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by bmj 9y ago
Planned obsolescence is the business model for most major electronics manufacturers today. Even non-"smart" devices are not really designed to be repaired (or upgraded).
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According to this article[0], concussions are just about about prevalent in rugby as in professional football. [0] http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/16029747/rugby-nfl-concu...
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by bmj 9y ago
Here's the rub: if VR gets you to your peaceful place, that's great, but what happens when you don't have access to your VR? Suddenly you are not equipped to deal with a situation, or even center yourself because you don&#x2
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I agree! The truth is, there is are contemplative traditions in Western Christianity, most notably from Ignatius of Loyola. His spiritual practices include the lectio divina, and deeply contemplative readings of Scripture. What's inte
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by bmj 9y ago
From the end of the article: Caleb Cohoe is associate professor of philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Samantha Cohoe is a Latin teacher, writer of young adult fiction, and frequent contributor to twitter.com. The views
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by bmj 9y ago
Please note: I think this piece is satiric. Please see the end note: Caleb Cohoe is associate professor of philosophy at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Samantha Cohoe is a Latin teacher, writer of young adult fiction, and freque
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by bmj 9y ago
I would highly recommend reading Matthew Crawford's The World Outside Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction . ( https://www.bookdepository.com/World-Beyond-Your-Head-Matthe... )
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This article assumes that every developer works for an SV-style start-up that requires 80 hour weeks building trivial things. I work in the medical industry, rarely work more than 40 hours a week, take six weeks of vacation a year, and can
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by bmj 9y ago
Plenty of people have done "communal" living before "co-living" was a thing. These sorts of arrangements were commonly associated with hippies or punks, but plenty of "normal" people do it, too. You are correc
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by bmj 9y ago
I've traveled and camped across the U.S. in a EuroVan Weekender, and I can confirm it can get cramped, and that it can be a massive inconvenience to break down the sleeping quarters every morning if you need to drive the vehicle. Our l
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Every company will not follow this ritual. Despite what some folks think, not every technology is run by 20-30 somethings without families. I know quite a few engineers in my city, and I've never heard any one of them say they are co
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by bmj 9y ago
Just to be clear, I'm not advocating this website. I'm just trying to point out that "clean" food can mean different things to different people, and that's why some folks might not think meat created in a lab shoul
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"Clean food" generally means minimally processed--you are eating food that is as close to its natural form as possible, such this[0]. So, meat created in a laboratory is about as far aware from this sort of "clean eating&quo
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by bmj 9y ago
I think this is an issue of context. "Clean" food means something very different than "clean" energy. If I'm looking for clean food, my standards are very different than someone looking for clean energy. I know fol
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This is exactly what I do. If it's a family trip, when I know there will "down-time," I'd rather work a half day and save my vacation time for a proper trip. I've done some longer trips with my family (4-6 weeks),
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by bmj 9y ago
I work in an organization that is relatively balanced as far as age goes (I'm 45). The most senior-level engineers tend to be older than me, though there are a few younger guys (still over 30). Perhaps I'm just fortunate, but he
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This is true, but given the right conditions, those of us that live in the city can definitely notice bad air quality days. I live in the East End, a stone's throw from the Allegheny, and if the wind is blowing right, there is a disti
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by bmj 9y ago
First, this is like climbing trivia! Who is the mystery user? Question: do you still free solo? My impression is that there are plenty of ex-free soloists who are still alive (Peter Croft being one of the most notable). I suppose Croft s
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by bmj 9y ago
Despite what others have said, there is still loose rock on El Capitan. That is always a concern. The particular route Honnold climbed (Freerider) is hardly "cutting edge" (at 5.13-, it is roughly eight or nine grade levels below
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- wear cotton. It might feel icky after you sweat, but it won't stink like technical fabrics will. Wool is a good compromise -- the smell of wet sheep is preferable to locker room. This. The other nice thing about wool is that you c
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by bmj 10y ago
Technical climbers will often refer to this as an electrician's coil[0] because a daisy chain[1] is a specific type of runner. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaEv9wm6gy0 [1] https://www.rei.com/pro
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Typically sponsors, or clinical research organizations. Sometimes investigators themselves, but that will only affect us if they have the ear of the sponsor.
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I develop software and devices used for data collection during clinical drug trials, and our single biggest "competitor" is the old paper diary. Despite evidence showing that electronic data collection for certain types of trials
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I've been training seriously for rock climbing for several years now (I've been a climber for a long time, as well as an endurance athlete--runner, cyclist), and the conventional wisdom being applied from other domains (general st
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Do I really need to have my code editor locally? I can't imagine why. Because sometimes I'm in a place where I do not have internet access, yet would still need to do productive work? ETA: I don't think it's a bad i
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It's not just engineering/R&D that makes this decision. IT departments generally have the last word on what applications (browsers, for example) will be supported. A real life example: I worked on a team that maintained a da
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In my area (Western PA), the water authority is working to replace lead service lines, but only to the curb. Unfortunately, it is up to the homeowner to replace the line from the curb to the house. This is quite expensive, and depending o
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by bmj 10y ago
1. Anyone I know that has received benefits for being unemployed desperately wants to be employed again. How wide is your social network (by this I mean people you actually know and see)? How diverse is it? My experience, living in the
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"We" are having these conversations, but in the time since the Snowden leak, have we seen the government move away from the behaviors and patterns that Snowden brought to light?
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Not necessarily, because that classroom proctor is not asking to install spyware on my personal laptop. I can understand why ProctorU does what it does, but that process puts a significant burden on the test taker, one which is entirely d

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