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541.
by shasta 15y ago
If all of these things are "as dangerous as driving drunk", the threshold for being considered drunk is too low.
542.
by shasta 15y ago
There could always be an exception for a car that isn't moving. I don't have hard data to back this up, but my gut tells me that the car being in motion adds to the danger.
543.
by shasta 15y ago
Inequality can be defined in Peano arithmetic in a total way. Maybe you're talking about defining some relation on the model? But what justifies calling such a relation an inequality?
544.
by shasta 15y ago
Except the number you get this way is not between 3 and 4. It's essentially infinite with no functions in the model that separate it from the finite numbers (and this can be proven in PA: if a number isn't 0..N, then it's greater than N). G
545.
by shasta 15y ago
I prefer to read this as a parody of science fiction lacking internal consistency (e.g. most stories about time travel).
546.
by shasta 15y ago
And in Texas it's "darl'n".
547.
by shasta 15y ago
Do women prefer "darling" over "sugar tits" now?
548.
by shasta 15y ago
AFAIK,the point of a design patent is to protect stylistic (non-functional) elements of a design. The question being asked is whether the common elements between these products are non-functional or actual have important functional reasons
549.
by shasta 15y ago
By "bootstrapping issues" you mean that the people in power aren't in a hurry to give it up, right? Obviously they're not and that's why I used the term "fantasizing". :)
550.
by shasta 15y ago
As long as we're fantasizing, why limit to extant or extinct governments? Do you think a clean slate government design wouldn't be a huge improvement over any government ever present in the world? Your parent post is absolutely correct abo
551.
by shasta 15y ago
I had a similar opinion of the gifted program I was in. But you seem to drawing the conclusion that money therefore shouldn't be spent on gifted students. I think on the contrary that with bright students it's worth the money to splurge o
552.
by shasta 15y ago
It might not prove him stupid (though my guess is you could find adjectives that are less fitting), but it does prove that he never understood the math. A concurrent post mentioned forgetting whether slope is rise/run or run/rise. That kin
553.
by shasta 15y ago
Or we'll get a car design with a removable trunk.
554.
by shasta 15y ago
Not to mention the immediate efficiency hit of the car driving empty between rides.
555.
by shasta 15y ago
Maybe I'm nitpicking, but I'd say that effect is due to an increase in demand for robot programmers, not due to a decrease in the supply of the productive workers.
556.
by shasta 15y ago
I don't think that's right. If 50% of people became replaceable by robots, the other half doesn't become more valuable. Rather the value shifts to the robot owners. The article paints a simplistic picture, which is probably not correct eve
557.
by shasta 15y ago
For most people, dealing with any math is parroting, which is the problem. Creating proofs of simple things is well within the grasp of bright high school students, and is a wonderful experience -- I feel sorry for anyone who misses out on
558.
by shasta 15y ago
You and others seem to be missing that he is talking about the default 'int' type. If you want a specific overflow behavior, he implies that would be under a different name. I agree -- 'int' doesn't need to be the type that maps most effi
559.
by shasta 15y ago
Ironically, this blog post brings to mind a different female stereotype: too much drama.
560.
by shasta 15y ago
This is also why you'll find bridges that are under capacity. Some engineer was experimenting with a design he didn't fully understand.
561.
by shasta 15y ago
What role does object relational mapping have in football?
562.
by shasta 15y ago
Spoiler: Tuesday was the name of his horse.
563.
by shasta 15y ago
Why don't you explain why his help would have "set the guy back?". The closest the article comes to justifying this claim is that (from memory) "[the author] doesn't know shit about outlook or windows architecture". But as luigi and vector
564.
by shasta 15y ago
Presumably you still care about "performance per dollar" though, and we're approaching a time when "dollars per Watt" isn't negligible.
565.
by shasta 15y ago
Comes with DIY games Angry Rectangles and Rectangle Ninja.
566.
by shasta 15y ago
I'm not interested in insulting the author, who's probably a nice guy. But I've been conditioned to expect very little content when I click on a link and his picture pops up, so I'm just wondering what the deal is.
567.
by shasta 15y ago
How does this guy's low quality blog repeatedly make it to the front page?
568.
by shasta 15y ago
Experience with OOP is certainly essentially, but mostly for the reason that the OOP language you're using sucks. Most of the "handy dandy patterns" that have sprung up are to recover properties that should have come for free, but didn't.
569.
by shasta 15y ago
You'd also need to let people arrange to vote and then later cast a fake vote, for the case of coercion at the voting deadline And that only works if the upcoming coercion is known in advance.
570.
by shasta 15y ago
And just as importantly, stuck in classes with each other. There's an amplifier effect as a result.

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