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by Pamar 10y ago
My theory about most of Ballard's "sci-fi" was that he just liked to throw his characters in (or immediately after) some world-shifting event (mostly in the sense of "catastrophe") and see what kind of neurosis or m
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by Pamar 10y ago
King in Latin is Rex (Nominative) but other cases like Genitive (Regis) drop the X in favor of a G. So R+G is the key element for King (and Queen). Also Regnum (Reign).
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by Pamar 10y ago
I tend to agree with the Zerohedge assessment: the rare times they discuss something I have any first-hand professional experience with (e.g. Automotive industry) they spin outrageous tales based on flimsy "proofs".
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by Pamar 10y ago
For an incredibly interesting and riveting (even "just" for the fictional parts) treatment of Soviet's attempt at planning the whole economy I always suggest Red Plenty by Francis Spufford. Get it, read it, become a fan.
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Scientists turn mammalian cells into complex biocomputers(sciencemag.org)
2 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
Honest question: do you have any experience with Sino-Japanese writing? (I practice ShoDo, while not really have any Japanese language proficiency - I suspect that there is a big difference between writing in a phonetic alphabet and in anyt
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Russian foreign minister proposes international convention on infosec/hacking(sputniknews.com)
2 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
From the Rationale paragraph: However, JSON knows only about lists and maps. There is no concept of object types or classes. This means that it is not easy to encode arbitrary objects, and some of the possible solutions are quite verbose
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Rise of the “Apptop”(chromeunboxed.com)
3 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
I agree with lr4444lr: there is something going on that apparently only comes out when they meet you face to face. We do not know you so I will have to work on the little you put on the OP... maybe during the on-site interview you come out
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by Pamar 10y ago
Far from an expert on APL, I googled for APL Grounded array and found this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h7FiYcA... - hope it helps. (From what I could understand with floating you are actually addin
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by Pamar 10y ago
In Germany water bottles have an automatic markup of 25 eurocents/bottle. Every supermarket has special devices that will scan the bottle barcode and give you back 25 cents for each compatible bottle you put in - the money is delivere
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by Pamar 10y ago
I suppose you meant _genetic_ here. Still, now I am tempted to google for "generic engineering" and see how this could have been a threat (especially in the 80s/90s).
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by Pamar 10y ago
Interestingly enough, this has been scientifically investigated - I posted about this yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13724476
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by Pamar 10y ago
Another Stoic tip: Most people are annoying: educate them or just put up with them, there is no third option. Also, always remember you are equally annoying to at least some of them.
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by Pamar 10y ago
Allow me to share my collection of links to Stoicism resources (which I will soon update with this) http://www.pa-mar.net/Main/Lifestyle/Stoicism.html
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Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality(nature.com)
2 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
My current take on the Populist gains in the last few years (based on this and other articles from the same author): I believe that State (capital S) main function is to take care of the "average citizen". And we are all "ave
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by Pamar 10y ago
I posted the original article - I am European, so for me the most interesting parts are not directly related to Trump's election, but to something that to me looks very strange, and it's happening a lot around me. Nominally: peopl
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Neoliberalism: the deep story that lies beneath Donald Trump’s triumph(evonomics.com)
25 points by Pamar 10y ago|24 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
First time I found about this same approach to discover anagrams was in John Bentley's Programming Pearls, 1st Edition (which I believe came out in 1986, and was in itself a collection of columns from previous years).
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by Pamar 10y ago
Remind me how many armored divisions Facebook has, again?
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by Pamar 10y ago
I wonder if a building over a given size (e.g, 8 apartments) couldn't include one or two "pooled" cars as part of the provided services. Cars will be parked inside the building when not in use, people living in the building w
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Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas (2011)(news.rpi.edu)
1 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
I tried to google for America's Best Writing but nothing substantial came out. Can you please help me finding more about this series?
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by Pamar 10y ago
Yeah - this is something I have noticed too: if someone blindfolded me, took me on a plane and removed the blindfold after depositing me in a random capital, in the heart of the main shopping area... it will be almost impossible for me to
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Possible ARG discovered involving multiple Steam games (2016)(reddit.com)
1 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
I second moo.com as a provider of fine business cards.
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Nate Silver: 14 scenarios for Trump's mandate(fivethirtyeight.com)
4 points by Pamar 10y ago|0 comments
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by Pamar 10y ago
For what is worth, essentially the same joke appears in The Hungarian Tiger by Tibor Fischer (a short book about how Viktor Orbán became Hungary PM, and why this is - all in all - a positive thing). I do not know if this joke was originated

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