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    Comment #35944134

    I appreciate what you’re saying but I thought McCarthy was not suggesting this is a world without good and evil. But rather the forces at work are beyond our ability to control or …

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    Comment #35734671

    Are you the author of the meta analysis? If so, thanks for your work on that. But I was not commenting on the quality of the studies. I did not think the author of "The Epistemolog…

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    Comment #35734047

    > Static typing? One study, presented at FSE 2014, found no evidence that static typing is helpful—or harmful And yet the abstract of the linked paper says: > Most notably, it does…

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    Comment #21016312

    Ok will do, thanks for the link. So far my impression isn’t that the book is intentionally negative, but appreciate the additional context.

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    Comment #21016091

    Agreed. Currently reading the biography of Disney, and it’s so depressing to hear he was the punching bag of every writer, journalist, critic, and university professor throughout t…

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    Comment #21015942

    He was also known for massive investments into wind farms, divesting his petroleum portfolio, and rallying fellow conservatives to take climate change seriously. You admit you’ve n…

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    Comment #20968295

    Segment the continental United States into quadrants. In which quadrant would the Notre Dame pin fall? It’s also about 1.5 hours from downtown Chicago. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is about…

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    Comment #20967555

    I don’t disagree the sport started in the ivies, but not where it became massively commercialized. Right now the Northeastern football programs are not very competitive, with the e…

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    Comment #20966256

    Yea I think the reason is that Western Europe is historically much more urbanized than most of America.

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    Comment #20966183

    You're right, I didn't make that point well. This Alabama coach is famous for erupting in anger during the last play of the game if his player makes a mistake, even when they are w…

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    Comment #20964472

    The prejudice and ignorance in these comments are astounding, so I'll try address the major themes. I'm defensive because, though I rarely watch the games, I enjoy listening to pos…

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    Comment #18460546

    >> When has that ever not worked out in our favor? Would you explain a little more? I'm ignorant about the history of German government investment in IT. But here in America, feder…

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    Comment #17997008

    This is nonsense. Gmail is free. Inbox was free. Google Search is free. You can launch a profitable business on Google Cloud or Firebase in the free tier. They built Kubernetes and…

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    Comment #17552125

    Honestly, I'd love to see examples of rotted code that could be made exponentially faster. I'm likely guilty of this. And I agree that it's disheartening to watch how horribly we u…

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    Comment #14837509

    The Botanical Garden setting could be part of the problem. The article says that your location is weighted into the results, considering past occurrences of species found near you.…

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    Comment #11513302

    I think it's a more interesting topic. Another article on animal emotions would be inconclusive. But this represents real progress in ecology and environmental protection. A GPS se…

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    Comment #11513297

    Def a compelling mystery. Turns out to likely be a larger Great White: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-th... .