Cupertino95014

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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
No, I don't think there is. In my area (heavily Chinese), parents seem to believe, fervently, that children should learn an instrument. Especially girls. Lots of parents think it's important for their kids to learn music, actually
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
> If you're picking up basketball at age 30, I hope you know that you're never going to be anywhere nearly as good as Curry, or Lebron Well, I hope so, too. However, in basketball, the really good players aren't even going
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... and yet that's how people do it these days. I hate that, personally.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
(This was inspired by the Danish TV series Borgen ) Q: What's the Danish expression for "spin doctor"? A: Spin doctor
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
This is true. You do have to watch for the "adult piano beginner" syndrome, though. I'll explain: many piano teachers won't take adult beginners, purely because they have unrealistic ideas of how good they're going
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
I did, 1991. It was not the first year they were for sale, and I didn't have to pay over sticker. But they were rare enough that you'd flip the headlight covers at other Miata drivers. Awesome cars. Like an MG or Triumph but wit
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
"<x> is broken" -- clickbait title. His approach is fine, I like it. Let him offer it to paying customers, and see how they like it. There are many different approaches to teaching out in the world, some free and some not.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
Richard Parry-Jones, former CTO of Ford, said: Some in the company would say, "Richard why are you doing that? Spending all the money on chassis and steering? Customers never ask about things like that." But they were wrong. Peop
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
[Marge] But Homer, you loved Rashomon! [Homer] That's not the way I remember it.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
The Minitel was pretty nice. I saw one in 1989 on a trip to Paris. An important fact hinted at below is: you got the bill as part of your monthly phone bill. Probably the most common use, not all that interesting to us, was replacing 411 (r
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
Personal data: a friend's daughter was heavily into fashion retailing, even to the point of getting a degree in it. I imagine she was a good salesperson, but I don't know that. Anyhow, she's now a buyer for some large company
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
I can't speak for NJ, but in CA it's mostly local opposition that keeps pot stores out. It can be legal at the state level, but if the cities won't give you a permit to open a store, your choices are limited.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
Some enterprising prosecutor is probably, even now, getting ready to bring those judges in and depose them. They don't have any attorney-client privilege, and they certainly know all about some illegal activity.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
> it's faster and more efficient than the judicial system Only in theory, or maybe if you take averages. As soon as you give people rights (to see the evidence against them, to confront witnesses, etc.) you have to create processes
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
> people who say there's a genocide in China with 0 Uygur deaths Whoa, some paid CCP propaganda there. How about this: Allow international human rights groups and Western media access to the Uygurh areas? Allow the topic to be discu
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
I know how to look up words, thanks. You do need to de-obfuscate, though.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
Look at you, getting all fancy with your "deontological" and "consequentialist." Does it feel erudite to use 5 dollar words when a 10 cent word like "freedom" would do? No, actually we cannot see that "h
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
All-cause mortality is so multivariate, and so easily confounded, that an uncontrolled study of only 1,139 people in one region is meaningless. As others have pointed out, food diaries are BS. Did all 1,139 people weigh their meat before th
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
In capitalism, if you have money you can get power. In socialism, if you have power you can get money. I guess in a mixed economy, it flows both ways.
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
Little known fact: Toolbar had an option where you could opt to let Google track *every URL" you visited. For quality purposes, you know. And many, many people clicked it! I was in Ads 2008-2010 and working on using this data for predi
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
It's funny that people who go out of their way to announce their "support" for marginalized people don't bother asking the gardeners who use them why they use them. In California those are overwhelmingly Mexican, and t
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by Cupertino95014 5y ago
General Magic also had some really dud ideas. They went to great lengths to spec out software "agents" that would actually travel to some other location and then execute there. Just imagine the security implications of that. It&#x