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by astrec 15y ago
I didn't hellban anybody. But I have an idea who did. And, you know what? If you're gonna ask me, "who's more likely acting in good faith, the hellbanners on HN or the hellbanned?" it's not even a little challenging for me to answer that.
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Florida Homeowner Forecloses on Bank of America Branch [video](nakedcapitalism.com)
1 points by astrec 15y ago|0 comments
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by astrec 15y ago
Rubbish. It's about inflicting a punitive measure on those who violate the community's rules. I don't really have a problem with that right up until the point where you wittingly waste someone's time because they previously wasted yours.
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by astrec 15y ago
The old eye for an eye chestnut, eh? It's fine for a time, but if the account remains active there ought to be some form of review.
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by astrec 15y ago
Thanks!
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by astrec 15y ago
I found that one of the more interesting parts of the article, and made a note to find one and give it a try. I take a lot of notes too, but have never found a pen I with which I was entirely happy - these days I use a pencil.
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by astrec 15y ago
I'm of the school of thought that says there should be a giant (but not too giant, mind) chasm between academia and the real world. The whole bloody thing falls apart when universities make feeble attempts to offer vocational education.
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Euphemistically speaking: This may interest you*(economist.com)
6 points by astrec 15y ago|0 comments
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by astrec 15y ago
That seems like an awful lot of bother. Me? I'll be off making something...
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Telstra scores 1-click patent win over Amazon(zdnet.com.au)
74 points by astrec 15y ago|26 comments
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by astrec 15y ago
Perhaps I was too dry: everything you say is true, but you kinda missed the point ;) Edit: In retrospect realise that wasn't particularly helpful. I skipped an awful lot of Mondays for which the only consequence was utter joy at the two co
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by astrec 15y ago
For quite some years every other Sunday I'd leave home1 early evening and arrive at home2 early Tuesday morning, having travelled on average about 21 hours (all those mandatory inspections of my underpants, you see), thereby skipping an awf
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by astrec 15y ago
Indeed. I suspect "color" will play ok in most of Asia also.
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by astrec 15y ago
I know your quip about the misspelling is a joke, but I think their branding will be problematic throughout the Commonwealth (perhaps less so in western Canada), and French speaking nations -- it just doesn't look right. Not quite in the sa
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by astrec 15y ago
There's quite a nice quote on the subject from Terence Tao (Livingston, Sir Ken; The Element; pp 100-101): "I think the most important thing for developing an interest in mathematics is to have the ability and the freedom to play with mathe
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by astrec 15y ago
He didn't dismiss the advice, but indicated he was skeptical of it. Pretty mild really. As a rule I am skeptical of all advice, irrespective of how well aligned the provider may claim to be; but you can be certain I'm listening.
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by astrec 16y ago
Australia's Foreign Minister - who has been reasonably conspicuous in the cables released so far - covered this issue during a presser on Monday: QUESTION: Mr Rudd, just on that question. Do you think WikiLeaks will have a chilling effect o
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Google’s Pound of Flesh(cringely.com)
34 points by astrec 16y ago|42 comments
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by astrec 16y ago
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8rc57-1...
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by astrec 16y ago
I think davidw has referred you to the right place for this question but I want to address on point: "you only need to buy the parachutes ones (sic)". This isn't strictly true. Typically you'd replace a nylon reserve parachute every 10 year
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by astrec 16y ago
Do you mean go looking at other's patents that way, because then you're are wilfully infringing? You're pretty right, but in my experience the flow is more like: a) "Invent" X. b) Can we patent it? c) Opps. We read on someone's patent. d) R
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by astrec 16y ago
I think it's likely a strategic cross-licensing play, which is to say that Oracle have found they read on one or more patents held by Google and are knocking on the front door with a sledgehammer.
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by astrec 16y ago
I fly a paraglider which is essentially the same thing only unpowered. At around $10/hour it's within reach of most people. Takes around 7-9 days to get a restricted license in most countries. Then you just grab a friend, walk your back pac
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Self Confidence(jessicamah.com)
4 points by astrec 16y ago|1 comments
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by astrec 16y ago
Depends a little on what you hope to get from University: a vocational qualification or higher learning. He's right on the former, but so, so wrong on the latter: <insert Stephen Leacock quote here>.
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by astrec 16y ago
On the other hand I wouldn't hire anyone who wasn't inflexible about having source control, defect tracking, CI, or code reviews. What is important to me, however, is that you demonstrate a little pragmatism about us using Mercurial over Gi
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by astrec 16y ago
That depends on your view of Heidegger, doesn't it?
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by astrec 16y ago
Try Qigong.
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by astrec 16y ago
Indeed. As a point of interest Ada Lovelace was Byron's only legitimate child, but he is known to be father of one other, and presumed (with varying degrees of certainty) father of two more.
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by astrec 16y ago
Typically I can weed through 1000 resumes by simply excluding those unaccompanied by a cover letter.

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