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by t__r 12y ago
I tried Modafinil (provigil). Its effect was mild at best, and it was hard to determine whether this was a placebo effect or not. Ritalin, on the other hand, was very effective, but it gives a bit of a cocaine-like high, which scared me eno
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by t__r 12y ago
In Europe you get a salary for a PhD. It's not a lot but in most countries (especially western Europe) it's actually quite OK.
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by t__r 12y ago
Pieper was not a comp sci professor. He was a professor of eCommerce. I followed some of his lectures during my CS master. The sloot story caused quite some giggles among us students. It was obviously bullshit. But nobody had the guts to as
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by t__r 12y ago
Lying awake worrying about whether or not you're adding value to the human race leads to shit like this. What I'm trying to say is: people should just do what they're good at. As long as you make a decent living, you're
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by t__r 12y ago
Do you have any idea what the average scientist or artist is actually doing? I'm not talking about Einstein or Picasso...
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by t__r 12y ago
99% of people (if not more) do nothing of significant value for the human race. The wealth they create, the value of the product they produce, and the experience they gain all dissipate or become meaningless in the medium to long term. Valu
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by t__r 12y ago
I find it a bit easier to understand if I imagine similar size and shape objects with a different weight. Say, a bunch of balls with equal radius but different weights. Does a near-zero-weight ball fall with a near-zero speed? Of course not
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by t__r 12y ago
What do you mean with non-logic? I think that's hard to define. There are various approaches in logic-based AI that aim to somehow be more akin to how we handle multiple conflicting truths. A popular formalism is abstract argumentation
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by t__r 12y ago
The excitement I feel every time HeathKit is mentioned dies away when I realize it's not about HeathKit but about HealthKit.
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by t__r 12y ago
Dont forget that the first IBM PC (8086, 16 bit) also had rom basic, as well as a cassette port.
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by t__r 12y ago
Evidence is not on the side of ID. ID is not a scientific theory. It cannot be confirmed or falsified. It does not explain anything. Its premise is flawed (I don't know how X happened therefore Y must be true). Believe in ID if you wan
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by t__r 12y ago
I just don't understand it. What is it exactly that creationists argue against? What part of the theory of evolution do you disagree with? Is it the fact that there is a thing called DNA? That DNA determines traits of organisms? That D
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by t__r 12y ago
The majority of English TV on French national tv is most definitely dubbed. As far as I know it's only the Dutch. Don't know about Scandinavia and Eastern Europe though.
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by t__r 12y ago
Quality doesnt seem to be that much different from the first ever digital camera, the cromemco cyclops ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco_CYCLOPS ). Judged by the few examples that can be found via Google images, th
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by t__r 12y ago
Agreed, and it's a common error, I.e., that someone ascribes mysticism to an object that he himself is mystified by.
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by t__r 12y ago
The lack of spacing between the two columns makes it look odd. I would say, the words India, LaTeX and MySQL should have wrapped around to the next line.
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by t__r 12y ago
That's not a chip.
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by t__r 12y ago
I'm a frequent flyer, mostly within Europe, and this is true. The exception is boarding a bigger plane like the 747. But iirc the ordering is then more coarse grained (based on aisles instead of seats). And I guess I'm not the onl
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by t__r 12y ago
I too started with Basic. First steps on the Acorn Electron, then got an MSX and finally switched to a PC and used Q(uick)Basic. My ambitions ran ahead of my capabilities. Being fascinated by operating systems (I vividly remember tinkering
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by t__r 12y ago
To me the matter looks similar to taking the conjunction of the empty set, which is defined to be TRUE. This, however, starts to make sense when you see that the taking the conjunction of a set X can be interpreted as "forall x in X, x
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by t__r 12y ago
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by t__r 13y ago
I'm sure the iWatch will have a MacBook friendly strap.
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by t__r 13y ago
Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=li... and this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nae9L4EdRs
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by t__r 13y ago
It's a nautical mile (about 1.8 km). A standard unit of distance in aviation.
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by t__r 13y ago
In Europe, virtually every brand and model of car can be bought with an automatic gearbox as well as manual. So it's not that they (the manufacturers) have not moved over yet - it is just that they (the drivers) generally prefer manual
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EBuddy acquired by booking.com(blog.ebuddy.com)
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by t__r 13y ago
OK I don't know enough about quantum physics to comment further. But on the one hand you copy/past Wittgenstein to make your point (intellectual authority, you were talking about?) and on the other hand you talk about experimental
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by t__r 13y ago
Let me rephrase my objection to your initial post: To experiment means to test a hypothesis. Even if you can write down a hypothesis concerning the metaphysical (although I don't see how that's possible without resorting to what W
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by t__r 13y ago
Modal logic as a tool to analyze and elucidate philisophical problems (epistemic, doxastic, deontic etc.)? Yes. Modal logic as a tool to do `experimental metaphysics'? I don't think so. In the end a logic is a bunch of intellectua
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by t__r 13y ago
Many years ago I had a pair of Nike sneakers smelling of cat pee. I remember the shoe store saying it was not uncommon. They said it was glue.

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