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by aplusbi 16y ago
This reminds me a story... At my last job we used Postgres on a Windows server. Whoever initially set up the database pretty much stuck to the defaults. Whenever we would read/write text to the db in code we were using functions that basic
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I love this! I use dtach (with dvtm) instead of screen, but it's serves the same purpose. I'll be working at my desk and then have to head to a meeting (with my laptop) to another floor. My ssh connection will drop but once I log back in
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I was really lucky in that I got a Gizmo5 account shortly before they were acquired by google. They created an Android app called Guava that did just that (limited to 3 minutes at a time unless you pay). It comes in handy when I'm traveli
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Maybe they discovered a planet that orbits a binary star but whose orbit doesn't match what physics would predict for planets in a binary system. Almost as if the planet itself were adjusting and compensating...
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Yeah, I'm really glad I brought antibiotics to Peru with me, and Peru isn't even particularly bad. I wouldn't say I got violently ill there, but I did get a case of Gringo's Bane (aka Machu Poopoo) and was moving my bowel 10-15 times a day
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I'm an American who has never been to Canada, but I think I get what the author meant. He compared the difference between American and Canadian culture to the differences between states or regions. There is a huge difference between North
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I've been thinking about switching to Colemak but the fact that I use Vim daily has kept me from seriously considering it. While I certainly can remap some keys in Vim, I'm not sure if that's such a good idea in the long run. Some keys, su
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by aplusbi 16y ago
A lot of colleges/universities require/provide laptops to students. They also usually have computer labs.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
A better point would be that home storage costs are the same for local foods as they are for shipped foods.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
You are probably being downvoted because you are making the claim that ADHD is not a real disorder and that treatment for it is comparable to homeopathy.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
You are correct that these traits would apply to any arbitrary group of young children with a one year age spread. Kindergarten is an ideal such group, not only because it encompasses a one year spread of young children, but also because i
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by aplusbi 16y ago
That's not quite it either. The reason Kindergarten is important is because it's examining kids among their peers. Kids who are on average 6 months younger than their peers are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Generally kids who are 5 years old (if I'm not mistaken) are in Kindergarten. Some kids start Kindergarten at 4 because their birthday is later in the year. However there is a cut-off date (probably in November or December) and students b
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Unless of course, you actually are a rockstar.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Nobody ever says to someone watching Law & Order reruns that they have too much time on their hands.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
The bystander effect doesn't have much to do with this because you asked first. The simple act of asking changes peoples perceived personal responsibility.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I wonder if there is a market for a braille-based ebook reader. Refreshable braille displays already exist and it doesn't seem like it would be that difficult to build one in an ebook form factor that could read ebook formats. Edit: I look
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by aplusbi 16y ago
He cited five that he had personal experience with. You can't use that as a metric.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I've seen several programmers working in cafes in Brooklyn. I don't really hang out in cafes in Manhattan that much (occasionally Subtletea back when I worked in the area) so I can't comment on the state of Manhattan cafes.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Maybe you're right. I grew up in NYC (the Bronx, and I currently live in Brooklyn) so my experience is far from typical.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
"Three years in New York, and I went north of 14th St maybe three times. Trips to the Met excepted, of course" I'm supposed to believe this guy knows anything about New York when his definition of New York is "Manhattan south of 14th st."?
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by aplusbi 16y ago
My experience (having interviewed at Google NYC twice, turned down both times) was that if I asked what language I should, they would always reply with either C, C++ or "C-like." Only once was a particular language required (I was asked to
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I have some friends in the body modification industry including a NY-based practitioner who happened to have silicon-coated magnets. He has a habit of discounting everything for his friends so he only charged me the cost of the magnet ($50
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by aplusbi 16y ago
Yeah, I can't feel it. In general I have to be really close to the source to feel any field.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I had a magnet implanted in my right ring finger a little over two years ago and I can answer any questions if any of you are interested. The basics though are: it doesn't affect hard drives, credits cards or (surprisingly) CRTs. I can fee
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I get where you are headed, but you should probably think about the ice as "fuel." The cost (in terms of heat/energy) of freezing the ice can be spent during times when you are not in the room and/or not using the "air conditioner." Actual
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I think my friend Dan (who is on HN incidentally) summed it up perfectly: "American Dream Elusive for New Generation": get political science degree, apply to finance jobs, reject entry-level positions -> fail.
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I don't think it's blind deference to authority, I think it's a result of over-active pattern matching. We see patterns all the time, but that doesn't always mean there is a pattern. For example, in a science class students are typically p
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by aplusbi 16y ago
This reminds me of the candle problem: You are given a candle, a book of matches and a box of tacks. You need to mount the candle on the wall in such a way that the candle won't drip on the table below it. When the problem is presented as
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by aplusbi 16y ago
I believe very strongly that free will is tied to the existence of randomness. Without randomness there can be no free will. From the little I've read it appears that true randomness does exist, in that there are experiments where all caus

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