angdis

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by angdis 12y ago
I am skeptical that anything the w3c puts out is "a solution" to anything other than increasingly complex design-by-committee recommendations that no one ever fully implements. How about just good graphic design?
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by angdis 12y ago
Perhaps, but I think that if this comes to pass, we're going to have people who look and fuck like octogenarians for more than half their lives.
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by angdis 12y ago
This is not merely a biomedical problem ("solving" aging). As others indicate there are societal issues, but one thing that doesn't get mentioned is the new problems that living a long time will uncover. Modern medicine has n
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by angdis 12y ago
Not surprising and probably a good idea for anyone with a penchant for writing obnoxious things off-the-cuff. I'm sure his staffers send LOTS of email, however. Having a campaign website, lindsaygraham.com, means that there's tons
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by angdis 12y ago
"rock up" -- had to look that up in the urban dictionary.
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by angdis 12y ago
A perfect example of how NOT to write an issue ticket, but also an example of how NOT to respond as well. If it offends you, just close the ticket and if you're feeling generous refer the reporter to a resource on how to write an effec
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by angdis 12y ago
It depends on what you mean by "understand everything". That is a very terse, densely packed sentence of jargon intended for practitioners but a physicist who is a skilled communicator could describe the main results to a high sch
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by angdis 12y ago
I think it is worth it to try this but it will likely go the way of Esperanto. English really is NOT especially challenging compared to other languages. And as anyone who travels in Europe will realize, there seems to be little problem with
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by angdis 12y ago
People just need to chill out. TSA folks are not necessarily the brightest bunch, but getting angry with them just doesn't end well-- especially if that includes jokes/sarcasm/provocative statements involving bombs. THis pers
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by angdis 12y ago
Soylent is perfectly fine fallout shelter food or for soldiers in combat or perhaps shut-ins with fickle food issues. It is not a viable substitute for actual food regardless of nutritional benefit.
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by angdis 12y ago
They were X-rayed too. X-ray imaging can only tell you so much. I think it is perfectly acceptable to destroy some to gain an understanding of what these things actually were. She did a marvelous job of documenting the teardown and should b
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by angdis 12y ago
You never have "just a random citizen" in any jury trial. The process of jury selection is intended, among other things, to screen out people that are not likely to be biased in one way or another. The fact is the silk road was a
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by angdis 12y ago
OK, but they're already making money. And anyway it is far from certain if they will "win" and moreover how much they'll even get out of it. It is less likely to be successful than a "slip-and-fall" scam. Surel
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by angdis 12y ago
I fail to see what Oracle gets out of all this aggression other than an interminable legal fight and associated expenses, the scorn of developers everywhere, and a _very_ iffy future pay-off. What is the motivation here?
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by angdis 12y ago
By "everyone" he is specifically talking about impoverished, profoundly under-resourced educational systems in third world countries. Computer science topics and digital literacy are certainly part of a well-rounded education. In
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by angdis 12y ago
It is a _hypothetical_ situation intended to express some values that Larry Page has.
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by angdis 12y ago
I find that very difficult to believe. Also, what do you mean by "many" ?
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by angdis 12y ago
I've been a 1/10 developer and probably still am for some tasks which I work on. I think that EVERYONE is a 1/10 developer at times, especially when trying doing something new or difficult. I would be interested to know exact
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by angdis 12y ago
Why does Satoshi, whoever he is, remain anonymous? What could he gain from that?
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by angdis 12y ago
I'm sure it does, it does everywhere else. But I think things are a bit different and higher stakes with executive level folks like the the one in question here. 18 months is not an eternity if one can "afford it". Ironically
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by angdis 12y ago
What I would like to know is how did ESA calculate the trajectory that Rosetta needed to take to meet up with the planets for the purpose of gravity-assist maneuvers? I mean this was a 10 year journey, is there any way to make corrections t
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by angdis 12y ago
There is yet another form factor from Raspberry Pi-- the "compute module", it is a board that fits into a sodimm socket. This is a competing product for the Intel Edison. These are both practical form factors that can go into prod
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by angdis 12y ago
It doesn't work for gainfully employed professionals! This is how you select university students for entry level positions and interns.
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by angdis 12y ago
Yes, examples are critical. It is possible, however, to make the examples TOO simple. I've seen this a lot in the documentation for libraries in the programming language R. The examples are so stripped down and abstracted from what you
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by angdis 12y ago
This is an occupational risk and a very dangerous one for health care workers. Nurses know how to protect themselves from contagious disease, but accidents can happen regardless. Ebola is not "happening" in the united states becau
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by angdis 12y ago
Banana's are best eaten at the instant in time when the brown spots cover the peel like freckles and are just about to make contact with each other. Why anyone would want to delay this moment is beyond my comprehension.
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by angdis 12y ago
Oh, what is fad is it now, the "paleo" diet? (you linked to a "primal" diet website in another response) If anything the general population is still gotten fatter and fatter in the last 10 years. This makes me think that
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by angdis 12y ago
Actually, NOT THAT MUCH has changed since 1996 as far as PRACTICAL knowledge about nutrition goes. AFAIK, it has just been fad after fad. The reality is that people can and do thrive on a wide variety of diets.
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by angdis 12y ago
Looking at the cupboard inventory, it does not appear that he is eating "garbage". It might, perhaps, border on being an exercise in asceticism, but there is nothing shockingly absent from what he is eating. Nothing weird about it
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by angdis 12y ago
OK, but what can you do after you get in through the bootloader?

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