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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Plants aren't capable of running away. I really don't see this as much of an argument. Then again, I don't know if I agree that "plants feel pain" either. I'm not necessarily a huge fan of factory farming, but
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
How do you feel about hunting? For pretty much my entire life I've lived off venison that I (or someone in my family) has harvested.
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
As someone who has done a decent amount of fishing. I honestly can't say I've ever seen a fish give me any kinds of pain queues or looks besides a blank stare. A lot of the time, even when you are trying to get a hook out that the
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
You aren't trying to "prove" a hypothesis, you are trying to prescribe to others how they should live their lives by telling them the assumptions they should hold. Without any kind of proof for that.
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
https://outline.com/ is a favorite of mine to get around paywalls as well. There is also a chrome extension.
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
One crazy thing was when I got my mortgage and was transferring my down payment to the mortgage company, my bank didn't require me to even show my ID. There is probably a reason for it, as the documents all matched up on the name and I
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
It really is sad. The only schizophrenic person I've interacted with was thankfully on medication and it seemed to help a lot. A very sweet elderly woman. I have spent a decent amount of time watching https://www.youtube.co
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
I think (well, hope) that internet content creators will start to figure out different monetization strategies. Do online ads even show any kind of ROI? I suppose they must, but I'm curious what kind of numbers they actually get. It se
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Ah, I was afraid of this. I wasn't really intending on starting flame wars or anything. They are just the posts I feel I have something to add. I'll attempt to diversify my comments.
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
What I've seen are short fences at best. Barely enough to stop a paraplegic. Gates are possible to build, not to mention a lot of the Rio Grande wouldn't need anything built near it because of the natural geography and the sheer c
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
In general I agree, especially with the TSA. I'm not a fan of the amount of foreign intervention we do. Such as in Syria, it is sad to see how terrible things are there, but I have no idea how it is of any strategic importance to our c
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu47muw--A4 This guy in the UK has been in court for 2 years for making this video. It is an obvious joke, yet the crown is acting like he is a secret Nazi trying to use his dog to convert pe
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Why not both? Why can't we have strong border security and legalize drugs? I'm hoping with the recent Sessions announcement that he will be enforcing federal law in states where marijuana is "legal" that will put pressur
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Sounds like envy to me. Which doesn't really seem like something we as a society should cater to. Instead people should learn to either be happy with what they have, or actively attempt to make steps to improve their life. There is no
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Do you have any friends? Are you a robot? This kind of thinking is completely outside of any kind of consideration for camaraderie or connectedness with a team or group of people. In terms of the Franken stuff specifically. The woman was kn
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Is it? I would love to see the proof of that. Afghanistan has one of the lowest Gini coefficients in the world. So inequality doesn't seem to be their problem.
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
I still fail to see how "economic inequality" is a bad thing. If you accept that we will never be equal (aka aren't a communist) then the question becomes, what is a "good" level of inequality? How do you determine
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
I find the fear that sex robots will encourage violence against women or "objectification" (I'm curious what kind of research backs up that concept in general) is dubious at best. Do dildos cause women to look at a man as an
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
Ah yes, Marissa Mayer, a woman who became the CEO of a company. So oppressed by the "boys club". https://medium.com/@marlene.jaeckel/the-empress-has-no-cloth... She definitely agrees with you. Women who actua
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
My argument is that programmers have never cared who you are. Only that you wanted to learn. That you are encouraging people to doubt the limits of their own potential and their reception into programming by making it out to be some horribl
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
I honestly wondered if you were a poe. I was laughing until I realized you are being serious. Since 1996 programming has been about 50% frat bros? Really? The quintessential "nerd" job? I couldn't disagree with you more. Whil
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
As I don't have enough karma yet, I cannot flag this. I've been a frequent visitor for a while though. Anyway it doesn't seem appropriate here. This is ground that has been tread a thousand times. As much as I'd like to
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
While this is true, they have to be weary of setting taxes too high. There is already a lot of infrastructure set up for the black market and you have to makes sure the taxes aren't so high that the legal market can't compete with
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
What? That link doesn't support a "blank slate" argument at all. While I'm not a parent, ask any parent and they will tell you that their children show very different personalities from an incredibly young age. To act as
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
She also mentions "exposure", but people are exposed to software all the time. My interest started with being curious of how things were built and how I could do so myself. I didn't know anyone who was a coder either. I got l
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
>It seems that tech companies also prefer the deregulatory approach when it comes to what content to allow on their platforms. Their default is laissez-faire—to not interfere with what people can post. This is quickly changing for the wo
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by supreme_sublime 9y ago
So I see many people in this thread talking about "improving police procedures" a concrete example of that would be treating with suspicion any call that comes through any means other than 911. This person called a city government