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Taleb says that Semitic languages lack a distinct word for forecasting and simply use prophesying. It's rather amusing in light of many statements made about investing or the economy.
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In Hebrew, there are two words - one for prophesy (prophet), and another for vision (visionary). The word root for forecasting in modern Hebrew comes from vision, not prophesy.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Randor wrote: I think I'll pass on that... I worked very hard to get Youtube to serve me only mathematics, science and computer related videos. It took me over a year.
I use a VM for such kind of "researches"  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Use incognito mode on your browser if you do change your mind. That way it won't mess with your current youtube algorithm. 
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Quote: you are going to need a really good WiFi signal
They won't be smart enough for that. At best they are likely to employ carrier pigeons. If the pigeons are smart enough to navigate a spherical world, navigating a flat world will be a breeze!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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It worked for Terry Pratchett.
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I am still waiting for some mountain climbing group to name themselves "The Steep Earth Society".
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Stupid, stupid people! If they get caught in the waterfall at the edge they'll go over for sure, and then they'll just keep bouncing off the shells of an infinite column of turtles - as the old lady said, it's turtles all the way down.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWbFFUlCnlc[^]
Meet me at the edge of the world
To watch it all burn
Forget what you learned (we're gonna watch it all burn)
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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How about the millions---millions----who sailed over the edge and didn't get caught
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Obligatory Monty Python sketch: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Brave souls!
They have nothing to fear but sphere itself!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Reminds me of the old episode of Monkey in which he wagers Buddha he can fly out of her hand.
After an untold distance flying on his cloud he reaches the 5 pillars all the way at the end of the universe and does some graffiti.
Only to discover he's just tagged her fingers. 
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My best advice is to watch the documentary called "Beyond the Curve".
It's a fantastic "non-biased" review of the flat earth movement.
There is even a section by a group of flat earth scientists who perform a series of experiments using low and high tech gear over the years to prove their flat earth theory. I won't spoil the ending :P
SimonDarksideJ
Microsoft Windows & Xbox MVP
ZenithMoon Studios.
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To stop any argument with a flat earther, just state that if the earth was flat, then cats would have knocked everything off the edge a long time ago.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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They forgot to take Trump with them. You have to have a con man with you to make it.
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Please read the instructions at the top of this page:
Quote: The Lounge is rated Safe For Work. If you're about to post something inappropriate for a shared office environment, then don't post it. No ads, no abuse, and no programming questions. Trolling, (political, climate, religious or whatever) will result in your account being removed.
There are many (Americans as well as non-Americans") who will agree with your assessment of the man. However, there are at least as many who will disagree, and this kind of thing is often considered as political trolling.
I would consider this your one-and-only warning: Leave US politics to other sites, please.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The byline is wrong - it is turtles, not elephants. Tsk.
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Besides not understanding how flat Earther's come to believe as they do I am also mystified as to why the Italian authorities believe it would be preferable to quarantine in house in village w/ other residents instead of in the middle of the ocean or edge of the world as it were. Cheerios
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... should you look for the Auld Lang Sign?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Not when you are in the company of Dave Auld, he can navigate the stars 
otherwise sing a long with these MEP's[^]
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I know a man, his name is Lang
and he owns a neon sign
now Mr. Lang is very old
so we call it "old Lang's sign".
-- Allen Sherman
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Now old lang was just an ordinary ol' bushy,
Who stumbled on an iron orphine,
Mountains'a the bloody stuff they reckon,
So they called it, 'Old Lang's iron'
-- Kevin Bloody Wilson.
Full lyrics are NSFW ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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