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by pnut 6y ago
Considering the radical diversity in the spectrum of human cognitive capabilities, I'm not so sure it's a discrete transition from non-human to human. What is a human?
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by pnut 6y ago
You mean venueentityvessel?
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by pnut 6y ago
I can speak from experience, that insulation which forms a vapor barrier is not compliant with the residential building codes in Austin, TX and likely many other places due to the climate of the area. Additionally, in the UK, many houses ha
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by pnut 6y ago
Obviously they would be 3 good faith questions that must be answered only with the word "yes" or "no", with any other response resulting in being immediately charged with Contempt of Congress.
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by pnut 6y ago
https://projects.propublica.org/represent/lobbying/300928017
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by pnut 6y ago
A single silicon atom is 0.2nm... Where are these extra orders of magnitude coming from?
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by pnut 6y ago
Hot patching is dangerous in all execution environments. This is software engineering... Separate your dev environment from production and do a controlled deployment.
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by pnut 7y ago
That statement really confused me. The cost difference between those two scenarios is the purchase price of the eggs, which are what, $2/dozen? How can such an immaterial expense provoke an unequivocal conclusion? And how can one ignor
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by pnut 7y ago
Came here to say the same regarding datalad.
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by pnut 7y ago
I think the appeal is that people intuitively understand that computers having a physical form at all is not required - that ultimately, computational ability will be integrated into the essence of every object, and lugging around a stupid,
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by pnut 7y ago
Can't speak for parent, but birth control pills artificially boost estrogen levels. My wife just emerged from a multiyear battle with aggressive HER2/ER/PR positive breast cancer after taking decades of birth control pills.
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by pnut 8y ago
I cannot stop laughing at this comment.
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by pnut 8y ago
Just FYI, it is unclear from your comment, which of these organisations you associate with. Is "we" Solid or Ethereum?
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by pnut 8y ago
https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/061b3929ba0f3964d335
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by pnut 8y ago
I'm not saying there isn't usable advice in that book, which I have read, but in full disclosure, the book's author, Robert Kiyosaki, fictionalised most of the anecdotes contained within it. Additionally, he operates a real e
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by pnut 8y ago
To the contrary, every human, regardless of gender or creed, has an ass. It is the one universal way that we all can be violated against our will. And anyway, Anal play is not restricted to homosexuals.
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by pnut 8y ago
Finally, an opportunity to engage in uncompensated labour!
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by pnut 9y ago
What a surprise, a HN article slobbering all over PG Wodehouse again.
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by pnut 9y ago
Lee Smolin proposed a really compelling concept in "Life of the Cosmos" - that the reason our universe has the universal constants that it does, is the product of natural selection at the cosmological level. https://en.
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by pnut 9y ago
Meh... Insurance considerations practically guarantee you are statistically safer in one of these vs. a human operated vehicle, and that advantage will only multiply as the ratio of autonomous to human operated vehicles increases. As a resi
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by pnut 9y ago
Used to love degaussing mine at work, it was so strong it would have a secondary effect on every monitor in a 6 foot radius.
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by pnut 9y ago
There seems to be more of a bell curve of complexity as you move through the powers of ten... Galaxies have some general organizational properties at the very large scale, as do atoms etc at the very small end, but directly in the middle of
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by pnut 9y ago
If ads were going to become honest and informative, it would have happened already. A sale from a lie is equal in value to a sale from the truth.
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by pnut 10y ago
I doubt that Airbnb's terms of service include using the space for commercial purposes? I mean, could I rent an Airbnb for a month and run an auto repair shop out of the garage? It's in violation of the zoning.
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by pnut 10y ago
What prevents a founder from walking away and getting a job exactly? I did it, so I know it can be done. Founders reap rewards of their risk-taking almost immediately, and it accelerates exponentially from there. This really cuts to a major
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by pnut 10y ago
I think in the us, there is no penalty for suing other than your court costs, so there is more of it. I believe other countries require the plaintiff to cover legal expenses of all parties if they lose, versus in the us, people strategicall
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by pnut 10y ago
Perl6
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by pnut 10y ago
My wife and I did the same for all of 2014 and 2015, living out of airbnbs, one month to the next. Nothing but amazing people and experiences and nothing but 5 star reviews in both directions, with us singing Airbnb's praises all the w
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by pnut 10y ago
My view of this is evolving, particularly in the context of a Presidential election. There is zero fair play at that level of politics, and if you have been coddled on your path to that chair in any way, including expectations of the orderl
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by pnut 10y ago
I know more than a few poor people, and the one thing they all have in common, is that they either consciously or by virtue of their personalities or aptitude, do not treat maximizing financial impact as the primary criterion in their decis

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