samman

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by samman 6mo ago
For the specific process that generated this story, I think a generous comparison could be made to something like photography. Yes, the machine is producing the resulting work, but under the guidance and curation of an artist that sets an a
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by samman 1y ago
I don’t think it’s necessarily the case that women are incapable of formulating useful insights about men, or vice versa.
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by samman 1y ago
For El Salvadorian citizens I think you make a good point. But for non-citizens (e.g. Venezuelans)that the US has sent to El Salvadoranean prisons presumably via diplomatic means, it seems reasonable that they could be returned via diplomat
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by samman 2y ago
There are other cultural vectors, and while they might lack the virtual ubiquity of ads many of them are more effective for it (if perhaps slower).
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by samman 3y ago
A lot of places have “multi-use” paths, open to pedestrians, bikes , skateboards, etc —-previously all human-powered modes of transit.
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by samman 4y ago
Perhaps: https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/
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by samman 4y ago
A corollary to this would be: “Backups are worthless. Restores are priceless.”
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by samman 4y ago
Another factor to consider is that there may also be significant infrastructure upgrades required to support the increase in population, and costs might increase dramatically when you consider increased water usage in an already drought st
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by samman 4y ago
Could you summarize a theory or two about the mechanism by which the question asked could affect what cards are drawn?
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by samman 4y ago
The headline is overly pessimistic and implies tree planting schemes are all worthless and doomed to failure. There are fairly proven methods for planting forests, for instance: https://daily.jstor.org/the-miyawaki-method-a-
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by samman 7y ago
>I'm a little sad I never got to use the BeOS that the author so much likens to a batmobile (going from memory). You may be interested in Haiku OS then... https://www.haiku-os.org/
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by samman 11y ago
Seems pretty clear when you put it that way.
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by samman 11y ago
>Note that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" is a precondition, according to the 2A, for a "well-regulated militia" Arms are indeed a precondition for a militia, but it seems to me the 2A only exists bec
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by samman 11y ago
I see how that was critical to the nation at the time, but then how is that amendment relevant in the modern world? Standing armed forces protect our national integrity, and state/county/municipal agencies maintain local order. Ar
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by samman 11y ago
Fair point about the separate clauses-- but what's the intent of the "well-regulated" part, then?
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by samman 11y ago
2a. "...well-regulated..."
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by samman 11y ago
"Loop server allows firefox users to call each others via WebRTC. It is a rendezvous API built on top of an external service provider for NAT traversal and supplementary services." https://docs.services.mozilla.com&#x2F
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by samman 11y ago
Looking at the anecdotes being shared here, I see widely varying accounts of effects/efficacy. I wonder how many actually used 100% MDMA as opposed to one of its more 'designer' variants (blends, analogues, etc) generally ava
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by samman 12y ago
I believe that's called a 'firm'.
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by samman 12y ago
>Unions, especially service unions revolving around local physical transportation, depend entirely on nationalism. Without a sympathetic federal entity that can supersede local definitions of what work is, you're just a ragtag pack
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by samman 12y ago
So, I'm kind of ambivalent about this thread so far, but it sounds like you have thought about this a bit. What sort of moral framework do you find preferable over the 'out-of-touch white middle class' one?
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by samman 12y ago
The juggler and 'computer plastic surgery' segments were created by Information International, Inc., the latter being for the movie "Looker". Information International, Inc. 1982 Demo Reel: https://www.youtube
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by samman 12y ago
I think they were building a '1AESS': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1ESS_switch#1A_ESS
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The Hello Machine (1974) [video](youtube.com)
11 points by samman 12y ago|2 comments
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by samman 12y ago
Perhaps one of the techniques discussed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFol6IMbZ7Y ? Or, as this was published a couple of days ago, it might have utilized POODLE, or even BEAST in unmitigated cases. But yeah, I&#x27
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by samman 12y ago
What a gem. The reference list seems to tell a story all by itself.
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by samman 13y ago
Could this be from bots scraping reddit links?
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by samman 13y ago
The next social network should not be site or app at all, but instead be a protocol .
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by samman 13y ago
That's a fair point. Photoshop and Illustrator are definitely their flagship products, and I didn't even bother mentioning their web tools (HTML5 is rapidly making Flash a legacy/zombie product, and I don't think there&#
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by samman 13y ago
I was just thinking this morning about how from a technology standpoint Adobe seems to be way ahead of virtually everyone else at the moment. The only competing (pro to prosumer level) applications I've seen that are comparable with re

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