wolverine876

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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   > with gradual loss of technology developed during previous lifetimes. What do you mean by that? Are you referring to something like the Middle Ages?
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself", in Leaves of Grass . Possibly the most famous book of poetry in the US, at least. Apparently you need to do some reading of that "literature", as you call it - the kind that doesn't
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself", in one of the most famous books of poetry ever (responding to the other commenter), Leaves of Grass . I don't know that Whitman meant to talk about science, but whether he was conscious
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   > 6 months in the laboratory can sometimes save you hours in the library. One of my favorites!
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   Help us out - why?
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   Thanks!
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   Thanks. It's so valuable for people to see these things from the less-usual perspective. I know Biden has been appointing some public defenders to the federal judiciary, so hopefully they will bring a bit of another perspective to thei
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   > The first name that came into my mind was MLK. Rest in Peace. We don't have to go nearly as far (or high) as MLK: Obama, GWB, Clinton, GHWB, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon (iirc), Johnson, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, FDR, etc etc. .
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   by wolverine876 3y ago

   I'm sure you know that democracies, in reality, actually have rule of law and universal rights. > It used to be, the rights of the 2% of gang members were respected, while the 98% of honest citizens had no rights and lived in fear.
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > a non-trivial scientific result that was meaningful in any way I assume you mean non-trivial and meaningful to society and to the progress of human knowledge. My whole point is that those properties are not necessary to doing 'sci
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > You're likely describing citizen science and engineering That's what you are describing. If you read my comments, I am not talking about that (though I don't object to it), and my main point is that science is not defi
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    They may be sold to a financial institution at some discount on face value, which would then do the best they can with them.
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    It seems like a very law-abiding, low-crime place. Are fines and sentences ineffective?
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    There are a few issues that cross my mind ... First I assume you mean a '360 x 360 degree' image - meaning you don't want a circle, but a sphere. [0] Second, much of your image would not be useful, obstructed by the Sun, Moon
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    I don't know Nostr, but why can't you moderate anonymous forums? HN is anonymous. Or is Nostr literally non-censorable, in that I can't get an undesireable message or user off my personal feed.
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    What is more activism than love itself? Anyway, not my business! I will awkardly change the subject now ...
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > ... I should try it myself. But I was hoping to maybe get some insights from somebody in the field. Yes, of course. Please don't mistake my enthusiasm for some imperative or criticism. I was just taking the opportunity to make a p
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    This looks very interesting and I wish you guys the best. One suggestion - a nitpick usually that I wouldn't write, but because it's a language product, you want to give the right impression of your language skills: In English, u
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    It could be somewhat embarassing for someone who trusts the app and then says the wrong thing to another human. As an off-the-cuff idea (not because you haven't already thought deeply but because I hate to find a problem without offeri
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > the regime clearly has democratic legitimacy (highest approval ratings in the Western hemisphere!) Approval ratings, however accurate, are not at all democratic legitimacy, and those and testimonials are right out of the dictator'
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    With respect, that is the complete opposite of science! The only difference, the only barrier, between you and a 'scientist' is that someone else took that step to do it themselves. Tomorrow you could be a scientist - next time yo
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    humbug! boo hiss! Do you go to concerts and critique the scaffolding? :) And that is not the first step. The first step is to have a curious thought, to seize on it, to rush out to test it. And only then, maybe, you do a lit review, do it m
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > Well I was hoping for something more scientific. What is more scientific than testing the hypothesis yourself? That's science; that's its essential joy and spirit and nature. Have you reckon'd a thousand acres mu
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    Try different colors at your home!
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    Interesting. I sometimes wonder how they end up near the lights: there wouldn't seem to be a light source at night for most of their evolution. Maybe they used the moon in the background. But is it correct to assume that, if something
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    And there's this moth outside my kitchen door She's bonkers for that bare bulb Flying round in circles Bashing in her exoskull And out in the woods she navigates fine by the moon But get her around a light bulb and
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    I admire your ex (if that's ok to say! :) ). > was hard to ask as they (plural) were begging on the street, some with hand-made signs, and none spoke good English or German. I'm also careful to presume someone is homeless, undo
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    Thanks for the World Bank data in particular. Looking up Bukele it looks like right-wing dictatorship, firing the attorney general and judges, deploying soldiers to the legislature, etc.
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    I agree that it's not truly abolished, but I strongly disagree with the implication, as I read it, that nothing has changed. Look at labor conditions 100 and 200 years ago; it's night and day. Much more to do. We can't rest h
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    by wolverine876 3y ago

    > crime rate has fallen off a cliff, and the economy is booming. Sounds like a politician's talking point. I'd be interested in some credible sources (not Twitter) if you have them.