adrianbye

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by adrianbye 6y ago
I'd suggest making the focus being what you need in order to support yourself as a blind person, not being a software engineer. There may be particular things blind people excel at and do very well with. Use a list of those things as
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by adrianbye 11y ago
it sounds like you criticizing our stock art photo overlords..
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by adrianbye 11y ago
so well put.
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by adrianbye 13y ago
Perhaps your experience inside psychology is limited? Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman[1] would disagree with you, along with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt[2]. [1] http://www.nature.com/news/nobel-laureate-chall
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by adrianbye 13y ago
err.. your left wing viewpoints are showing.. have a look at what happens to indigenous groups that are given handouts.. massive alcoholism.. obesity.. huge problems. people will have to work and improve themselves. the struggle in life is
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by adrianbye 13y ago
you can talk about the types of things you can do without breaking confidentiality
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by adrianbye 13y ago
what about steve jobs?
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by adrianbye 13y ago
you may want to read this: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/ElderlyWhiteMenAfflictedbyH...
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by adrianbye 13y ago
well said
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by adrianbye 13y ago
nothing wrong with pushing back. its becoming noticeable how americans are turning into babies though
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by adrianbye 13y ago
of course i did. the point is that academia doesn't research the opposing viewpoint virtually at all. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.html?_r=0 "He polled his audience at the
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by adrianbye 13y ago
happens in europe, here's an example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10401416
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by adrianbye 13y ago
you can see my link above to the NYtimes and the lack of research for the right in academia. there will be 10,000 papers supporting the left position to every 1 paper supporting the right position. they're just forced out of academia
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by adrianbye 13y ago
margaret mead effectively founded "cultural anthropology" which basically means "research which makes people feel good". many people have followed her: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/sc
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by adrianbye 13y ago
Margaret Mead provided the foundation for feminism to advance by "proving" that culture drove society, not genetics. Unfortunately that isn't true. Genetics shapes culture. One of the interesting things from Mead's &qu
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by adrianbye 13y ago
by your statement you'd almost think people like margaret thatcher, Dilma Rousseff and benazir bhutto never existed.
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by adrianbye 13y ago
i know, feminism is a sacred cow. the truth is that men tend to be highly valued in the 3rd world. by comparison in the west they tend to kill themselves as they get older: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/Elderly
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by adrianbye 13y ago
this doesn't happen in non feminist countries (ie usually 3rd world).
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by adrianbye 13y ago
well said. a lot of these guys would rather eliminate the right as much as possible.
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by adrianbye 13y ago
well said. your original point was completely clear btw.
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by adrianbye 13y ago
try this link: http://phys.org/news184573059.html (PhysOrg.com) -- The Greek philosopher Aristotle once said "there is no great genius without a mixture of madness," and now there is some scientific evidence that there is a link between
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by adrianbye 13y ago
what is ignored (thanks to psychiatry being left wing, and trying to mitigate the downside rather than build on the upside) is that bipolar brings a lot of BENEFITS. when bipolar people are very hyper, they can achieve great things. thats
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by adrianbye 14y ago
incredibly insightful comment, deserves to be at the top examples in support: "In public discussion, Madison spoke of the rights of minorities in general, but it is quite clear that he had a particular minority in mind "the minority of the
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by adrianbye 14y ago
very well said
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by adrianbye 14y ago
your parents did you a favor. this is a diagnosis which is politically motivated. here's an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania
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by adrianbye 14y ago
i lol'ed
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by adrianbye 14y ago
maybe its time to reconsider some of your philosophy. :) ayn rand teaches incredible things, but there are big gaps
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by adrianbye 14y ago
actually they can be very helpful - because you can be looking at old information through a new lens
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by adrianbye 14y ago
big round of applause. you nailed it completely
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by adrianbye 14y ago
value in any form will be rewarded. IMHO you have this completely backwards - your age is an advantage, not a disadvantage

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