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by escherba 13y ago
> You would rather be manipulated better? There is another way to look at it. "Manipulation" is sometimes necessitated by poor targeting.
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by escherba 13y ago
That seemed like a well-intentioned article, but his story strikes me as paradigmatic though: * Year 1969. Writes the Anarchist Cookbook. * Years 1973-75. Becomes a teacher. Interpret at will.
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by escherba 13y ago
Typing with this keyboard right now: http://matias.ca/laptoppro/mac/ Much better keyboard than Apple's own wireless thingy.
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by escherba 13y ago
I have been pondering about this for a while and have developed a hypothesis as to why Indian parents (and those from similar nations) tend to overvalue college degrees. It is mostly due to the parents having low self-esteem. It comes down
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by escherba 13y ago
Don't read prose written for the sake of sounding meaningful.
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by escherba 13y ago
I'm not an expert on Comp Chem, but you might want to rephrase your question. If the simulation is "chemically accurate", of course it will match the real-world, by definition of "accurate"...
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by escherba 13y ago
Haha, sounds like you've met a Lacanian (Lacan was famous for saying, among other things, that "the unconscious is structured like a language"). Such reductionist intellectualizations (aka "man, everything is a pineapple!") are neat to medi
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by escherba 13y ago
The point pg is trying to make is that seeking relative material wealth with respect to others is akin to seeking pure status/power without having to do the work required to get it. It is all too easy to move to Costa Rica or wherever and
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by escherba 13y ago
Looks like the park of the Permian period will be robotic.
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by escherba 13y ago
What surprises me is that the same people who complain about patents and intellectual property are often the first to bring up the discussion of how market tends to undervalue fundamental research. You can't have your cake and eat it too.