stagbeetle

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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Proper adjectives are for British English only. Even so, I don't see them often nor do I know of any current English grammar texts or thought leaders that recognize proper adjectives.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
A side-note: Statistical classification is machine learning, which is a subset of AI. Or atleast, was a subset of AI when it was classified itself. Machine learning has a lot of overlap with artificial intelligence, and statistical classifi
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
American is a proper noun in this case. White and asian (or should I rephrase it as "Asian and white?"), are used as descriptive adjectives here, also. If it were rephrased as "Whites and Asians, from America," then it w
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
On more levels than just one. Take a look at the bottom right hand corner of one of his projects[0]. No publicity is bad publicity, but I'm certain that violates proper attribution for Open Maps. If it were Google Maps instead, I'
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Indeed it is, my dear man! But in the words of the wise Renee Apidaesius: "Any bears that get their honey by pretending to be bees, will eventually be flooded by actual bees who mistakenly believe they are in good eusociality!"
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Her articles are on the first page of Google, two of them are very obviously titled, and one of them even lets you download the PDF. Here it is, I've even clicked on "Sort by Year." Buzz buzz, Queen Bee. [0] https:/&#x2F
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
The juxtaposition on the front page right now is cool. iPhone X 623 6 hours ago | 1290 comments Edward Snowden Interview: 'There Is Still Hope - Even for Me' 74 points 4 hours ago | 16 comments As they move past from their earthly
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Most firms are unwilling to invest any sort of money into security for their customers (this includes preventing breaches and having a sufficiently enticing bug bounty program). Third-party private firms are an arbiter that puts pressure on
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
>Maybe the 'crypto' vs 'digital' is too subtle for most ppl to understand (as in, what drives the use of the language. Why players are motivated to use the words they do). Maybe I didn't explain it well. I assume
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
My compatriot, I'm gonna be hoenst and say I have only a modicum of a clue what you've been trying to convey in this thread chain, and I've only been replying on what I've assumed you're trying to get across. No dis
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
This poster is correct, albeit not for his reasons. I speculate in digital currencies (or rather their exchange rates) and there is a fine difference. Digital currency is an all encompassing term for any money that solely exists electronica
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
This is true, but it's similar to using resources on going after heroin users instead of focusing on distributors and manufacturers. These are small fish and focusing on them lets the big players make even more moves.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Cost pass-off to consumers. If we assume all 2,000 people that use daraprim daily at $120 a daily dose, it comes out to $87,600,000 yearly. If we assume half of Americans don't have insurance (160 million), each American would see a he
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
To summarize the reasoning path: 1). "Results provide strong support for hormonal influences on interest in occupations characterized by working with Things versus People"[0] 2). "Boys and men prefer occupations related to ob
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
The colloquial "Asian" means East Asian/Far Eastern. This includes Japanese, Chinese, both Koreans, Taiwanese, and Mongolians. Commonly, anyone with epicanthic folds. In this case, I don't think the OP was talking about
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
To be frank, it's called being the better man. Progress isn't made when both parties refuse to cooperate. And one side isn't absolved of responsibility just because they believe the other side to be not worth their effort. Th
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
I see what you're saying, but it's an edge case for the No True Scotsman, with a mix of "moving the goal posts," i.e what real sincerity is like. >No, not really. What's the universal generalization or group here
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
This is true in the general sense, but I think he might be talking about sugar babies.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
I see my error. There is little point in continuing since it'll be just opinion. And a correction on my part, Damore is filing a labor complaint.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
The only thing it implies is that biology is an inherit bias within all of us.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Perhaps, though it doesn't make it untrue.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Alright. > Google is under government regulation. They cannot discriminate against others for their opinions of what they say. This was a simplified point and I have to apologize for being vague. Google, in certain circumstances covere
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Then are they really geeks or just have geek tendencies? Geekdom is a blood pact that one carries with them wherever they go. There's a lot of "us vs. them" mentality, especially in more introverted circles that feel as thoug
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
My argument is that one's religious beliefs dictate what sort of organizations one will be a part of, just the same a person's physiological makeup will dictate his profession of choice.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
This is a false equivalency. A better statement would be: "Will the Evangelical write a 10 page memo "explaining" why there are naturally fewer Atheists in church organizations because their beliefs makes the inherently less
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Forewarning, the following isn't an opinion that I hold: To play devil's advocate, what makes it right for certain groups to be able to be preferred over others? How come perceived racists, homophobes, and anti-semites are pushed
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
Spread is, simply, the difference between the buying price and the selling price. Usually in the context of stocks. Brokering fees are not calculated in with the base prices, though it would be once it's time to calculate returns.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
This is dishonest. The first party was the Centre for Law and Democracy (based in Canada). The second party was Article 19 (registered in UK) -- however I was informed I misread the print on this one. The third party was the Office of the U
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
From features I really wanted that no one was offering.
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by stagbeetle 9y ago
You are correct, after doing some digging I found this caption: "An illustration of the supermassive black hole located in the middle of the very dense galaxy M60-UCD1. It weighs as much as 21 million times the mass of our Sun. Credit

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