dunstad

If you think about the rules of our current system, your conclusion makes perfect sense. I and others don't think the rules of the current system are very good if they're preventing us from giving people better quality of life.

The system that prevents you from making a good living without locking down code is most of the problem. To the extent you support that, you are likely a part of it. No different from most people nowadays I think, myself included.

As a nearsighted human who didn't get glasses as early as he should have, I used to use people's gait or clothing to recognize them at long distances. You know your dog best, just saying there can be ways to compensate.

What for?

What do you believe that people without 'merit' deserve?

Sounds like the profit motive has some significant issues.

Where is option 3, come clean, change their ways and work to correct the damage? Why are 'lie' and 'kill themselves' more obvious?

Is that really the only way you could think of to describe this? Sexual assault is a horrible thing to go through, and I can't imagine it's a lot of fun to happen upon the idea in unexpected places like this. You could easily just replace it with fuck.

Don't believe everything you read. Vonnegut is an author, not a prophet.

Relationships with intense difficulty are rewarding and memorable?

Honestly they're not doing great here in Japan. Usually I order stuff from the .com version because .jp is really lacking. Most people who live here and speak Japanese natively just order from the separate online stores of Japanese businesses I believe.

Capitalism has become pretty controversial lately, so if I had to venture a guess I would say that's likely why.

Can I ask why you put quotes on 'those with needs'?

Funneling resources to people who create more resources does make sense, provided the assumption that those specific individuals are the key ingredient to the resource creation.

From what I understand, the people you defend capitalism from tend to assume that those individuals themselves are less relevant than is their place in the larger system.

Does this summary of the arguments line up with your experience?

Hard to walk when you're born in concrete shoes, though.

I'm pretty sure that's called... well, not capitalism.

I can understand why you might find that a silly reaction. It is indeed obvious that there are many physiological differences between men and women. However, one reason I think people get worried about this kind of research is that it can be cited as justification for treating men and women differently in situations where it is certainly not warranted.

I'm not saying there's no value to research like this, but I also believe that if it makes some people uneasy, their fears come from a good place.

Spoiler alert...

How interesting. Any way to verify this tale?

I would expect that if this common cold virus had such an effect it would have been noticed by someone before now. I'm not a doctor or anything, but it just seems unlikely.

React explicitly discourages using inheritance with components, instead promoting composing components together like functions. You're also encouraged to keep them stateless if possible, so they create the same output for the same input. I'll need some convincing that functional programming is on its way out in JavaScript.

You might want to give this a look: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript

A program that allows you to control robots in Minecraft from a web browser: https://github.com/dunstad/roboserver

You should take a look at a Minecraft mod called Computercraft.

Hey, I've been developing this in my freetime for a while now. The robots are added into Minecraft by a mod, and they run Lua code. I have an Express webserver which communicates with the robots using TCP, and relays information from them to a webpage with websockets. I'm happy to answer any questions!

Humans do not like seeing their family and friends die. The motivational force to prevent that from happening is very strong. Ultimately, that's why we're killing the mosquitos.

There is of course a certain extent to which you can adjust how difficult the game will be for you, such as where you embark or just restricting your playstyle, but ultimately coming up with goals is necessary to keep enjoying the game. I never last very long myself...

There are actually a surprising number of detailed graphics mods you can get for Dwarf Fortress (although not wanting to fiddle with modding the game is entirely understandable).

Having played both Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft, I think that there are a lot of different people who enjoy many different things about Minecraft. Dwarf Fortress doesn't fulfill all the same roles, so depending on your preferences, you might like it more or less. I don't really see it as progression personally, although they do share a subset of their audiences.

And here's the link to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3appoo/were_the_found...

One thing I found interesting about Kanzi is how organic his learning experience seems to have been compared to some other animals who were taught language. (Alex, for instance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot) ) Seeing this sort of learning through exposure makes me think maybe we're not so different after all.