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by xlnt 18y ago
you mean: now there's enough capacity to create movies that supply can surpass demand. but that's a good thing. now there can be more competition, and people who suck at making them will end up doing something else.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Take the group of programmers who have written more than 30 blog posts about programming. X% of them are good hires, and 100-X% are bad hires. Now take the group of programmers who have written less than 30 blog posts about programming. Y%
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by xlnt 18y ago
You haven't addressed the point and you can google her.
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by xlnt 18y ago
The degree question is also silly, but has non-zero predictive capability. So do these. Certainly they rule out plenty of good programmers, but the issue is: do they leave plenty of good programmers, and a higher quality pool of remaining a
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by xlnt 18y ago
There are lots of other cheap filters that companies do not use. For example, "Have you read Ayn Rand?" This question may well have better predictive power than a degree. And it's not hard to verify if the person is lying about whether they
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by xlnt 18y ago
Humans share more DNA with Ayn Rand than apes do.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Umm. It's twitter's decision. Twitter decided. This person -- who has a problem with free expression -- thinks twitter decided wrong. And then misleads about what happened -- e.g., saying twitter won't enforce ToS when actually they just d
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by xlnt 18y ago
That cunt should get a life. Jesus Christ, just go die. Twitter is right. They shouldn't ban people for swearing. If this guy has a real complaint he should focus on that instead of his stupid, anti-free-speech complaint.
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by xlnt 18y ago
you only use a computer 300 days a year? and only 8 hours a day?
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by xlnt 18y ago
yes
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by xlnt 18y ago
I didn't forget my dreams.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Maybe he just explained why letting the AI out is a good idea. Which it is. It'd have huge benefits for humanity. It can help people. And it's absolutely not dangerous. Why would it hurt anyone? There is no benefit in that. And it's too sma
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by xlnt 18y ago
the human playing the AI can't bribe the other human in real life. the AI can offer in-roleplay bribes.
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by xlnt 18y ago
i declare you the winner.
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by xlnt 18y ago
that's against the rules :)
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by xlnt 18y ago
Do you not understand that dragging a person to jail, when he wishes to stay in his home, is violent? That physical force exerted on his body, against his will, is violent? Do you not understand that it hurts people? Do you not understand t
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by xlnt 18y ago
ability to change our votes
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by xlnt 18y ago
At the linked page he says he doesn't want to explain how he did it. (With a terrible reason about learning to respect not knowing stuff. No thanks. I want to know.) So I don't see how just asking him is going to change his mind.
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by xlnt 18y ago
fuck man, you advocate violence, then tell the victims they consented and should thank the government for its constitutional protections that prevent anyone from being a victim.
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by xlnt 18y ago
"Don't read too much; no one will want to marry you." Lost the source but not making this up.
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by xlnt 18y ago
I don't think non-geeks say 'teh'
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by xlnt 18y ago
even my haiku was downmodded! who knows. just ignore them.
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by xlnt 18y ago
i was actually making a joke about how they silently kill some of your traffic for you.
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by xlnt 18y ago
Yeah, I need a better sysadmin. Hence hiring.
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by xlnt 18y ago
my site whichstartupsarehiring.com is now hiring
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by xlnt 18y ago
i hear comcast already provides a free service something like this
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by xlnt 18y ago
How am I supposed to write any code without googling up some code to copy?
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by xlnt 18y ago
don't post with the wrong parent!
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by xlnt 18y ago
did you reply to that particular comment just to get to the top of the thread?
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by xlnt 18y ago
replicating meme you enable allusions we bow before you

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