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lamuerteflaca | 10 years ago | on: Ten Days of Silence

>>Reads like a Scientology ad

After just reading the first few lines I started thinking what a bunch of bull. Then I read your message and I laughed because it's so true...:)

What worries me is that it is so easy to be taken in by this stuff. Specially if you are in a vulnerable state.

lamuerteflaca | 10 years ago | on: What Poverty Does to the Young Brain

Thankfully you are being downvoted. Reading between the lines you are arguing that poor people are simply genetically stupid.

I counter that by saying that even though only a few can win a marathon most people with some training can finish it within a reasonable time.

Getting a doctor degree is the exact same thing. Sure, there are a few geniuses but you need not be one to become a medical doctor.

My point is that most people are intelligent enough. Hence most poverty is no because of the lack of it. Other issues are at play. Birth lottery is a strong one.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: I would have hired Doug, but...

What have you done that makes you feel satisfied with your life? Just curious. I'm 37 and feel like I'm just getting started. Keep in mind that I have wasted very little time. Always working on some project here or there. Right now I'm planning my next fourty years. So it really makes me wonder how you can feel you are done.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: The days are long but the decades are short

I'm not part of the elite. I do what I love even if that means I'm broke. Saying that you cannot do what you love because you are not priviledged are just excuses. Sacrifice what needs to be sacrificed otherwise don't whine. Find a way otherwise you were never meant to do it if you give up too easily.

Most people are just talk though. They will do what they love if you hand them everything in a silver platter. Well the universe doesn't give a damn about you. You are just star waste.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: My favorite bug: segfaults in Java

It completely defeats the whole point of a garbage collector if you have to resort to hacks like this. I understand why it is done. A lot easier to use the work around then to fix the root problem.

Unfortunatelly these types of bugs have a nasty way of showing up in other places where it can be even harder to debug. Long term these bugs need to be fixed otherwise your code will just be a ticking bomb. The worst part is when they combine with other bugs and they become even harder to debug.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: I am the dumbest person in the room. What should I do?

Since you provided no citations yours is just an opinion at best. I'll throw mine in. You are wrong, IQ is about context. The more context you have about a subject the smarter you will seem. Your IQ will increase proportionally with the number of subjects you acquire context in. It is better if the subjects are diverse. Also, the more context you have the faster your processing speed will seem to get (In reality it stays constant, your neurons will only fire so fast)

Sure, raw learning ability, or memorization speed which is what you are talking about, matters. But as long as you don't have a learning disability it pales in comparison to context. And we all have pretty much the same learning ability. Also, those people that are really smart have put in thousands of hours to acquire lots of context. The genius who can absorb new material by reading any subject in a single pass is a myth.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: Spain Finds Cervantes' Tomb in Madrid

Is like saying that English accent (from England) doesn't exist. Of course it does. Every single region has its own accents. And yes, I guess within Spain accents vary, which I guess is the thing you are being pedantic about.

Well I would definitely not expect a mexican to write Mexico with a "j". So are you from Spain or not?

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: Spain Finds Cervantes' Tomb in Madrid

For whatever reason I cannot help but hear a strong spaniard accent when reading this. I could almost swear that you are from Spain. I'd say that the "vamos" at the start is what is tipping me off. Quite amusing how one can discern nationality by little things like that.

lamuerteflaca | 11 years ago | on: My Roommate, the Darknet Drug Lord

And a new law is born: La muerte Flacas' law: Try to use a valid NAZI reference and a clueless bastard will mention Godwin's Law. The Laziest form of counter argument.
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