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by plonh 11y ago
This seems clear when you compare ancient religious texts side by side with what was known about the natural world in their respective times. Unclean animal species, menstruation rituals, etc.
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by plonh 11y ago
That misses the problem. Where do you put the new headstones?
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by plonh 11y ago
US Army's huge bombs and its row and rows of cannon fodder are its main strength.
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by plonh 11y ago
You raise a good point: why is it even legal for premiums to become profit? Insurance should have two separate pots: the money that is contributed to cover claims, and the fee that the manager charges. Allowing "non-payment of claims&q
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by plonh 11y ago
Unhappy marriage is a poor euphemism for neglect, abuse, beating.
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by plonh 11y ago
ICANN has policies in place to preempt ridiculous arguments like this.
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by plonh 11y ago
Yes most cities have a discount produce shop that sells the B grade stuff.
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by plonh 11y ago
The US constantly shuts down unlicensed charity programs that set up feed stations in public. Donated food is subject to the same strict controls as sold food. A cafe can't donate a PB&J sandwich that has sat on the shelf unrefrid
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by plonh 11y ago
The President is "elite" by any reasonable definition . amd Barack Obama went to Harvard Law, which is OPs textbook example of an elite position. The key is that Obama and Clinton were selfmade, while Jeb Bush plowhorsed through l
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by plonh 11y ago
If they wanted the peasants away, they wouldn't charge zero tuition for peasants and keep 70% of the seats open. The legacies pay tuition for the peasants.
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by plonh 11y ago
Constructivists reject the notion of an integer whose value is not known (more precisely, whose value cannot be computed in finite time) so there is no room to even ask of "it" is odd. Infinite vs finite is an important distinctio
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by plonh 11y ago
It was Dalrymple's site. His work was open source and collaborated with OpenWorm researchers. Looks like Dalrymple gave up to go work for Twitter. I guess he found a way to leverage his expertise in studying very small brains. Sigh. Gr
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by plonh 11y ago
It is interesting that after Numenta's flop we have Google Brain and the academic neural net community deploying amazing successes.
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by plonh 11y ago
Bash went too far though. For example the utter disaster that is arrays, that cause far more trouble than they help.
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by plonh 11y ago
Whaaa? 1/(1/x))=x is absolutely true for all x!=0 in a field. How does your method explain how to solve "1/2 / 3/4" ? How does talking about how many 4/3 are in 1/2 help?
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by plonh 11y ago
This is an utter myth promoted by Glen Beck fanbloggers. Every time one of these attempted potshots goes viral, a sane person like Friendly Atheist patiently explains how ignorant the ranter is.
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by plonh 11y ago
/ means "per"
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by plonh 11y ago
Because relationships matter and your phone won't care for you when you are sick.
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by plonh 11y ago
Google Drive doesn't even work on Linux. Linux Desktop will never be more than a VM host or Web Browser host.
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by plonh 11y ago
Her teaching at Stanford is the same sort of trophy namedropping photo op that being on the board is. You can't actually get a PhD in Hegemony from school.
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by plonh 11y ago
It isn't about punishing monsters , it is about not trusting our personal data to someone who has professionally committed herself to stealing it.
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by plonh 11y ago
Please don't repost spam comments here.
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by plonh 11y ago
When a chemist makes a discovery , do they call them a "chem whizz"?
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by plonh 11y ago
You linked to a page that lists "collusiom" under the heading "anti-competitive practices".
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by plonh 11y ago
When you can't persuade a small town city council, it is because you aren't doing enough bribery. Maybe that is wrong.
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by plonh 11y ago
We just had a presidential debate hosted by CNN, so we are getting close.
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by plonh 11y ago
Facebook free zones are just ad supported ISPs, like NetZero of years ago. Until they actually block non-FB content, it is just grousing about gratis, not libre.
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by plonh 11y ago
Can someone explain how Google's long running car program fits in? Does Googe license patents (or map data, or...) to companies? Is Google car a PR thing that isn't competitive with the auto industry? Is Google hoping to leapfro
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by plonh 11y ago
A PBC has stronger protection against being sued by shareholders for focusing on goals besides $ valuation .
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by plonh 11y ago
You are willfully ignoring the vastly more significant average/mode case to focus on the effect of edge cases.

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