pattisapu

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by pattisapu 10mo ago
Willingness.
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by pattisapu 2y ago
Is there something special about loading complexity into the level of the sentence as opposed to individual words? Agglutination in many Native American languages and compounding in many Indo-European languages come to mind as examples wher
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by pattisapu 3y ago
"The Adventures of Captain Internet and CERF Boy” made me think of Vint Cerf. :)
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Good point. People smell condescension, and then check out. The whole thing cools. They'll say just enough to get to the next topic gracefully. The dispute is patched up with something like "we'll agree to disagree" o
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by pattisapu 4y ago
A good analogy. And that stance is so different from "wanting to lose" -- it is "wanting a challenge." To get bested by a worthy opponent. That feeling can only be had after bringing one's best and strongest game
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Vigorous debate is a good thing. It's about learning to turn it off afterwards. Debate at its best is where the issues are at stake -- not the relationship. Getting clear on that is an important communicative and emotional skill. The
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by pattisapu 4y ago
You mean like the cult and occult stuff? True, I guess there were some elements. Heaven's Gate, Scientology, and others appear to have adopted a religious outlook on science fiction ideas. I'm not sure that they really adopted
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by pattisapu 4y ago
As science fiction and fantasy have evolved, they have converged. We can see plenty of fantasy in works of science fiction in the conventional _forms_ of science fiction -- short stories, novels, TV shows, movies, video games. It will be in
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by pattisapu 4y ago
And there is value in that being the first time the whole Court sees it. Cards on the table at one definite time. How much the author had to sweat to get there, to the extent it may matter at all, should show up in the results--a ruling wri
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Sorry if this is a dumb question -- but what would be the motive for a sitting justice to leak a draft? To test what celebrations or outrage would happen in the streets, maybe? If they are that concerned with public opinion -- which they sh
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Oh of course -- I just meant that I can envision a scenario where a judge is essentially writing out a thought-experiment as he or she is trying to figure out how to rule on a case -- and then that is leaked, etc. Even if it's a late-s
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by pattisapu 4y ago
When I clerked for a judge (not on the Supreme Court), she sometimes asked me to write two draft opinions -- one where one side wins -- and another where the other side wins -- and she used those materials in drafting her ultimate opinion.
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Slurs seem to share some of this violence in expression. In English, at least, many unspeakable words used to describe Blacks, Asians, Jews, gay men, lesbian women, and others seem to have some of these "k" (or "g" (voic
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by pattisapu 4y ago
Makes sense. Reallocate the cost to the cheapest cost avoider.
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by pattisapu 5y ago
Sanskritist and linguist here. Many discussions of Sanskrit outside the world of linguistics devolve into politics ... the discoveries of the Indians are what they are, just like the discoveries of the Greeks are what they are ... "bu
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by pattisapu 5y ago
“Could a sufficient concentration of human will — millions of people exploited for a single end with their minds compressed into the same psychic space — unleash something comparable to the singularity?" Calls to mind the Warhammer 40
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by pattisapu 5y ago
Just two generations ago, teaching Latin by "the direct method" was not uncommon in the West: http://www.arlt.co.uk/method.html Greek composition courses, too.
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by pattisapu 5y ago
Are there any teenage girls here on HN who could comment from personal experience?
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by pattisapu 5y ago
"Check out this unusual thing that I was able to do" is the emphasis rather than "Here is an interview with this person of interest."
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by pattisapu 5y ago
At the Supreme Court a lawyer once said something was "entirely orthogonal" to the main issue. Chief Justice Roberts: “I’m sorry. Entirely what?” “Orthogonal,” the lawyer replied. “Right angle. Unrelated. Irrelevant.” Justice Sca
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by pattisapu 5y ago
Reminds me of stories I used to see about Japanese families sending their kids to "Indian" schools: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/business/worldbusiness/02...
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by pattisapu 5y ago
A worse but simpler solution: Cram the keyboard end of a laptop between the headboard of a bed and the wall, rotate the display 180º in the OS settings, and plug in an external keyboard and mouse. Lie down in bed and compute. Works okay ex
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by pattisapu 5y ago
This post is almost Pynchonesque! Great story and thanks for sharing!
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by pattisapu 5y ago
"Although the coronavirus pandemic derailed plans and typical course credit could not be offered, students signed up for the excursion anyway." Kudos to these volunteers!
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by pattisapu 5y ago
Thanks for these resources.
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by pattisapu 6y ago
Star Trek Voyager had an episode where the crew got lost in a void 2,500 light years across . . . pretty interesting. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Void_(region)
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by pattisapu 6y ago
Wait a minute . . .
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by pattisapu 6y ago
"I quite agree with you," said the Duchess; "and the moral of that is -- `Be what you would seem to be' -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- `Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appe
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Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions(nature.com)
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by pattisapu 6y ago
The memorandum says "its founder and CEO has publicly affirmed that ByteDance is a mouthpiece for the CCP in that it is committed to promoting the CCP’s agenda and messaging."

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