boboblong

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by boboblong 14y ago
The municipalities didn't try to game any system. Any potential buyer who found closed auctions to be somehow unfair was free to choose not to participate. This is equivalent to what you're saying: "The supermarket is trying to sell 20-oz s
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by boboblong 14y ago
Just googled him, and even though a lot of his stuff seems "modern" or "abstract" or whatever, it doesn't look like totally random crap that anyone could have thrown together. I can appreciate abstract art that is open to interpretation, bu
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by boboblong 14y ago
What we need to do is throw away the idea that smaller class sizes are always better, at least for mathematics. I have nothing against primary- and secondary-school teachers--god bless 'em--but we are letting their egos get in the way of ed
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by boboblong 14y ago
Why don't you quit reading Hacker News? There's no need for it. In fact, there's no need for using the Internet at all. Hell, why are you even on a computer? All you really need is a warm fur coat and a hatchet. What are you, some kind of h
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by boboblong 14y ago
Also, make running into the edge kill you, or at least change it so that the edges become lethal after a certain amount of time. That would make the endgame more dramatic, as it would be easier to encircle your opponent.
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by boboblong 14y ago
It should not be a draw when player A runs into player B near player B's head. Player B should win.
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by boboblong 14y ago
You can't steal abstract nouns.
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by boboblong 14y ago
If Person A buys a song, rips it, and puts it on bittorrent, when Person B downloads one or more copies he has not stolen anything from anyone nor broken any contract with anyone.
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by boboblong 14y ago
For what it's worth, the author is filtering critical comments.
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by boboblong 14y ago
"Ask them for work. If they deny you work, ask for bread. If they deny you bread, take it." - Emma Goldman I fall into the "some college" category. I have no issue with mopping floors, unloading trucks, waiting tables, etc. What I have an
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by boboblong 14y ago
Um, that would be murder. Furthermore, it wouldn't even be necessary: just go your separate ways, and when you die and "become" your (second) copy--this time, you time it correctly--you will still live on, even though you have a clone out t
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by boboblong 15y ago
Wow, they're overcharging you more than a hundred-fold?!
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by boboblong 15y ago
"Female erotica demonstrates how the detective agency operates—and how it differs from the much simpler male brain." Irritating.
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by boboblong 15y ago
bitcoin will make this irrelevant...
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by boboblong 15y ago
How would one get involved in this sort of programming/research? I basically want to understand the world (of humans) as a whole, the really big picture, and this kind of thing is right up my alley. I'm thinking I should learn R and statist
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by boboblong 15y ago
"I wouldn't say there is NO bell curve, but it could be much, much flatter if it we wanted it to be" You mean "narrower" or "skinnier", not "flatter". A flatter bell curve would mean the opposite.
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by boboblong 16y ago
This is just sickening.
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by boboblong 16y ago
Confession: When I read something online that I know was written by a black person, I am significantly more critical of grammar and usage. I sometimes read sentences twice simply because I expect errors. I consider myself to be a good perso
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by boboblong 16y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z-AxgueBRk&feature=relat...