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by zorpner 12y ago
Boy, you're really going out of your way to defend some guy you don't know who already admitted that what he did was wrong.
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by zorpner 12y ago
His comment buys into and presumes a number of sexist tropes, primarily relating to the idea that women manipulate men using false erratic behavior and that there exist men, generally characterized in a way the author perceives as emasculat
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As a component of discourse, asking for a source during an online discussion implies that such a source is not trivial to find, and thus calls into question the assertion for which a source is being asked for. Prepending your inquiry with
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by zorpner 12y ago
Some of the GPS apps with mapping data embedded are already very close to the 2GB limit (e.g.: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tomtom-europe/id355680531 ), but I don't know offhand if that's putting
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by zorpner 12y ago
Apologies if there's a paywall -- you should be able to Google the URL and get it from there. Relevant pull quote: In math, the girls outscored the boys in the exam graded anonymously, but the boys outscored the girls when graded by
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How Elementary School Teachers Biases Can Discourage Girls from Math and Science(nytimes.com)
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That's correct, per section 214 of the CA revenue and taxation code: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=rtc&gr... There are a number of conditions that must be met for exemption, and being a
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by zorpner 12y ago
I'll give it a shot -- upthread someone makes the statement It always seems like jerks are better at handling other jerks than non-jerks. Assume for the moment that this is true, then combine it with the ample research revealing tha
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by zorpner 12y ago
think about that for a few minutes. you're advocating censorship and ostracism. who's uncivil now? No, I'm saying that uncivil speech has consequences, and that's a desirable feature of existing in a society. In order
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by zorpner 12y ago
really? another diatribe about Linus? get over it. Linus is the way he is. What a sad, accepting attitude. The fact is that people are more aware than ever than his behavior is unacceptable. They talk about it more and more often every
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by zorpner 12y ago
People who wish to discuss their neo-nazism can go open their own forum wherever they wish, at their own expense -- once the government stops them, we have a problem (assuming they're not actively violating any laws, etc). No one is
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by zorpner 12y ago
First off, I'm talking about culpability, not liability. Conflating morality and legality (not to mention censorship and providing a platform) makes your entire post nonsensical. And in the context of culpability, it's obvious th
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by zorpner 12y ago
I like the idea of a site where the admin has assured that they will not interfere with you unless they have to. If an admin chooses not to interfere, that does not absolve them from the responsibility of what happens on their site. If t
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by zorpner 12y ago
Take my statement as shorthand for "I don't believe that it's possible to purchase a public good and the economic theory that public goods should be privatized is legitimate only insofar as it would lead to desirable revoluti
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by zorpner 12y ago
I've been part of an ISP startup -- go find out what happens if you try to pay the local power company for access to utility poles. A de facto monopoly is still a monopoly. You can't "purchase" a public good like a segm
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by zorpner 12y ago
Applying Kushnick logic to another industry: if Apple raises prices on Macs and uses that cash to bankroll iPhone development, well that's something that requires a federal investigation. This isn't a good analogy -- if Apple ha
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by zorpner 12y ago
Do a Fermi estimate on the cost of that service.
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by zorpner 12y ago
Many farmer's markets in SF have actually banned non-pasture-raised eggs (which, as it turned out, only affected one company based out of Petaluma which markets their eggs under 4-5 different small-sounding brands in the Bay Area): ht
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by zorpner 12y ago
When the situations are asymmetrical, there's no insight to be gained by positing symmetric opposition.
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by zorpner 12y ago
I wish I could find where I first heard this quote (I think it may have been here on HN), but it was something like "Asking a scientist when we'll find a cure for cancer is like asking a mathematician when we'll find a soluti
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Chelsea Manning on Transgender Rights(theguardian.com)
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by zorpner 12y ago
What was the specific reason that you repeated their username back to them in your comment with words and capitalization modified?
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by zorpner 12y ago
They're using too large a radius for their pricing data, so e.g. the weirdly low Glen Park number includes a good portion of Excelsior.
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by zorpner 12y ago
For the curious, here's a spectacular article on the subjective experience of having Tourette's: http://www.xojane.com/healthy/i-have-tourette-syndrome-and-c...
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by zorpner 12y ago
It's as if we'll all have to censor our thoughts before pronouncing them. Thinking about the consequences of your speech before speaking aloud is almost literally the least people can do as a part of society. No one except the
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by zorpner 12y ago
The decent response to "powerful tech executive considers doxxing female journalist who reports bad things about his company" is not to spend one paragraph thinking of every possible way he could be exonerated, then randomly slag
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by zorpner 12y ago
If Gamergate has done anything positive, it's to finally drive home the point that anyone nonironically using "gate" as a scandal suffix should be taken about as seriously as someone who starts a disagreeing sentence with &qu
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by zorpner 12y ago
I could absolutely believe that, and if it's the case that's what should have been said, not some technically-correct-but-obviously-downplayed pablum that insults the intelligence of every reader.
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by zorpner 12y ago
Heh. I love the conceit that anyone would believe Wong resigned only over "location and amount of money to spend on a lease". Previously from @sama: "Yishan Wong has a big vision for what reddit can be. I’m excited to watch
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by zorpner 12y ago
The money is not available to you if you receive a contingent offer. Once you accept the offer then the money becomes available to you.

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