neumann_alfred

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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
That's what I thought. You're a troll. Maybe stop thinking that for a second and pretend you are actually supposed to give me an actual answer. I mean, it's neat and easy and all that, I understand, but you're flat out wrong and that you
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
from where I stand, it looks like you were coming up with criticism and theories you never bothered to verify in any way ? "have had the luxury of having great parents who never bothered playing such mind games with you" And I run into PL
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Which just goes to show you haven't actually bothered to look for those arguments. No, it means I got a LOT of replies goin on and on about strawmen. I consider those replies to my posts, imagine that. please stop throwing hissy fits bec
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
It's interesting that you're responding from the perspective of a child to a statement from the perspective of a parent. Yeah, it's almost as if it's a relationship between two humans, instead of a one-way input pipe. Do you have childre
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
So you're not a parent, but say the following... that's hilarious and not worth further comment. But here's the reply I would have made to a parent, anyway. The fact that your intuition is deceiving you is expert knowledge. Nah, it's gott
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Funnily you ignore that everybody who was a kid usually has about 10 years of all sorts of adults trying all sorts of things on them. And some of them were bright, separated the wheat from the chaff right then and there, and do remember. Su
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
What on Earth has "yelling while playing" have to do with "yelling at a person" --- ?? I am truly tired of all these strawman being trotted out. Some actual replies would be nice. He will talk with other children but not yell. [..] Lots
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I will grant that using this on someone else without their knowledge is more questionable If you set that alarm, you know why and what for you are conditioning yourself, and that is even true if you know how and why someone else set it; b
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Until you talk to a few parents and they say, "2+2=5? Yeah, we tried that. It worked pretty well up until 6 or 7 when we were able to have a real conversation about addition. Why do you think that's wrong?" I would ask what did they mean
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Since it's all just anecdotal anyway, I also like to think back to teachers and other adults. As a general rule, those who treated me "as an equal" (not an actual equal, but without condescension or trickery that wasn't for the purpose of h
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
But of course, it's easier to mod you down than to address even a single point you raised ^^
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
"No, but I was one." And frankly, most of the criticism has nothing to do with parenting but with intellectual honesty and how much you yourself understand about the world. If you teach your kid 2+2=5, I will be sure that is wrong, and "but
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Don't deceive them, let them be kids, yadda yadda are almost funny to read. Like you said, walk a mile in the parents' shoes. Or, have had the luxury of having great parents who never bothered playing such mind games with you. Of course,
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
No one in this comment thread has expressed an opinion anywhere near one of being opposed to allowing kids to yell out of joy or fright. The topic is about the question how to blank the screen when a certain loudness threshold is reached.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
If they want to yell while playing games, then they can play games outside. Not computer games they can't. And not in all seasons/kinds of weather, either. I'm fairly certain that every mother ever has told her children to stop yelling i
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
How do repressed children make for "better adults"?
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
On what planet do kids not make a lot of noise?
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
There is also CodePen ( http://codepen.io/ ), and dabblet ( http://dabblet.com/ ) now seems to have (alpha) javascript support, too; the more, the merrier :D
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Wat. I'm sure lots of work that gets done at Microsoft is misguided or redundant. Welcome to working at a big company. You misunderstood me, I don't really care about the fate of anyone working there. I am more thinking about the brain sp
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
You can rate the recognition results ;)
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Not only did he build the worlds largest technology company With what tactics and strategies, though? he's making a global philanthropic impact. How would one measure the destruction Microsoft caused? The wasted time? The wasted money,
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Nah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_courage
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I pretty much think you should implement all those examples, always, regardless of screen size..
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Then the cars to each end of the toilet car would still exist in two types, depending of the direction of the arrows; which means you have 3 different units instead of 1. Reduce conditionals, reduce cache misses! ^^
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
I could swear I read this exact same comment, word for word, in the last few days on HN.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Voilent games can also be seen as a punching bag to vent out your anger, without hurting somebody in actual. It can also be seen as "practice" for people that are addicted to cruelty and dominance. I don't know about you, but when I play
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Plan A: Find someone you love and who loves you, too. Plan B: Find someone who loves you, and love them.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
No, that's why it has a more explanatory, as opposed to personal, title on BI.
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
Actually, I think the idea of "published" on the web means it is for an audience. I can only speak for myself, but I put a lot of stuff up there which is simply like talking or painting or jamming at an open window to me: anyone is free t
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by neumann_alfred 14y ago
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It k

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