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by unit91 10y ago
Still problematic. What does it mean to have "poor" taste? I'll throw in the epistemic problem too: if I have poor musical taste, how will I know it?
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In short, Squirrel is small, nimble and has features that are pretty nuts. Looking for something else? You're barking up the wrong tree.
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Totally agree. However, in the context of whether you can do business with your family members, you probably already know them well enough to make that assessment.
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Depends on what everybody loves most. If it's money, forget about it. If it's something higher (other people, God, etc.) then I think it can really work well. I previously worked at a startup with my brother. We both had rough
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Irony: someone with the user name "apathy" cares a great deal about word choices.
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Agreed. Part of the problem is there's virtually no limit to the application of sentences like this. For example, "Given how important the Sun is for our survival, here's a list of 200 terms everyone should know about nucl
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by unit91 10y ago
If done right, reutilization can really revitalize a dying area. When Rackspace bought an abandoned shopping mall, the City of Windcrest (very small San Antonio suburb) was on it's way out. [1, 2] With the Rackspace infusion, the imm
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by unit91 10y ago
Wow, you've made a lot of assumptions about me and not very charitable ones. Let me address a few of them: 1. I'm not a TV watcher. The last movie I saw was "Frozen", and before that I can't remember. I'm c
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I have a wife and 5 kids under age 7. Were my family to be confronted with a dangerous criminal, I couldn't possibly defend them all without a gun, and even then it might still be very difficult. So I carry a Glock 22 at all times.
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by unit91 10y ago
Sanity check: Google searchers aren't necessarily voters. The UK had a massive (72.2%) turnout, which still leaves 13 million potential voters at home [1]. I think it's reasonable that those least-likely to vote on this issue a
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by unit91 10y ago
This will finally alleviate the awkward pronunciation ambiguity. To this day, I'm not sure whether to say "OS ex" or "OS ten".
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1 Minute of All-Out Exercise May = Benefits of 45 Minutes of Moderate Exertion(mobile.nytimes.com)
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Agreed. He also subtly introduces a double-standard here, in that a person with no training or experience might fail in these situations, thus we're inferior to machines...but without the right algorithms and training data a computer
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by unit91 10y ago
What strikes me about the article is that a gratitude journal is recommended because of its effect, with no real discussion of the cause of the increased happiness. What could possibly explain a strong, common desire regardless of life-cir
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by unit91 11y ago
I've had pretty decent success just being straight with people about my goals and seeing what they say. If I'm talking to other programmers and not management, I generally ask: - Are you happy here? Why? - Every job has little an
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Until you lose it or it's stolen.
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I Googled "warring criminal gangs", here's the first result. It's a great example of the kind of evil-fighting-evil I was describing. http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/
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by unit91 11y ago
artursapek, DannoHung: Thanks for your thoughtful replies. Notice though, that you've both affirmed that the Nazis did in fact do (really) bad things. You've also affirmed that the bad things they did comported with their genera
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by unit91 11y ago
Hardly. "Enemy" is a matter of perspective, but there are actual "bad guys", regardless of what side I'm on. As a simple illustration, if you were a holocaust victim at Auschwitz, the Nazi regime is your enemy, eve
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by unit91 11y ago
If by "people" he means "undergraduate students" then yes, they're probably pretty rare. On the other hand, if he means "an average programmer with 5+ years experience", probably not rare at all. Given t
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by unit91 11y ago
> But unless you made a meaningful discovery that can add to the conversation... I don't think this applies here. Personally, I learned something from two of his examples, bookmarked the page, and will refactor accordingly. I&#x27
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by unit91 11y ago
I liked his examples, though I disagree with his conclusion (don't use jQuery). It seems like the real conclusions are: 1. understand the language you're using (this would solve the `bind` examples); and 2. learn how to use you
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by unit91 11y ago
If I understand you correctly, you're saying all knowledge is just a bunch of assumptions. This raises the question, how do you know that statement is true? On that view, you can only reasonably say, "I've assumed it."
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by unit91 11y ago
Not at all. An assumption is "a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof" [1]. The goal of science is minimize assumptions and maximize knowledge (justified, true belief) [2]. One easy way to do this
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by unit91 11y ago
Taking this rationale to its logical conclusion, a police officer would be required to wait for violence to actually occur before responding. Imagine the scenario in which a civilian points a gun at a police officer's head. What cour
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by unit91 11y ago
I don't understand your comment in relation to the male / female issue. Care to expound?
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According to Wikipedia [1], SFPD is highest-paid department in the US. According to the BLS [2], the 2014 median pay for a police officer was $58,630. Compared to society as a whole, that's ok money, but not great money. 1. https:&
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Disclaimer: I've never been a cop, but I have several close friends who are. Generally speaking, this means disciplinary action (e.g., time off without pay) and accompanying documentation. While that may not sound that bad, there are
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Not to be overly pedantic, but it's also predicated on a person's understanding of love (in the romantic sense). For example, if one understands love to be significant emotional attraction, then this type of exercise seems likely
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You've got an equivocation [1], three red herrings [2], and one begged question [3]. Equivocation: You used "we" to mean government ("trillions on wars"), then private citizens ("hundreds of billions on sports.

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