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by 001sky 5009 days ago
John von Neumann:

There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about

> That about sums it up. Also, its clear you haven't read the source material you reference (ie, the source not the summary).

You'd be surprised about what people know. And what goes on behind closed doors.

Not sure where you get your expertise from...

I hope its not just playing video games/.

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I'm sure there must be some non-video-game reason lutusp was named an outstanding scientist by the Oregon Academy of Science.
Lutusp was named an outstanding scientist by...

Actually, it seems to make perfect sense. [1]

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[1] He's a rocket scientist.... Who I have a lot of respect for, but this isn't rocket science (excuse the pun). The arguments here are out of place. There is a time and a place for applying (correctly) different frameworks of logic. This sub-thread was explaining the existence of <orthogonal> support, viz: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4626135.