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Evbn

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    Comment #5644883

    You shouldn't make predictions based on an extreme minority opinion. Even RMS knows how to separate morality from probability.

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    Comment #5644860

    That seems very easy to detect (with police on foot, like US underage alcohol stings) and send people to gulag for.

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    Comment #5644829

    Laundry? US bills are made of cloth.

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    Comment #5644813

    Weird that a tightly controlled nation like China hasn't killed the fen yet.

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    Comment #5644790

    Or a device you do control streaming to servers to you do control. There isn't a little MiniTruth man checking every byte going through the camera.

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    Comment #5644770

    Because stupid linkbait survey.

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    Comment #5644758

    Comfort food is comforting because it is nostalgic.

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    Comment #5644750

    Their stock holders may have customers interests at heart. That is how a good business works.

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    Comment #5644735

    That is a rather vague question. Google has 50K hearts.

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    Comment #5644727

    That's not what a mad lib is. That is how every real estate / rental,contract works in the real world.

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    Comment #5644697

    Quite the Freudian slip for Mr Church.

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    Comment #5644691

    Please show us an example in one language.

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    Comment #5644668

    Why "social"?

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    Comment #5644660

    That is a big IF. If I had a million dollars, I could buy your love.

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    Comment #5642687

    At some point the assumption of sanity breaks down, in this lifestyle.

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    Comment #5642612

    In the US, public transport is at least $20 per week, for a minimum commute. x2 for 2 wage earners. $1/day(!) per person is another $5 each. Replacing worn out clothes adds a touch…

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    Comment #5642573

    Income is a poor approximation of wealth, indeed.

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    Comment #5642561

    Fat people have lots of fat. Muscle and bone amd cardiovascula health and brain mylenation are another matter.

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    Comment #5642546

    I obsess over price per ounce of my food while I am in the store. (Though it gets harder as I age and my brain weakens, and as prices and sizes get intentionally harder to compare)…

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    Comment #5636282

    Many biases can be adjusted for. It is hard, though.

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    Comment #5636263

    Leading thought is that we are neural networks with neurotransmitter "macros", not common computers. Of course computers can simulate this model.

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    Comment #5636232

    That is an example of a theoretical solution that may be overkill in practice, especially if you are stuck in JS. Unless you send window positions back to the server for analysis. …

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    Comment #5633475

    It may be free, but it isn't open to all. They have an admissions gate, aka "picking winners".

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    Comment #5632818

    Right, it is artificial social barriers set up to exclude the many for the benefit of the few, like the "Ivy League" imprimatur or being in a "good family".

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    Comment #5632813

    Norvig is a great scientist and teacher, but you don't need this. In Residence concept is a throwback to the bad old days of exclusionary education. We have the Internet and great …