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SailorJerry

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    Comment #46694511

    I don't understand why you're being downvoted. This sounds like a reasonably debatable argument.

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    Comment #46682386

    Yes, the next paragraph explains why the surprised economists were wrong. I agree with the GP though that the GGP was too quick to say > to the surprise of absolutely no-one with e…

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    Comment #45985375

    This made me think of Henry Ford's quote about people wanting a faster horse. Granted, he was an extreme outlier, which is why he's worth quoting

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    Comment #44449822

    I think I see your point. However, if the original poster didn't intend to substitute the defense motive with assault, then they could have made the substitution for us.

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    Comment #40282510

    I think the reason I prefer columns is I do the mental expansion into large bracketed expressions. If x is a row and kept inline, then the expansion gets really wide. To keep it co…

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    Comment #39944548

    I generally agree with this point of view, because a 100% failsafe solution can be so costly. I think medicine is a good example of how the cost of perfection scales badly. However…

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    Comment #34597575

    I played through two of the games twice and if I'm not mistaken, the sequence of numbers is always the same. Could they be randomized? I have a feeling children would learn the pat…

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    Comment #29644341

    This sounds like a test that's too easy, so everyone scores 110% with extra credit.

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    Comment #25548698

    This is the main characteristic of Dwarfheim https://dwarfheim.com/

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