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by FFP999 3y ago
How do you normally do your work commute? Bike, walk, public transit? Just curious.
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by FFP999 3y ago
An ergonomic split keyboard. Suddenly I can type without rotating my shoulders inward. Which in turn means more room in my chest for my lungs to expand. The difference was not subtle. Learning to touch-type on this thing took a while but wa
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by FFP999 3y ago
> I think it would be much more interesting to watch study or work habits while under the influence of these smart drugs, measured in pages reviewed/written or emails sent or slides created or phone calls made, etc. True measures o
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by FFP999 3y ago
I spent a good deal of my 20s in an informal study on the cognitive effects of long-term self-prescribed amphetamine use. (Translation: I used to hang out with a whole lot of tweakers.) This article squares with my experience: amphetamines
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by FFP999 3y ago
It's wealthy, but not anywhere near the wealthiest area in the country, or even in Manhattan.
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by FFP999 3y ago
Probably more like, if you can afford the rent on a place like this, you're in a position where you don't even notice the heating bill.
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by FFP999 3y ago
"Early 80s" would refer to the year. "Lower 80s" in Manhattan means they live somewhere in the area bounded to the south by 80th Street and to the north by 85th Street--which includes part of the Upper East Side.
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by FFP999 3y ago
> Is low 80s upper east side a good neighborhood? It's what most people would consider so, yes. It's an upper-middle-class area, clean and safe, if more than a little stuffy and uptight.
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by FFP999 3y ago
If you've ever heard a pig scream you know they're complaining. Doesn't leave much room for doubt.
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by FFP999 3y ago
Still, Gravity's Rainbow has at least a semblance of a plot here and there, and distinct characters with motivations that have some kind of logic to them. Finnegan's Wake, far as I can tell, does not. I also wonder if the fact tha
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by FFP999 3y ago
Sure would be a shame if everyone at Gurner Group decided not to show up for work on the same day. Maybe then Tim Gurner would realize who actually keeps the wheels turning. But more likely it would be a classic "no...it's the chi
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by FFP999 3y ago
> horses "didn't complain" when cars were invented It's not that often a member of the executive class forgets themselves and says the quiet part this loudly: to them, we are livestock.
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by FFP999 3y ago
It's also practically impossible to lose money running a casino if you know arithmetic. Trump managed to do that.
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by FFP999 3y ago
They're not the same. Gravity's Rainbow is downright lucid compared to Finnegan's Wake. Given Joyce was known to be something of a troll, as we would say today, I would not put it past him to have written Finnegan's Wake
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by FFP999 3y ago
The advice to put inline styles in your HTML.
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by FFP999 3y ago
I literally--literally, not figuratively--facepalmed when I read this.
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by FFP999 3y ago
Who was talking about Jurassic Park?
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by FFP999 3y ago
Trendy field is trendy. In other news, water wet.
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by FFP999 3y ago
People have been whining about "political correctness" for decades. Comedy's still alive.
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by FFP999 3y ago
> Legislating another person's emotions is entirely intrusive, invasive, and overbearing, and frankly, psychotic. ...well, that explains its popularity in the corporate world then. rimshot
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by FFP999 3y ago
I definitely would not hate that, though I can't really see such a law being passed, at least given the status quo.
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by FFP999 3y ago
I don't fault him for this: I assume that's just what he learned at home. The ultimate lesson I take from this thread is that people's preferences in this matter are all over the place, and if you want to be a leader (as oppo
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by FFP999 3y ago
Glad to see this article. It reminds me of a tech lead I once had: very skilled engineer, great guy (we still hang out now, long after I left that job), but we communicated differently. I come from a background where people think they'
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by FFP999 3y ago
> Like all decent startup ideas the obviously crucial thing is to start with a real user But if it's funding you want, slap the buzzword du jour in front of what you're trying to do, and you've vastly improved your prospec
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by FFP999 3y ago
Pretty much moot because "fair" is not a thing the studio is going to take into consideration.
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by FFP999 3y ago
Depends on who you are and what you did with your time.
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by FFP999 3y ago
"The best solution" for who? The studio? They're not going to do that, because if they do, they lose the option to change their minds later and release the movie in the usual way.
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by FFP999 3y ago
I kind of think it's to our benefit to have a handful of guys like this around--they remind the rest of us that money isn't everything. (To be clear, speaking from experience, poverty isn't so fun either.)
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by FFP999 3y ago
I think it was summed up well by an ad (yeah yeah I know) I saw for some university's continuing ed program: "The sciences teach you how to clone extinct dinosaurs. The liberal arts tell you why that might be a bad idea." [ad
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by FFP999 3y ago
I will hold a spot open on my calendar for this.

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