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by squozzer 11y ago
Typical New Pravda SOP. Drop an unsubstantiated rumor blaming something the government doesn't like then retract it once e damage has been done.
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by squozzer 11y ago
"Indentured servant" has too many syllables. Peon might be a better term, because its meaning leans towards economic rather than legal subordination.
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by squozzer 11y ago
Government rifling through our underwear provides only part of the justification for the pervasive mistrust of government. Hand-in-hand with the forced mass transparency of the proles has been the increasing opacity of even mundane function
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by squozzer 11y ago
The logic behind keeping OBL's death a secret has some facets worth examining. Most reasons given mention OBL's propaganda value - but was he really that popular? Did he have t-shirts or something similar a la Che Guevara? Would s
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by squozzer 11y ago
I had a total clockwork orange moment reading this. Unrelated note - you may call me a pig, but I only take calls from female recruiters.
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by squozzer 11y ago
So who exactly eats fried chicken in the UK?
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by squozzer 11y ago
We should not kid ourselves. The STEM shortage is a cynical fabrication. It is essentially war conducted with political, economic, and propaganda weapons. Against us. Keep that in mind when you decide to do something about it.
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by squozzer 11y ago
I doubt only F2P games hoover up the data. Ever read a EULA, end-to-end, and understood everything? Neither have I. But I will offer as a hypothesis that the phrase "we collect user data to enhance the gameplay experience" has a l
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by squozzer 11y ago
I have a very simple to understand yet very unlikely to be implemented standard of persuasion. Industry executives and engineers - and their families - should make a point of living near their plants.
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by squozzer 11y ago
Normally I whip out my Peter...Turchin and talk about how structural-demographic theory could predict the increased marginalization of vulnerable groups as societies reach their next crisis point. The truth of this problem however is probab
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by squozzer 11y ago
I am still fascinated by the possibility of genetic memory, but also heartened by the existence of skeptics. Looking forward to the debate, assuming it's a healthy one.
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by squozzer 11y ago
Genetic memory. If true, it would make evolution a more efficient process - the genes themselves change in the face of stress - than random mutation alone.
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by squozzer 11y ago
That's the analogy I was looking for.
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by squozzer 11y ago
When the writer states, "This can't continue." I can only say, "who will stop them and how will it be done?" Two of my favorite nations, the USA and UK, seem to be heading in China's direction. US citizens in p
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by squozzer 11y ago
I am not sure if the writer has thought out the drawbacks to working quickly but there is probably some benefit to deciding quickly. The writer mentions that faster employees have more work assigned to them. Woo hoo, but what happens when t
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by squozzer 11y ago
Pretty much, but consider the alternative - hypothetically infinite universes, inifitely divisible particles, turtles upon turtles...
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by squozzer 11y ago
What the author seems to miss is that before he could describe decay pathways he had to learn what an isotope was. We shouldn't mistake the simplestory-tellers for tenured scholars - their job is not to render dissertation. It is to pr
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by squozzer 12y ago
I think the central question - what is it to be a man (or human) - is a question worth trying to answer. I disagree with the author when he states the West doesn't really have an answer - sure, the answer isn't in the back of a te
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by squozzer 12y ago
There's a t-shirt out there that says, "you < turing", and while it's intended as a nerdy insult, the question I have is how many humans could pass a Turing Test?
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by squozzer 12y ago
Good points. I will do my best to answer. Generally, almost everyone involved in your points was compensated to do something, even if it wasn't the work that became the Internet stack, or if compensation was not their primary goal. My
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by squozzer 12y ago
"internet began as a collective enterprise, entirely created by public money — the defence establishment in America and assorted individual" My three years as a soldier in the US Army taught me that the U.S. defense establishment
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by squozzer 12y ago
By whom? One could argue they had the DDR's elite in their pocket.
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by squozzer 12y ago
I can't find too much fault with the author's complaints, being an etsy customer on occasion I have found it hard to wade through the flood of stuff to find the "perfect" trinket - after a while "perfect" and &
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by squozzer 12y ago
I do not consider myself a rockstar anything. But I like to figure things out, sometimes by reading the man pages (what a concept!), or consulting the Google, or a modest amount of trial and error, er, iteration. If none of these work, then
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by squozzer 12y ago
We can admit that unbridled self-esteem has created too many people whose actions may not jibe with their self-image. What bothers me is that the pendulum will return to the old notion of self-esteem as a doggie biscuit for obeying one&#x27
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by squozzer 12y ago
Congrats. I'm stealing your technique.
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by squozzer 12y ago
What the article doesn't explain or maybe cannot is that apple's strategy, if correctly stated, depends upon two factors: 1) the willingness of others to produce things that integrate with the iPhone; 2) how much trust end users a
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by squozzer 12y ago
My promise extends only to the original post.
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by squozzer 12y ago
I promise to shut up after this. The writer also has a false idea about value and worth. I say the answer is very simple - the value of a thing lies in how much someone is willing to pay for it. That seems circular, but recursive might desc
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by squozzer 12y ago
Interesting article but it fails to answer the basic question, "why do anything at all?" The obvious answer is that one must do something to stay alive, such as gather food. It's how animals, or more accurately, heterotrophs,

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