the stopping is my own work. It may be compared to throwi
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by nybblet 10y ago
I'm struck by how much this echoes Confucius and the Analects and how they define the so-called gentleman or noble man (not to be confused with nobleman, and translation is hard). Given how unlikely it is that Chekhov had exposure to e
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by nybblet 10y ago
The earliest sounds that babies make tend to be "ma/muh" sounds, as they're smacking their lips to signal for food. Seems likely for language then to develop that sound into the word for "mother", the nearest o
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by nybblet 12y ago
Clearly! My points are straightforward, so perhaps you're reading more deeply than you need. I understand why you would say their language is passive aggressive though. It's been an interesting discussion at any rate. Best of luck
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by nybblet 12y ago
1) Nope, just stating what I've seen time and time again to be the case/interpretation of your points. This might not be the case for you, but I do want to point out an alternate perspective that is infrequently given coverage in
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by nybblet 12y ago
You state yourself exactly the problem with this and many similar situations. "I may do injury to others, but they may not to me." From observation, many women are NOT OK with it. They may be not explicitly not OK with it (which
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by nybblet 12y ago
And you wouldn't mind if your so-called "primary" or "side" (how interesting to apply such terms for significant others) did the same to you? Because most people would, whether they realize it or not, and that is wh
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by nybblet 12y ago
It's certainly the case that conflicts will be difficult to resolve if one or both parties are not reasonable! Your comment also touches on something else, however, in terms of how you and your roommate discussed issues, and relates ba
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by nybblet 12y ago
I think the idea is that she should be excited that you're excited, and happy that you're happy, not necessarily that she should be excited by the very code you wrote. (That said, you would probably not mind if she "returned
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by nybblet 12y ago
throwaway2719's main point also seems to be that for some people, sex is not just fun and games, but entails some sort of emotional closeness. If your position is that you should just go have fun sex as you wish, then that seems comple
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by nybblet 12y ago
True enough; I meant conditioned on the slant many of the comments were taking, which was certainly not made clear in my comment---apologies.
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by nybblet 12y ago
Sure; my main point is that sex should not the main point, because by focusing on that it's easy to lose sight of much else that some people actually value.
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by nybblet 12y ago
The article is too hard to analyze in terms of actionable advice, so to speak---too many factors that confound analysis of the author's position---but these comments are fascinating. It seems that to many people, sex is just a way to p