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by eatmyshorts 11y ago
The production of wind and solar energy for the consumer is quickly approaching (or, depending on your tax regime, has already passed) the cost of traditional energy from the grid. This is great, and we're starting to see wind and sol
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
I think you're confusing a "straw man argument" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man ) with "anectdotal evidence" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence ).
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
Crick developed his understanding of the structure of LSD during an LSD trip. Steve Jobs developed an active aversion to buttons during one of his LSD trips. These were merely two examples of direct counterpoints to the GGP post. The
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
A few counterpoints to your statement, "if you look at what the do, not what they say, they don't seem much different." Francis Crick attributed his discovery of DNA to LSD. Steve Jobs attributed much of his accomplishments
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
Remember that Meteor only just reached v1.0. There still is much to come from the platform. Redis support is being implemented currently, and shows great promise: https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/me
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
How about: 4. The NSA is competent, and has good reason to carry out a false-flag operation. As far as I can gather, only the CIA and FBI have published statements pointing to North Korea. I believe the NSA to be competent, but I have see
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
Kinect v1.0 was not an MSR product, although they did assist with the software. Kinect v2.0 was wholly developed at Microsoft, however. Again, with v2.0, MSR assisted with significant portions of the development.
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by eatmyshorts 12y ago
I love the Peachy Printer guys...I really do. They're taking a unique and interesting approach towards 3d printing. The only problem is they are about a year behind schedule in shipping. Furthermore, without advanced and expensive o
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
This really only affects the highest end of the range of salaries. If you want to get upset, take a look at the H1B visa program. Lots of foreign workers exploited at sub-par wages, locked in to a single employer. Then, just to ensure th
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
I, for one, found the click-wheel to be an innovation strong enough to switch from other MP3 players. I have, and had at the time of the iPhone release, a large music collection, thanks to my interest in jam bands that allow for legal down
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Actually, both are acceptable in this case. If you read the abbreviation using the words they stand for, i.e. "non-disclosure agreement", then "a" is correct. If you read the abbreviation as letters, i.e. "N-D-A&q
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
I do believe the first deployment of these scanners was at Amsterdam's Schipol airport. They were deployed at the time of the infamous Underwear Bomber that supposedly led to the US deploying them. This is the same Schipol airport wh
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
I've used it on a production site. There still is a learning curve, as with any new technology, but I've been very happy with it. I hope to do more with it. I'm working on a CMS built with Meteor, as my clients tend to be
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
With respect to the references to FriendlyChemist, why didn't the government charge him with attempted murder on top of his other charges? I'm no lawyer, so my understanding of criminal law is limited. Is it likely the governmen
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
I'm pretty sure I remember that one of the original leaks showed that they keep metadata on Americans roughly indefinitely, and that they can keep full data (i.e. not metadata) for up to 7 days in order to determine whether or not the
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
I've got a degree in Computer Science, yet I still consider myself self-taught. In fact, my Computer Science program never taught any languages--they simply had assignments that required development in various languages (C, C++, Schem
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
From the source you linked to: "Cook et al. (2013) stated that abstracts of nearly all papers expressing an opinion on climate change endorsed consensus,which, however, traditionally has no scientific role; used three imprecise definit
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
The error bars are from 95-100% certain. In science and statistics, this is pretty compelling. It's not guessing. There is a chance that the prevailing climate science is wrong. It's not a very big chance. But it does exist.
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
From the IPCC press release: "In this IPCC assessment report, specific terms are used to indicate the assessed likelihood of an outcome or a result. For those terms used above: virtually certain means 99–100% probability, extremely lik
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Over the past several years, I've had discussions with a number of people about anthropogenic climate change and global warming. A number of people that disagreed with anthropogenic climate change were adamant that a number of scienti
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
A Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) is required by FINRA to commit to a higher fiduciary standard than a broker (the more commonly used investment advisor). I think that's what he's referring to. Of course, most RIAs don'
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Buy and hold, not day trade, and I think you can beat the market. You don't have management costs. And buy and hold avoids capital gains that professional stock market traders will incur. You also have to do your homework--don'
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Replace 401K with SEP or Simple 401K, and I think the rest of the advice is valid. Also, consider the true cost of working for that startup. Stock with a startup effectively is valueless, and should be considered as such. If you can&#x27
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Look at the costs associated with each of your 401K investment options. Usually, most plans include at least one that is not actively managed, and their management costs tend to be significantly lower. Additionally, but avoiding actively
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Did you include dividends when calculating that percentage? I have not done the math, but my intuition tells me that 6.77% is a little low. 11.26% is also high for that time period--I think that figure includes the post-WWII figure (and a
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Did either Cyprus or Argentina seize any defined contribution pension funds? I was under the understanding that only defined benefit pension funds have been raided. I can't think of a single exception. 401K and IRA are defined contri
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
It could be an implicit understanding of Dunbar's number - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Please also disable the .jnlp extension handler included with many older browsers, and activated by installing Java from the Oracle (and formerly Sun) Java virtual machine.
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
No, this article also pertains to Java WebStart applications (the .jnlp extension).
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by eatmyshorts 13y ago
Using Java WebStart, the .jnlp file can specify which version of the JVM to use when running the application (not an applet, but a full-blown Java application).

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