rthomas6

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by rthomas6 13y ago
I like the idea and honestly I'm surprised there are that many arbitrage opportunities that aren't already taken advantage of. I guess you're hoping to outsource the cost of shipping, storage, etc. while still getting some mo
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Good question. Why aren't processors optimized for functional programming? I think one reason is because of the way hardware memory works. So to answer what else you need, one other thing you need is physical memory and a way to organi
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I take issue with this because this is only one way to look at programming, not the inherently correct way. Yes, functional programming is a useful abstraction, but at the hardware level your processor uses something closer to a procedura
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by rthomas6 13y ago
This infographic doesn't take into account other rappers possibly copying earlier really influential artists, making the earlier influential artists rank lower. More generally, it would be cool to see this chart ranked by the amount of
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Just give everyone a paper wallet. Problem solved.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Also it's in part because mental illnesses still come with a huge stigmatization in this country (USA). If you're diagnosed with schizophrenia, you're not normal , and something is wrong with you . Even though mentally ill
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by rthomas6 13y ago
That is possible, but fear-motivated reasoning is rarely rational.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I agree with you, but I think I can explain some of the rationale behind wanting big cars. Part of the reason is fear. "If I have a very small egg-car and everyone else has a heavy car, I'll be the one that is killed."
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Life != humans. The early land fossils they say they've found were photosynthesizing single-celled organisms, which seem unlikely to have evolved into humans. Also, Cosmos seems more interested in creating an engaging narrative for peo
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by rthomas6 13y ago
They forgot Mantis Shrimp! Mantis shrimps see pretty much everything. Polarization, colors, ultraviolet, you name it.
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On the Shortness of Life(forumromanum.org)
1 points by rthomas6 13y ago|0 comments
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I see what you're getting at, but I don't see why you think direct cash donations to people has no impact on someone's enterprise. The studies by Give Directly show that a lot of poor people will use direct monetary donations
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Hell, giving the poorest even an extra dollar a day can double their income and make a vast difference in their standard of living.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
People who are driven by genius and passion never finish anything. This guy finds the best employees and businessmen are just average hard workers who pay attention to detail.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I would assert it depends on the situation. 1 bad parent < 2 parents in a bad relationship (such that it negatively affects the child) < 1 good parent < 2+ good parents/parental figures So I think in general multiple adults pu
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by rthomas6 13y ago
How do you think the average quality of upbringing with a single parent compares to average quality of upbringing with two parents?
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Not criticizing them, but if you're buying that many treasuries, it might be a good time to start paying dividends instead.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Is "torture" here waterboarding only or something even worse? I'm not condoning waterboarding, but it's already unofficially common knowledge. What other "enhanced interrogation techniques" were used under appr
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by rthomas6 13y ago
This reminds me so much of the book Manufacturing Consent. One sounds like a crazy person when they say elite powers (indirectly) control the mass media, but after reading most of that book, the conclusion is inescapable. Of course news out
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by rthomas6 13y ago
The "fourth estate" is traditionally the press. Unfortunately most of the press does a shit job in keeping the various elites accountable. Imagine if reporters could ask the kinds of questions we want them to ask: "Mr. Presid
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Maybe I missed it, but I don't see the actual guide. And I doubt makingchangeatwalmart.org is an objective source on what it contains. I'd like to see the actual guide, or at least direct quotations from it, so I can make my own j
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by rthomas6 13y ago
That's an interesting observation and now that you pointed it out, I think I agree with you. However, I think that more than autistic people lack interest in "being rich". If I had $400m, I'd buy a house and pay off our
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I'm sorry but this just sounds bitter to me. I'm sure the people behind Robinhood did not get together and say, "let's make a product that actually solves no problems, and only pretends to disrupt." Somebody built a
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by rthomas6 13y ago
Paper wallets make the most sense to me. It's a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem. Just have a stack of paper, each of which contains the private key of a wallet with 0.1 BTC or whatever. You can make copies, and you can give t
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by rthomas6 13y ago
This is a great point. My Roku works great for Netflix, Spotify, HBO Go, and Amazon Instant Video, all on my "dumb" TV.
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by rthomas6 13y ago
So I read over the license and you're right, the license does need to be included. However I don't see anything wrong with the project as long as the license is included in its distribution. The license doesn't go against any
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by rthomas6 13y ago
I'd be on board. Now we have to build it, and more importantly, build a community around it.
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Sit More, And You're More Likely To Be Disabled After Age 60(npr.org)
5 points by rthomas6 13y ago|3 comments
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It's amazing all the cool defenses we get with all the money we pour into the military. I heard terrorists are in the process of killing billions of people by making them age until they die -- we ought to divert some defenses toward th
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by rthomas6 13y ago
This is a bit of a stretch, but perhaps if whales are as smart as we think they are, elders are advantageous because they can pass down wisdom to younger whales.

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