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Confusion

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About Confusion

Software engineer working on a model based testing tool. Interested in all kinds of human knowledge.

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    Comment #43802148

    The problem isn’t addresses being a few (tens of) meters off.

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    Comment #27686321

    I don't agree hearing and balance are the same sensory organ. They are two separate organs, just very near each other and indeed resembling each other, which explains why they are …

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    Comment #27672749

    It seems suspicious that this would be hiding in the eyes. A separate specialized organ would be more like the other senses.

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    Comment #26325438

    Not necessarily. You can measure things in ways that add energy: e.g. radar waves contribute a tiny bit of energy to the things they bounce off. Yet they measure where objects are.…

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    Comment #26176548

    Corn is much lower than it was 8 years ago, steel is at the same level as it was in 2018/2019, lumber only up 50% from last peak in 2018 (and price fluctuates a lot currently).

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    Comment #25954559

    Theoretically, yes. In practice their UI simply may not have that option and you don’t just build something like that reliably on such short notice.

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    Comment #24269561

    Ironically, you obviously didn't read the OP, as it clearly mentions people could at least bother to read the, free, abstract.

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    Comment #23880852

    One way of discovering what increases property X is testing that some change decreases property X. Another way of discovering what increases property X is testing that some change …

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    Comment #23548614

    You have obviously not actually read the article and are railing against a strawman. The third of your ‘easiest explanations’ is pretty much the third explanation offered in the ar…

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    Comment #22286972

    It seems to me that you can’t conclude that speeding causes accidents from these statistics. If people speed 30% of the time, then accidents will involve speeding 30% of the time i…

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    Comment #22255380

    You are improving your productivity by 'doing something else', such as 'walking for several hours in the forest'. Banging your head against a problem for several hours while not ma…

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    Comment #21542918

    Finding a $20 bill on Times Square

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    Comment #21535279

    Indeed, because I'm not arguing any position in the debate, but offering an observation whose truthfulness anyone can judge on their own. The parent, on the other hand, was respond…

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    Comment #21522928

    Your comment is devoid of argument.

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    Comment #21432634

    Related: The first few milliseconds of an HTTPS connection ( http://www.moserware.com/2009/06/first-few-milliseconds-of-h... )

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    Comment #21155751

    Of course it is, that's exactly the point. 'Eventual consistency' is the name for situations where a race condition is acceptable and even a feature. It doesn't matter whether it a…

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    Comment #21147937

    Examples in the literature? This is not a bloody academic exercise?! I use the term 'race condition' about once a week to point out something may happen before or after something e…

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    Comment #21147821

    There is currently a court case against a drugs kingpin where one of the reputable newspapers does mention his full name, but each time followed by "-- the suspect's lawyer has ind…

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    Comment #21102015

    I think it's just someone, possibly a non native speaker, mixing "reaping the benefits of" and "plucking the fruits of"

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    Comment #21074336

    This did not happen.

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    Comment #20874883

    Yes, we learned the difference between Thai basil and regular basil in Thailand, which was before she started attempting to make her own curry :). I'm not sure if there's cardamom …

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    Comment #20864743

    Sometimes it just needs carefully sussing out the secret ingredient. My wife has been trying to make green curry for years, but it was never as good as the Thai stuff. Then she fol…

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    Comment #20819053

    Spare display for $90 that I can install myself? Starts throwing money their way

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    Comment #20628781

    People generalize personal experience and anecdotes they have heard. People may also generalize to cultures they think are similar without evidence.

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    Comment #20587841

    It’s like you’re reading my mind. This matches my experience closely and is exactly what I first thought of when I saw this topic.