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"It is a well-known fact that it is much easier to measure a physical quantity than to correctly assess the magnitude of the uncertainty on the measurement: the uncertainty is everything! "
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"The logicâsuch that it isâof the National Review editorial board seems to be that since everyone knows Asians are better than Latinos, no one can call them racist if they compare Sotomayor to an Asian. That argumentâsuch that it isâcouldâve made more forcefully if they made it without validating the charge against them."
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"Nothing wrong with this â writing on a regular basis is work, even when youâre ostensibly doing it for fun, and it shouldnât be a surprise not a lot of people really want to work that hard. Also and perhaps more to the point, I suspect many people who start blogging realize fairly quickly that they either donât like sharing all their thoughts to the world, or that their thoughts, while interesting to them, appear fairly banal once theyâre typed out, and itâs better just not to post them for the sake of posting them. And thereâs nothing wrong with this either, and indeed the blogger is to be congratulated of the bit of personal insight. Most blogs are abandoned because they should be."
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"Note that the unemployment rate has risen sharply for all categories in 2009. For "less than a high school diploma" the rate has increased from 9% in 2009 to almost 16% in May."
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"The website for the TAC-15 offers no logical reason to put the crossbow on top of an assault rifle body, and the best we can come up with is if you also strap a laser or railgun underneath it you'll be set to do battle wherever your time machine lands you."
