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How is downloading a movie copyright infringement?

The silicon valley/startups/VC tribe, and they favour Twitter because 1. that's what their friends use and 2. they like Elon Musk, they want to be like him.

> The content is an overt attempt to convince you to start a blog. That's a bit of a useless comment, isn't it?

The bookstore I like to visit doesn't sell the books I want to read.

There have been huge improvements since the first petrol engine, and huge improvements in the last 20 years as well. Petrol engines are some of the most studied and meticulously en…

The resulting "dish" is a png that you can open in a new tab, or just download straight away.

Have you read anything by McCarthy? His writing style is as far from "Said Bookism" as you can come.

Yes, that is the definition (I am Swedish and I've endured many people asking me my "colour".) It's absurd, isn't it? Especially using so many emotive words.

Not for me, I'm in Europe. (and it's big enough to not suffer from a HN-of-Death.)

Yes, no one focuses on or is sad that Tupac, John Lennon, Kafka, Percy Bysshe Shelley or John Keats died young...

I know /r/CompLing on Reddit is quite popular.

Definitely not. Very few people die of traffic accidents, and that number has been sinking steadily since 1970. (1950: 595, 1960: 1036, 1970: 1307, 1980: 848, 1990: 772, 2000: 591,…

0, if we're talking natural numbers or integers. There isn't one if we're talking real numbers. Simple proof: Assume x is the largest number smaller than 1. (x + 1)/2 is a number l…

I mean, not really. 1. There is one substance that rewrites your mind. 2. There is more than one substance that rewrites your mind. Are very different postulates.

Yes, you are correct. The direct translation is "urskulda" which is a Swedish word meaning "justify" or "excuse".

>Is it okay what he did? Of course.

There is no inherent value in having a different view. There's value in having a different view that has some value.

Well, that is literally how to convert between them. It's not an approximation.

Interesting. I found one problem, though. (Or is it a feature?) All examples I listened to of "coup de grâce" pronounced it /ku də ɡrɑː/, while the "correct" way (if there is such …

Even with inflation, they'll be worth 50 AUD. But you won't be able to buy as much with it.

You didn't answer the question: what is so horrible about trying to help oneself by tempering one's emotions and seeking happiness within?

The original title is "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote": http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/borges-quixote.html

Critical thinking?

In which way is his essay infamous?