Evbn

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by Evbn 13y ago
You shouldn't make predictions based on an extreme minority opinion. Even RMS knows how to separate morality from probability.
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by Evbn 13y ago
That seems very easy to detect (with police on foot, like US underage alcohol stings) and send people to gulag for.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Laundry? US bills are made of cloth.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Weird that a tightly controlled nation like China hasn't killed the fen yet.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Or a device you do control streaming to servers to you do control. There isn't a little MiniTruth man checking every byte going through the camera.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Because stupid linkbait survey.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Comfort food is comforting because it is nostalgic.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Their stock holders may have customers interests at heart. That is how a good business works.
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by Evbn 13y ago
That is a rather vague question. Google has 50K hearts.
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by Evbn 13y ago
That's not what a mad lib is. That is how every real estate / rental,contract works in the real world.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Quite the Freudian slip for Mr Church.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Please show us an example in one language.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Why "social"?
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by Evbn 13y ago
That is a big IF. If I had a million dollars, I could buy your love.
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by Evbn 13y ago
At some point the assumption of sanity breaks down, in this lifestyle.
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by Evbn 13y ago
In the US, public transport is at least $20 per week, for a minimum commute. x2 for 2 wage earners. $1/day(!) per person is another $5 each. Replacing worn out clothes adds a touch. Water/sewer is ~$5/wk/person for very light use. Energy fo
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by Evbn 13y ago
Income is a poor approximation of wealth, indeed.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Fat people have lots of fat. Muscle and bone amd cardiovascula health and brain mylenation are another matter.
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by Evbn 13y ago
I obsess over price per ounce of my food while I am in the store. (Though it gets harder as I age and my brain weakens, and as prices and sizes get intentionally harder to compare) Even still, I myself that groceries I eat are super cheap c
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by Evbn 13y ago
Many biases can be adjusted for. It is hard, though.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Leading thought is that we are neural networks with neurotransmitter "macros", not common computers. Of course computers can simulate this model.
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by Evbn 13y ago
That is an example of a theoretical solution that may be overkill in practice, especially if you are stuck in JS. Unless you send window positions back to the server for analysis. And can you code an AABB tree on a whiteboard? :-) One could
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by Evbn 13y ago
It may be free, but it isn't open to all. They have an admissions gate, aka "picking winners".
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by Evbn 13y ago
Right, it is artificial social barriers set up to exclude the many for the benefit of the few, like the "Ivy League" imprimatur or being in a "good family".
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by Evbn 13y ago
Norvig is a great scientist and teacher, but you don't need this. In Residence concept is a throwback to the bad old days of exclusionary education. We have the Internet and great books (Norvig wrote one) and MOOCs the future is egalitarian
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by Evbn 13y ago
Taxes are very rarely considered good. Spending projects are often good, and they balance out or exceed the pain of taxes (we hope)
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by Evbn 13y ago
Plus ~5% for the income deducting effect of donating 25% of income to a charitable nonprofit not under their control.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Obama didn't say his tax rate was too high, so that isn't relevant.
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by Evbn 13y ago
Do you get high population that way? Because that solution is highly effective for low population special taxing districts like Chevy Chase Maryland
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by Evbn 13y ago
And an easy way to prevent massive revenue from unbalancing the game. Remember that simcity is a socialist fantasy world: all development is directly purchased by central government. In the real world, zoning doesn't cost money, and stadium

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