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illlogic2

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    Comment #18088717

    Except this isn't weaseling words as much as you'd like to think. Many driving instructors use the metaphor that a car is a 2 ton bullet to their students.

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    Comment #18060887

    All those looking for a fresh Myst-like experience should check out Quern: Undying Thoughts.

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    Comment #18060864

    I would check out Quern. Quern is an excellent Myst style game and comes closest to Myst style puzzles. From what I've seen of the "The Witness" is looked to be the same maze puzzl…

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    Comment #17077335

    Hi, I'm 30 and trying to relearn the math courses I did in college (Computer Science degree) and more. I am currently using Standford & MIT's open couseware. I feel like I am movin…

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    Comment #16759345

    "No one knows what actually happens in college or why it’s supposed to make you more successful." I stopped reading after this line. Anybody who takes what FEE says for more than a…

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    Comment #16745411

    I fail to see how having a gun to your head is in any way true. Can you give any examples of this happening? Tax evasion is a crime and you should go to jail (you are exploiting th…

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    Comment #16716877

    "many giraffes are slaughtered just for their tails, which are considered a status symbol and have been used as a dowry when asking a bride’s father for his daughters hand in marri…

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    Comment #16716289

    But in reality no one has ever held a gun to your head because of taxes.

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    Ethical fields that use AI for other reasons than mining personal data?

    As a field that I want go into, AI and data science seems like it is being use for some pretty shallow, unethical reasons (mass manipulation, advertising, disinformation etc). Does…

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    Comment #16691581

    Honest question, can you just run simple symmetric encryption on your data before uploading to gapps?

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    Comment #16594217

    Well, I just bought OpenGL SuperBible and was eventually going to go about making a simple game engine from scratch and learn the linear algebra required for graphics engines. Woul…

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    Comment #15491477

    Why not https://eloquentjavascript.net/ ? The 2nd edition is still good from my understanding. The author is also trying to update it and is close to their funding goal: https://el…