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by welshwelsh 4y ago
Imagine a future where the vast majority of work is automated. Most of this is computationally expensive work, such as training large neural networks, and the average program takes a substantial amount of resources to run, comparable to pa
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
It's not killing someone. A fetus isn't a person. > I can’t imagine anything LESS scummy than helping save the lives of those babies who are now likely very glad they were born So would it be ethical to rape someone and force
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
This is not a state issue or a cultural issue, it is an individual issue. It does not matter what people in Kentucky think. They do not have the right to an opinion on another person's life decisions. Even if every person in Kentucky,
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
Ridiculous. A fetus is not a person. A pig or a cow is more sentient. If we're going to call a fetus a person, first we gotta do intelligent livestock and outlaw killing animals for food. The difference is that most Americans would
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
That's true, but additional gun deaths in Switzerland are suicides. Gun homicides in Switzerland are below the EU average.
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
It's not appropriate to compare the United States to Afghanistan or Sudan. Better to pick countries with similar GDP per capita. Switzerland is a good point of comparison; they have about half as many guns per capita as the US which i
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
The problem is that there are people who have published free, no-bullshit guides on how to change a tire for the sake of spreading knowledge, and these results should be prioritized over businesses who have a profit motive.
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
I don't think I've ever experienced that. I mean, I've lived my whole life in the US, but never experienced anyone being intolerant of me because I am a man or because I am white, nor have I ever heard of that happening to a
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
>He did not have much intention of actually learning anything. I strongly disagree, you are missing the point of competency based education. It's important to understand that an undergraduate CS degree needs to be accessible even to
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by welshwelsh 4y ago
I did the same thing. Got a Bachelors in CS in 1 term at WGU. Very happy with it, got a great job after graduation and I feel very well prepared for it. I know this sounds really sketchy so here are my thoughts. * Most undergraduate-level c
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
The SAT measures the two skills colleges care most about: reading and math. Reading is the most important part. Your score on this section is determined by how much time you spend reading. A student who reads for an hour a day will get a
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
>Wales made corporeal punishment illegal recently. That would be unthinkable in most of the world. In most Asian cultures, children have a lifelong obligation to their parents. China banned corporal punishment during the communist revolu
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
But he's correct. That's the part you're missing. If he was wrong, that would be completely different. You're focusing on the appearance of the rhetoric, when you should be attempting to determine the truth of the poi
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
I would not say that meditation is about eliminating thoughts from the mind. That might not even be possible. It is more about setting intentions and sticking to them. For example, I might have some thoughts that are rooted in a specific
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
I'm sure there are some pipefitters who make a lot of money, but we should go by averages, not outliers. The average for "Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters" is $56,330 per year, according to the BLS. For "Software
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
Religion is often passed down from parents to children, and people historically tend to believe whatever their parents do. But in modern secular societies, family is less influential, and people get their information from other sources. Fo
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
But was there ever an objective basis? No two believers could ever agree on what God wants, even back when Jesus was alive. Because God is nothing but an invention of man, what God thinks is merely a reflection of what each individual per
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
But with Usenet, you don't lose access to any content at all. It would be like if one reddit server bans you, but you can still use reddit and other people can still see your comments because other servers, owned by other people, also
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
If the company feels that your contributions aren't worth $X they can fire you
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
>I'd never hire a full time employee who can work remotely. I'd employ a contractor who has to itemize their invoice. That's not going to save you any money though. A FT developer who makes $75 an hour only accepts that pa
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by welshwelsh 5y ago
I have mixed feelings about whether or not restricting a child's video game usage is a good idea. However, I think that the state imposing these restrictions is vastly superior to having parents impose the same restrictions. The amoun