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by ap22213 11y ago
His ethnicity is a red herring. The important point is that he seems to have had a lot of correspondence with other Chinese, in China. I have worked with many Chinese-Americans. Many of them have no ties to China. Many of them, being 2nd or
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by ap22213 11y ago
This should be an important topic of conversation in technology. Similar to other real threats to U.S. companies and citizens, Chinese espionage is the real deal. It's unfortunate that Mr Xi was caught in the crossfire. But, it's
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by ap22213 11y ago
I'm particular struck by the part "...long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;" It reminds me of my over-analysis in developing software. Sometimes, I over think things, try to
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by ap22213 11y ago
Good question. I am not skilled in econ, but isn't this because the utility of new technology increases faster than inflation? In other words, utility(technology1, t1)/cost(technology1, t1) < utility(technology2, t2)/cost
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by ap22213 11y ago
It's not all that bad, seriously. I've been using an algorithm-based scheme across probably hundreds of sites for probably 10 years. There are 3 'tricks': 1. First, use several different initial functions for different
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by ap22213 11y ago
Makes sense, on a rereading. npm coupled with drastically and frequently changing libraries (and transitive dependency clashes) does make a hell of a dependency mess; I agree. But, on the plus side, most node libraries are easy to modify. I
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by ap22213 11y ago
I 'rent' quite a few movies from iTunes, Amazon, and Verizon. iTunes is generally botched because, as others mention, it requires full download and thus is generally a pain in the ass. Verizon makes it difficult to watch anywhere
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by ap22213 11y ago
This isn't so surprising. Quite a few years ago (when I was doing art installations) I met a couple people (Americans) who had changed their names and accents to sound German or Nordic so that they'd be taken more seriously (and s
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by ap22213 11y ago
Geez, that's a bit harsh, don't you think? I've used node on several high-volume production apps, and I haven't seen any instability. And, if the documentation is poor, then it's only poor forsomuch as one unwilling
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by ap22213 11y ago
I'm a full stack developer. Although not an expert in all areas, I'm efficient and productive in almost all of the areas listed. Then again, I'm creeping on 40 and thus, slowly getting fewer and fewer recruiter calls. This is
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by ap22213 11y ago
If the long tail is happening, than I'm truly oblivious and don't know where to find it. I've been looking very hard (believe me) for anything even moderately fitting my tastes in any media (books, music, film, games, etc.) I
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by ap22213 11y ago
I'd never heard of the hunter vs farmer hypothesis. But, it's very interesting. A disproportionate number of my friends and I, although intelligent, had lifelong difficulties with ADHD, bipolar disorder, and substance abuse (as di
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by ap22213 11y ago
This makes me kind of sad. I hope he is able to stop partying and use his money, influence, skills, and talent toward the development of another revolutionary game. On the other hand... Notch if you're listening, please invite me to y
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by ap22213 11y ago
1989. I was 14. For the previous several years, almost every week my friends and I would go to the mall's record shop and buy (or steal) cassette tapes (right after visiting the arcade). The cassettes were $14.99, and the best that
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by ap22213 11y ago
I like the thought experiment. But, continuing further a little bit, if we had sufficient technology to gain practical immortality, couldn't we also engineer our species to not want to have children AND engineer enough genetic variabil
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by ap22213 11y ago
Maybe I'm missing a lot of the important media, but I haven't seen what you're describing. Which are the media outlets where you're seeing a fight and push for pretending that biological differences don't exist? Ev
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by ap22213 11y ago
It doesn't sound all that right wing to me (I'm left wing). I think you're just highlighting one of the primary underlying issues: parents, likely because of personal and economic factors, don't have the time or energy t
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by ap22213 11y ago
Interestingly, the people I know who have had the most success in the markets (and who have been around for a while) have told me this, each independently. I have taken their advice and have done quite well.
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by ap22213 11y ago
It's too bad that pearl jam isn't represented. I listened to some the other day and was taken with how good it was. But, very interesting data nonetheless! I'm loving it! Is it possible to filter the data by listener age? I
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by ap22213 11y ago
In my opinion, drunk driving is way over-regulated. I understand that there's a limit - a point at which driving drunk is truly dangerous, and statistically obvious. But, I live in northern Virginia where drunk driving is a normality.
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by ap22213 11y ago
I'm now curious of where you lived in Appalachia and of what economic background you came. I too grew up in Appalachia and quite poor ($6000 / year for a family of 5), and aside from the camaraderie of poorness, I wouldn't wa
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by ap22213 11y ago
Sadly, it truly is the poor fighting the poor. I know quite a few of them: barely making $15,000 per year, high school educated, somewhat smart, living in rust-belt cities, having seen their wages decrease for decades, haunted by up-coming
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by ap22213 11y ago
A while back, a highly-educated friend and I were driving through an area that had a lot of data centers. She asked me what all of those gigantic blocks of buildings contained. I told her that they were mostly filled with many servers tha
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by ap22213 11y ago
I grew up very poor in the U.S. Poor as in, my single mom earned $6000 / year with little federal benefits to raise four kids. But, now, I'm in my late 30s and very successful. So, in that regard, I love the U.S. For the upper
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by ap22213 11y ago
Honestly, 4 year vesting schedules give me almost zero incentive to work harder. The reason is this: These days, founders are more likely to try to make their companies look attractive as acquisition targets than try to grow their businesse
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by ap22213 11y ago
Wow. If that was in the U.S., the cop would have pulled a weapon on the kid the moment he stepped out of the car.
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by ap22213 11y ago
I've worked with some weird ass people over the years, so this post is, sadly, not surprising.
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by ap22213 11y ago
I'm surprised that PI[0] isn't mentioned in this thread. It's been around since the 80s and it's ubiquitous in the utility industry for recording SCADA data. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIso
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by ap22213 11y ago
A simplier answer. It's the only cars 2 content on YouTube and it's particularly enjoyable for two year olds. Guessing that many parents show it to their kids.
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by ap22213 11y ago
I can easily crank up to 15000 transactions per second on AWS RDS for relatively low cost. Why would I want to hire people to manage that?

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