sparky_z

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by sparky_z 10y ago
Possibly stupid question: why is that no longer done?
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Followed up immediately with "Are all parts of Angular affected?" The charitable interpretation is that he is asking "is there a safe subset of Angular that we can use instead of a blanket ban?".
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"Major Presidential Candidate" is not equivalent to "random citizen" in the government's eyes. For one thing, they get Secret Service protection.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
> The constant fake smiling, cold and calculated question answering, passive aggressiveness, etc. In short, the traits of a great manipulator. Aren't those, pretty much by definition, the traits of a poor manipulator? A great manipu
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"Most Americans" at the time had no idea about JFK's personal flaws in that regard. If they had, I can't imagine he would have reached the point of being nominated.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Actually, I didn't personally encounter anything like that, but I now have a better idea of what you meant and agree it's not unheard of.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"I will say that there's definitely a hazing culture across all professions in America that's completely unnecessary and inappropriate." I'm a structural engineer. I don't recall any sort of hazing culture, or
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"These days if something extraordinary happens - such as a phone blowing up in the middle of the day - it is usually filmed." Are you sure there's no selection bias going on here? In today's media/internet climate,
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"Every 1800 RPM generator has to make 30 extra turns." I'm having trouble wrapping my my head around this one. If the goal is maintaining a steady output, shouldn't they keep revolving at the same rate, without worrying
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by sparky_z 10y ago
To the extent that this is true, it doesn't matter. You could say the same thing about any scary story told by boy scouts around the campfire.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
There's a lot of silliness in this article, but I'll focus on one glaring example because I'm on mobile. "In 95 percent of the cases, bad weather strangely follows a disappearance, washing out footprints and other clues
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by sparky_z 10y ago
No, that's a cache of the wrong page. There's a one-character difference between the urls. Google may not actually have a cache of the correct page, since it's so new.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
>The US has 1.7 representatives in parliament per citizen. Either I'm reading this wrong (what do you mean by "parliament"?), or this can't possibly be correct.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
The headline and one line summary at the top were probably written by an editor, not the author. The editor probably skimmed over the piece, saw the line "the Japanese government projects that 30 to 50 people will be poisoned each year
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by sparky_z 10y ago
> if you are still eligible for a Roth, but already maximized your other tax-advantaged space in 401(k)s and IRAs. Under what conditions could this occur?
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by sparky_z 10y ago
I have LLBean sheets that fit those parameters, and I'm quite happy with them. I chose them based on this comparitive review: http://m.thesweethome.com/reviews/best-sheets/
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by sparky_z 10y ago
The implied answer is typically "yes". It's the _correct_ answer that's typically "no".
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Pretty sure you mean Peter F Hamilton, there. Alexander was a different guy.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
According to the news coverage I've read, those shows don't have "commercial breaks", they just have a single commercial at the beginning and end. Honestly, who cares? Just hit mute and sit quietly for 30 seconds. I can&
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by sparky_z 10y ago
I bet that the original licensing deals had terms based on "share of ad revenue". They had to renegotiate all their contracts to offer the ad-free tier, and not all the content providers played ball.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
A little context, please?
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by sparky_z 10y ago
I would think that normal GPS maps intended as a navigation aid for humans don't need ultra-high precision. Even an offset of a few meters wouldn't be enough to confuse it about which road you're on and the direction you&#x27
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"No. That's a silly claim; the brain doesn't literally shut off during sleep" Fine then, cryosleep. Total biologically-inert suspended animation. Would that change your answer?
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by sparky_z 10y ago
What do you think "you" are exactly? * Are you a specific arrangement of atoms. If so, then you are constantly dying and being reborn. * Are you a specific arrangement of neurons? If so you die and are reborn every time a memory i
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by sparky_z 10y ago
"From the point of view of your body, it would be someone giving you anesthetic, and then killing you." The point of view of your body ends when it is anesthetized. That's the definition of "anesthetize" that I&#x27
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by sparky_z 10y ago
It would be as simple anesthetizing you, copying/uploading your brain, then euthanizing the body and "awakening" yourself in the computer. From your point of view, it would be no more discontinuous than waking up after surger
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by sparky_z 10y ago
I think you're missing the important point that Houshalter was being sarcastically critical of makmanalp's dismissive top-level comment, not the proof in the article.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Okay, that's what I didn't understand. Thanks.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Well, the device knows exactly what signal it's putting out through the speaker, so it can predict what the microphone will pick up. It doesn't know what someone with a hoarse voice is about to say.
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by sparky_z 10y ago
Do phones not filter out/ignore any sound being emitted from the speaker? Seems like that shouldn't be too hard to do.

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