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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
to be fair, the Oxford PPE contains one of the better economics courses, although dependent on which tutors you have in your college. Nonetheless, there is a significant minority of no-chin toffs who have no business being there except for
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
And there's things like this too: 'The kids had mixed reactions. Shep told his Mom the family architects made him nervous but his 12-year-old brother was probably the least accepting of the project. One afternoon, not long after t
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
There are many unrespectable economists in professorial positions and used to advise government policy (see those of Reagan, Thatcher et al), so sadly yes. Furthermore, the politicians or political advisers who ultimately make government ec
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
advice before you get hellbanned: jokes like this are frowned upon and against the forum culture. Best to giggle to yourself instead.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
.. although please folks, take the care (and pay a trainer, preferably) to teach you the techniques to do it safely so that you don't hurt your knees / back, which you can much less easily fix.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Geology. Rocks move over time, especially in areas of high tectonic activity, but also in others. Water tables exist, and mines were not designed to be watertight, or airtight, or to contain such dangerous material.
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
but wasn't it designed to be self-sustaining without human input for long stretches of time?
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
OK, thank you! I think I might have been amused by it on another day. Or perhaps with a little linguistic style hint that you were up to such ironies (This possibility had been in my range of possibilities, but not at the top). Maybe the re
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
I don't know: perhaps that the company's structures work better for their core expertises, hardware, but software development, perhaps something that came somewhat later and lower down the hierarchy, doesn't work so well in t
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
This is remarkable, even though it's obvious to any of their phone users (myself included) that Samsung's software development is shoddy at best, despite its excellent hardware. Which is a huge pity, but may well have something to
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
can you please help us by explaining the joke (of an updated renamed Chesterton's fence)?
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Jim Mann on carbohydrate quality(scepticalnutritionist.com.au)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/serge... follow up with more history on airships from the Atlantic
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With Secret Airship, Sergey Brin Also Wants to Fly(bloomberg.com)
2 points by _h_o_d_ 9y ago|1 comments
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
There are rumours that Sergei Brin is making a dirigible https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/serge... And David Brin (no relation) talks about using them in his books Earth (1989) and
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
Journalistic context, an article explaining its significance to general audience http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-space-probes-have-detected-...
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Anthropogenic Space Weather(link.springer.com)
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
from Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations §217: 'If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: "This is simply what I do."'
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by _h_o_d_ 9y ago
That i likely more because of plummeting pay for passenger pilots with the new budget airlines
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
Nothing changes. Except, perhaps Facebook might be around a while. What are your thresholds for relying on a service? I still backup my google and fb data.
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
NDAs of anything about the company for departing employees too, which is what I meant to say
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
There has already been an exodus of talent. I know one personally, and know of a lot more. They lock them down with non-disclosure settlements. Bad management, internecine politics, the whole caboodle. A pity, because it could have been ve
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Algorithmic Mathematical Art (2008)(xahlee.info)
1 points by _h_o_d_ 10y ago|0 comments
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
I'm certain lisper [parent] knows these, indeed may well have worked with PG in the past, but for those who don't, here's some useful linky: http://www.paulgraham.com/lisp.html
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
Although it is more fun to imagine he meant 'Rocket Propelled Grenade' back-end... (Etc)
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
Cognitively, people do slow down after 21 or so. It is likely not to be a linear process, but I'm sure a quick google of research will find this. It is not, as suggested by the other comment, spurious feeling, but a well-known cognitiv
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
There are more productive dislikes.. I'm afraid you'll have to learn to be content with it, or the anger will consume you.
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by _h_o_d_ 10y ago
I understand this too, as it'sa place where social errors can't happen and we can escape. However, there are ways to undo these habits, which will allow for much more connected IRL life.