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by scalable 14y ago
Assuming he did fix it. I remember the time I had some annoyances with my boot loader. After several tries at fixing it, I thought "I should get a clean start, lets dd zeros to mbr!". I did recover from that but it took so much time I didn'
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by scalable 14y ago
"In fact, it happened after 13 KYA. Cave art from that time always shows normally pigmented people. Notice that in this painting from 13 KYA, the hunters are the same color as the deer." Notice how the painting is monochrome. Maybe they jus
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by scalable 14y ago
Fair point.
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by scalable 14y ago
https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KE... "UPDATE (3/13/12): After public pressure, PayPal has revised their policy censoring publishers of erotic ebooks."
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by scalable 14y ago
This is a problem that can easily be dealt with if/when it arises.
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by scalable 14y ago
Minor problem: Zero based indexing, combined with not showing current page in navigation, is confusing. At main page I saw links to page 1, 2. Thought that 1 was current page, 2 was next page.
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by scalable 14y ago
"Homosexuality is not a mental illness. We have finally learned this, ..." This is an opinion, not a fact. We have changed our minds, not learned anything.
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by scalable 14y ago
A date has a non-zero cost. If you want to weed, do it earlier. Say something embarrassing on your online dating profile maybe? Then, when the selection is done, you go into seduction mode at the date.
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by scalable 14y ago
I have only stated my beliefs, and have not claimed to have the facts. I base my belief on this idea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
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by scalable 14y ago
There is a difference in doing things overtly and covertly. If they are doing it covertly they will probably think it through a lot more carefully, since the stakes are higher. And if some things that were previously done covertly but are n
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by scalable 14y ago
I would say it is far easier to astroturf a contrarian anecdote.
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by scalable 14y ago
N=124 can definitely give statistically significant results. Consider the following thought experiment. You have a coin that you think might be loaded. You flip it 124 times. You get 119 tails. It is probably loaded. Lets say you get 66 tai
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by scalable 14y ago
Not even a large sample will help against systematic errors.
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by scalable 14y ago
Jokes such as those are really bad for a good discussion. They serve to prove to people on your "side" (an idiotic notion, but I digress), how stupid the people on the other side are. I would downvote if I could.