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by such_a_casual 11y ago
It's about quality control. You have more certainty about soil, air, water, light, insects, animals, etc. So the scientific method is more effective. On a side note: outdoor plants grow much larger, and as such have much larger yields.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I mean, I don't think there's anyone in California smoking weed grown in Mexico. There just wouldn't be any reason to.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
So refusing to look up function definitions in python is the equivalent of using pure-functional languages and learning new paradigms? Please.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Honestly, I nor anyone else has any idea what she or he means by functional since they didn't provide any sort of example, and it's not even clear that the user would even know functional programming if they saw it. They reference
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
> I don't want to learn something else ;) Maybe programming isn't for you then.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
It's a little absurd to compare a story with essentially 1 thesis and 1 antithesis, to a story full of theses and antitheses where the reader is constantly asking "Which thesis will prevail above which?" and ultimately, &quot
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Honestly, it's pretty rude of you to make me spit out my coffee. T-shirt in question: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Munition... from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
But if they ban encryption, there won't be any more bad guys.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I used the word explicit because I was thinking something along the lines of: the scope in lisp is explicitly defined with parentheses (). Where as something like a static variable (or pretty much any variable that's defined in Algol l
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
If Theranos is doomed in the end, does this paint Walgreens in a poor light for not properly vetting them in the first place? Or can no one really blame Walgreens for their actions up to now? I know their CFO was replaced in 2014 (he seems
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I think the real issue is that whether they are psychologists or psychiatrists, there seems to be no accountability in the field (outside of extremes like malpractice) in terms of whether or not they actually provide any value to the patien
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Sorry for your losses.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
It's not okay to lie about mental health. This is a dangerous post. If you are someone who read that post and are about to take what was said as fact at least google the statement that is the most obviously fake: "Did you know tha
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
comparing periods of months and years
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
My experiences with this are mostly not tech related. It seems to come up everywhere. I'm glad that you found something that worked for you.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I completely concede to that. I, admittedly, was just reaching for the most obvious example of people who exercise.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Not to start a flame war with you, but in the hope that maybe I can make this panacea a little less popular I want to get something off my chest. Every time someone has a problem with mental health, whether it's depression, anxiety, dr
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I did not know C had static variables at the function level (thank you for pointing this out), but static variables are not the same thing as what I'm thinking of when I say "explicit scoping". It would basically be like writ
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I haven't programmed in C, but my view comes from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1iUe6IofM&feature=youtu.be... What would be the C equivalent of: (let ((last-response)) (defun get-respons
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Google says 45% of bottled water is just tap water. I will never understand this phenomena.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
A really excellent piece. Having no experience whatsoever with Erlang, I feel like I have a very strong idea of its purpose and approach after reading this. Not only that, but it's convinced me that a system for prioritizing and restar
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
NOW WATCH: These are the only vitamins you should be taking — and the ones you should skip
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
When I look at some of the fundamental differences between lisp and the mainstream languages (like everything-as-expressions and explicit scoping of variables and functions), I realize that Lisp is centuries ahead of its time. How long is i
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
I explained this in another post about paypal. Basically, paypal has a monopoly on international transactions for Americans. I ended up switching to Bitcoin, but not everyone is able to do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
God I love that logo: https://github.com/bevacqua/dragula/raw/master/resources/log...
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
Programming languages are some of the shittiest languages ever created. Mathematics is probably the best language ever created. The more programming can be like math, the better.
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
How does privately funded research compare to publicly funded research in terms of results (however you want to measure them)?
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
What is the thing that allowed Uber to exist in the first place? Cheesy? How about nonsensical and a sick laugh at their ignorant customers?
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
looks like a toilet seat to me
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by such_a_casual 11y ago
You make a fair point. In fact, if we had even stronger software patents, facebook would have had to wait 20 years after the invention of myspace. A world with no facebook? Valhalla? It seems I need to rethink my position.

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