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by yequalsx 10y ago
Your comment reinforces the point mvdwoord made. It ought not be up to a person to find the right job. It is up to society to enforce basic worker protections. Failure to do so leads to exploitation. The U.S. is not as nice a place to l
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The percent change is often a much more informative value than the absolute change. Also, when something decreases by x% it requires more than an x% increase to get back where you started. Political discourse would greatly benefit from th
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Thanks for the links and insight!
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I'm curious about this claim: A set of all the possible states of the program’s memory, can be modeled by a finite dimensional real vector space V ≡ Rn. Isn't the set of possible states of a computer's memory countable? How c
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by yequalsx 10y ago
For some reason Americans have bought into the idea that government is always inefficient, taxes are bad, and private industry is better. One way or the other the water isn't free and it has to be paid for. This comes in the form of
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Before computers became ubiquitous and cheap if one wanted to know the the first 5 decimals of 5/sqrt(2) you had to look up the result in a table of values. But to save space and printing cost that table of values did not contain 1&#x
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by yequalsx 10y ago
That's not a scientific proposal. There is absolutely no reason to think that anything should cease existing simply because the first thought occurred.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I try to incorporate a little bit of history into my mathematics courses. For instance, why do we rationalize denominators? That is, why is 1/sqrt(2) traditionally considered bad form? There is a historical reason for this that few s
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I don't understand how this question is relevant: "Once intelligence has evolved and observed the Universe with a single first thought, why didn't it then die out?" What proof, line of reasoning, logical principle, or ev
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by yequalsx 10y ago
G is a 4th dimensional vector space over R so it's underlying set is not R^2. The geometric product of two vectors is not an element of R^2 - it's a real number + a bivector. We are really working in the exterior algebra.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's hard to understand why he complains about vector operations that require stepping outside of R^2 but then introduces a 4 dimensional vector space. The justification needs to be reworded in my opinion.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Doctor amputates the wrong leg. How much in compensation is that worth in your mind? There should never be an award more than 250k? I disagree. My wife is a psychiatrist that works in patient. She got a transfer from another hospital w
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The comparison to a locked house is not apt. It would be apt if I made an agreement with the thief that specified what happens if I willingly decide to leave the door unlocked. When there is a contract it becomes civil legal matter and mora
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Yes. I was only commenting not the parent commentators apparent belief that strategic defaults are immoral.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
One should never lend money to friends. Make it a gift. Never have an expectation of getting it back. One lending money the person should understand this but not everyone does. In the situation a friends it would be immoral to not try t
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's relevant in the case of defaulting on a loan. Both parties in theory know the risks/consequences and, in usual circumstances, willingingly agreed to the legal framework of the loan.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Yes. I was commenting to what the parent commenter wrote. He/she seems to think strategic defaults are immoral.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
A loan is a two party relationship and both parties have responsibilities. Also there are known consequences to default. Defaulting on a loan has nothin to do with morality as far as I'm concerned. If you are fine with the consequen
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by yequalsx 10y ago
No it is not. It is however better than my opinion or yours on the subject.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
My wife is a psychiatrist. She says that for anything less than severe depression anti-depressants don't work. Exercise and forcing oneself to be active and do stuff is more effective than drugs.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
How is the comment you replied to liberal hubris? There is uncertainty with regard to Britain voting to leave the EU. Since the U.S. election the bond market in the U.S. has fallen quite a bit. This is unusual given that the only new inf
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Congressional action can be slow but I think it's clear that Republicans are not going slow in this coming Congress. Your statement about the electoral college is uncalled for. Your comment would have been great without that sentenc
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by yequalsx 10y ago
That is true but in Trigonometry Sine the function one studies and so using this result in a trigonometry course is nice.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Yes, definitely there is more information implicitly wrapped into the sine proof. That's why it's not simpler. However, it is not a worse proof either. It's just a different one that is clever and can help to reinforce con
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by yequalsx 10y ago
People tend to think of the proof you are thinking of as easier because they are more familiar with it. There are some subtle things that the proof you mentioned glosses over. Namely, if p|A and p|B then p|(A-B). Now this is not a deep c
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It is immoral for someone to profit from denying someone healthcare. As I see it healthcare is a scare good and the Canadian system is the way to go. But socialism and all that... won't happen in the U.S. any time soon.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It would benefit you greatly to study logic. The clearly part of your sentence is not supported by the evidence. A majority of voters did not vote for him. His voters did not care about this issue.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Hmmmm...isn't him saying he did this pretty good evidence. You are trying to defend the indefensible.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I try to live by assuming the best in the other person. I don't succeed in this as often as I want. Especially when driving. I wish more people thought the same way you do.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think American businesses say happy holidays because they want more than just Christians spending lots of money on gifts. I personsonally don't give a shit either way. I prefer the cashier to just ring me up and not engage in banal

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