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Barmar
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I've been in the computer industry since about 1979 (I had a summer programming job after graduating from high school), and I've done a little bit of everything. I've programmed in ancient languages (BASIC, PL/I, COBOL, Lisp) and more recent ones (Perl, PHP, Javascript), with a few random assemblers thrown into the mix. I've been a system programmer, system administrator, tech support engineer, and performance engineer.

I'm currently working as a programmer for Bridge Base Online, the leading online site for playing bridge. I've been learning modern web application development in the process.

P.S. My name is barmar, not barman.

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An argument that everything exists
Jun 5, 2022
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What, if anything, is the flaw in SMBC's "happiness-3" comic?
Dec 27, 2023
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The implication if we discovered that natural abiogenesis is statistically nearly impossible
Feb 27
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If we encounter what appears to be an advanced extraterrestrial technological device, would the claim that it was designed be falsifiable?
Jun 6, 2023
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What are examples of moral principles in religions that secular ethical systems find hard to accept or justify and why?
Aug 5
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Can God transcend human logic and reasoning?
Jun 25
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Is reductio ad absurdum a fallacy?
Jan 31, 2020
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What is a philosophical interpretation of Bayes’s theorem when one of the probabilities is zero?
Jan 30
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Isn't an appeal to emotions in fact necessary to validate our ethical decisions?
Aug 14
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Does zero exist?
Mar 9
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