adriand

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by adriand 17y ago
Language changes over time. You are technically correct but no one is confused by the author's terminology, because people clearly understand what he means. And since people clearly understand what he means, there is no reason for him to c
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by adriand 17y ago
I never thought about that effect of answering emails promptly, but you're absolutely right. The more emails I send, the more I receive, which creates a vicious circle. Unfortunately for me right now, many people know I respond rapidly to
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New web apps are like new words: widespread adoption is difficult(factore.ca)
19 points by adriand 17y ago|5 comments
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by adriand 17y ago
If you read the whole article, you'll see that in fact, the burgers were so contaminated with e-coli that they could have easily caused infection simply through contact with surfaces in the kitchen. In an experiment with a similar strain,
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by adriand 17y ago
From what I've seen of vi (mainly as a result of editing files directly on a server via ssh), it seems like an efficient text editor, undoubtedly. But what about if you're constantly bouncing between different files in a project? Like a R
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Ask HN: how do you keep up with your inbox?
1 points by adriand 17y ago|3 comments
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MySQL vs. PostgreSQL comparison by Anchor (github's migration team)(anchor.com.au)
44 points by adriand 17y ago|42 comments
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by adriand 17y ago
Thank you. What I wrote was, in fact, what I meant. It's precisely the success of the civil rights movement and other popular movements that have prompted the development of weapons intended to disperse demonstrations that don't create mar
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by adriand 17y ago
Barack Obama is fortunate that these demonstration repression technologies did not exist during the time of Martin Luther King, because who knows if the civil rights movement would ever have succeeded if they did.
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by adriand 17y ago
This is great! For me, the best thing about it is that it actually allows me to tweet, a feature that has not worked for me on the Twitter website for several weeks. It is nice to be able to tweet from a browser again.
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by adriand 17y ago
The article is clearly opposed to laws that prohibit assisted suicide. I tended to agree with this position, but in a conversation recently someone made a point that I had not considered previously, which I'll repeat here. When assisted su