AndrewMoffat

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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
If I was Amit, I would've included other sufferers in the campaign, instead of hoarding the attention all to myself. Many others could have benefited from this massive amount of exposure.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
"andrew's opinions made from his personal accounts on the web does not represent the opinion of panopta.com, its management, its affiliates, or any other of its employees. he's free to speak his mind online and when he does so, represents
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
I stand by my original post. People can blow it out of proportion all they want, but I was speaking truthfully. I'll be sure to send my bosses a link to it so they can fire me over the great shame it brings them.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> Whether it will work or not is unknowable for now, and even if it does work it will likely be a thing with a very significant impact on the lives of Amit and those near him. This alludes to my original comment. I hope he continues pr
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
shameless: 2. done without shame; without decency or modesty modesty: 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.;
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> you seem to think that when faced with death, the proper response is to accept one's fate. I think the proper response is to realize that millions of people are also faced with death, that everyone WILL be faced with death, and to tem
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> In the end, saving Amit's life is better than not saving it, all else being equal. Especially when the goal is so clearly defined and within reach. I know... But he could've had the same result AND acknowledged the fact that millions
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
We all die, sorry to say. How you conduct yourself in the face of that fact is all that matters. But thanks for your opinion.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
I still have about 680 karma to burn through.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
He's not morally wrong, I'm saying the nature of what he's doing is shameless. Clearly this is an important issue to him, but he's vastly overestimating his importance to everyone else. If every person with a need had a poster plastered aro
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
He's not morally wrong, I'm saying the nature of what he's doing is shameless. Clearly this is an important issue to him, but he's vastly overestimating his importance to everyone else. That's fine. I'm just calling it like I see it.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
I did not say it does not benefit anyone else. I just said it was shameless. shameless: 2. done without shame; without decency or modesty modesty: 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.;
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
shameless: 2. done without shame; without decency or modesty modesty: 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.;
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
Sad to see my comment being downvoted because people disagree with it. The point that I was making was that he's shameless about his needs. Most people who have needs like his can't create this type of platform and exposure to be heard. A
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
I'm not sure what part of my comment you're addressing. The only real point I made was that his plight was shameless. I understand if saying that makes people upset, but it doesn't make it less true.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
If this works out for him, it would be cool to see him champion other peoples' life-threatening needs as shamelessly as he's doing his own.
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> Desktops aren't going anywhere until laptops catch up to desktop performance on video games and graphics in general I used to be a die-hard desktop fan until I found xoticpc http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-lapt
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
cool but doesn't look very ergonomic. grasping rectangular blocks isn't very comfortable
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
i think the majority of people protesting see many interconnected problems that they know deep down there's no silver bullet for. they're not knowledgeable enough to know all the ins and outs of how they're being fucked, but they know what
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> As a male, I'll never understand how cosmetics are so entrenched in the lives of females. really? same reason people like nice clothes. looking "better" is a competitive advantage to help you get the "best" mate. makeup is a means
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
It's a trade-off for me. For the most part, exercising every other day has good short term and long term benefits for my productivity. But sometimes, just saying "fuck it", not eating, not exercising, and blasting through code for a few d
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
What's interesting to me is the opening paragraph of the blog post: "It turns out to be quite difficult to hire good developers. I’m involved in the hiring process at deviantART, and it has opened my eyes to just how unqualified the majorit
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> But this should be done with data not based on anecdotal feelings. This last line has me confused about the first part of your reply
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> The smirk on the face of the Fox News reporter who was interviewing various participants said it all. "These people are easy to dismiss." https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X-DagzpHhDU/TnevQadAJeI/A... https://lh5.googleusercontent
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> I'd imagine placebos are getting more effective due to more people having purely headspace/mindset (or even imaginative) illnesses/causes due to stress factors Here's a list of medical conditions studied by placebo treatements: http
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
Right, but, given the amount of incredibly useful products and discoveries that have come out of NASA's "inefficient, non-modular, non-reusable, difficult-to-test" architectures (see: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/50-years-50-g
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
> NASA-style architectures are non-modular, highly complex, non-reusable, bureaucratic, inefficient, difficult to test, high maintenance, and high risk solutions. Source?
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
Just from a quick look, it looks like Moot is trying to take some of the interactions that grew organically out of 4chan and build them into Canvas, then making it easy for the non-technical person. From personal experience, it seems like
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
894 likes, 35 +1s, 160 tweets
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by AndrewMoffat 15y ago
Crazy stuff...I can see both sides of the argument, and they both seem pretty strong. I wonder what legislation will come from this.

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