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by breadbox 13y ago
It is generally believed that Watterson has been painting in his retirement. The fact that he hasn't tried to make a splash by selling his art should come as a surprise to exactly nobody.
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by breadbox 13y ago
" Are you saying it has nothing to do with the difficulty involved? " No, of course not. The "simply" was what I was disagreeing with.
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by breadbox 13y ago
" I will never respect it simply because there was a lot of effort involved. " Nor will I, or much of anyone else, I imagine. I respect it because it stimulates my mind. My imagination is moved by it in much the same way that it&#
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by breadbox 13y ago
I also know plenty of people who waste their intellect painting canvases, when they could be advancing the species by doing something practical. Shall we shed a tear for their wasted efforts as well? But of course not. Art is its own justif
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by breadbox 13y ago
While that may have been the publisher's intention, were I in her shoes I would have done exactly the same thing. Those positive reviews she got for her novel when nobody knew who the author was? I'm sure those were worth any amou
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by breadbox 13y ago
Yes, nobody ever talks about the fact that 6-year-old women make just as much on average as 6-year-old men.
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by breadbox 13y ago
It's not a conscious motivation. But if you go through life working with nothing but men, it becomes harder to visualize a woman doing your job, or doing it well. (Because otherwise where are they? Thus the term "status quo".
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by breadbox 13y ago
Never thought that it was. This is just another reason why HTTP 2.0 adoption is going to be an uphill battle.
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by breadbox 13y ago
If you're tempted to argue against this by pointing out that very simple tools can make irrelevant the change to a non-textual protocol -- then you are, I suspect, missing the point. There's a real psychological difference between
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by breadbox 13y ago
Fans of the Humble eBook Bundles should note that storybundle.com is finally running another SF-themed bundle. It's going on right now.
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by breadbox 13y ago
"I have known the media to be irresponsible at times, but this represents a new low." Actually, I doubt that. I'm willing to concede that it has become more prevalent recently, but it seems more likely that this level of irre
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by breadbox 13y ago
What do you think a photon is but a measure of energy? Imagine you shoot a puff of air across a room (presumably using an Air-zooka(R)) and score a direct hit on me. If I turn around and say, "I can't believe that puff made it all
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by breadbox 13y ago
Indeed. But it can be hard to do any kind of science popularization if you don't allow yourself to talk about time in a non-relativistic way (when it's not germane to the main point). We just don't have the vocabulary, much l
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by breadbox 13y ago
Learning it up to 9 is obviously important, unless you don't think being able to do any kind of mental math is useful. But the 10s and 11s are very easy to learn, so there's not much reason to stop before 11. I suppose there isn&#
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by breadbox 13y ago
Really, almost every programmer is a self-taught programmer. The programming that you get in a formal education barely scratches the surface.
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by breadbox 13y ago
Nothing ironic about it. A populace that doesn't know what a democracy-dismantling government looks like is that much more likely to vote one into power. Of course, reading the book is no guarantee that they won't do it anyway, bu
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by breadbox 13y ago
Correct; presumably it's for the month of June (Gay Pride). But it is particularly appropriate in light of today's events.
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by breadbox 13y ago
The photo of a fire hydrant drowning under ivy is especially striking. For some reason it communicates "abandonment" to me more clearly than the ruined buildings.
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by breadbox 13y ago
There's a well-documented reason for the placement of (nearly) every single character in ASCII. Unfortunately, not all of the reasons are still very compelling. In fact, a distressingly large number of them have to do with the various
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by breadbox 13y ago
This is missing the point so far it's almost a non sequitur. Reading, talking with friends, playing computer games. I enjoy these all at least as much as I enjoy eating. But I still wouldn't want to be required to do any one of
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by breadbox 13y ago
"It's easy to forget"? I think most people can't help but think of that every time they look at it.
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by breadbox 13y ago
For one, globular clusters orbit galaxies. They are found in galactic halos. If a globular cluster got flung away from its parent galaxy, I suppose that it might raise the question of whether it could be classified as a galaxy in its own ri
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by breadbox 13y ago
I was paying more than twice as much for the landline, which was basically an input device that delivered almost nothing but spam. I definitely miss the lack of constant dropouts in the audio, but it wasn't worth that much money (and annoya
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by breadbox 13y ago
I agree completely. The thing that struck me about Ventris was how much effort he put in disseminating every bit of information that surfaced to his fellow scholars. Reading about the decipherment, one cannot help but realize how much effor
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by breadbox 13y ago
"There is something about continuous scrolling that makes it harder for me to remember the text that I'm reading." Yes! I've tried both now, and I vastly prefer a page-turning interface over continuous scrolling. I can't really explain
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by breadbox 13y ago
I was also surprised that "you folks" wasn't on the list. I've used "folks" as a less gendered version of "guys" most of my life, and I thought it was more common than it apparently is.
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by breadbox 13y ago
It's not only that they don't get any energy out of them (elements heavier than iron); they actually lose energy. Which means that splitting any elements heavier than iron that happen to be created will actually liberate energy. So yes, sta
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by breadbox 13y ago
Don't get me wrong -- I'm not certain I'm comfortable with the idea of forcing parents to vaccinate their children either. There are serious issues with personal autonomy there. But please, please let's not fool ourselves with lies about ho
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by breadbox 13y ago
There will always be a few unvaccinated children; some kids can't get vaccinated due to other issues. We don't need more people voluntarily exposing their own children to needless risk.
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by breadbox 13y ago
My gut says that yes, they did. However, they may have also said that the world is shaped like a burrito. Certain jobs encourage the spouting of all kinds of sweeping statements. The ones that turn out to be true will be remembered, the oth

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