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by bconway 13y ago
I'm not sure why you feel my post was disingenuous. There are many forms of self-protection that we need to ask our government permissions to obtain.
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by bconway 13y ago
We have a lot of similar restrictions in US workplaces, mostly driven by unions. They are equally as ridiculous.
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by bconway 13y ago
When I see stories like this, I'm always impressed at the wide availability of gas masks. Are we even allowed to own those in the States?* *Yes, I know how sad of a question that is.
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by bconway 13y ago
I've been here for 3 years. I don't think there's been a decline, but I think the usual value of discussion has been strongly overshadowed by the hate and vitriol that winds up in just about every discussion now. Worse, those are usually th
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Mailinator is for Humans(mailinator.blogspot.com)
2 points by bconway 13y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
Higher percentage-wise yes, but not by its affect your paycheck. My property tax is half of what I paid in MA, and it's for a house double the size and half the price - in a suburb of Austin, with a shorter commute to downtown that I
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by bconway 13y ago
Sorry, but that's nonsense. Don't believe everything read on Huff-post. Edit: And since it's sure to come up, our sex education isn't abstinence-only, either.
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by bconway 13y ago
Beware that this can come back to bite you. If I look at someone's LinkedIn profile and see a slew of jobs listed in months, not years, their resume is going in the (metaphoric) trash. I need to get at least 2 years out of people, preferabl
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“Why do women try to get ahead by pulling men down?”(medium.com)
51 points by bconway 13y ago|115 comments
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Study: Killing Used Games Could Be Profitable, or Suicide(wired.com)
2 points by bconway 13y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
Good read. I'd be interested in hearing the other side of the story.
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by bconway 13y ago
Some of us pride ourselves on not sinking to the lowest common denominator (i.e. breeding grounds for mediocrity).
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.ninja(dotninja.co)
1 points by bconway 13y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
I enjoyed seeing all the WPI and other local references from my (long) time in MA.
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by bconway 13y ago
Let me suggest an alternative that seldomly gets mentioned: the public library. It's free, it's quiet, the Internet is fast and not frequently used, the chairs are sometimes comfortable, and they love it when people hang around all day (the
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How Coca-Cola Used Vending Machines To Try And Unite India And Pakistan(fastcocreate.com)
3 points by bconway 13y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
Will there be a way to turn off personalization? It's not clear from the video or the site.
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Netflix: Changes to the Public API Program(streamingsoon.com)
2 points by bconway 13y ago|1 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
It reminded me of one of my favorite phrases, "The easiest way to get in shape doesn't exist."
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by bconway 13y ago
Sorry, down-voted by accident. Agree 100%.
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by bconway 13y ago
The group supported a number of senators' stances on immigration reform, some of whom also happened to support expanding pipelines for gas production. Elon Musk, CEO of an electric car company, decides to leave the group. Not much dot-conne
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VP9 Codec Nears Completion(blog.webmproject.org)
71 points by bconway 13y ago|27 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
Exactly this. Likewise, many of us would be unable to pick out many/most of the Millionaires Next Door in a pinch.
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by bconway 13y ago
To the OP: What negative feedback have you received? What have people told you you need to improve? If that answer is "none," people aren't being honest with you and you need to find people who are. Secondarily, are none of those people who
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by bconway 13y ago
I know it sounds insane, but the average American's idea of nationalized healthcare is something akin to waiting in Soviet Union breadlines just to get an aspirin. There's a whole cadre of talking heads employed full-time to make the round
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Top U.S. Cities for Women Entrepreneurs (entrepreneur.com)
4 points by bconway 13y ago|1 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
Which teachers and administrators at the school do you feel are a part of this "upper class?" There are certainly no millionaires handing down decrees at the schools near me.
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Authors, composers want 3.4% of every Belgian’s Internet bill(arstechnica.com)
4 points by bconway 13y ago|0 comments
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by bconway 13y ago
I'd really love to give OpenBSD a try outside of VM testing. Does it have something like FreeBSD's NanoBSD ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/... ) yet? The seamless update-image-and-switch is a killer feature for
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Twitter, Sonic.net earn top stars in 2013 EFF privacy report, Verizon none(eff.org)
2 points by bconway 13y ago|1 comments

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