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by archon 14y ago
> There is almost no reason to "buy" a dog I agree, if we're talking about puppies. There's no reason to buy a puppy. But an adult dog? I adopted an adult dog from a shelter, and I will never do so again. I realize that the rescue commu
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by archon 14y ago
The other problem is that they would have to 'pause' the entire game while the physical move was in progress, otherwise players would still be able to move around in the rest of the game world (other than the cluster of stars they took offl
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by archon 14y ago
Dominion is great for two players, and has excellent replay value. Settlers of Catan can also work well for two people. You just have the two players control two colors each. This preserves the competition for resources needed to make the g
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by archon 14y ago
And with sites such as boardgamegeek, there isn't as much risk involved unless you're buying just-released games. I've had my copy of Dominion for over three years. I got it on sale for $30. I've played literally hundreds of games since I b
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by archon 14y ago
I came up with the modified chess game when I was a teenager, and I've long since forgotten all of the rules, I'm afraid. Sorry to disappoint :)
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by archon 14y ago
I enjoy Power Grid with a larger group (4+) people, but with a small group, the game really drags. This is unfortunate, because my usual gaming group consists of my fiancee and myself.
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by archon 14y ago
Monopoly Deal is definitely an under appreciated gem. It's a great way to kill 15 minutes with friends. Doesn't require a lot of strategy, but it still somehow fun (I typically enjoy a lot more strategy than luck). I've done something simil
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by archon 14y ago
I live in Tennessee, and Apple Maps has taken me: to what it thought was a grocery store but was actually a church; to the middle of a subdivision in search of a coffee shop; and to a nonexistent entrance ramp to a highway.
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by archon 14y ago
> There are large portions of the United States where parents without any training or knowledge on teaching have very strong opinions on what should or should not be said in the classroom. Getting rid of tenure and academic freedom will
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by archon 14y ago
"Vending machine raid" http://goo.gl/maps/OljbS
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by archon 14y ago
Why? If you want to run SQL queries (with joins, etc.), maybe you should run a traditional RDBMS. Is there some sort of advantage to this that I'm missing? It just seems like reinventing the wheel.
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by archon 14y ago
Uninformed guess: They didn't have enough space for anything fancier than a grid pattern. Perhaps the new engines have a smaller footprint.
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by archon 14y ago
How in the world can you claim any sort of security without using SSL?
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by archon 14y ago
"Because science isn't always cheap and doesn't always produce immediately obvious benefits."
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by archon 14y ago
That PDF link is a 404.
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by archon 14y ago
I find this page highly annoying. To actually contribute to the discussion, possible reasons I find this page highly annoying: 1.) The cutesy startupish language. 2.) It doesn't actually say anything. Ok, you've got my attention. And you've
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by archon 14y ago
These states "are considered" to be a "constitution-free zone" by whom? What does that even mean?
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by archon 14y ago
As a user, those emails have sometimes had a negative effect for the company emailing me. Something they send me reminds me that the program exists, that I'm still paying a monthly fee for it, and that I really don't use it very much at all
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by archon 14y ago
I'm chagrined to admit that this simple approach didn't even occur to me. I'm interested as well; are there any disadvantages to this?
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by archon 14y ago
Thank you for being willing to teach your son programming. I was homeschooled with a programmer for a dad and I guess it just never occurred to him to teach me himself. I discovered programming on my own in late high school, but I would hav
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by archon 14y ago
> I came back to add that teaching mathematics in the context of science as early as possible should help a great deal I think this hits the nail on the head. The first time I realized that science == math, I was in late high school. I
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by archon 14y ago
The writer seems to be generalizing the entire US system based on his daughter's experience in one US high school, which he admits is "overcrowded, under-resourced [and] doesn’t think much of science". Is this really a problem of the US sys
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by archon 14y ago
It's a press release, of course it's rendered in market-speak. At least the writer got to the point quickly and presented the meat of the announcement in the first paragraph, instead of burying it in the middle of a wall of text as he could
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by archon 16y ago
For those unwilling to follow the link, gigabit is $350 a month. I'm perfectly satisfied with their 30 up / 30 down plan. That one costs $58 a month.
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by archon 16y ago
It's a beautiful part of the country. I love it down here.
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by archon 16y ago
If you're considering moving just for gigabit broadband, you might consider Chattanooga, TN. We already have it.
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by archon 16y ago
Supposedly, the chemist Antoine Lavoisier[1], who was beheaded during the French Revolution, asked his assistant to quickly retrieve his head after the blade fell and count how long he could blink his eyes. The head blinked in the range of
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by archon 16y ago
All I can offer is another anecdote, not a more recent study, but in the self-defense courses I've taken over the past couple years, my instructor has stressed that a shooting is always a gamble. "The only way to ensure instantaneous incapa
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by archon 16y ago
I have a similar anecdote, and strangely enough, a similar reaction. A group of us were preparing for an IDPA match at a local gun range. One of our most experienced members got a little too complacent and was joking with a friend after fin
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by archon 16y ago
I think this one is good generalized advice for anyone, not just writers: > Ask yourself frequently, "Am I having fun?" The answer needn't always be yes. But if it's always no, it's time for a new project or a new career.

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