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Comment by mindbound on Open Thread, Jul. 13 - Jul. 19, 2015 · 2015-07-19T10:59:40.071Z · LW · GW

Message sent.

Comment by mindbound on Open Thread, Jul. 13 - Jul. 19, 2015 · 2015-07-19T10:38:18.708Z · LW · GW

There you go.

Comment by mindbound on Where are we? · 2011-07-01T16:09:23.206Z · LW · GW

Riga, LV.

Comment by mindbound on The Futility of Emergence · 2010-12-01T16:08:28.128Z · LW · GW

It seems somewhat hard to understand why are black holes being included in this list - for objects that by their definition cannot be observed directly, there certainly seems to be a whole lot of a solid observational evidence for their existence, both in the case of stellar and supermassive ones.

Comment by mindbound on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 · 2010-08-12T03:11:31.435Z · LW · GW

It should feel at least somehow wrong but it actually does not. Then again, I suspect that most "happenings" that include Hagrid could pretty soon end with a grave medical emergency of some sort, generating copious amounts of squick.

Luna/Draco/Karkaroff?

Comment by mindbound on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 · 2010-08-12T02:46:39.128Z · LW · GW

Oh yes, she can be. Even hedgehogs and porcupines can be, contrary to a somewhat popular opinion.