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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
So anonymity of written speech is toast. We should, however, strive to preserve other forms of anonymity. For example, donations given to political causes should be kept confidential. Let protesters wear masks up to the point where they bre
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
When I follow that link there's nothing there.
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
The inclusion of a captioned picture of the University of Southern California (USC) implies that it is a state school. It is not.
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
thanks
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
I remember being in a staff meeting at the aerospace firm that I am now retired from. I made a comment along the lines of, "Steve is a really good programmer (speaking of an engineer, not a software guy)" . One of the younger en
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
Has NBC News ever referred to anyone as a "far-left leader"?
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
From June 2, 2020.
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
Even the lefty Guardian knows that the adjective is "female" not "woman".
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
Upvote for kindly attempting to de-escalate. But the olive branch was rebuffed.
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
Not only that, but the only reason I have to think another human possesses consciousness is that he or she is so much like me in other respects.
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
As a conservative living in California I am, of course, not a big fan of Newsom, but I am impressed by how he has taken the "move fast and break things" page from Trump's playbook. Love him or hate him, Trump has rewritten th
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
What an inspiration to excellence for each one of us!
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
I enjoyed this post. Thanks
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by pmdulaney 3mo ago
Isn't Vevey, Switzerland where the Lindt Chocolate Company has its headquarters?
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
He seems to have dodged the consciousness problem.
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
The implied analogy is limited. Anti-gun folks argue that since so many people die as a result of handguns, they should be banned. But despite the fact that in car/bicycle crashes the cyclist inevitably gets the worst of it, no one is
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
To be clear, I personally did think that electrons had a non-zero mass, so my bad.
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
Cancellation is about a self-appointed minority taking malicious action against someone for an action or opinion for which the law itself does not specify a penalty. No one should be cancelled. And no one should be downvoted (or worse) on H
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
So the mass of the universe would suddenly become infinite?
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
The Pre-Crime Division
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
I like your explanation of why "agent" is entirely the wrong term to use. But "clanker"? It has such an ugly sound to it. What's wrong with plain old bot ?
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
"That’s the main thing good tutors do differently. If motivation decreases, they switch to lighter content, or even transition into non-lesson conversation. If motivation increases, they ramp up the difficulty of the lesson." I wo
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
Prefer "Chinese".
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
I'm gonna go out on a limb and predict that this attempt will be unsuccessful.
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
Yes, I think it is, now that you mention it. But maybe "non-decidable" could be dropped into a casual conversation more easily? But if I say that I think an issue is non-decidable, my interlocutor is likely to think that I simply
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
The author (David C. Brock) uses and defines the word "decidable". There exist, it has been proven, mathematical statements whose truth or falsity cannot be determined. That is, they are non-decidable. What a useful notion to bear
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
I'm not talking about a legal entitlement, hence ethos , not right . You know, just common courtesy -- the kind that resists the temptation to throw around accusations of "persecution complex". But perhaps the concept is fo
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
I think you're right, not essentially because YC is a privately-funded service, but because their sense is that the majority of their users enjoy expressing their disapproval of those with whom they disagree.
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
In substance I agree with you. But at the same time I think HN would be better off without downvoting at all. An ethos of free speech is entirely lacking.
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by pmdulaney 4mo ago
The author appears to be making the case against quantum computing not because it is a societal evil -- as, for example, one might make a case against AI -- but in the sense that (he thinks) it can't actually be achieved.

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