Devthrowaway80

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by Devthrowaway80 11y ago
If it makes you feel any better, the Earth is hit by something like 4000 cosmic rays a day with energies that are 760,000 times higher than those being generated at CERN. That is 7 × 10^15 events since the Earth was formed and it's sti
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by Devthrowaway80 11y ago
The idea of treadmill desks has been starting to float around my office and I've been pushing for it. Do you find that it generates much noise? Do you work with others in a typical open-office pit o' desks or in a private office?
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by Devthrowaway80 11y ago
I'm doing something similar to Starting Strength and I really enjoy it, but it's not the be-all end-all. If bodyweight exercises are your thing, more power to you. I have to disagree with you on the machines though. From what I&#x
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by Devthrowaway80 11y ago
When I arrived in California, I weighed a bit over 250lbs (I'm 6'3") and was grossly out of shape. I'm in my early 30s. Things I've been doing to improve my health: Improved my diet. This alone caused me to shed abo
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I've been considering switching to i3 for similar reasons (plus configuring xmonad in Haskell is a bit of a pain as I'm not great at it). The only thing that is keeping me from doing it is the fact that i3 seems to bind workspaces
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
This was all in the Vancouver area, which is quite safe by North American standards. I doubt anyone in particular has it in for my wife, but she is certainly not short on bad luck!
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
There are non-monetary things you can lose. My wife was chased through her parents house at knifepoint by burglars. She locked herself in the bathroom and was on the phone with 911 as the burglars tried to kick the door in. They had almost
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
It'd be helpful if there was some way for people to collaborate using computers, or if facetime is what you want, some sort of shared room where you can talk without disturbing others who are working. Technology might get us there som
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
People in this thread have stated that they haven't seen any benefit from economic growth, and it is indeed possible that they haven't. The increase in income inequality has meant that economic growth has primarily benefited those
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I don't see this being a viable product. 1) For a machine shop owner, you can already build such a "multi-shot gun" yourself quite trivially. I have a setup in my barn where I can spot-weld seven rifles together along the len
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Because he doesn't want other people to waste part of their lives at Amazon? His experiences there mirror mine. I've warned people away from going there for exactly the same reason. Amazon treats their employees like shit.
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Absolutely, there's room for harm reduction approaches as well. There's an approach called the Sinclair Method that uses counseling and a drug called Naltrexone with the goal of reducing episodes of heavy drinking, and I do know o
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
You're right, that last bit was a bit of uncalled-for ranting. I would edit it to remove it, but I think doing so would mess with some of the discussion that has gone on since my post.
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Fair enough. The evidence you present is outdated and incorrect.
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I realize the above post may come off as rather angry. I'm already anticipating a few "cult member identified!" replies. I'd like you to reflect on the fact that you are suggesting people avoid the primary form of treatm
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Definitely talk to your doctor. It's not true to claim that there is no solid evidence suggesting that AA is not effective. There is a lot of shitty evidence both supporting and discrediting 12 step programs, and the author of the link
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Is it really "killing" IRC or just replacing it in a few cases aimed at non-technical people? There are no real statistics offered up in this article to back up the author's claim, just a handful of anecdotes of people switch
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
What makes you think that they were unaware of the abuse? It's a better outcome for the employees. They have more leverage over their managers and are protected from abuse. If the manager is seething and impotent over his inability to
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
With a union, he was able to stay at his job and not experience abuse. Without a union, his likely outcomes were to leave his job, possibly winding up at another abusive organization that experienced no penalties for abusive behaviour, or r
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
The wealthy in the US have successfully lobbied for "Right to Work" legislation and have managed to pump out anti-union propaganda that is being parroted in this thread for decades. This costs money and effort. Why do you suppose
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
> Time to join the real world, with the rest of us. You don't always get what you want. "You're right sir, I don't deserve paid vacation or maternity leave. Yes sir, I don't deserve to work the 40 hours a week yo
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Claiming that the author is sexist for using "he" in a gender neutral setting, which has been standard practice for decades, is an over-reach. Is "they" or "him/her" a better way forward? Sure. Is it stand
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Topsoil.
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Consider that this enterprise chose a product name that was clearly suggestive of the trademark of the 800 pound gorilla in the space. I'll be starting a build-it-yourself computer company soon. I'm going to call them Apple iBuild
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Right you are, my mistake.
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Yup, it's a classic poker situation referred to as a "race". Interesting visualization!
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
So you had no advantages in life whatsoever except the ones you created for yourself? Everything good in your life is entirely your own doing? Really, there's no such thing as luck? I was born in a wealthy country, to sane and supporti
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
Have you considered getting involved with charity work of some variety? I enjoy playing instruments and reading and so on as well, but it can be extremely rewarding to take the focus off yourself and try to help another person out. I'v
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I think that assumes that the market is rational. Could it not be an indicator of increasing corruption instead? A banker gets paid to allocate capital, manage risk, and so on, and gets to share in some profits as an incentive to make the c
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by Devthrowaway80 12y ago
I hear variations on these stories at least half a dozen times a week at my alcoholism support groups.

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