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by swombat 12y ago
100 People signed up! It's going to be awesome! I've added another 50 tickets. We'll figure out a way to fit more people - there's a courtyard, and we can put up a marquee if the weather's bad.
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by swombat 12y ago
It's an interesting thought experiment. Here's my counter-scenario: She agrees to have sex only if he doesn't come. Unfortunately, he gets over-excited and comes anyway. She obviously doesn't notice until it actually ha
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by swombat 12y ago
"1. On 13th – 14th August 2010, in the home of the injured party [AA] in Stockholm, Assange, by using violence, forced the injured party to endure his restricting her freedom of movement. The violence consisted in a firm hold of the i
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by swombat 12y ago
I honestly don't understand why we can't keep a simpler definition for rape: sex without consent. Because that's not the definition of rape?? That seems like a good reason not to oversimplify. Here's our good old frien
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by swombat 12y ago
That's interesting, I didn't know that. Seems a bit perverted to expand the definition of rape like that - they should perhaps come up with a different term. Number one is tricky. I don't know what the answer is there. My gut
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by swombat 12y ago
Not a limit, but people do tend to leave as the night goes... depends how many people turn up I guess!
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by swombat 12y ago
I'll take another leap on a very thin branch and ask: did she consent to sex before she went to bed? "it was the expressed wish of the injured party and a prerequisite of sexual intercourse that a condom be used" sure makes i
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by swombat 12y ago
See my response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7989180 Yes, it is more nuanced than an on/off switch, if you consider all the different varieties of "sex" out there. No, omitting to use a condom w
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by swombat 12y ago
Failing to ensure personal health and safety is not rape. It may still be a crime, but rape is "forcing someone to have sex against their will", not "increasing their risk of being infected with an STD or falling pregnant&quo
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by swombat 12y ago
If someone has an STD, both parties are aware of this, and only agree to sex with a condom, what should happen if the condom is purposefully removed by the STD carrier? Then that person is an evil asshole who should go to jail for purpose
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by swombat 12y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7988687 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7988018
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Startup School Europe Warmup Party, July 25(eventbrite.co.uk)
14 points by swombat 12y ago|1 comments
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by swombat 12y ago
This is a social before a day of talks and networking... so, mostly drinking and eating. And a lot of talking, of course.
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by swombat 12y ago
How is that rape? I agree it's a lousy thing to do, but it's not like sexual consent is a conditional thing. "I agree to have sex with you so long as you send that email tomorrow." Next day: "You didn't send th
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by swombat 12y ago
What a brilliant idea! I'm happy to host at the GrantTree offices! We're in the heart of Shoreditch. Can host about 100 people for drinks and will happily provide beers, wine and possibly pizza at no cost. Also, we have a pool tab
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by swombat 12y ago
We have 50% genetic similarity with bananas - does that make us nearly bananas? More to the point, we have 96%-98.8% (depending on how you calculate it) similarity with chimpanzees. Presumably our similarity to Neanderthals would be very cl
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by swombat 12y ago
I don't know why it makes you feel good to support the recording industry in any way. You're not a legitimate user of the artists, you're a legitimate user of the recording industry, which is a bunch of evil bastards who live
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by swombat 12y ago
It's easy to download any youtube as mp3 - try googling for it, there are multiple services that offer that for free. Anything on Youtube is basically free as mp3.
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by swombat 12y ago
Actually, Rumelt does not attempt to define the difference between strategy and tactic. I guess from his point of view, that difference is irrelevant - the two are linked, I suppose. The book, however, is about good vs bad strategy, not abo
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by swombat 12y ago
The best book bar none that I've read about strategy is "Good Strategy, Bad Strategy" by Richard Rumelt: http://goodbadstrategy.com/ I highly recommend it. It's clear, intelligent, properly defines what
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by swombat 12y ago
May not be the advice you want to hear, but... you sound like you're in a country with a pretty terrible healthcare system (US? India? Ah, Brazil according to your bio on your site). The first thing I'd do in your position is move
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by swombat 12y ago
This: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcom-enemy-unknown/id6395448...
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by swombat 12y ago
Here's the video link, not sure where it went... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEvp59OBog
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by swombat 12y ago
Heated arguments are not a sign of "not being nice", they're just a sign of differing opinions. If having a different opinion makes it impossible for you to "be nice", then you're not nice.
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Scientists discover way to overcome bacterial antibiotic resistance(scotsman.com)
3 points by swombat 12y ago|0 comments
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by swombat 12y ago
I learned a lot of my people skills from Diplomacy. It also helped me work out a number of trust issues. Before someone gets worried about the first statement, it does not mean that I am the kind of person who will betray someone - in fact,
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by swombat 12y ago
Counter: There is not such things as enemies... only people you haven't played Diplomacy with.
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by swombat 12y ago
Nice but... the iPad game completely took care of all my XCom cravings for quite some time. It was one of the most solid iPad games I've encountered. It's more a remake than an adaptation, and they really put in a lot of effort to
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by swombat 12y ago
I didn't say it made me sad. I just said it made me (and you) fairly insignificant in the greater scheme of things. Insignificance is awesome. Significance seems highly overrated, more to do with assuaging one's ego than with enjo
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by swombat 12y ago
A cow is still well within the realm of dimensions that a human mind can comprehend. You won't feel insignificant when looking at a cow because while bigger, it's not that much bigger. Apart from poisoning you when you eat it, or

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