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I actually comment even simple code because comments show up a different color in my editors. Comments for me are often an additional mnemonic trigger rather than necessarily a sto…

I always wonder about the debate of whether hunter-foragers worked 11 hours a week for food and shelter or were always on the brink of starvation and warfare. I wonder if we'll eve…

I don't know if you've read the essay, but I couldn't figure out how the author's theory of "ultimate purpose" of money could be falsified. In fact, how is any description of subje…

Evolutionary psychology strikes me as myth-making, not in the pejorative sense but in that it forms an understandable, cohesive, and easily retold story around a bunch of observati…

My thoughts exactly. I figured maybe there was some other crap in the ... that necessitated the convoluted 2nd part of the || statement, but I couldn't think of anything that would…

I wish programming documentation in general were divided into two heavily linked parts, one conversational introductory section and one concise and technical reference section (lik…