jonallanharper
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Comment · 6 years ago
Anyone know the name of that sax melody?
Comment · 8 years ago
Yea... that's was my sentiment as well. Build a React Native app from scratch and observe your tune changing.
Comment · 12 years ago
"Why Net Neutrality Regulation is the Path to Ending Net Neutrality"
http://hustlebear.com/2011/01/05/why-net-neutrality-regulati...
Article is from 2011, but still pertinent.
Comment · 13 years ago
The FDA’s letter to 23andMe calls “particularly concerning” the information the tests would provide about the gene linked to breast cancer (BRCA) “because of the potential health consequences that could result from false positive or false negative assessments.”
According to 23andMe's site: "You should not change your health behaviors solely on the basis of information from 23andMe. Make sure to discuss your Genetic Information with a physician or other health care provider before you act upon the Genetic Information resulting from 23andMe Services. For most common diseases, the genes we know about are only responsible for a small fraction of the risk. There may be unknown genes, environmental factors, or lifestyle choices that are far more important predictors. If your data indicate that you are not at elevated genetic risk for a particular disease or condition, you should not feel that you are protected. The opposite is also true; if your data indicate you are at an elevated genetic risk for a particular disease or condition, it does not mean you will definitively develop the disease or condition. In either case, if you have concerns or questions about what you learn through 23andMe, you should contact your physician or other health care provider."
(Paraphrased from Harry Binswanger's article: http://onforb.es/1iQEN4U)
Comment · 14 years ago
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Comment · 14 years ago
Identifying yourself by your skin color means you perceive the color of your skin to imply something about you.
Anyone who asserts that the color of an individual's skin implies something about that individual is a quintessential racist. It implies nothing about you as an individual. Anyone who says it does (including you), accepts the premises that every racist accepts: that a color somehow defines the identity or nature of that individual.
"Offensively ignorant" #1) I can't control what offends you, that's your choice. If you are offended, then choose not to be. #2) Ignorance means lack of knowledge or information. What specific information am I lacking in this context?
"I've been around a good long while." Again, no (rational) person in this forum cares how long you've been around. What does that have to do with my argument?
Comment · 14 years ago
No one cares what color or age you are raganwald. That's the entire point. If you identify yourself by your skin color, then you are in fact racist.
Comment · 14 years ago
"Nobody mentions that an economy has a hypothetical failure mode (like the game of Monopoly) where all of the money ends up in one person's hands -- and then trading stops."
Stunning level of ignorance.
Comment · 15 years ago
Or, they could do something towards actually solving the state budget problems and just fire themselves.
Comment · 15 years ago
Another terrible idea from a state bankrupt from terrible ideas.
Comment · 15 years ago
"if a town wants to pool their money and pay to build out infrastructure that should be legal"
If people want to pool their own money together, they can. The only thing this bill prevents is the government from forcing an individual to pay for something.
Even if every individual was morally obligated to pay for something that the town wants (which is not the case), providing services is not the proper role of government.
Comment · 15 years ago
Profit is a form of value. Big surprise that people are deriving value in different ways. Anyone that uses PirateBay without deriving some sort of value is either irrational or has blindly accepted the irrational premises of altruism.
Comment · 16 years ago
Rand's theory of concepts is the explicit cognitive framework of induction and abstraction - both vital to comp sci endeavors. To overlook her work is a tremendous oversight, a detriment to this congruency.