ygmelnikova

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by ygmelnikova 6y ago
The Deer Hunter
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by ygmelnikova 9y ago
This argument stems from the interpretation of a single Hebrew word found in the old testament... יום (yom). The definition of yom is 'a defined period of time'. Whereas the common use of yom is 'day', it could also be t
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by ygmelnikova 10y ago
Yeah, same thought while reading this. I come from a generation where bagging your friends was common and played a large role in building character. Now if you honk at somebody to prevent an accident, you're flipped the bird. Even mild
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by ygmelnikova 10y ago
Spent a few years developing a bot with similar features to Alexa, called LFReD back in 1998. Was possible to carry on a conversation with LFReD via cordless phone, control lights, look up wikipedia articles etc. Idealabs approach me at one
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by ygmelnikova 10y ago
Let's see. Using current tech to get to our closest neighbour, Alpha Centauri, if you leave this afternoon, you should be arriving sometime in the year 102,016. How about we skip this dream, along with world peace, and make baby steps,
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
I cancelled the plan as well, but ended up getting charged at renewal time. The effort required on my part to fix that mistake was unacceptable (submitting screen shots of my Nest account details, required to send photo of the serial number
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
A common myth. The bible doesn't say the world was created in 6 days, but in 6 'yoms'. A yom in Hebrew means 'a defined period of time'. Like an epoch, or a year, a day or a minute etc. The bible was translated into
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Bill Gates: Keep up the momentum against child mortality(qz.com)
3 points by ygmelnikova 11y ago|1 comments
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
Guinae after ebola: 1 point Why murder rates matter to humanitarians: 1 point Rohingya screen light portraits (Internet huts used by refugees): 1 point Etc. Thanks for the validation.
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
Its astounding that anybody here would defend this guy. Are Hacker News readers left leaning in general, or just is it just a handful of loud anarchists?
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
The silent majority agrees with this sentence.
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
As mentioned above, the article is referring to those 'under 18'. Does your 'state' not restrict access to porn magazines for those under 18 now? In Florida it's a felony. Florida Statute 847.012 - Max 5 years. Why?
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
"the country's telecoms regulator ordered monitoring applications be installed on the smartphones of Koreans aged 18 and below"
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
What kind of degenerate society likens the restriction of teenager's ability to view porn to Fascism?
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by ygmelnikova 11y ago
"The new introspectiveness announced the demise of an established set of traditional faiths centred on work and the postponement of gratification, and the emergence of a consumption-oriented lifestyle ethic centred on lived experience
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
"He (Tim Berners-Lee)expressed the belief that Semantic Web technology will advance the information revolution he began with the World Wide Web, changing everything from how users set up their online address books to how they pay their
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
Death due to honeybees mutated with Box Jellyfish venom. "the venom causes cells to become porous enough to allow potassium leakage, causing hyperkalemia which can lead to cardiovascular collapse and death as quickly as within two to f
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
"Immortality within our grasp"? The world is fundamentally evil. 160 million dead via war in the 20th century alone. Optimism in this matter is incredibly naive.
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
So much negativity on this comment. It's a statement. This is the generation of tl;dr. SAT scores are down, IQs are down since the Victorian age by 10 points. What percentage of the population would read the entirety of that article, l
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
tl;dr
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
Went to purchase $100 worth of Bitcoin back in the day at $0.03 ea. CC didn't go through. Thought I would try again the next morning with a different card. After sleeping on it, decided it was probably a waste of $100. I'm even le
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
Baretta said it best. "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
"Studies show that though many people participate in gambling as a form of recreation or even as a means to gain an income, gambling, like any behavior which involves variation in brain chemistry, can become a psychologically addictive
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by ygmelnikova 12y ago
Besides the Jubilee, there was a 'release' every 7 years, where 'every creditor that lends unto his neighbour shall release it'. In ancient Israel, real estate was forbidden to be permanently 'sold'. You could
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by ygmelnikova 13y ago
Ok then, tell me where the evolutionary pressure came from for brains to consider and act upon things like burials, math, surgery, and brain surgery in particular.
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by ygmelnikova 13y ago
Because it thinks. It takes in information and performs an analysis on that data. Surely over the time it would take to evolve, my brain thinks that it should understand that more than anything? It understands how every other organ works in
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by ygmelnikova 13y ago
Explain to me how a brain can evolve, and yet not understand how itself functions?
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by ygmelnikova 13y ago
Do you not see the hypocrisy in your comment? Referring to a group of people as "rubbish" and "better off without this sort"? Of course, only a white person can be 'truly' racist. Now where is that link to the
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by ygmelnikova 13y ago
..who (God) stretchest out the heavens like a curtain. - Psalms 104:2 (pre 537 B.C)

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