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by amh 16y ago
Large amounts of government funding for scientific research create an equally large incentive to produce results which are politically useful (or at least, not politically inconvenient). In the case of AGW, the easy "solution" is massive e
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by amh 16y ago
A co-worker of mine got divorced not long ago. I believe it went to court, but not sure (they both had lawyers). No kids were involved. His wife received half his assets, 100% of their co-owned business, all of his retirement money, and
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by amh 16y ago
My current employer once interviewed someone who brought in public photos of the departmental director and printed out webpages relating to stuff he did at previous jobs, I guess to prove that she was interested in what we do. She also mad
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by amh 16y ago
It would be cool if he offered all the courses as a single download via torrent or perhaps a mail-order DVD.
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by amh 16y ago
Free tip if you want to write a better RSS reader: research Usenet newsreaders like trn or tin. Many of the problems with RSS that everyone is grappling with now were solved (to varying degrees of success) decades ago. Usenet news and RSS
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by amh 16y ago
I find your comment ironic given your username. At one time, bloodletting was mainstream in the medical world.
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by amh 16y ago
The "Free to Choose" television series is really great, second that. They're all on google video, search for the obvious keywords and "long" duration (20+ mins) to find them easily. I especially liked the debate segment in each show, where
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by amh 16y ago
Along with the excellent recommendations here, I would add "The Worldly Philosophers" by Heilbroner ( http://www.amazon.com/Worldly-Philosophers-Lives-Economic-Th... ) for a slightly different angle. It covers a wide range of famous econom
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by amh 16y ago
Maybe he claims the difference is obvious, but not to my aging eyes (especially at smaller point sizes). Sadly, getting older has had more influence over my choice of fonts than pure stylistic preferences.
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by amh 16y ago
And yet, people who don't trust the census and refuse to answer unnecessary questions are considered nutters, even with relatively recent historical evidence that the government can't be trusted.
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by amh 16y ago
rsync won't delete extra files at the destination unless you tell it to. Although, there's still the problem of syncing corrupted stuff to the mirror. Keeping multiple versions is certainly more robust, in any case.
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by amh 16y ago
Good read, although the comments about saturated fat may be questionable in light of the recent research (e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1332954 ).