Femur

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by Femur 17y ago
In Wichita and Tulsa (where I have lived) spending half your income on rent or a mortgage would be considered insane.
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by Femur 17y ago
There are two measures which seem to be the focus of "longer life" aging research: 1. Increasing average lifespan. 2. Increasing maximum possible lifespan. This article deals with the first. I, and I would think most others, would be mos
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by Femur 17y ago
>My other fear is of cessation of consciousness; sort of an extrapolated fear of death. I really don't want to die; I don't quite like the idea of cryonics even if I'm revivable; I don't even really like general anaesthesia. If the brai
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by Femur 17y ago
Death. Walking up to a girl and asking her out. Failure. That the economy will get worse. New social situations. Spiders. I've recognized each fear and I know how to handle myself to confront those fears. They don't dominate me, but they a
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by Femur 17y ago
Interesting route. I made essentially the same trip but stopped off at reddit for a month or so between Digg and HN.
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by Femur 17y ago
Oracle RAC is stupidly complicated to administer. You are correct in your statement that a RAC environment generally does require a DBA team and the cost overhead is significant. Further, Oracle has very stringent hardware and OS certific
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by Femur 17y ago
You know, every couple of weeks an article like this comes up on HN or Slashdot predicting the end of the RDBMS. I don't deny that special purpose data stores can offer great performance improvements in some applications. But there is a r
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by Femur 17y ago
>Do you think we will see the next evolution of mankind as he describes it? I have no idea and I don't believe anybody who says that they know. The future is unpredictable; there are no crystal balls or formulas that can tell you what
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by Femur 17y ago
>hey need to be looking into a consumption tax to replace the income tax "Replace" is the key word here. From what I understand, the VAT in consideration would go along side the current income tax thereby increasing overall taxation.
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by Femur 17y ago
Have you considered the option of not getting another car?
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by Femur 17y ago
I think once the general public, who generally think of Alpfa as a Google competitor, realize Alpha's strengths and how to use it, it will be come a very powerful and commonly used tool. I can't wait for the API to be released so that all t
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by Femur 17y ago
I use both Yodlee and Mint, but i much prefer the UI of mint. May I ask why do you prefer Yodlee? Also, note that Mint uses Yodlee in the back end.
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by Femur 17y ago
I am in IT but not involved with a startup at all (I work as an Oracle DBA) but I come to HN for the intelligent discussion and interesting topics.
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by Femur 17y ago
I have a few simple and general rules that I try to follow: 1. I try not to eat anything that does not easily rot. This generally keeps me away from processed food. 2. I try to eat a lot of things that are green (vegetables). 3. I purchase
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by Femur 17y ago
Absolutely. As I watched this, i was thinking to myself how awesome it would be to always have this at my fingertips.
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by Femur 17y ago
I love these kind of ideas and would absolutely be in the market for a suite of applications and/or products that would allow me to track how my body is functioning. I find it unfortunate that I can monitor and tune an enterprise database s
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by Femur 17y ago
The title of this HN posting is "Increased food intake alone explains the increase in body weight in US" That is not true. It is "Increased CALORIE intake alone explains the increase in body weight in US"
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by Femur 17y ago
Food != Calories The featured article examines calorie intake and not food intake. A pound of apples has a much lower calorie density than a pound of french fries. Changes in the TYPE of food consumed (i.e. increase calorie density) agree
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by Femur 17y ago
Donate Plasma or Sperm.
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by Femur 17y ago
>You will sometimes be bored, demotivated, or lonely. This is the normal human condition. Having just moved to a new city myself, I can fully relate to this. The parent poster very concisely states the best way to go about it. Just li
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by Femur 17y ago
>Um, like, holy fuck. No doubt. Exponential trends like these are all over the place (life expectancy, CPU performance, etc...) One of my favorites is life expectancy [1]: 1850: 38 1900: 48 1950: 66 2000: 74 2004: ~76 This kind of tren
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by Femur 17y ago
>Maybe I'm crazy... You are not crazy. I drew the same conclusion you did. There was no discernible refutation.
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by Femur 17y ago
Having your genome sequenced means reading every 'letter' of your DNA. 23andMe, on the other hand, tests your DNA for 'SNPs' which are defined variations in human DNA. A great explanation of SNPs comes from 23 and me's website: https://ww
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by Femur 17y ago
This is actually a really good idea and I wonder if Wolfram and Co. have considered this. Additional note: I get super pumped when I read something on HN and I think to myself "Damn! That is a fine idea." It always makes me grin.
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by Femur 17y ago
This may be inaccurate. Due to the simpler engine design of a mower combined with the pollution curbing technology in use in cars and trucks (such as catalytic converters), mowers can be much worse. Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technolog
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by Femur 17y ago
A smaller herd of goats perpetually maintained on the grassy area in question would do the trick. Upkeep of this smaller herd may be an issue however. How much husbandry do goats need?
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by Femur 17y ago
This is a great explanation. Perhaps new 'forms' of life or life-like processes such as this might end up helping to narrow down what life is truly defined as. Isn't it generally true that the more variety there is of something, the easier
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by Femur 17y ago
>would these not also be considered life as well? Is a simulation of life considered life? Good question.
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by Femur 17y ago
Awesome idea! I thought of just a few things (my car, my coffee maker) and the manuals are right there. The best products are always those that solve common problems.
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by Femur 17y ago
Of course my rule is not universally applicable, but it does help me out in general. Also, I do tend to stay away from rice and grains as they usually have a high glycemic index and I have a history of Type II diabetes in my family.

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