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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   As someone after a spine surgery, I can't agree more. I have a tendency for discs to slip. The only way I can treat it is core exercises, 4+ times a week for up to 1 hour. While I now look impressive with shirt off, the sheer monotony
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   You might like this piece of John Carmack's advice: If you're not sure which way is better, implement it both ways and compare.
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   If you want to train yourself in programming, algorithms and understanding of time complexity, I recommend giving codility.com a go. You are asked to implement solutions for various problems in a programming language of your choice. Basic l
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   I disagree computers were much simpler. If you wanted to play games, you had to struggle with IRQ, DMA, extended memory mode, smartdrive, config.sys, autoexec.bat, commandline ARJ, zip, rar, floppies or tapes, and so on. If you had Linux, y
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   I was wondering the same thing. Butterflies, and even many dragonflies in a big Polish city where I live. I chalked it down to "we had more flowers". But it seems global ? And even in Poland, which uses relatively little pesticide
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   While listening to a radio programme on philosophy, I heard something thought-provoking: one of anchors, an atheist, praised Christianity. He said Christianity's greatest achievement is invention of atheism and secular state. "Tha
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   There are at least two basic flavors of a republic: * one that puts emphasis on democracy, * another that puts emphasis on liberalism. I forgot the exact terms for them, especially the second one. The basic difference is that the first one
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   One of most baffling examples is "zdziwiony Jezus" (surprised Jesus). http://jerzyurban.blog.pl/files/2013/07/jezus.jpg This picture, used as an illustration for an article in an extreme left Polish
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   by b0rsuk 9y ago

   Browser for extraverts.
10. 1030.▲
    by b0rsuk 9y ago

    OT: Has it ever occured to anyone that human-drived cars are the C of human transport ? Very many people die in communications accidents. Airplane travel may be safer per unit of distance, but NOT for unit of time spent in a vehicle. Human
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    by b0rsuk 10y ago

    Slightly off-topic, but one of Ryszard Kapuściński's African reportages had an amusing story of traveling with a driver who only knew two (2) words in English. The words were listed as: Problem No problem Armed militia ahead ? Problem.
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    by b0rsuk 12y ago

    This sounds suspiciously like "When people start making their own Linux distributions".
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    In my opinion small regional communities can only exist in isolation. I don't see how such communities could defend against an aggression by a strong state-backed military. Putin is having a great time picking off countries one by one.
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    That's a play on words. I believe freedom of one person ends where freedom of another person starts. Freedom to steal, freedom to kill, freedom to harm are not seen as positive things. Countries and societies all around the world restr
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    Try POWDER. It's inspired by Crawl, but has enough ideas of its own. In particular it makes Crawl's weapon and god systems look pathetic. And the writing is spectacular.
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    Starting from level3 or 5 is gives you all you need, really. I even had more gear when starting from "5" savegame than when playing normally from 1. If you really want to have a ton of loot, start in original level3, go to the sec
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    I realize I'm promoting board games to the wrong people - to people who've already been trained to expect the same things from 'games' as from movies - but you should take a closer look at board games. Outside of compute
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    """It seems like the model is much closer to that of a Hollywood movie than that of regular software development (which in a lot of ways makes sense). At the beginning of a project, you only need a handful of people to develo
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    This is why I've backed 9 Kickstarter games already. It may not be perfect, but I'm not a part of the problem anymore. Traditional publishers put the carriage before the horse. They use money earned by Game 11 to fuel Game 12. Whe
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    I'm a beginner programmer who is attracted to aesthetic aspects of creativity ('art' is a dirty word for me because of people associated with it). I tried to learn playing a recorder, because I like the way it sounds, and I a
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    The people who need it the most won't use it. But you are onto something. The next step: Get in touch with Google so that it's included into official Chrome in some way. It doesn't have to be installed by default - just a one
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    In my case, just old-fashioned honest work and writing programs to show beforehand substantially reduces anxiety. I feel a lot more confident when I can honestly say "I wrote this and that" and talk about the solutions used. If I
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    For Polish doctors it's also a chance to work for tolerable wages, escape paperwork and underfunded hospitals. In Poland, a doctor is a subcategory of bureaucrat who is primarily concerned with health and occasionally glances at you ov
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    This question is like a Django model definition where you have a database query as default (or limit_choices_to) value. It makes it impossible to perform the 'syncdb' command (create a database from scratch, for tests etc). In oth
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    Ultimately, it's not for us to decide. Things like these are always decided by economic viability and lobbying. It's really hard to create an outrage strong enough that people will just stop buying it, and go to a competitor. But
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    There's an early windows game Bug Brain which sounds quite similar. You're building brains of various insects and worms from single neurons to perform various tasks.
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    Maybe it's just a sign of something in the big picture - of America turning inward, like the falling Roman empire and isolationist China ?
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    Die-hard windows users will stay with Windows. Not because they like Windows so much, but because they believe in crap "every second Windows version is good", "I can just wait for another version", "what I have just
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    I strongly recommend this book, it's a really fun read. It explores different ways of measuring time and items used over centuries in various cultures. It clarifies why the invention of zero was such a big deal, and why latin numerals
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    by b0rsuk 13y ago

    North Korea is - for the wrong reasons - a beautiful country. It's not as crowded, filled with cars, smog and litter as "developed countries". It's not as dirty, crowded and poor as India. It's filled with trees, qu