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by araneae 16y ago
A 36" pair of pants are meant for guys with a 36" waist. Some of these pants are meant to hang around your butt. Some are meant to hug tightly to your waist. If you measure the waists of those pants, they will differ. That does not mean
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by araneae 16y ago
A major problem with this is that the "size" generally refers to the size of the person it goes on, not the actual measurements of the clothing. For instance, a size small "boyfriend" sweater probably has similar dimensions to an XL form f
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by araneae 16y ago
It's the history of history!
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by araneae 16y ago
Did your blood test have high cholesterol or something? I had full health work-up last year and everything came back better than ideal. And I get sick very, very rarely. I eat well; I just don't move around much.
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by araneae 16y ago
Why is HN so obsessed with exercise? I'm quite happy as a lazy slob. I ran track and x country in high school, but I didn't like exercise then and I still don't. I'm sure it would probably make me healthier, but it just isn't worth the dis
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by araneae 16y ago
Cute! I'd prefer this in web app form, though, because I usually have my laptop with me when I'm cooking.
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by araneae 16y ago
Prostitution is not legal in Colorado Springs, Colorado. First line of the paper you cited: "Female prostitution is embedded in a context of felonious activity, illicit drugs, and violence." Also from the paper: "Deaths from acquired immuno
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by araneae 16y ago
It may not be pretty, but neither is working in a mine or fishing. At least the death rate is lower. And Craigslist prostitution is much, much prettier than street prostitution, high profile murder cases aside.
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by araneae 16y ago
Man, I'm so glad I'm not the Craig of Craigslist, because I when she asked, "What are you doing to protect these young girls?" I would have probably answered along the lines of, "Protect her from what, getting $500?"
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by araneae 16y ago
I wonder what happens if the family has multiple kids. Say, one every 1.5 years...
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by araneae 16y ago
It's true that building an economic model that builds on a growing population is a bad idea. And it it's arguable that building one based on a population that stays the same size is bad, too. That doesn't change the fact that Sweden has
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by araneae 16y ago
If there weren't anonymous comments, then we wouldn't know that some men in tech are in fact prejudiced against women in tech. That said, I'm officially sick of this back-and-forth. It crops up every few months on the blogosphere, and we n
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by araneae 16y ago
So you're saying that the amount of sex that takes place in colleges occurs predominately in the girl's dormroom, as opposed to the boy's?
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by araneae 16y ago
"Ladies usually have guys over there, not data servers." "Whenever I think of a group of women, The only thing that comes to my mind is that they are talking about how cool is desperate housewives, or how great was Sara's date."
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by araneae 16y ago
There's really not much more to know; it's a weight maintenance technique, since cellulose is indigestible. Force = mass*gravity and all that. The lighter they weigh, the more height they can achieve. Gymnasts have to worry about their we
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by araneae 16y ago
Agreed. From the translation: "It's so disrespectful to to die before ones parents, but in the last 10 plus years, I've been able to do what I want as an anime director, achieve my goals, and get some good reviews. I do feel regret that my
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by araneae 16y ago
Indeed. There's a reason ballerina dancers eat tissue paper.
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by araneae 16y ago
I agree that anecdotal evidence is worthless. However, there have been a number of studies on this and they've found that toy preference is pretty innate. And even present in other primates. See this paper: http://www.scribd.com/full/3657
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by araneae 16y ago
Yes, but there are plenty of organisms where the male is homogametic and the female is heterogametic and the behavioral trend is the same: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW_sex-determination_system
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by araneae 16y ago
He also has cute dimples.
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by araneae 16y ago
This is the most incredibly self-indulgent piece I've read all month.
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by araneae 16y ago
Good thing I know how to ctrl -, otherwise that would have been unreadable (tiny screen here!)
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by araneae 16y ago
I'm pretty sure the people who pay money for it regret it afterwards.
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by araneae 16y ago
Not all handicapped have wheelchairs. I have a friend who has to drive for long distances, but they use a cane for short distances.
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by araneae 16y ago
What about the handicapped?
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by araneae 16y ago
Owning a pet can be a delight, but it is also a burden. When my girlfriend visits she has to get a cat sitter and she worries when she can’t get a hold of them. If I were going to buy his thesis, I'd want it to be a little be
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by araneae 16y ago
He's claiming that he's somehow better than all of us because he takes walks with no purpose. I really doubt that there's any additional benefit to doing so over say, walking your dog. I hate when people try to tell me the "right" way to
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by araneae 16y ago
I don't know if this really adds anything, but I have a friend that as a young tech entrepreneur was on the cover of Forbes and made a cool few mil. Then he blew it all, did porn sites, and was pretty poor for a while. Now he does consult
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by araneae 16y ago
As long as you don't make or appear in porn you should be fine. Most people that do porn use pseudonyms. This is actually less safe because he'd presumably be putting it on a resume.
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by araneae 16y ago
Alternative explanation: people who are surrounded with better people are more happy. This study in no way controls for the fact that people may be somewhat accurately rating people in their lives.

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