VladRussian

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by VladRussian 15y ago
>Has anyone here ever been the beneficiary of a concrete effect from a consultant's work, such as a tangible new idea that resulted in better profits/efficiencies, beyond what is merely CYA? since 9/11 it's become very popular to hire s
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by VladRussian 15y ago
know some people enjoying 110-120+ mi/hour on that route :)
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>Invest in roads - presumably for cars to drive on powered by oil. Now that's a long term vision of the future! roads are presumably for wheeled vehicles. Until you can show a good prospects for flying cars, we need roads. Edit: Despite
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>But for many Californians, struggling through a bleak era that has led some people to wonder if the state’s golden days are behind it, this project goes to the heart of the state’s pioneering spirit, recalling grand public investments
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>but there's a good reason why Napoleon was the one person who did the most to modernize Europe. if you mean centralized government of the Empire - i'd not agree, there were other big Empires in the Europe which preserved, instead of so
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by VladRussian 15y ago
Greek pulling out isn't disintegration. Germany, to avoid being stuck for the next decade (or two) as the one paying out the PIIGS debt, - that would be a disintegration. "I'll pay all your past bills/debts just to stay roommates" Unfortuna
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by VladRussian 15y ago
"there's a 42 year old [account|support|...] manager living in the cubicle. How will this software get him laid [or at least not get his chops busted]?"
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by VladRussian 15y ago
man, the only satire part is using "sheep". In different circles different jargon is used, though i never heard "sheep". When i was involved for example, the term we used was "horses" - cynical notation for the user's curiosity and the tend
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by VladRussian 15y ago
from the geographical distribution of users vs. paid posters on pg.7 the 2 provinces - SICHUAN and esp. SHANDONG - are noticeable by lower ratio of paid posters. Any idea why it so?
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by VladRussian 15y ago
push vs. pull. Basically the tools and overall environment grew up to have pull as a feasible model.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>freeing up mental capacity. another way he seems to have found to free mental capacity - his text is suspiciously lacking mentioning of abstractions and design patterns. Switching between implementations? There is a pattern for that!
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>We are now to the point where we have almost more gates than we know what to do with, limits of von Neumann architecture (and its underlying mathematics of recursive functions) as a mental framework for our thinking about computing.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>I agree with your main point - law school admissions selects for completely "gameable" things that in reality is equivalent to "for the ability to game the rules/system" - which seems pretty valid criteria for a law school selection
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>the dystopia in which I'm forced to share pictures of my newborn son with my family, and talk to friends on the other side of the country that I haven't seen for months the things impossible without Facebook :) The main thing that Face
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by VladRussian 15y ago
> Americans all learned to drive stick. Impact on human population of the planet: none. Impact on the rapaciousness of future generations: questionable. Feedback loops (as opposed to straight-line cause and effect) closed or otherwise i
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by VladRussian 15y ago
right to remain silent. Orally, in writing, keyboard typing, or through any other means of communications.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
the difference between Communist Party bosses back in the USSR/Germany and right wing conservatives in the US today is only superficial. So, i'm not sure how you can have it both ways.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
agree, missing Berlin Wall photos may be offending to your conservative co-workers as an "in-your-face" reminder that the human race progress can't be stopped.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>What happens during the experiment is that the “mirror” transfers some of its kinetic energy to virtual photons, which helps them to materialise. how is that different from just saying that their vibrating EM field radiated the energy
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by VladRussian 15y ago
The #1 is the one who runs the society and has politicians in his pockets so they make sure that no universal healthcare is implemented and the people are forced to choose between the only alternatives you listed - i.e. scared by #2 the peo
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by VladRussian 15y ago
yes, i see now. As a frequent reader of Wikipedia i'd like to express my gratitude to you for the donation.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>So that's the equivalent of my dropping $59 on them. i'd be happy to upvote you as soon as you drop this $59 on them.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>Both are total body exposures, no. Again, you just don't get it. The absorbtion site and effects on it also depends on the type and frequency of the radition. Back-scatter is mostly absorbed by skin while the radiation experinced whil
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>I suspect it's a mix of undercounting people and WASTED food being counted as eaten. no, it is what left after the wasted amount is taken out. >I read an estimate somewhere that 25% of food in the US is wasted (it's not that high i
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>Sure, problems can "barely exist" while being significant for the statistically small number of people whom they effect. sounds like you do think that 10%+ (food insecure) or 3%+ (food insecurity with hunger) of US population is "stati
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>that article being largely made-up BS to exaggerate the size of a problem that barely exists it is not a "problem that barely exists" for the children [or the other dependents] of these few from the (b)
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by VladRussian 15y ago
the professional sportsmen (or people working very phisically challenging jobs) may consume up to ~10K/day. Doesn't look overweight in my view: http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/13/the-michael-phelps-di... It all depends on where the ca
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by VladRussian 15y ago
you just don't get it, don't you? The exposure amount is just one variable. Just for example of how exposure amount alone is meaningless to determine the outcome - locally deposited ~60Sv (with ~20Sv deposited into healthy tissue) during ra
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by VladRussian 15y ago
>It's amazing how complacent people are when ... in general. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment We're creatures of obedience to the extent where we cease to be intelligent beings.
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by VladRussian 15y ago
it is easy. If you own you re-sell what you own. If you granted the rights under the license, you re-sell the rights granted under the license until the license states that the rights aren't transferrable. You agreed to the license. All thi

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