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by poszlem 4y ago
I can recommend "Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++", although the fact that it uses C++ as a first language can be a downside to some.
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by poszlem 4y ago
It appears reasonable at first glance, but upon further reflection it seems unlikely that the internet was the only factor influencing the riots. If the internet wasn't available, it's likely that some other means of communication
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by poszlem 4y ago
"In most testing frameworks I’ve used, even the simplest assertions require a surprising amount of toil. Suppose you’re writing a test for a fibonacci function. You start writing assert fibonacci(15) == ... and already you’re forced to
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by poszlem 4y ago
There is quite a few incoherent things about it. You cannot "define what a woman is", but you can "identify as a woman" (what do you identify as?). You cannot really say why being trans-gender is okay, but being "tr
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by poszlem 4y ago
Not if your definition of "to steelman" is to "make is sound not transphobic". I really don't consider something being "transphobic" having anything to do with whether it's true or not. I can imagine
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by poszlem 4y ago
"Another approach is to follow that word, heresy. In every period of history, there seem to have been labels that got applied to statements to shoot them down before anyone had a chance to ask if they were true or not. "Blasphemy&
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by poszlem 4y ago
Can you steelman the idea that "many people obsessed with pronouns are narcissists" rather than just criticizing how others have discussed it? It may be more productive to try reframing the issue yourself.
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by poszlem 4y ago
That is sadly not really the case. If you ask the majority of people the consensus is "male" and "female" are the only genders. If what you saying were the case we would not even get the "other" option, not to
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by poszlem 4y ago
This is a question that touches one of the cornerstones of the culture war, so you will hear radically different opinions from all sides of the discussion. I don't think we are at the point where we can just pick one way to ask for gen
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by poszlem 4y ago
Obviously if you have already checked that please disregard my comment, but running SHOULT NOT be "painful in the heart", as that is a symptom of your heart not getting enough oxygen (also called Angina). Please see a doctor befor
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by poszlem 4y ago
Here we go again. "640K ought to be enough for anybody". "The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad."
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by poszlem 4y ago
I am sorry, but this is an absolutely insane take that will add a huge amount of work for people for no good reason whatsoever. It's the github master -> main debate all over again. I really hope we are past peak woke now and this
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by poszlem 4y ago
You are looking at a Nokia 3210 generation of AI.The most primitive version of what is to come. So the fact that the novelty has worn off is not really a good indicator of how much this will transform our everyday lives. Wait for the iPhone
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by poszlem 4y ago
<<A “disdain for history”>> A common problem in contemporary culture is a disregard for history, which can be seen not only in startup companies and the technology industry, but throughout society as a whole. During times of sig
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by poszlem 4y ago
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence... You can see the problem. Science communicators are using the same term - “no evidence” - to mean: This thing is super plausible, and honestly very likely
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by poszlem 4y ago
The biggest problem I have with those tiktokers is that they will ruin filming in public for the rest of us, as people will demand some kind of radical law prohibiting it. I am totally fine with the distinction that is enshrined in law in m
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by poszlem 4y ago
I don't know about Japan but in Germany that assumption is not incorrect. Rape IS illegal in Germany. And filming in public IS legal. What you cannot do is to publish what you recorded without getting permission from those you recorde
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by poszlem 4y ago
One can be entirely wrong about one thing and right about another. Here he merely stated a fact.
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I might be misunderstanding what the author is trying to say, but to me the whole thing read like many contemporary social science articles that make a jump from: "a certain part of an experience can be affected by nurture" to &qu
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by poszlem 4y ago
Well, we kind of do it during blood cancer chemotherapy. It probably resolves some autoimmune diseases but also makes you liable to dying of common cold.
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by poszlem 4y ago
I am not describing sterilizing immunity, I am saying that the original, and the most common understanding of what a vaccine is is "something that you take that makes you not get sick". That is exactly how most vaccines have been
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In which place am I overly proscriptive? In the paragraph where I say that the vaccines are ALSO intended to prevent people from getting sick? If anything it's the OP who is overly reductive. At no point did I say that you should not g
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by poszlem 4y ago
No, it's also about not getting sick. The "vaccine is not about preventing the infection" meme got really annoying since COVID, since the COVID vaccine while very useful turned out to not be as useful for infection prevention
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by poszlem 4y ago
Pretty true. But that kind of like saying "politicians are going to take bribes, they are just people". There is the reason why some jobs are treated uniquely, and HR should be one of those jobs, as they have a disproportional amo
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by poszlem 4y ago
I am not talking about the current situation. I am saying that it should not be legal for companies to refuse to server a customer without giving a clear reason why they do so. Unless you think it would be fine, for example, for corporation
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by poszlem 4y ago
Of course is is a feature to them. This is honestly like being in an abusive relationship where you never know if you're going to get praised or beaten up, so you always have to be on high alert. But we should not be okay with them doi
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by poszlem 4y ago
And yet it's the minimum we expect from our legal system, I don't understand why we are okay with corporations being exempt from that.
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by poszlem 4y ago
I can imagine that porn with animals (even cartoons) might be disgusting to some people. There is a reason why bestiality is quite high in the list of social taboos.
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by poszlem 4y ago
Whatever side you are on in this debate of "should GitHub decide what is good and bad" I think most people would agree that they really should quote a specific violation of specific TOS when they close your account. This should be
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I am not saying that "no random blood test has ever uncovered any dangerous disease", which is obviously not true. I am saying that when aggregated, on average many of the screening tests, including yearly bloodwork have more nega

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