Chocobean

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by Chocobean 18y ago
if its not bad form to quote wikipedia, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China where it mentions the fall of the Gang of Four. I think what happened was that China was pretty unstable what with the Wars and th
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Ah. I think I see what you mean. But I disagree that we can "just build more". It isn't just simple supply and demand because land, and hence living spaces, is finite. You can't just increase production until everyone is happy. And in a goo
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by Chocobean 18y ago
I'm not following. In a capitalistic society a trendy area of "high value" will push the prices up unless some sort of socialistic program like rent control steps in, no? My question was what's your take on how cheap residences can coexist
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by Chocobean 18y ago
What happened in 1904 ?? The US bubble says 78Gold, 82Silver and 79Bronze the rest of the world, combining all medals totaled 41. O_o Any history buffs want to fill me in? (sorry, working. Will make up for it after hours)
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by Chocobean 18y ago
if i understand you correctly, you want trendy architecture and stuff to happen in an area with cheap housing without rent control...? is your city doing this, or do you have a plan for how that can be incorporated?
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by Chocobean 18y ago
The developers, however, are very much pushing this toward "young" (read: single, or married without children) people. I don't think we'll see an influx of families/children into the downtown area A side effect of having singles or newly
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by Chocobean 18y ago
agreed. Mankind has always had cowards, only difference is that today we would laugh at the people who try hard but fail and fawn over those who gained much without courage, risk or merit. "They are not distinguished from other men by any u
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Mozilla Bug #448604 : Can't get out of Whistler(bugzilla.mozilla.org)
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by Chocobean 18y ago
(^-^'' on the internet it's impossible to tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Actually, I stopped because I have no idea how one would go about doing non-tcpip Networking without feeling like a shallow hypocrite who makes friends to use
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Oh mouse, I see where you're coming from as most "list articles" lack value and insight worth of HN, but I disagree with you that a ban on their genre is the solution. Y'see, lists aren't inherently bad in and of themselves. If essays (like
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Practical tips on how to actually do the first three 1. Public Speaking Join a ToastMasters, where you will make prepared or impromptu speeches, evaluate other's speeches, and generally just learn how to do public speaking. A lot of them
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Did we drop a place to 4th this year because of the 88-day garbage strike last year? Or is it the Unsolved Mystery Of The 5 Severed Feet Found Beached? Or is it the recent gang wars? Or...Surrey? sorry Surrey. =)
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by Chocobean 18y ago
well you're also making more money in those top cities, right?
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by Chocobean 18y ago
hmmm you can start small, by using the noprocrast feature of HN. I've also seen "accountability buddy" software as well, which captures how long you spend on what sites throughout the day, and sends it to a real life buddy. (the one i saw w
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by Chocobean 18y ago
wait till ----- Inc. finds out. =D Then you can feel terrible full time!
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by Chocobean 18y ago
hmmm...make it so that when one of the two ships hit the detonator, both explode?
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by Chocobean 18y ago
=) I thought they were going to send it using live snails... clever, thanks.
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by Chocobean 18y ago
the red spiders that work the gears of google got bored after 40 i guess
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Actually I saw "Jedi Knight" once too. "plzadd kthxbai"
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by Chocobean 18y ago
cool, I didn't know they kept a tighter rein on porn than gambling. What kind of internet-based businesses have done well over there?
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by Chocobean 18y ago
cglee, re lack of understand, high-level complaining/frustration and pretty much your entire post, I couldn't agree with you more. The point I was trying to make was that the article author is only echoing the idea that's been around for de
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by Chocobean 18y ago
"what is unique to the Chinese culture..." not really in need of a technological solution (???) but here's a few differences off the top of my head: -most people grew up as single childs -most people are atheists -most people have n
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by Chocobean 18y ago
gambling, and porn sound totally illegal in China. ie: you can do it, but not like, "legitimately" or obviously There is a very well written story about a company that made a LOT of money doing gambling website in the "guise" of an MMORPG:
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by Chocobean 18y ago
The article basically summarizes into this: "Even though the Chinese government has heavy control over [the internet], if you factor in the population growth of 1.3 billion people, there is a lot of potential there." The article only has on
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Actually your every day pew bibles usually already have small footnotes explaining where some translations or manuscripts differ, like "the earliest manuscripts do not have the following verses" or "some translations also add blah" if actua
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by Chocobean 18y ago
I'd like to add that it's important to read different sorts of books, not just many. I know a person who has a very large (300+) collection of harlequin-style novels that she has actually read. Breadth and quality counts more than volume
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by Chocobean 18y ago
(erh, sorry I'm new here: could someone kindly point me to info on how to properly format comments? my search skills must be broken today)
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by Chocobean 18y ago
zebras are a different species. =) <br/>I agree with you that something that the gender doesn't usually do make things more interesting: "female peacock wins courting championship" or "father bear raising 3 cubs discovered". <br
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by Chocobean 18y ago
Home Depot's slogan: "You can do it, we can help." Lisp's slogan: "You can do it." (emphasis on "you" doing it and lack of offer to help)