sixstringbudha

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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>It's amazing how easy it is to get the majority of people to completely shut down their critical thinking abilities. In this case, it only took 3 words. One amusing thing I have noticed is that how fast all of the internet got conv
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
over the air updates, like most things in marketing is a sign of incompetence, even they are marketed as a positive. In reality it means that they the company is OK to ship broken/half baked stuff (owning to some kind of market pressur
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
When I see things like these, I always think. Oh look, another thing that will eventually get bought out. I mean, I woulnd't want to depend on one of these things unless the people behind them has shown a enough defiance against the bu
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>Parents can be rather selfish too, most can't wait until their kids turn 18 and leave the house. The want to live alone too. This is the worst aspect of it. The hypocrisy! When I was young and naive, I believed parents loved to hav
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
What a crappy article and an equally crappy title. > Some days I would go to bed 3am, others I would sleep until 2pm. There is your problem. Don't blame it on being remote. If you don't have the discipline, you will find that y
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>Can you suggest an environment conducive to life that isn't exposed to EM radiation? Life itself creates EM radiation. There is nothing in the definition of "life" that warrants an ability to observe EM radiation or creat
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> nature of reality remains constant regardless of the data amassed. It does not remain constant. But it remains indeterminable. Ie we can say we know something about the universe. But we cannot say we know x % of the universe simply bec
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> as long as we lived somewhere EM existed had a noticeable effect, which is just about everywhere. You should have understood that I meant otherwise. Of course, if we could notice the effect of EM, that could trigger an investigation ev
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
That is because we could "see" it. Imagine if we were not able to see. Could we have known the existence of EM? Or think if we were not able to hear. Could we have imagined the sensation of sound, or the concept of music? Human be
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
Ghost..is the word you are looking for.
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>. It's been done to death.. You are missing the point. I am not saying Php is crap for the people already who know it. I am saying Php is crap for people who are new to programming and don't know to stay away from Php yet...I
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
Some statements might warrant citations, while some might not. That is your argument, right? Given! Now, hop along your merry way!
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>Am I crazy or does this seem like an extremely cynical attempt to get more phone numbers? Yes it does. The normal Gmail interface I get now has a forgot password link which is by default activated after I enter the username. I have to e
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>If he had disclosed all his conflicts, the same research would have been published in the same places with the same people. Nothing would have changed. Speculation. > Nobody really cares or pays much attention. Maybe they should. &gt
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
I have a similar explanation to this dropping hormone levels phenomenon. It is simply just that it does not require to be a 'manly man' in these days to have the same amount of "success", as it required in the old times.
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>but the book doesn't claim that time doesn't exist. Why are people so hung up on the question whether 'x' exist or not without actually having a proper idea of what it mean for something to "exist"?
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> "soften" the principles of science. How can it soften the principles of science, if it does not masquerade as science. Can you point me in the article where it tries to pass some mysticism or philosophy as science?
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
Did quoting R.Feynman was part of your plan? Because I don't see no other point for your original comment other than to eventually quote R.Feynman. A: I like x B: I don't like x A: Why? B: Because it is not science A: Why is that
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
Everything was "not science" before it became "science". So what is your point?
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
>It seems to care more about evoking some mystical and philosophical idea of the universe What is wrong about mystical, philosophical idea of the universe? I like mystical, philosophical idea of the universe.
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> Indian companies will work more closely with the Indian government for more oppressive surveillance of its people. And having the source open and reviewable does not help with that? The problem with depending on is - this might not be
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> No, a related disadvantage doesn't nullify the fact of an advantage. Sure it does in some cases. Having a lot of gold is an advantage. Having to keep from being stolen is a disadvantage. That disadvantage does not nullify the adva
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> You're really shifting the goalposts. Not really. Its just that I (and most people today) see a car as something that can take them mostly anywhere, across the country. If you see or limit the definition of a car as something that
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> Cost of fueling - electricity is cheaper than gas. Nullified by the fact that charging stations are scarce AND that it takes a lot of time to finish a charge. People drive cars so that they can get somewhere faster. It does not help if
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> As an Indian citizen, my only hope is that foreign tech companies resist the crippling moves by the executive... As an India citizen, why are you not hoping that Indian developers and government grow competent enough to built software
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> There are so many obvious benefits of electric cars, as soon as they are close to cost competitive. Like what exactly? You will have to assume that I am a modern man who don't give two shits about the environment, when deciding to
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> Changing one's environment is usually hard work, and a real learning experience. Mmmmm..I am not sure. It seems to me that adapting oneself to a given environment would be far more worthy a learning experience (might be harder as
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> since other characteristics can and do change a lot, especially with a targeted effort to change them. Some attributes can be changed, some, on the other hand, not so much.
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> You had all this before social media. In school I have been made fun of, I have been beaten, people have stolen from me and destroyed my properties. They made pranks, used peer pressure and had huge vanity and popularity contests, whil
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by sixstringbudha 8y ago
> your IQ absolutely increases with education. Then I am not sure if it is actually measuring intelligence.

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