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by ythn 9y ago
> This fine-tuned situation suggests that there might be a huge number of universes, all with different doses of vacuum energy, and that we happen to inhabit an extraordinarily low-energy universe because we couldn’t possibly find oursel
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by ythn 9y ago
That's just normal markdown... sometimes I wish HN had basic markdown support: italics , `code`, [link]( http:// ), etc. Edit: looks like italics works...
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by ythn 9y ago
If only it were cost-effective to repair cheaper things. Our vacuum recently stopped working correctly. We only paid $100 for it. Paying someone to repair it costs around that much after parts and labor. So my options are to fix it myself o
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by ythn 9y ago
That's really going to suck if he wins. It's only then a matter of time before all desirable coastline is snatched up by the rich and barred from the public. I'm a little confused though. Is he wanting to close off the beach
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by ythn 9y ago
> What choices people make with their one shot on earth is up to them. Yet you also want me to subsidize the fixing of any consequences related to poor choices, no? In other words "Do whatever the heck you want. If you do something
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by ythn 9y ago
> So by your definition, a non-liberal would answer: 1. Abortion is only acceptable in the cases of rape and the mother's life being in danger. Abortion as post-pregnancy contraceptive is totally unacceptable. The correct course is
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by ythn 9y ago
Words like "unconditional", "universal", "everyone", "all", etc. absolutely imply that personal responsibility is not a factor. Give me an example of a liberal stance of one of the above issues that f
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by ythn 9y ago
So how does this play out in Europe? Say, a poor immigrant can't afford housing in London so he sleeps in an illegally parked car.
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by ythn 9y ago
On the other hand, tens of millions of Americans also take the polar opposite stance: Nobody is responsible for anything. If anyone is in a bad circumstance (health, money, job, housing, debt, drugs, addiction, abortion, sex, crime) it was
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by ythn 9y ago
> If I wanted to be social I wouldn't even know where to start. Even if you aren't religious, churches are a great way to meet new people. We have a few atheists who come to our church activities just for the social aspect of i
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by ythn 9y ago
> solar system
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by ythn 9y ago
What are the empty circles and squares?
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by ythn 9y ago
You can improve your chances of success with hard work/perseverance though. 1. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail 2. Give up vs. 1. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail 2. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail 3. Try -> (luck roll) -> fail
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by ythn 9y ago
Everyone knew it. Toyota, arguably the world champions of car production, scoffed at Musk's production optimism.
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by ythn 9y ago
> Not to mention that historically there have been many excellent leaders who rules for decades There are probably more historical examples of not-so-excellent (incompetent, evil, tyrannical, etc) leaders ruling for decades than excellen
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by ythn 9y ago
"very unlikely there isn't life" == "very likely that there is life"
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by ythn 9y ago
https://xkcd.com/927/
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by ythn 9y ago
Life almost definitely exists elsewhere, and this is coming from a religious person. The number of star/planet combinations out there virtually guarantees it mathematically. The problem is that space is too large and vast and the speed
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by ythn 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by ythn 9y ago
The question I have is: in the ideal society, should anyone have to live with the consequences of their actions without a government safety net to save them? It seems that the liberal answer is "no" and that "nobody is ever a
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by ythn 9y ago
> Unfortunately, you will likely have to go to religious services and pretend to care about religion enough to get the help you need, because that is who America has designated as their community support system. Ouch, that's kind of
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by ythn 9y ago
There is no method that is objectively best. Every single current method has tradeoffs. Being cumbersome to setup/use/recover is a big tradeoff of PW Managers.
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by ythn 9y ago
That's a lot of unlikely ifs. And that also assumes my algo is easy to reverse from 2 digests. My counter to that is that it is unlikely anyone would specifically target me and waste resources trying to crack my algorithm when there is
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by ythn 9y ago
How does lesspass handle password rules? i.e. one site allows special characters, others don't? Or say one of your passwords gets compromised and you need to change it. It doesn't seem like lesspass would be able to do so without
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by ythn 9y ago
Algorithmic password in your head, with a google spreadsheet to keep track of usernames, password rules, etc. on a per site basis (i.e. "bankofamerica, ythn.smith@gmail.com, 4-12 characters - no special). Edit: downvote away, but so fa
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by ythn 9y ago
Sometimes "use another language" is not a viable option. We are mainly an embedded c++ shop and switching to Java is not an option.
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by ythn 9y ago
How do you write polymorphic code without inheritance?
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by ythn 9y ago
Everyone who thinks a long-term unsolved problem is simple: https://xkcd.com/1831/ ...except in this case, poverty has been around for 1000s of years unsolved.
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by ythn 9y ago
Sometimes I wish California would simply purge all republicans so it can become the bluest of blue state. That way, we can have a large scale experiment to see what kind of "utopia" will be cooked up under 100% liberal control.
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by ythn 9y ago
At what point is it discrimination, though? Sure, you can fire me for "bigotry", but at a certain point your definition of "bigotry" is my definition of "discrimination". Is it cool if I fire all democrats from

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