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by xlnt 18y ago
should fast food joints be banned? just because you don't like something isn't adequate argument to ban it.
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by xlnt 18y ago
so you're saying you read valleywag often? :)
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by xlnt 18y ago
Let's ban everything!
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by xlnt 18y ago
so do you agree asperger's is not inborn, and can be "cured" by learning alternative modes of behavior?
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by xlnt 18y ago
limit the email addresses to 6 characters, hash them, then do a brute force attack to retrieve the right one from the hash.
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by xlnt 18y ago
You think the input format will be easier for AI? I don't know. We have evolved knowledge of the input format for children. Meanwhile the majority of our knowledge is inexplicit, and we are bad at turning that into vague English, let alone
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by xlnt 18y ago
I sent him this objection: We already build very powerful intelligences all the time, in the form of children. But despite having a lot of raw computing power, they aren't very useful without knowledge . They need to learn a lot of things
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by xlnt 18y ago
While that may be a valid point, it isn't what he said.
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by xlnt 18y ago
but the parent of the sarcastic post wasn't actually anti-science at all.
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by xlnt 18y ago
pick one study or argument, which is the best, and i'll look into it more carefully. the wikipedia article is lengthy, and contains errors, but if i point one out you will presumably say there's another part that's better. that's fine, but
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by xlnt 18y ago
it's not obvious that it's significant . we shouldn't waste our time worrying about tiny things. for example there is uranium in the ocean. it's a lot as an absolute figure. but it's very dilute, nothing to worry about.
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by xlnt 18y ago
there is no evidence that second hand smoke is dangerous, so don't worry about it.
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by xlnt 18y ago
only if they read it
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by xlnt 19y ago
why is monkey news being posted to hacker news?
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by xlnt 19y ago
yeah it's sexist. beats me why it actually got 2 upvotes, and didn't go negative. people here suck i guess. i only posted it because someone posted ageism and i wanted to see what would get more downvotes (i thought sexism would, lol). majo
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by xlnt 19y ago
kirubakaran, why did you delete your comment? Sibling of the parent of this comment.
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by xlnt 19y ago
"It's a joke" is a stupid excuse to say false things all the time.
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by xlnt 19y ago
pg's theories are consistent with some solo founders succeeding.
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by xlnt 19y ago
I don't think the guys will flame you; sounds kinda girly to complain about this.
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by xlnt 19y ago
umm, i gave a reason that email setup would be relevant to os (i.e., in a vista criticism). i did not say "omg mac is so much better than linux".
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by xlnt 19y ago
why is that a reply to me?
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by xlnt 19y ago
on Mac, a reasonably nice email client comes with the OS.
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by xlnt 19y ago
If you don't like this yc post, why don't you demand a refund? Silly argument.
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by xlnt 19y ago
we don't have an "oppressive, unjust" government. just cause it has a flaw doesn't make it bad. it's a good thing. it helps us. it's much, much better than nothing. it's also the best in the world. the best that ever existed. i just want it
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by xlnt 19y ago
there is no "social contract". i didn't sign anything. they use force. end of story. you don't pay, people with guns do come. there is no denying it. but they aren't a tyranny, that's very different.
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by xlnt 19y ago
the carrot stick
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by xlnt 19y ago
You have no idea if I am working for political change, or not. Why be a jerk making a personal attack? i made a statement about what i think is true, and you respond with made up comments about how i'm not living up to something. also advoc
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by xlnt 19y ago
taxes aren't dividends, they are taken by force. they decide how much they feel like taking this year, and you pay or go to jail. it's not a business transaction. and of course they still take tax money from people who never went to their s
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by xlnt 19y ago
Do you think I'm arrogant?
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by xlnt 19y ago
and me.

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