dgabriel

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by dgabriel 12y ago
The stuff about child support is actively gross and totally incorrect. Median child support in the US is ~$500/mo; vanishingly few people have the kind of money he's talking about. http://www.census.gov/prod/
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by dgabriel 12y ago
Yep, and that's where this thread went.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
Which favorable game reviews? Can you link one where she slept with the reviewer and got a better review than you think she deserved?
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by dgabriel 12y ago
It seems like it's an ongoing investigation, and the FBI are involved.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
If it were that easy, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic. I get that the solutions for individuals seem straightforward, but something is affecting most of our population, and it's problematic. Let's say that they're
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by dgabriel 12y ago
When my twins were born, I knew pretty quickly that my daughter was different. While her brother was all eye contact and cooing, she was always in her own world. Without a neurotypical sibling, it might have taken much longer to spot.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
I'm in Cambridge with 3 school age kids, and I never want to leave. High-five!
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by dgabriel 12y ago
This is really neat, and it will probably be very useful to some people, but it sets off some very loud warning bells in my head. Is s/o really for copypasta mining? Sometimes, I guess... but still.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
Diversity is not a fad, and college entrance is more competitive than it has ever been.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
I'd want some verification before taking that tidbit as fact, for sure. The way it's written, it sounds like an urban legend.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
This is totally off-topic, but I've known Wammo for years&years via the music & poetry scene, and it's very strange to see him turn up on Hacker News.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
Not true in many, many cases. HOAs, condo boards, zoning laws, and historical societies can control homeowners pretty well.
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by dgabriel 12y ago
My dishwasher died a couple of months ago, and it was hundreds cheaper to replace it than fix it.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Even if a child does not fully understand everything, the child DOES understand that when they type an instruction, the computer will execute it! This is exciting, akin to finally getting that the squiggles on paper are words and letters,
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by dgabriel 13y ago
This has been a super fun thing in our house: http://scratch.mit.edu/ It's also something a 7 year old can use on his or her own to learn concepts and make fun stuff.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
This is completely incorrect. It's celebrated widely in European countries & elsewhere. April Fools didn't even start in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day
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by dgabriel 13y ago
I have ADHD and no tolerance for weed -- it ruins my headspace and makes me paranoid. I also hate ritalin/etc, so I manage myself using tools like lists, alerts (if I've been using my web browser for too long), calendars, and lot
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Sure, but in the case of job loss + foreclosure or short sale, all of that goes up in smoke. It's a big risk.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
This is a fantastic idea, like blind auditions. http://www.nber.org/papers/w5903
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Where did this happen? I'm curious.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Is this completely conjecture on your part? Or do you have additional studies?
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by dgabriel 13y ago
I cried like a baby when I read this.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
"Excellent communication skills," is a meaningless throwaway line. Does it mean "not an asshole", or "fluent in <company language>", or "able to craft client emails", or "presents at confe
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by dgabriel 13y ago
For some companies the standards are not entirely meaningful. Must have 3.9 GPA from an Ivy League school, know [obscure library] in detail, have experience in Scala and Lua and OCaml and Julia, as well as a deep passion for cricket. Then
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Come on, these are trained artists, not "illiterate dirt farmers." There's a way to have the globalization discussion respectfully, but this is not it.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
Rumors are what they are, in the absence of very strong evidence, I'd take it at face value. Almost everyone I know has/had Flappy Bird.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
I've seen jerkier stuff. I wish her well, but I am with you.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
I stopped getting so many calls after I gutted my LinkedIn profile. It's still there, but a keyword search for a specific technology isn't going to find me any more.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
This is a cutesy little throw away column, not a precise analysis of the pros and cons of living in Scandinavia. It's silly.
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by dgabriel 13y ago
I am very sad to see the blog option go away. I used that all the time.

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