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by thrdOriginal 14y ago
I agree: his is not a very useful comparison. I think David Foster Wallace gives the most accurate comparison I've read, and I always want to show it to those lucky souls who have never had to deal with this type of depression: The so-call
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by thrdOriginal 14y ago
Do you really not understand the point or is that just another vacuous remark to accompany your first cliche? If the former, then perhaps you are making a case as to why liberal arts is still important in society: teaching students the abi
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
As an American that has recently moved to Germany, I do know that I pay significantly more income tax in Germany. I also know that a greater percentage of the population here is employed compared to the US, and that Germany also has a hi
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
I realize it is easy to pick on philosphy, but if you're going to write off one of our oldest disciplines it should at least come from an informed place: "I think therefore I am" is not Descartes' premise, but one of his conclusions. Even
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
This article resonated with me and it has nothing to do with poor management or exploitation or enemies: for some of us starting projects (personal or otherwise) is always a lot easier and more fun than finishing them. Finishing projects c
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
Is this serious? After reading my comment did you even bother re-reading the speech? By your analogy, every philosophical, psychological, sociological, et al text relates to the platitude your originally mentioned. The actual meaning of yo
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
The comments here to this overall incredible speech are very surprising. I can't argue that it doesn't have any useful information/ideas, that is a subjective value judgement (as crazy as it seems to me); however, in what way is he trying t
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by thrdOriginal 15y ago
While an interesting personal anecdote, your comment has nothing to do with what DFW is talking about. He touches on multiple platitudes throughout his speech (and names them as such): this is not one of them.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
I am yet another hacker with an undergrad in philosophy. The first college-level programming class I took (in high school, so before I had decided to major in either) was taught by a professor with his Masters in Philosophy and PhD in Compu
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
This is why I recommended Clive Bell: for him the subject matter is irrelevant and what matters is significant form - that combination of colors and shapes that gives rise to an aesthetic experience. Many would say that achieving this aest
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
So really you're asking "what's the point of art?" You could do worse than starting by reading "Art" by Clive Bell.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
I took the tour at Makers Mark distillery a few months ago (highly recommended), and they told a mostly similar story about Makers 46 (named after the number of attempts it took to get it right), but spun it as Bill Samuels, Jr. desire to "
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
And let's not leave out Level 3 and the perennial rumors that it is a prime acquisition target for Google in order to gain a strong fiber backbone (not that I think it will ever happen: I don't).
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Whoops, didn't mean to out your pet project. I enjoyed your post and I too was curious which analytics script you were using so I checked the page source to see what was going on. I wondered about the lack of documentation on the homepage.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
http://www.analytk.com http://www.analytk.com/view/?url=http://yieldthought.com/pos...
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
* Gay marriage (lack of) * Drug prohibition ...always immediately jump out at me; I'm sure there are many, many others.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Is this just a nice GUI for ogr2ogr? I could be wrong (I certainly haven't done the market research) but my gut feeling is that most people who would need this service would also be technically savvy enough to use free tools like FWTools.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Is that white cream topping a low-fat yogurt or some kind of delicious artery clogging velouté sauce? That distinction alone could make a world a difference if you're calorie/fat counting; different methods of cooking food that ends up appe
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
I can't speak to the Spanish language, but I think his use of the English language is one of the more incredible things he accomplishes in this novel. Really, this is the type of thing that must be read more quickly than not: because he in
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Why? If the prices are still cheaper than what you would pay otherwise, would you still boycott it? This isn't a novel business concept - airlines do this too with business/first class subsidizing economy - does this mean you don't fly eit
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
I remember one of my favorite philosophy professors talking about the various philosophers' ideas of "first philosophy", where first philosophy meant which philosophy is the root of all other philosophy (e.g. for Aristotle it is Metaphysics
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Your ad hominem attacks against Cory Doctorow don't really make his article's points any less valid. There is a difference between being discriminating and dismissive, and the arguments made in this article mostly deal with the latter.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Michael+Jordan+Height Or you could try his Wikipedia page, NBA profile, or any reputable bio of him produced, ever.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
No, he is 6'6" which I'm sure is in the 99th percentile.
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Yup, they don't do a very good job of making it obvious, but clicking on "check latest air fare" confirms these are round-trip prices (other than that, this is really cool).
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Sorry, I thought you were being intentionally daft by stating the only reason to deploy on IIS would be "Kool-Aid" etc. In any case, you quoted my short answer to what I thought was not really a question to begin with ("a very solid framewo
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Is this a real question or a silly jab at Microsoft? I think you're underestimating the number of existing businesses who have .NET at their core, in which case the question is what justifies moving off of .NET? In my experience .NET can be
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Unless you live in France, where 88% of the population are carriers... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis#In_humans
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
Completely anecdotal: a friend of mine moved here (US) from Germany ~ 5 weeks ago, and she was driving my car with me in the passenger seat. Just as I was thinking "she is a safe defensive driver," she approached a stop sign and to my shock
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by thrdOriginal 16y ago
teilo is right: this really has nothing to do with the act of praying, but rather people's brain reactions to those whom they intrinsically believe to be in a position of authority/power. Related to your question, I remember reading a few

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