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Unable to unlock gunman’s iPhones, the FBI (once again) asks for Apple’s help(arstechnica.com)
18 points by scoreponok 7y ago|1 comments
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Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method(scientificamerican.com)
32 points by scoreponok 8y ago|110 comments
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by scoreponok 10y ago
I've lost many beloved pets throughout my life, it's devastating for sure but i've also felt the pain of losing both of my parents, for me, it's not even close. You make a good point about irreplaceability. It doesn&#x27
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by scoreponok 10y ago
I tend to agree here when i hear people equating love of animals with love of children and it kind of bothers me when people make such an equivalence. I've had many pets throughout my life, and my love for them pales in comparison to t
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by scoreponok 11y ago
There is evidence that meditation can help with anxiety/depression. I've experienced depression through varying life circumstances although never clinical depression. In these times of distress i began meditating, and have not sto
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by scoreponok 11y ago
> Americans they need to reduce carbs and fat and increase protein to move towards a healthy diet The majority of Americans consume more than the recommended daily intake of protein, the source of which is mostly red meat, which is argua
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by scoreponok 11y ago
So your personal, cultural instilled, biased intuitions is what drives you? And you think this is more reliably than science? A methodology designed to control for such things, that has brought us antibiotics, vaccines, pretty much all of m
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by scoreponok 11y ago
>Modern day humans no longer trust the instincts they have developed over millions of years ... or what kind of foods to eat. Really? This is a naturalistic fallacy. It's out precisely our instincts that cause us to overeat. As has
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by scoreponok 11y ago
This is hindsight bias. The markets could have easily went the other way. Market timing is notoriously futile. If you want to play "what if?" and pick arbitrary dates then he could have as easily put his cash position into equitie
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by scoreponok 11y ago
I think the correct term is survivorship bias. I like this quote from Nassim Talebs book The Black Swan - "The cemetery of failed restaurants is very silent". I also very much like this example of the bias: "During World War
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by scoreponok 11y ago
Exactly. Apple isn't just promoting ad blocking for purely benevolent reasons i.e "for the best web-browsing experience possible" - they obviously have other motivations.
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by scoreponok 11y ago
>giving users the best web-browsing experience possible Do you really believe this is Apples paramount motivation? The only reason this is acceptable is exactly because they have nothing to lose, only everything to gain by hurting compet
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by scoreponok 11y ago
Premium products usually cost more to make justifying the price. The point being made is that the cost to manufacture the iphone isn't any more than say an android device, so your just paying apples exclusivity tax.
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by scoreponok 11y ago
"20% of people paid waaaay too much for their cellphone" This seems, to me, to be saying that people are overpaying given Apple's huge profit margins.