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by aristophenes 8y ago
They probably do hire people to clean things up. Those people probably just don’t actually clean.
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by aristophenes 8y ago
It’s not that they don’t pay people to clean up. I used to get on the A at the very first stop. The train would be parked until it was time to go, and there was a whole crew of cleaners. The cleaning went like this, the workers would start
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by aristophenes 8y ago
This isn't really true. China and the United States, since after the Vietnam war until very very recently, have basically been allies. The United States has gone out of its way to support China's economic growth. I think the idea
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by aristophenes 8y ago
I'm confused, I grew up in the USA and for global maps the US was never centered. It was always on the left, like every map here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maps_of_the_world , and Africa is in the middle.
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by aristophenes 8y ago
Two unique things about bikes is that it is harder the slower you go, and it uses a skill, balance, that we practice every day as we stand and walk. When you are a child, afraid of falling, with no experience, you want to go very slow. And
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by aristophenes 8y ago
> they how know branch prediction works. Can’t tell if clever joke, or typo
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by aristophenes 8y ago
We have a simple system we use to determine the value of many things. Money. Whichever applicants are bringing in the highest salary should be picked. It’s kind of crazy that a genius with specialized skills is in the same process as the wa
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by aristophenes 8y ago
Wow, reading the comments in the Register article make me aware I should stay away from British stocks, and be very wary of deals with British companies. “Caveat emptor”, victim blaming, of course everyone commits fraud, the bad guys are th
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by aristophenes 8y ago
So depressed to realize that the past few generations have been the only time in history we haven’t had autonomous vehicles.