GiraffeNecktie

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Myth of the AI Oracle(lawfaremedia.org)
2 points by GiraffeNecktie 6mo ago|0 comments
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by GiraffeNecktie 6mo ago
The author lost me at the end when they said to stop pulling up dandelions. Dandelions are not a native species (at least in North America) and are not a good food source for native pollinators.
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by GiraffeNecktie 7mo ago
For overcoming pitchiness, the "one weird trick" I learned from a singing teacher is to imagine you are moving in the opposite direction from the actual pitch. If you're going higher, imagine you're going lower and vice
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
When CBSA searched your car were they doing it as a power trip or were they doing it for some unexplained reason? The latter is just part of the job. I travel quite often to the states and find that the CBSA agents are almost uniformly poli
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
No, DHS did not "steal" your boat. They confiscated it and you'll get it back by following some lengthy and convoluted appeal process. But I seriously don't understand Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and why they have to be such utter dickh
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Yep.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
These guys are claiming 4 to 8 hours, 4,000 feet etc. http://www.uniteddrones.com/aether-aero/ Heck even 10 minutes flying and one day solar recharge would be awesome in an urban area for stealthy long term observation.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
It's important to distinguish two, seemingly contradictory positions: 1 People won't love me for who I am. In fact, it's the job of the rest of the world to show me where I need to improve. But, on the other hand ... 2 I should love people
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
1. I believe that was addressed in the video. These are very short range devices that can be recharged by solar energy or by sitting on power lines. 2. See the video. 3. You might be able to deny access to buildings with mosquito nets but y
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
But the nice thing about a publicly financed health care system is that early interventions become much more likely when people aren't forced to make decisions like "Should I spend my paycheck getting this lump in my breast checked out or s
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
One reason is that it represents the first acknowledgement that health care is something that every man, woman and child should have. That's not to say there aren't horrible things about Obamacare (i.e. terrible business model) but yes, it'
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
When I was a kid, I used to read paper books in bed, at the dinner table, relaxing on the couch, sitting on the toilet, riding the bus, in my room when I was supposed to be doing my homework etc. Apparently that wasn't a problem but now if
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
"To the oncologist who told me I couldn't survive: fuck you." Although maybe he did you a favor by externalizing the thing you had to fight. Sometimes life is funny like that.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
I'm astonished that anyone would hesitate for even a nano-second to give this kid anything less than a godspeed and God bless. I'm sorry, but the kid has already launched himself into orbit, he's not going to come back to earth for the sake
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What Do You See? Is your brain East or West?(adbusters.org)
1 points by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago|0 comments
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
You write "it creates good behavior within society through induced paranoia toward people who have a mindset toward committing crimes" I pointed you to stats which showed that people who carry firearms become more belligerent themselves, mo
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Apple App Advantage Eroded as Google Narrows IPhone Lead(bloomberg.com)
2 points by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago|0 comments
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Except that that's not at all true. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/pro-gun-myths-fa...
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Meh. Still sounds like an absolute bargain for a government project which always entails tons of overhead starting with a complex and time consuming procurement process, project management, auditing, vacations, management changes, political
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Actual actual link http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/first-solar-may-sel... Also has more information about incentives etc.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Sounds good in theory but I don't think the average doctor, let alone the average patient, is capable of independently weighing the pros and cons of every novel treatment. And then you have desperately people who might normally be more skep
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
I don't see that shutting down the FDA is a good alternative. There are countless therapies that are dangerous and/or ineffective and plenty of unscrupulous or incompetent people who want to flog them. Yes there's a human cost to regulation
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Over the years there have been a few joyriders with little or no flight experience who have stolen planes. Some landed ok some not so ok. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1870&dat=19801116&...
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Damnit, Aaron, we still need you.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
I think you missed his point. He wasn't trying to establish that New Guineans somehow "invented" the idea of not sleeping under a dead tree, merely that the author wasn't personally tuned to the risks of being under trees until he spent tim
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
As in slim black rectangle? What other shape or color would you suggest?
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Just watched this the other day on Netflix. http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/happypeople/ Takes you deep into Siberia to the winter campsites of trappers. Harsh life but very beautiful.
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
"Flashcard systems don't work" No one tool is going to do everything. Flashcards are actually pretty good for acquiring masses of vocabulary. But it doesn't help you put those words together coherently or even enable you to comprehend what
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
Yes it does. In California, sexual harassment includes assault and that, most certainly, is a crime. So you could face both a civil complaint and a criminal charge (for the assault part of the harassment) http://www.equalrights.org/publica
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by GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
It can be. "Sexual harassment" is kind of a broad term that could include just about anything.

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