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by RickHull 11y ago
Can't you just camber the track rather than make the trains actively tilt? I suppose the camber could be problematic at very slow speeds.
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Also, what defines a "bottle"? How long does it last? Are they spending $30 for a can of Perri-air that lasts 5 seconds? Is there a mask involved? Inquiring minds want to know, and it appears this "journalist" isn&#x2
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by RickHull 11y ago
Jenkins Job Builder is, IME, the only way to keep complex Jenkins configs sane. Did you know that Jenkins is constantly rewriting its own XML config? We've had Jenkins itself corrupt its own config (with some combination of activ
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by RickHull 11y ago
> Note I'm not opposed to people's freedom to unionize. In fact, it should not take an act of government to "permit it", and people should do it if they want. Everyone has the right to organize a voluntary union. Wha
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by RickHull 11y ago
Many Muslims are subject to extreme indoctrination and brainwashing regarding the metaphysics of martyrdom. Jihadist imams have figured out the virality of this particular meme, and the environment in which it may take root. Depressed econ
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by RickHull 11y ago
Noted, thanks!
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by RickHull 11y ago
Great, another broken whizbang slideshow. http://i.imgur.com/RZIlKvV.png
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by RickHull 11y ago
I'll say it. It characterizes the Michael Eisner regime pretty well in my recollection.
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by RickHull 11y ago
> They are loaded with chemicals known to cause harmful effects So are roasted coffee beans. > It's not "just water vapor" that is exhaled by users It's less toxic than tobacco smoke. > Users insist on using the
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by RickHull 11y ago
Larry Wall would approve.
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by RickHull 11y ago
An unfortunate name clash with https://github.com/openstack-infra/zuul really threw me there for a bit.
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by RickHull 11y ago
This earned a hearty chuckle. +1 Insightful to boot.
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by RickHull 11y ago
Really? Here is the subtitle of the linked article: > From jeans to dating partners and TV subscriptions to schools, we think the more choices we have the better. But too many options create anxiety and leave us less satisfied. Could on
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by RickHull 11y ago
I don't follow. What in the quoted portion is off the mark? I don't see any contention between the quote and the rest of your comment.
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by RickHull 11y ago
> now that the base assumption ("standing is better than sitting") has been invalidated. This is not true. This invalid conclusion mirrors the lament that a commenter posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by RickHull 11y ago
Here is the distinction, I think: Anyone who endures verbal abuse chooses to do so. In the case of physical abuse, the intuitive presumption is that coercion dominates any voluntary component.
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by RickHull 11y ago
Sure, but in English, violence implies physical abuse. This distinction is captured by the old nursery rhyme: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me"
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by RickHull 11y ago
> If, however, you were referring to my use of the term "verbal violence" as opposed to "verbal abuse", it's nothing other than a linguistic mistake on my part. Verbal violence is how verbal abuse is called in my
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by RickHull 11y ago
Verbal violence, heh. If you mean anything other than credible threats of physical violence, I'm flabbergasted.
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by RickHull 11y ago
Which taxpayers voted for the blank check?
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by RickHull 11y ago
Silly comparison -- linkbait headline. It doesn't even delve into Spotify economics, nor particularly the passive aspect of streaming income that starkly distinguishes it from busking.
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by RickHull 11y ago
An impulsive company would automatically opt-in for the grace period, using the rationale that the less people who know about the bug, the less damage can be done to Cisco and their customers. A wise company would consider disclosing the bu
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by RickHull 11y ago
What is a CPO? from wikipedia: Chief People Officer, an executive who oversees human resource management and industrial relations operations for an organization Chief Privacy Officer, an executive responsible for managing issues of privacy
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by RickHull 11y ago
Eh? Fraud is malicious.
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tl;dr - Dee Murphy, Director of Marketing for Secure Channels , created an anonymous twitter account in order to sling mud at at a prominent Secure Channels critic. However, one of Ms. Murphy's tweets from the anonymous account was
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by RickHull 11y ago
Note, the failure has already happened, and the EPA is responsible, as predicted: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/10/navajo-...
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Geologist predicts EPA toxic mine disaster in Colorado(silvertonstandard.com)
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> The thing I don't get about Erlang and BEAM is the idea that having lots of little processes means that your program will scale brilliantly to run in parallel. The point is scaling. Think in terms of request rate. If you know
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by RickHull 11y ago
Insightful reply. Just wanted to let you know it resonates with me, though I am much more of an audio engineer than musician.
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Direct soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of I'm shocked at the extremely low fidelity. It sounds almost like 8 bit crush on top of POTS bandwidth filters. Some had nearl

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