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by dpatru 16y ago
Fantastic quote. Thanks!
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by dpatru 16y ago
This is exactly the question that they should have to answer before a judge. Laws at minimum must have a rational basis, there must exist some scenario in which the law makes sense. Irradiation before a flight may protect against terrorist
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by dpatru 16y ago
The trouble with the Internet is that it's so hard for the government to keep secrets anymore. It's exciting to see in real time how American citizens are working together to challenge and change unreasonable government policy. First by bro
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by dpatru 16y ago
The real problem is not that firms took innovated and took risks, it's that no one seems to have been held responsible. All the "failed" banks, investment houses, and businesses should have been allowed to fail. They should have been liquid
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by dpatru 16y ago
Our "education" model is fundamentally broken. It's based on the idea that we need to warehouse kids in institutions modeled on 18th century factories so that they can do well on "standardized" tests. Certainly Bill Gates did not obtain his
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by dpatru 16y ago
I heard it this way: If you can't do, teach, If you can't teach, administrate, If you can't administrate, go into politics, If you can't get elected, go to work for the government.
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by dpatru 16y ago
If everything is configured properly, the dosimeters would read normal. If not, isn't it better to find out as soon as possible?
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by dpatru 16y ago
This explains how the code highlighting is done in jsbin.com.
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Implementing a Syntax-Highlighting JavaScript Editor In JavaScript(codemirror.net)
7 points by dpatru 16y ago|3 comments
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by dpatru 16y ago
The reason more people haven't accumulated wealth in America is not because the rich class has taken it away from the middle class. Rather, it's because the middle class has not saved and has instead chosen to accumulate debt. The governmen
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by dpatru 16y ago
The existence of an employee depends on the existence of an employer and a customer. Both are needed. When you tax customers, you hurt jobs just as effectively as when you tax employers.
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by dpatru 16y ago
No one should be able to excuse their bad behavior by saying, "But it was my job!" Each person is individually responsible for their actions.
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by dpatru 16y ago
Having the TSA staffed by perverts whom nobody likes will likely speed the demise of the agency. For example, if it become known that more than one of the agents who pat down children are convicted sexual predators of minors, the public pre
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by dpatru 16y ago
This just reinforces the suspicion I've had for some time now that time working is not tightly related to accomplishment, especially if the work is intellectual.
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by dpatru 16y ago
From the article: American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk - a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 person
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by dpatru 16y ago
It's done by using the :target selector. Targeted images are lightboxed. There is a link in the lightbox that resets the target to dismiss the lightbox. Crudely: css: a.lb:target {display:block; text-align:center;} a.lb {display:none;} html
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by dpatru 16y ago
Suppose China were the launcher. Why might it do such a thing?
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by dpatru 16y ago
If enough of the right people complain, people in authority start losing their jobs. That's why the authorities care.
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Debt Saturation Chart(businessinsider.com)
5 points by dpatru 16y ago|0 comments
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by dpatru 16y ago
The ideas are good. Implementation is the tricky part.
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CSS3 Please The Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule Generator(css3please.com)
5 points by dpatru 16y ago|0 comments
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by dpatru 16y ago
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. -Abraham Lincoln
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by dpatru 16y ago
This is orgmode without emacs and on the web. Given the usefulness and popularity of orgmode, I wouldn't be surprised if this really takes off.
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by dpatru 16y ago
The input surface could be marked so that the finger feels what is the home center and where the quadrant boundaries are. The marking could be done with ridges or indentations on the surface, or by vibrations or even sound.
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by dpatru 16y ago
What Adams is describing is a staging area for business formation. The general insight is that there is a large class of transactions that need a staging area in which the components needed for the transaction have a chance to come together
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by dpatru 16y ago
Wealth (what people want) can be divided into two subclasses: transferable (money, property, ...) and non-transferable (health, comfort, experiences, memories, fame, power, knowledge, ....) People generally use transferable wealth to gain t
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by dpatru 16y ago
There's something offensive to me about the idea of renouncing citizenship to protect your own property. It's like abandoning your house and moving away to avoid burglaries. I have a right to my own labor and property. The thieves and robbe
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by dpatru 16y ago
Most of the income taxes in America are paid by a small minority. Most people probably wouldn't have a problem with a $500/year Antiterrorism bill, as long as someone else has to pay it.
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by dpatru 16y ago
The environment is taken care of when it's privately owned. People take care of their own properties. Safety regulations and working conditions are improved via the free market and productivity increases and, to a much lesser extent, by the
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JS Libs Deconstructed(keyframesandcode.com)
2 points by dpatru 16y ago|0 comments

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