biohacker42

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by biohacker42 18y ago
And very often people will bash free markets with examples of corporations like that, but few will point out that there is a big difference between the corporatism we live in and truly free markets.
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by biohacker42 18y ago
I've always been fascinated how Hollywood can produce movies that are globally palpable. Bet everybody else gets their untranslatable peanut butter (cultural quirks that don't cross borders) into the movie jelly. Sure I can make a crack he
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by biohacker42 18y ago
I am a libertarian, and I am all for legalizing Marijuana, but god help me I am so tired of talking about legalizing Marijuana. Or reading yet another article with yet another perfectly good reason to legalize it. I know, I agree! But reaso
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by biohacker42 18y ago
The deep and strong custom of boys over girls is fascinating. In eastern Europe and a lot of other places, girls are the ones who are valuable, for obvious reasons. And by obvious I am talking in Darwinian terms. So the only way I can think
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Yes, but you can't ramp up manufacturing so easily. And the weakness of the us dollar drove all available Wiis to Europe. No puns were intended in writing the above. Damn Nintendo's Wii!
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Unfortunately I think it won't make any difference. High oil prices do make a difference. But I don't think anyone has a serious plan. For the greenies conservation is the answers to everything, but ultimately that is a ludyte pipe dream. I
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Over time I will offer an analysis of why software doesn’t work very well. I am an insider... So am I, but I don't write ranting blog posts about it. But if you'll allow me to beat you to the punch: Money is king. As a recent and much bet
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Been there done that, it gets better. I got out of school with my BS in CS right at bottom of the .com bust. 2+ months of resume sending and nothing, eventually I got "network engineer" (glorified PC repairman) job. It was fun for about a m
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Skill X, can not fix or much help a broken state. Even a doctor could only help those in close physical proximity and in no need of advanced medical tech or much expensive drugs. The fix for broken states is to fix the state, then the econo
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Yes, I used to work for a biotech startup, writing bleeding edge scientific software. The startup tanked, but I don't regret anything, and I plan to get right back into bioinformatics.
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by biohacker42 18y ago
What's your problem with Buffy the Vampire Slayer? It's totally scientific as far as I am concerned.
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by biohacker42 18y ago
And be lucky enough to live at a time when a technological invention (the computer) changes the world. How many times has that happened in history? Fire, steam, rails, oil, electricity, the telegraph, radio, computers, did I miss any? I'm h
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by biohacker42 18y ago
I can not believe that people keep feeding the anti-evolution trolls. That's what they are, real life trolls. Plenty of scientists believe in God, what these people are pushing isn't even good religion. Talk about cherry picking the bible.
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Just think about phishing attacks, how can you tell a Latin o from a Cyrillic o?
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by biohacker42 18y ago
It may not be technology but it is very interesting. China arguing for open markets and deregulation isn't just ironic. There's a fascinating paradox here. Is openness going to win and China democratizes, or is the world's future in free-tr
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Since when is Apple super loyal to Intel?
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by biohacker42 18y ago
C++ is almost universally reviled. But I am grateful to know it. Here's why: C++ was my first programming language, I picked it up quickly and had fun and still do. I still have fun in C++ despite the fact that it is most certainly a horrif
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by biohacker42 18y ago
Wow, that's one hell of a crazy page I did not expect to find on HN. Al gore is responsible for $4 gasoline, because he and hippies like him control big oil, or something like that. Also CO2 is essential to life, plants need it and so on -