pmdulaney

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by pmdulaney 4d ago
A fascinating and brilliant man! I personally would say, however, that he suffers from an overly scrupulous conscience. He should allow himself to be an advocate for himself rather than taking on the role of arbiter of what is fair in the w
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by pmdulaney 4d ago
Two factoids of interest: 1. André was the older brother of philosopher Simone Weil. 2. "Weil" is a jumbled version of "Levi" adopted by some so as to be less conspicuously Jewish, and thus be less likely to be persecute
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by pmdulaney 6d ago
Nobody can make you feel conservative without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt *mutatis mutandis*
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by pmdulaney 7d ago
If you are a tinkerer you will be impressed by the video.
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by pmdulaney 8d ago
Nuts and bolts geekiness. I love it
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by pmdulaney 8d ago
Well, it's not like AI discovered a cure for your child's terminal illness...
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by pmdulaney 8d ago
Could be?
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by pmdulaney 8d ago
I too am a Christian conservative, but I would offer this compromise: Let the liberals keep their beloved books in the school library but allow the conservatives to veto any book they find objectionable from actually being assigned in the
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by pmdulaney 11d ago
Depending on how precise its predictions are, it could eventually affect real estate values.
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by pmdulaney 15d ago
The moral of the story is that stereotypes are fine if they are without malice. But remember to always treat every person you meet as an individual, not as one sample of a particular group.
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by pmdulaney 15d ago
On the back of a cocktail napkin, I drew a map of you...
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by pmdulaney 15d ago
nice
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by pmdulaney 19d ago
Do I detect an allusion to Gregory Bateson?
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by pmdulaney 26d ago
Could they just enable touch processing for credit cards?
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by pmdulaney 1mo ago
From Aristotle? Along the same lines: "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." -- Robert Frost
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
love it!
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
First, stop using the word "enshittification."
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
If it weren't for a small group of Romans the Church would not have its greatest theological document, Paul's letter to the Romans.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
Totally agree. Not only does writing the documentation first lead to a better product, it also fosters a much more satisfying work experience. You get yourself into an ever-deepening "tail wagging the dog" situation when the imple
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
It is always difficult to balance discrimination concerns against freedom of association -- even in those countries that recognize a right to freedom of association.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
Would the government have reacted the same way to a Korean hiking club or a yoga class restricted to only women? I suspect there is some selective enforcement going on here.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
I believe Weiner's first volume was Ex-Prodigy . I love his story of how his dad liked to pick wild mushrooms for dinner and how he (Norbert) was never sure if he was going to wake up in the morning!
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
How creative to think of writing such a thing! But von Meumann is a big enough intellect and personality to sustain it.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
Good point
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
And the ACLU famously defended the right of Nazis to parade through Skokie, Illinois.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
If every black pentagon shares a face with 5 hexagons, and every white hexagon shares a face with 3 pentagons, can you determine the ratio of hexagons to pentagons? (I haven't solved this problem, but I think it is doable.)
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
Still no joy... maybe something on my end
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
Or, less dramatically, that the law needs to accommodate capitalism in ways that it is not wont to do.
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
So anonymity of written speech is toast. We should, however, strive to preserve other forms of anonymity. For example, donations given to political causes should be kept confidential. Let protesters wear masks up to the point where they bre
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by pmdulaney 2mo ago
When I follow that link there's nothing there.

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