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tangled_zans

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About tangled_zans

zans.lancs@gmail.com

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    Comment #11975704

    See, that kind of comments don't contribute anything to the conversation. All you're doing is portraying yourself as a victim and hijacking the issue back into the bullshit "are we…

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    Comment #11975699

    So your friend can't get a job because... there are immigrants who are collecting more in welfare than doctors? Is that how welfare works now? You've somehow managed to put the phr…

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    Comment #11932787

    Can people rename this to something that makes sense? Seeing a post on the front page saying "A brief update" is so vague. An update by whom? About what? There's literally not enou…

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    Comment #11909849

    That is one region of the world that I do not know much about. Would you have any links about the history that led to the current state of the affairs that you've described?

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    Comment #11881915

    Thank you for your insights, this has been useful! (I was actually hoping to ask this to a linguist for some time now, so I was happy when I saw your message!) You surmised my curr…

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    Comment #11837478

    Why do you think that sharing buttons are crap?

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    Comment #11837468

    What? Where do all of these conjectures come from? Is there any evidence?

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    Comment #11827701

    Do you agree with Searle's classification of speech acts into five different types? Or would you use a different way to classify them?

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    Comment #11827633

    I What would it mean, statistically, if it's getting it right less than 50% of the time?

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    Comment #11802671

    That is such a messed up and privileged attitude. "Homelessness isn't a problem, you just need some seeds. Ergo if the homeless are starving they must be too lazy or maybe they spe…

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    Comment #11799148

    > I'm Dutch, and bluntly calling out flaws in each other's work is not considered all that rude over here; it's almost the opposite: not calling someone out on their flaws implies …

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    Ask HN: What gives you motivation?

    I realize this is kind of an open ended question, but I'm curious as to what you guys will answer.

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    Comment #11792180

    I'm surprised by people saying "well how could AirBNB end racism?!" It's not like they have access to all the data from who the hosts accept and reject and the profile pictures of …

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    Comment #11636835

    I know right. It was obvious from the start that he's full of shit, how are people still arguing about this?

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    Comment #11626654

    I like your analysis, thanks. > We may never reach the stage of Strong AI because it turns out that what we actually do is not intelligent enough to require Strong AI. That's inter…

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    Comment #11625735

    Very wisely said. People in AI try to replicate the "power of the human brain" when there are billions of "human brains" that are surviving at a subsistence level or working in min…

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    Comment #11475806

    Well said. +1 for mentioning Aubrey.

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    Comment #11378933

    I wasn't sure what to make of riprowan's above accusation that /r/bitcoin has become a toxic environment, but you've pretty much confirmed it. Sorry for your loss.

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    Comment #11348377

    Does anyone have data for how many companies from the previous batches have survived so far and what their valuation is?

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    Comment #11325801

    Nice! You got a link?

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    Comment #11325795

    Wow, thanks for sharing! I did look at CoreNLP before and the fact that it's in Java has put me off, so this will be useful :)