YmMot

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by YmMot 14y ago
Saying that PHP has value because it lets beginners get up and running quickly is like suggesting we outfit babies with jetpacks so they can get about quicker without all that crawling nonsense. I'm being over dramatic of course, but I find
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by YmMot 14y ago
> (If not, why does this same mechanism work for the AGW hypothesis?) Because your comparison is flawed in multiple ways. > Another unscientific claim is that all scientists agree with global warming, therefor it is scientifically "
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by YmMot 14y ago
> Marriage helps families by providing heavy incentives for partners to settle their differences and stay coupled rather than get frustrated and split Yes, except it doesn't seem to be working. > It protects a dependent spouse (say,
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by YmMot 14y ago
> Suppose I offer friend X twenty dollars. Now suppose friend Y also demands twenty dollars, and accuses me of violating my offer when I refuse it That's a false analogy. The government has a different responsibility to it's citizens th
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by YmMot 14y ago
You are granted copyright automatically yes, and this gives you certain protections like the ability to file DMCA takedown notices etc. However, in order to sue for statutory damages you have to have filed the copyright with the US Patent a
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by YmMot 14y ago
I remember putting together a mag-stripe reader with old tape heads based on schematics/code in Phrack (or maybe 2600...been awhile). At the time, tape decks were found in almost every home, while (to me) a mag-stripe reader was exoctic. Se
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by YmMot 14y ago
That idea and even the scenario you describe has actually been used numerous times in action movies (though admittedly usually using a different principle like fingerprint reading), including the James Bond franchise. For example, in Licens
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by YmMot 14y ago
- Get users to sign up. - They post/comment on news items. - ???? - Profit.
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by YmMot 14y ago
When I was very young I developed the habit of rereading almost every book I read multiple times; unless I found it particularly bad or boring. I think most kids do this, but some seem to lose the habit along the way. I tend to be "reading"
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by YmMot 14y ago
> "Live Free or CoffeeScript Hard". That would be the fourth version of CoffeeScript. The 2nd version would be "CoffeeScript 2: Script Harder" which is much more awesome.
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by YmMot 14y ago
That's the issue though. It doesn't introduce anything useful in terms of replacing JSON (it can even make things worse), and for other uses better solutions already exist. The fact that in theory if it was magically supported everywhere, i
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by YmMot 14y ago
JSON is supported natively (i.e. fast and correctly) in all modern JS environments. Yes, at one point we used Crock's parser but that's the past. Likewise, it currently is only used as a stop-gap measure to begrudgingly support older browse
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by YmMot 14y ago
I won't begrudge someone a fun little personal project, however (almost) no-one will ever adopt this. It removes too many benefits of JSON/introduces drawbacks for very little pay off. Yes, JSON is a pain to edit/write by hand at times, but
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by YmMot 14y ago
This is a cool idea, but I'm skeptical about it being worthwhile for the majority of people. There's absolutely no new ideas here, or anything that hasn't been done before. It's just a slightly novel combination of them. The "lights on the
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by YmMot 14y ago
Not only that, but the idea of a guitar that "teaches" you with lights in the neck has been done before (see fretlight guitars, etc). The only new thing here is the iphone.
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by YmMot 14y ago
That's a fair point. It's not so much that everyone will benefit from learning, but that they won't if they don't try. I also think that most people would get something out of it, though admittedly in some cases not much.
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by YmMot 14y ago
Indeed, the basics are all relatively simple...in fact a lot of the basics are things people do intuitively...it's just they've never really been told or thought about how it would work as a generalized computing machine.
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by YmMot 14y ago
This largely misses the point. I agree that it's not "essential" and not everyone should do it, but it's still more valuable than I think Attwood gives credit for. I'm perhaps in a unique position to comment, having recently taught my gir
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by YmMot 14y ago
It's perhaps worth noting that it's not calling a spade a spade though. A moron is literally a person who is mentally retarded, though it's use in science is now limited since it's considered offensive. It's one thing to say "Your idea is a
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by YmMot 14y ago
This is ludicrous. Everyone knows "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" was written to provide cover for Pete Wellers research into oscillating over thrusters and their applications in time travel and rock music.
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by YmMot 14y ago
Lady Gaga is prob not a good example since she writes or has a big hand in writing pretty much all her songs. Like most pop artists she utilizes producers and songwriters, but she relies on them less than say Rihanna who essentially has ha
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by YmMot 14y ago
I think this is a fair point, and mostly agree. However, when I look back at my life and see all the things I got which I considered to be beyond what I deserved simply by for asking them....I have a hard time faulting them. I would also no
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by YmMot 14y ago
Sleep is something that's highly variable from person to person, there's no "right" amount of time to sleep, only what's right for you (obviously this is a little bit of simplification, I don't think anyone could function on 1 hour of sleep
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by YmMot 14y ago
Operation and Hungry Hungry Hippos don't really belong on this list as they are not board games per se, they are games of skill. By this rationale quite a lot of video games are "bad" because they don't fit the criteria for a good board gam
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by YmMot 14y ago
Right. Though Teller probably makes most of his money from performance rather than selling tricks. I know P&T do a lot of their own research and creating their own illusions, they may sometimes sell them to other pros but I doubt they e
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by YmMot 14y ago
There are very few illusions in magic that are not for sale, it's how a lot of non-famous magicians make a living and how many magicians who are just starting fill out their act. So I don't think the issue here is the commercialization of m
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by YmMot 14y ago
I think it's a little hazy. Magic has a long tradition of magicians performing similar tricks, and as long as you either reverse-engineered it on your own or came up with your own way to accomplish the illusion, I think most magicians would
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by YmMot 14y ago
> the lower number of different syllables I have a theory that this is why the Japanese are so (seemingly) fond of portmanteaus. It makes it easier to smoosh words together.
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by YmMot 14y ago
Here's her linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/donnaklinekirschler
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by YmMot 14y ago
Don't trust the game client.

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