Thriptic

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by Thriptic 11y ago
Are these feelings correlated with anything? Do you feel this way after a particularly tough time at work? Do you feel underlying anxiety about your startup? I generally ascribe to the "show up and do something" philosophy on days
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> Really, both nicotine and caffeine are terrible stimulants, despite the fact that most people, especially city people and young people, seem to love stimulants. Ephedrine is also a great natural stimulant, still consumed traditionally
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> I know a lot of people who smoke just to socialize and occasionally; they are not addicted and seem to have no problem with not smoking at all... I'm one of these people. I enjoy smoking cigars every once and awhile, and will enjo
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by Thriptic 11y ago
All due respect, but if that's really what you believe then why contribute at all? One liner comments with loaded terms serve only to start flame wars which just result in everyone solidifying their existing opinions and being less ope
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by Thriptic 11y ago
In my experience introducing loaded terms generally kills any useful dialogue pretty quickly. Instead, why not acknowledge that you understand the parent poster's points / story, and then explain why you disagree with what they ha
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I would speculate that at the end of the day everyone is aligned towards making it appear a success at all costs. Many parties want this for various reasons, and there are few dissenting voices: - Lockheed, subcontractors, their equity stak
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by Thriptic 11y ago
Essentially, yes. How do you admit that your 1+ trillion dollar project was a complete failure? Doing so would be a career ender for a number of people.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
You are assuming cost of living is the same in both places, which it isn't.
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I would argue that the state of the economy, mass political failure, infrastructure decay, wars in the Middle East, how the US deals with globalization, climate change, and income inequality are more important from a national perspective th
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by Thriptic 11y ago
In fact a few years after half-life's release (when it was still popular but hardware had matured) 100fps was the goal. Half-life also exhibited strange behavior if the 100 fps frame cap was lifted by turning on developer mode. If I re
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I agree. I'm fairly amazed that militaries or police forces would buy these devices without demanding tests for validation first.
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After blowing so much of my youth on dust and then dust2, this was a very cool read.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I thought these were great examples. He demonstrated that he was able to solve reasonably challenging, atypical problems with Magic, and that the service brought a lot of value to the table by being thoughtful (knowing to provide KBB refere
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> I guess YMMV...but most beginners I've worked with are confounded by why code interpreters are so literal. I can relate. I remember when I first started programming (a little less than a year ago) I spent 2 hours trying to debug a
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I frankly don't understand why people get so worked up about kids and the internet. I definitely watched plenty of online porn when I was kid. I spent lots of time on IRC, chat rooms, vent, forums, and in games talking to and playing w
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by Thriptic 11y ago
Agreed. At best this is a somewhat alienating and sad character piece with no useful takeaways.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> Imagine if there was video of Michael Brown going for the officers gun, would they still riot? You say this as if people are looking for an excuse to riot. No one wants a riot, it's bad for the participants, the police, the commu
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> That leads me to conclude they're just a bunch of cowards with an inferiority complex out to hurt people to make themselves feel better. I'm sure cops exist who aren't like this but that doesn't disprove the fact th
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by Thriptic 11y ago
FB gains nothing by defying the government in this case. Very few people are realistically going to be up in arms about prisoners losing their FB pages. Meanwhile a headline reading "prison gangs use Facebook to coordinate gang activit
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I assume the primary fear, whether justified or not, is that prisoners will use the service to coordinate gang or illicit activity.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
In many powerlifting federations they are allowed. There are both drug tested and non-drug tested federations to compete in.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
It also hurts their credibility by portraying them as a bunch of amateurs who a superior force (the US) can destroy with ease.
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Company buys skymall for 1.9M, will make “dramatic changes”(arstechnica.com)
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by Thriptic 11y ago
Interesting. Protein requirements will obviously vary based on size and weight, but I agree it's definitely possible to hit those numbers on a vegan diet.
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> The typical American consumes 50-100% more protein than the recommended intake Show me the data. Most people I see are eating carb heavy diets and not much protein. Until you track your macros over tme, you have no idea if you're
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by Thriptic 11y ago
> After all, even I know nutrition isn't found in steaks, fish tacos...glasses of milk This statement has no factual basis. Please cite a source for this claim. > there is no shortage of protein in a proper plant based diet. This
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Why the high volume?
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Oh god yes. A few years ago some labmates and I discovered that a post doc had set up an entire computer cluster of 30 workstations / associated infrastructure, colocated it at a data center nearby, then left without leaving any docume
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by Thriptic 11y ago
Wow thanks!
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by Thriptic 11y ago
I have trouble leaving Facebook because for better or worse it is how many of my friends and acquaintances communicate. I ended up finding a nice compromise: I installed an extension which hides all the content on news feed but still allows

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