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   by viggity 16y ago

   I'm happy to pay (reasonable) taxes for needs that cannot be easily serviced by private industry. That isn't what my post was about. The post I was replying to was trying to insinuate that having "excess wealth" leads to being unhappy and t
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   by viggity 16y ago

   Oh, so it is ok to take away what someone else's earnings because you know better than they do?
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   by viggity 16y ago

   Theo Van Gogh and can attest that battalions of assassins aren't needed in order to be murdered.
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   by viggity 16y ago

   But I have to say, the muslim clerics defending the Islamic center in NYC are really a credit to their religion when they oppose the Koran burning not on religious grounds, but because it will endanger American troops. Burning the Koran d
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   by viggity 16y ago

   Science is a testable, reproducible hypothesis. Computer models (the foundation for AGW) never have been and never will be science.
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   by viggity 16y ago

   Joining a fraternity was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It is a million times more easy to become involved on campus activities when you have a large social network via the Fraternity. I've got 100 friends for life, 20 of which I
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   by viggity 16y ago

   so how exactly does one go about procuring a .gov domain?
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   by viggity 16y ago

   I think the most important metric on whether or not to trust someone is there research methodology. Everything regarding MMR has been tested via a double blind study (ie the people analyzing the data are different and separated from the peo
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   by viggity 16y ago

   how could universal health care ever be construed as a bad thing? Universal healthcare construes long waits and inadequate care to me. The universal health care slogan should be: "The efficiency of the DMV, the compassion of the IRS". The
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    by viggity 16y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes_theorem
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Its funny how you never hear about anyone arguing for gender equality when it comes to death row or homelessness or psych wards or menial physical labor.
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    by viggity 16y ago

    I'm not sure why you're getting flagged, but I really like your site, I'll be buying this bundle this weekend :)
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Can't believe this hasn't been listed yet: Atlas Shrugged http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Shrugged-Ayn-Rand/dp/0452011876
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    by viggity 16y ago

    That scientific american article always pissed me off. Just because my brain may know what decision I'm going to make before I'm conscious of it, doesn't mean that I didn't make the decision. It is still my brain. The whole thing reeks of n
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    by viggity 16y ago

    all research studies are bullshit
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    by viggity 16y ago

    FTA: "For decades, politicians and pundits on the right have told us that we need to balance the federal budget in order to keep inflation low; this remains a staple of libertarian thinking (even though economic research demonstrates that
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    by viggity 16y ago

    for those confused about what he means by " that Godwin" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Yes.
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Whenever I get a little bored, I load Knuth's page and just start clicking around, its amazing the stuff that I've learned!
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    Anything worth knowing about CS can be found within 3 jumps from this page(en.wikipedia.org)

    3 points by viggity 16y ago|4 comments
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    by viggity 16y ago

    I read a lot, that is how I know about most of the algorithms in my arsenal. But in this particular instance we dealt with Levenshtein Distance in a cryptography graduate class at Iowa State and I've used it in a couple other places other t
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Screw you lady. I'm tired of you and your "social justice" cabal that try to make me feel guilty about EVERYTHING. I started programming in high school and I've worked my fucking ass off getting to where I am. Your article does nobody any f
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Whoever leaked this is guilty of treason, and if any of the informants get killed over this, the leaker should executed.
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    by viggity 16y ago

    :) We've been getting a lot of requests for PHP, it is next on our list.
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    by viggity 16y ago

    I used Levenshtein Automata when I wrote Atomiq Duplicate Code Finder ( http://www.getatomiq.com ). It is some pretty cool stuff!
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    by viggity 16y ago

    If someone applies for YC intending to use MS tech, do you count that as a point against?
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    by viggity 16y ago

    looks interesting, I'd really like to see more screenshots
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    by viggity 16y ago

    FTA: "Languages, of course, are human creations, tools we invent and hone to suit our needs. Simply showing that speakers of different languages think differently doesn't tell us whether it's language that shapes thought or the other way ar
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    by viggity 16y ago

    Assuming 10000 visitors to the park Flat Price No Charity: 10000 * .005 * $12.95 = $647.50 to park only Flat Price Half Charity: 10000 * .0059 * $12.95 * .5 = $382.03 to both park and charity Name Price No Charity 10000 * .0839 * $0.92 = $7
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    by viggity 16y ago

    I've had an overall positive experience with reddit ads. I'd really recommend trying a campaign that is longer than 2 days - say a week or longer but you don't need to spend as much each day and you'll get a lot more unique visitors.