skuthus

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by skuthus 6y ago
I am slowly re-shelling and modding all of my original portable consoles. In addition, I am building new ones out of parts and bulk broken shipments from ebay - and selling them for much lower than the market currently lists them.
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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System(donellameadows.org)
2 points by skuthus 6y ago|0 comments
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by skuthus 6y ago
I haven't seen it mentioned yet: Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter - this book was a game changer for me - I read it in college over a partiularly rainy spring break and its content has changed the way I think about just about e
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DNA seen through the eyes of a coder(berthub.eu)
2 points by skuthus 6y ago|0 comments
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by skuthus 6y ago
The authority of an entire field of experts vs. the single representative of said experts is a good distinction. Good evidence can be reviewed and confirmed easily. Bad actors will try to obfuscate their information
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by skuthus 6y ago
That's significant, of course. However one statistical expert isnt going to outweigh a whole body of scientific findings
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by skuthus 6y ago
Also to follow up - I do feel they selectively ignored some of Sagan's larger point about authority. An 'Authority' figure is not in and of itself a trustworthy source. The head of the EPA is not necessarily the top Environme
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by skuthus 6y ago
If an expert in say, economics is telling me the the climate crisis is exaggerated, and an expert in climate science is saying that it isnt - I will tend to believe the expert in the most relevant field.
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by skuthus 6y ago
Thanks for sharing. Sagan's work has also had a profound impact on my life. I miss him and his wisdom terribly.
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The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Critical Thinking(brainpickings.org)
141 points by skuthus 6y ago|46 comments
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by skuthus 6y ago
I definitely don't blame Nintendo for using this strategy - I do however find it frustrating how unintuitive finding the games feels. Want to play Earthbound? Get a SNES classic. Want to play LOZ:Link to the Past? You can do it on the
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by skuthus 6y ago
I hope they continue to make those changes. To your first point, I find it ridiculous when companies make devices with very little ability to repair.
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by skuthus 6y ago
Got it. Thanks for the clarification
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by skuthus 6y ago
This is only partially true now. The surface laptop line has made huge strides in repair-ability. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/23/20929530/microsoft-surfa... That being said, the surface pro, go, and
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by skuthus 6y ago
If you don't look at the source code, how do you know they are re-engineering the source code?
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by skuthus 6y ago
To the OP's point, You can play some games with virtual console, but many games were released on only one or two newer consoles so you would effectively need to spend hundreds and sometimes thousands in order to actually play them all
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by skuthus 6y ago
If anyone is interested in checking out a compelling Kojima Title from the Gameboy Advance Era, look no further than Boktai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boktai:_The_Sun_Is_in_Your_Han... The game uses a solar senor on
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by skuthus 6y ago
I think if you disagree with what they have done, you should express that fully and also stop using the platform in favor of others who share your views.
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by skuthus 6y ago
It was retweeted by Elon Musk like a day ago
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by skuthus 6y ago
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Governm
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by skuthus 6y ago
According to the current interpretation of the Civil Rights Act, you would not be able to prevent them from shopping
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by skuthus 6y ago
>without interference from the government. Exactly. Youtube isn't the government.
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by skuthus 6y ago
You are welcome to find the video on other platforms
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by skuthus 6y ago
It's more like 'I have the right to choose which voices get heard on my private platform'
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by skuthus 6y ago
>The default state is a very limited platform (those immediately around you at any given time perhaps), but when you explicitly provide a platform for the public to use and then censor voices because you don't like what they have
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by skuthus 6y ago
Thanks, Dang. Got a little heated there.
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by skuthus 6y ago
That's why your comment was flagged, but my follow up comment with six real sources wasn't. Right. I am the naive one. This is no longer contributing to the conversation at hand.
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by skuthus 6y ago
. I didn't mention anti-vax sentiment as the reason they should be ashamed, I was referring to the suggestion that ID2020 is in any way applicable to the current COVID crisis. It isnt. 2. I have no affiliation with Microsoft, and neith
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by skuthus 6y ago
Ok, I confess. I have a really obvious bias: objective reality.
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by skuthus 6y ago
What statement am I being asked to consider as true? That this man hates bill gates?

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