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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Not necessarily. It depends on why the offspring couldn't crawl or walk for longer. If it's associated with something that increases survival in mature members of the species, it might be tolerated, even selected for. For example,
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I'm curious what you consider the specific attributes that are required to turn "cooking for your friends and family" into "hosting a dinner party." IMO, they're both variations on communal in-home dining, but
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I suppose it depends on the definition of dinner party. (I only skimmed TFA, so apologies if you're addressing something specific in the article.) IMO, a dinner party doesn't have to be some stuffy affair. It's just a group o
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yeah, I think that's true for a lot of people. The other aspect of this is that your enjoyment/appreciation of a book can greatly depend on what's going on in your life at the moment. So, it's not just if a book is good
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
FYI, I think you mean canon , not cannon. I'm not trying to be an OT pedant; given your comment, I thought you might appreciate the feedback.
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I have a couple of SQL habits along these lines that I haven't seen others do. If I'm typing an ad-hoc DELETE or UPDATE statement, I'll slap the WHERE keyword on the end of the main command line. For example: UPDATE items
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
> I feel like the world is one big battery technological advance from a fairly monumental and far-reaching change. Batteries I think are the real missing link in renewable energy (IMHO). I agree. We are nearing a maturity level in renewa
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I'd like to know more about "damless hydro". I keep hearing about water turbines used in conjunction with tidal currents or offshore wavepower. Some of the numbers they throw around seem promising, e.g., $0.055/kWh, whic
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Exactly. Or remap it to any key combination that makes sense for your work, if you like using Capslock for its original purpose, which I happen to. For example, I have jj and jk mapped to ESC. So I just tap j twice while in insert mod
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yeah, I think a parent's responsibility is to expose your kid to things they might like or find fulfilling, but it's up to the young individual to pursue it. The tricky part is that sometimes you have to push a bit to expose them
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yeah, it depends on the type of mental illness, I think. Addiction is obviously harder without easy access to the chemical/activity. But even for something like depression, many of the behaviors that are known to help would be more pre
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I always smile when I see that phrase, "pull yourself up by the bootstraps," because the phrase originally meant "do something impossible," back in the 1700s. As in, this thing you're trying to do is as easy/di
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
FYI, according to the Census Bureau, as of 2014, for Americans aged 25 or older: 31.96% have a bachelor degree, 41.89% have at least an associate degree, 58.57% have attended some college. That said, I'd bet your 25%/10% guesses
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
You are describing an aspect of Impostor Syndrome. It's super common among programmers – and IMO, all people who have a modicum of self-awareness. Just search around, you'll see that feeling overwhelmed puts you in great company.
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yep, there are definitely exceptions to my "generally reasonable in isolation" idea, where the software is just bad, in any context. I've seen 'em. Hell, I've probably written 'em. Anyway, good luck. I've
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Slight tangent, but I'll just comment that the business world runs on generally bad software – if they even have "software" and don't just use insanely complex spreadsheets. It's one of those surprising things I&#x2
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Gotcha. I don't agree 100% with this clarified position (I think), but it seems like a rational position that we could debate. Not here of course. :) But you know, over drinks or whatevs. Anyway, the point is that it's a much less
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I think part of the response you're getting is that "I don't care" is still vague. It could mean you don't find it interesting or relevant to your life. Or it could mean you don't think sexual harassment is mor
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
>You have to artificially delay and shorten your responses Delaying responses in a professional setting can hamper your actual productivity though – and appear inattentive or disrespectful, not busy. For one, there is a general reciproci
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Yeah, that's fair. I'd agree green-field product development is different from maintenance. It requires great UX thinking, really understanding the users, product-market fit, maybe some behavioral economics, etc. I was thinking
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
So, I think I agree with you, in general, that people can be better suited to green-field or maintenance, both from a skillset and personality perspective. But I also think good, active maintenance can have a lot of creativity and require,
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Interesting topic, lots of sweeping generalizations being thrown around. Personally, I've found my politics have not changed substantially as I've aged. As a 20 year old, I was liberal, and in my mid-30s with a mortgage and a fami
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Is it true that violence is physical, by definition? It is one definition, but there are other more abstract definitions that mean "an unjust exertion of force or power", "rough or immoderate vehemence, as of feeling or langu
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Just FYI, a handful of states have 19 or 21 as the age to buy tobacco, and while I think you're right about the age to gamble being 18 in most states, most casinos require you to be 21 – at least from my anecdotal experience. This does
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I had a similar stint helping teams with system performance issues. I think I found it so enjoyable for two reasons: 1) Solving the problems involved the focused exercising of all of my software dev knowledge – often around database access,
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Cool, yeah, when I hit 7k in an hour, I'm not exactly speed-walking, but I'm not just ambling along either. I'd describe as walking with a purpose. Jogging or running for very long hurts my knees, likely because I'm over
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Random question here. How long does it take you to walk 10k steps? I've fallen out of the habit lately, but I was hitting the 10k target for a while. I have a sedentary desk job. So chores and playing with my kid got me up to about 3k.
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
Cool, thanks for explaining.
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I don't think stupidhn is advancing that logic as an argument for why Uber should be let off. I think they're saying that many people on HN are part of the (disruptive, gig-economy, resource-sharing) startup ecosystem and would
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by Tenhundfeld 9y ago
I'm curious where you saw that figure of 5 days. Everything I've seen is 7-8 nights, e.g., depart 9/9 and arrive 9/16. That doesn't substantively change your point; I was just surprised to see 5 days.

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