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That's probably why people think it's okay to listen to music or have conversations on speakerphone. I'm not saying you are obligated to attempt to stop antisocial behaviour. You are proving his assumptions that people don't really mind.

In this case I see reason. Philosophy is often seen as a soft subject in the UK, saying that he studied at Oxford removes any doubt that it was a serious degree.

I might be biased though, I've enjoyed reading a fair few Will Self books.

Which? I only really see my little bubble of Netflix, of course, but a prominent part of that is Black Mirror and Big Bang Theory so it could go either way.

Assuming every person (worldwide) read the post.

Machli (fish) is too generic, I think. "Hawai kashti" is probably right. I don't know if it's in use. Most likely the word is Hovercraft.

There's a invitation to contact the author with additions at the bottom of the page. I would if I knew what eel and hovercraft are in Urdu.

To kill the competition? Not saying that that is the case, only that it maybe a possible motive

I believe it's called "convergent evolution". But I am not a geneticist, biologist,...

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/09/bats-and-dolphins-ev...

"The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." -- 1920 W. B. Yeats

Somewhat true of our industry.

And 99.999% of Facebook users won't care. Most of those that do, can't leave Facebook because of "events." The rest of us will keep preaching to each other about how we're in a better place having never been of Facebook or having deleted our accounts.

From a bank balance perspective, yes!

(Probably anyway, I don't personally know anyone that is Thiel backed)

World Wars have not been the normal state in history.

> The world is relatively peaceful because the US is more powerful than all other nations combined.

This not true. The US and it's allies are constantly at war somewhere in the world. Chomsky has written extensively about this

3. Being good at avoiding wars is a great thing.

(Which I believe is the intent of the signatories)

I find this useful https://airtable.com/shr5TdnpVYVTpeRrN/tbluCbToxQ2knSLhh

Companies interested getting placed on it should raise PRs on https://github.com/poteto/hiring-without-whiteboards

Some of what I need to arrange can be done with calendar invites.

I left Facebook. But mainly because I realised that it's a real poor way to keep in touch with anyone. Gives you the feeling that you are keeping in touch when in reality you are just sharing photos and quotes in a medium that's very noisy with adverts.

Didn't think of that, haven't tested it but strongly doubt it. I'd expect a faulty wire to crackle predictably when moved which isn't what I experience.

Audio quality on my headphones (Senheiser M2) is better via Bluetooth than wired. Not sure why.

According to www.itjobswatch.co.uk a senior Java developer earns £70k. But can command day rate of £575. That works out at about double. Suggestion it is bimodal.

Thanks, I see. Unfortunately I don't have my Linux machine with. I'll try it later and report my experience.

There is a snap package, does that not work for you?

Seems like the distribution of S will be different to the the others. Guessing the probability of picking card N is greater than picking a card less than N. I haven't given it much thought.

"And in Go, which has a 19-by-19 board and over 10150 possible positions, even an amateur human can still rout the world’s top-ranked computer programs."

When was this written? Evidently before 2017.

My kids seem manage Shanghainese, Urdu, English (in RP, cockney and a Pakistani accent) pretty well.

I was surprised to hear my son (at the time only four) say "Hiro is the hero Big Hero 6." Pronouncing both Hiro and hero correctly.

I don't much like what Damore appears to say but in fairness that sentence does not say "less capable". That he uses "in part" and "may explain" means that it doesn't say much at all while appearing to say something, to me at least.

In the down voter's defence the comment is somewhat trollish. But it's hard to be anything but trollish about the subject.

> Luckily this nonsense hasn't spread to Europe and North America for the most part.

Isn't that what Trump's "Muslim ban" is?

Interestingly, in the London, UK at least, demonstrating that you made an effort to pay a parking ticket but were not able to will normally mean you do not have to pay the fine.

For instance, I was fined for not displaying a parking ticket. But I took a picture of the machine that wasn't able to process my payment. I emailed picture to the appeals process and was forgiven the fine. Which essentially meant I got to park for free (shiny sticker)

I don't disagree, but the counter is also true. If the developers didn't care about front end performance there wouldn't books on the topic.