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by bittired 13y ago
Hope you were able to make some sense of this. Didn't have time to clean it up last night...
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by bittired 13y ago
I hope you found no offense in my earlier comment. Please understand that I am sorry. I'm going to try to respond to your response, but know that other than having been diagnosed myself with slight Asperger's like tendencies, I re
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Ask HN: Switch from non-game developer to game developer at same salary?
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by bittired 13y ago
Not sure why I'm surprised I got -1'd, but I'm guessing it is because someone wanted to prove my point?
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by bittired 13y ago
Great post. I personally think that people that reply indicating that anyone who doesn't believe in the traditional sciences, not including Philosophy but rather using our "accepted body of Physiological and Psychiatric knowledge&
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by bittired 13y ago
Apparently you were really reading that. I don't think dress code is out of the question though. Thong swimsuits would be a horrible thing to speak in.
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by bittired 13y ago
I know the conversation is over, but > Sorry, genetics don't work that way and poor people aren't all stupid. If you reread what I've said in multiple places in this topic, I don't think that at all. In fact, that is
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by bittired 13y ago
btw- just to be clear, I think that Africa deserves a lot more aid that it is getting, and the the U.S. has a lot of areas that could use more money- one of our largest cities, Detroit, just went bankrupt. And with atheism spreading through
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by bittired 13y ago
> Obviously there are exceptions, but most poor schools do not have internet access for the students or computers for them. If they do have a library, it is generally inadequate and most are not encouraged to use it. I appreciate your re
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by bittired 13y ago
> fix the Gmail UI. They just tried recently. I'd like to stop using GMail, but there aren't worthy competitors (free, large, mostly reliable). My ISP (which is a major one) sucks at mail compared to Google.
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by bittired 13y ago
Thanks! Corrected. You're right that it isn't equivalent. There is no substantial effort afaik to only rid one of the branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial), so the secession movement is the closest I can think
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by bittired 13y ago
Well, doubting that leaks of information won't have a negative impact on our security is pretty obtuse also. I'm not afraid, but I also wouldn't be surprised if we have a greater number of terrorist attacks in the coming year
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by bittired 13y ago
I like the cartoons used, but why set the bar high with chunky bacon: http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/ http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/images/the.foxes-4...
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by bittired 13y ago
I guess the closest thing we have would be a confederate flag button in the U.S. That flag still seems to be embraced by the area of the country that most wishes to seceed (part of South Carolina). As for a U.S. "Republican" butto
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by bittired 13y ago
I think it is great that David Cameron is trying to protect his country. But, I think the implementation of anything that restricts the internet before content gets to the client will take things down a bad road, which is why similar effort
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by bittired 13y ago
This is already done through the WIC program. If you look at the shelves in the grocery store, you'll see the WIC label on certain foods. It does not stop poor food choices. The only way to make it work would be to shutdown all fast fo
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by bittired 13y ago
Unless every fast food restaurant is outlawed and shutdown and all crap food is outlawed and removed from the shelves of every store in the U.S., you are not going to stop anyone (low income or not) from eating it. In fact, the U.S. actuall
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by bittired 13y ago
Is anyone aware of any documented reports of well-known "reputable" antivirus/antimalware companies being involved in the development or spread of viruses, etc.? I've heard in the past reports (that make sense) about the
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by bittired 13y ago
I appreciate that you are trying to refute my argument, but just saying that someone does not know what they are talking about has got to be one of the least intelligent ways of doing so. Explain to me exactly how I am wrong. I see no other
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by bittired 13y ago
IQ not intelligence. IQ is meant to be a measure of intellectual capacity. It is nonsensical to say that someone is unable to be intelligent because they are poor. Let's talk about intelligence, though. Lets say that everyone had the s
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by bittired 13y ago
You are confusing intelligence with intellectual capacity (IQ). IQ is the ability for a child to do exemplary things with his/her mind. Intelligence is building upon that. Being poor does not make you have lower IQ, nor does it make yo
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by bittired 13y ago
No, I was saying that money in pocket != intelligence.
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by bittired 13y ago
I actually don't believe at a micro-level that causation comes into play at all. I was responding to the statement that at a macro-level there is probability of causation, and it is more rational that poverty is caused by stupidity tha
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by bittired 13y ago
> Good nutrition, stimulation, and education are all important during development. But not so important that they would have a 40 point IQ difference. If it is, show me the studies confirming that.
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by bittired 13y ago
Logically money should have no direct affect on intellectual capacity (e.g. see my other argument about taking the money away and giving it to someone else). In this case, I think the causation is in the other direction. Over time, people w
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by bittired 13y ago
Agreed. Don't drink too much when pregnant. But, a short glass of wine once a week or so isn't excessive.
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by bittired 13y ago
Here is the logic: 1. Given all of the smartest 50% of the people in the world. 2. Take all of their money away. 3. Give it to the other 50%. Lets say we were able to do those three. Now do you think being poor causes lower IQ? DON'T C
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by bittired 13y ago
This is going in a bad direction for sure now, but here is this thing: Some people, regardless of race, have lower intellectual capacity. That is what IQ tests try to measure, but fail to do completely because a lot is still based on educat
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by bittired 13y ago
No, what I was saying was that is how the art of medicine handles the official label of "Doctor". That is country-specific. A doctor from the Caribbean != doctor educated in the U.S. Two different governing boards, and I would opt
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by bittired 13y ago
Damn lies and statistics, though. Being poor does not cause lower IQ, nor does lower IQ cause you to be poor. However, you'll find a lot of lower IQ people at poverty level. You can't guarantee that any college candidate that is p

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