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by shireboy 6y ago
Guilty.
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by shireboy 6y ago
I have yet to see any of my friends and definitely not politicians (of any stripe) humbled about anything pandemic. If anything there’s a doubling down and mental gymnastics to explain away inconsistencies or hide lack of knowledge. I’d l
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by shireboy 6y ago
I agree and have been feeling this more lately. You know this is already being politicized. Armchair investigators are suddenly becoming power grid experts. The complex reality of balancing a huge diverse power grid is becoming an “easy”
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by shireboy 6y ago
I'm assuming justification for GoF research wasn't "we want to make a bioweapon". What are the arguments in favor of this type of research?
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by shireboy 6y ago
Thanks - I do think that's coherent and not combative at all, and appreciate hearing a similar, but different experience. I think the crux of where I would disagree is on how hard it is to start a business and/or invest. Growing
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by shireboy 6y ago
I'm definitely not 1%, and sympathize with/understand somewhat some of these claims. Bail-outs and unchecked government spending or borrowing from future generations worry me. However I'm also pretty aggressive at investing.
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by shireboy 6y ago
Most of these type things (quantopian is one I've tried) offer "paper trading" that is just that. You simulate it on "paper" until you gain confidence and use it to invest. I think the docs for this says they do a
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by shireboy 6y ago
Not to get too political, but now do masks/HCQ/covid. It's just tricky. In the end, many "scientists"- and _especially_ science reporters are too confident, and many "armchair scientists" are as well. W
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by shireboy 6y ago
Obviously a variety of thought within "Christians", but I think the main view would be that Zoroastrianism has elements of truth (monotheism, dualism, for example), but not the "fullness of Truth". So, possibly one coul
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by shireboy 6y ago
Many Christians I know are aware of and even study these myths and other religions, and there is evidence of early Christians doing so as well. In general, I understand their view on them is that God works through those myths and in some c
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by shireboy 6y ago
Some people believe that the "three wise men" who followed a star to bring Christ gifts were in fact Zoroastrians. https://zoroastrians.net/2014/12/27/were-the-three-wise-men-...
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by shireboy 6y ago
My wife made bean brownies once. They tasted like beans, not brownies.
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by shireboy 6y ago
I agree. I think there's a real market for an _extremely_ boring news site. 4-5 paragraph articles, sentiment analysis to be "neutral", some way to link to context and history on topics, and links to source documents. Same
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by shireboy 6y ago
Thank you for a very reasoned reply. I guess my fear for my karma was unfounded. ;) Two follow up questions: How do you objectively determine Parler is dedicated to extremism but Signal is not? I think Parler would argue (even if incorrec
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by shireboy 6y ago
I'll probably burn some karma on this, but I have to ask as I'm genuinely trying to form a consistent opinion on these topics and understand better. Given that lots of people on HN are advocating in favor of Parler being deplatfo
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by shireboy 6y ago
Thanks will check it out. By shady I meant the sites filled with ads that you go to to download mods, and the mod installers that I worry about what else they might be installing on my machine. Am I doing it wrong?
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by shireboy 6y ago
I'm in exactly the same boat, and doing very similar to you. My son is 11 and daughter 8. Both do Code.org and/or Scratch fairly regularly. Son wants to get into modding Minecraft, but honestly I'm a little annoyed with ho
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by shireboy 6y ago
I know a guy who as a matter of course sets his passwords to long random strings. When he wants to log into something, he then uses the sites’ “forgot password” as his “OTP” to assign a new one, log in with it. He does not store the rando
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by shireboy 6y ago
In fact, governments like New York have cracked down on Uber and AirBnb. I do think if BTC or another crypto were to be a problem for a country they would simply legislate away people’s right to hold or exchange it. US would pass a bill t
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by shireboy 6y ago
I thought this was going to help me get rid of that annoying ad for a "Charmin fresh booty", but all it did was criticize my listening. Don't care what you say, SkyNet, REM rocks.
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by shireboy 6y ago
Glad I'm not the only one seeing that parallel. I'd be hesitant to use this for that reason, but maybe that's bias on my part? Just seems like you'd get stuck in a similar mess of "special" updatepanels aka h
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by shireboy 6y ago
I get he’s saying it has its place as a learning tool, but this is one reason I haven’t looked to seriously at some languages. For example, F# is a “functional language”, but as best I can tell I can do very similar with C# lambdas. To my (
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by shireboy 6y ago
Anybody have tips on how to get to this level of solder-fu?
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by shireboy 6y ago
I watched this with my kids, and it really was surreal. My 11 yo said “it looks like something from Star Wars”. Exciting times for space. Hope we can keep this momentum
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by shireboy 6y ago
Interesting concept and I love that it’s a pwa. Nicely done
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by shireboy 6y ago
Can someone ELI5 for current ETH holders? Will it split like Etherium Classic?
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by shireboy 6y ago
That’s a really interesting point. Do you have info on those failed projects? Would love to read more about that.
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by shireboy 6y ago
I’m aware it wasn’t in the article. In Animal Farm, the leaders (pigs) start out trying to cure the farm of injustice, but eventually become just like the humans they overthrew.
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by shireboy 6y ago
I wonder if this applies to “made for kids” content which traditionally has not had ads
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by shireboy 6y ago
They are bad parents for not sticking to boundaries on occasions. They are good parents for caring enough to try to have boundaries,, thinking about the positive and negative impact the phone and apps may have on her. Sure, nothing can be

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