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by cema 14y ago
This is a trick to get out of depression. Perhaps it works in other situations too.
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by cema 14y ago
I absolutely agree about the usage reports. Among other things, being professionally involved in computing (and having been professionally involved for all my adult life) skews my perspective, and it is important to see what the regular peo
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by cema 14y ago
Actually, it does not.
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by cema 14y ago
Does not have to be about fear, can be about respect. Can also be about less fear (the gun being a great equalizer): for example, a frail person can be less afraid of punks. As far as your example, I am not quite sure what to make of it.
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by cema 14y ago
It's more like c().b().a() which shows there is some "overhead" right there.
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by cema 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback on R. Have you felt it was more restrictive than D3 (and other technologies) or generally less comfortable to work with?
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by cema 14y ago
As soon as you start treating people's right as means to an end, you come to the conclusion people without rights are much more convenient means to whatever end you seek. Precisely! And I wonder why none else has made this argume
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by cema 14y ago
Lol indeed, however the way of lying here is different from that in Russia: the scale is different. Small scale lies are not useful and therefore are much less used (perhaps because the pay off is small and the price is larger).
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by cema 14y ago
On the down side, it makes gas slightly more expensive. Oh? For many years a fill-up was substantially cheaper in New Jersey than neighboring states, and whenever I was driving up from Washington, DC area to New York or Boston I wou
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by cema 14y ago
I am not sure there is an illness. May be a poor metaphor.
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by cema 14y ago
Several cases when it makes sense. One is mentioned in the article, copied from a math formula. Another frequent case, in clojure and C#, for example, is a placeholder. Expr.SortBy(x => x.Id) Still, I prefer to comment non-obvious
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by cema 14y ago
The position is indeed well known , and it is also well known to be poorly supported by facts or legal reasoning, and rather supported by fringe figures like the parental post mentioned. But we will not get anywhere in this discussion: if
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by cema 14y ago
You know, many people don't know that Jews form an ethnic group, not just a religion. There is a surprising lack of knowledge about our, admittedly small, but still widespread and supposedly familiar group of people.
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by cema 14y ago
if a Danish cartoon in a newspaper can set off riots in countries where it is not published ...and several months after it has been published. What does it tell us? There are people who trigger the riots and decide when and how to
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by cema 14y ago
What Obama did with Osama was a fucking scandal and should have cost him the presidency. Why? The only way thing the muslim murders fear is humiliation. Why? A quick martyrdom followed by a dignified burial at sea is
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by cema 14y ago
I remember it well -- many of my friends and myself were affected, so we kept a close eye on that, and the memory is still alive.
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by cema 14y ago
I see. Please take a look at a partial collection of references at http://kerosinka.livejournal.com/1633.html -- it contains memoirs, discussions, and some bibliography.
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by cema 14y ago
Until 1989, to be precise. Incidentally, during Perestroika the society was changing at such a high rate that what was hard to imagine just three months before was becoming routine. Now looking back 20+ years it is so difficult to reconstru
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by cema 14y ago
Well, it seems like a big change. In the past, your observation (about haggling) was applicable to local elections; perhaps now it simply escalated to a larger, country-wide, scale?
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by cema 14y ago
This is all true, but... do you want to manage money, manage men, or write code?
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by cema 14y ago
Not a friend but an ally.
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by cema 14y ago
he doesn't give a shit about free speech, he just wants to live in his enormous mansion and eat far too much food and drive expensive cars and show off his trophy wife And what on earth does not give him a right to do that?
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by cema 14y ago
I use a different Pocketbook (model Pro 902) and am very happy with it. I have heard good references about several other models as well. A broad range of formats, good build quality, reasonable usability.
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by cema 14y ago
"Expert" is a relative term. He may not know all the intricate details. But having to live in the system he has first-hand knowledge, and not being part of the system (apparently) he has no personal reason to hide its dirty secrets. Also, h
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by cema 14y ago
Subtitle: "Most Americans now believe in human-caused global warming". I am not quite sure if it is a good thing. Believe is such a loaded word, and does not feel quite like science.
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by cema 14y ago
An interesting idea. Did you come up with it on your own or have you seen it discussed somewhere? Any clinical studies, perhaps? Thanks!
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by cema 14y ago
I guess using the word "redneck" did carry the point quickly, just a wrong point maybe. Regarding respect: cannot compare it with Switzerland first-hand, but in my experience Americans tend to treat each other with a lot of respect, compare
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by cema 14y ago
There is no clear definition for the edge of the solar system[1]. The Voyager spacecraft are helping to define it. I think this is a very important observation. Thanks!
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by cema 14y ago
I would not think so. My impression is many artists (musicians too) feel inspired by a higher spirit, so to speak. Personally, I am not a believer, but I understand how it can feel when one is.
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by cema 14y ago
Yet there is a strong niche for Mercedes buyers as well. (Executives and so on.) But I think you are right that Apple is not likely to be happy to become a niche manufacturer once again.

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