eaurouge

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by eaurouge 13y ago
The dumping of hazardous waste on third world countries isn't exactly news. The given example may (or may not) be inaccurate but this is something that's been going on for decades.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
It may not be okay, but Simon may have no choice but to steal. Some of the things we do (in the US and other developed nations) have far-reaching global consequences, in certain cases destroying lives and livelihoods. But we're always
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I'm in the Bay Area and would love to work remotely on hardware/firmware. Let me know if you'd like to give it a try - email in my profile. I have all the usual stuff you'd need to develop / debug hardware and wo
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by eaurouge 13y ago
The problem with asking people to downvote is that some will downvote opinions they disagree with. What's your definition of "unthoughtful"?
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Why do you say his beliefs are hateful? And, is a person's beliefs/opinion constant and permanent or do they change over time? Here's what Elton John had to say in 2008 (his views have since changed); from HuffPo [1]: "
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Probably a fake account, but apparently Mark Cuban was an early investor but had his investment returned over a disagreement on strategy.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Of course not. It's pure speculation. But it was an interesting read.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I bought two speed reading apps earlier this week - didn't realize yours did epubs. More important than increased letter sizes, I think, is the redicle. I hope you add it to your app.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Sure. Does the same apply to single-sentence "This is great!" comments? Snide remarks can be valuable. If everyone you pitch says "your idea sucks!", then you know you're 'probably' not sitting on a bil
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Do you think people should question the logic of religious investors investing in companies run by atheist founders? And what does this have to do with the posted topic? Edit: I'm finding it hard reconciling what you said below [0] wit
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Why are there so many negative comments? And most of these aren't even constructive criticisms. Do you have any suggestions to give the founding team? Any constructive criticism to offer? I'm sure they'd like to hear it. On
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by eaurouge 13y ago
You should be able to touch-type all those keys. The braces and square brackets may take some getting used. I find these characters to be the toughest: |+= I have to really stretch my right pinky to reach those keys; slows me down and impac
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by eaurouge 13y ago
How do you go about using this as part of a web application? Can you run this on a Rails app client? I went thru the docs, but couldn't find much info.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
The interesting thing about McMaster's design is that they haven't changed much in the past decade that I've been buying from them. It's always looked like that!
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by eaurouge 13y ago
You list five countries, only two of which are in Africa, and yet you generalize your prescription to one continent. You do know there are some 52 other countries/economies in Africa?
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by eaurouge 13y ago
You can't "just" do stuff if you don't feel like it, as this article suggests. And yet every morning, millions of people get up and go to work to do a job they really don't feel like doing. People still do back-b
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by eaurouge 13y ago
You know I don't agree with the point you've tried to make but it's good to read arguments from various perspectives. Having said that, your last sentence is unnecessarily and (perhaps intentionally?) hurtful to Paul. Would y
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I don't think it's more true in the US. It's easier to get into the best universities in the US than it is in the UK. If you manage to make it , (for the most part) no one cares who your parents or grand parents were. In
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I think it's bizarre that in England your status in society is based mostly on whether you won or lost the birth lottery.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Some quotes are correct only if you frame them, for example: if you’ re passionate enough about your project, you can make it happen anywhere - Care to try in Greece, Nigeria, Syria? I know there's a war in Syria at the moment. But
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I'm not. But that's only because I heard his interview on All Things Considered in 2012 [1]. Really like the song he wrote for Leona Lewis. 1. http://www.npr.org/2012/01/15/145233608/ryan-tedd
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by eaurouge 13y ago
That's just silly. Most rappers write their lyrics. You don't become a rapper by buying ghostwritten lyrics, at least in the overwhelming majority of cases.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
On HN of all places we should value the creative process. I think we should do so even when we don't agree with the content, as long as there are no ethical/legal issues. The title is plain silly, of course. There are many oth
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I may be the public face of the company, but it's impossible to imagine YC doing something that Jessica, Kirsty, and Carolynn were against. So effectively they have veto powers. This sounds a bit like "my wife runs the house, I
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by eaurouge 13y ago
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is indeed an excellent read. The three phases of his adult life were completely and radically different from one another. It's amazing how committed he was to holding himself up to the standards demande
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by eaurouge 13y ago
That's why I find all these rules idiotic. I personally would like to see a rule where each car gets X amount of fuel (adjusted in BTUs) per race. So say you can get 100 liters of gas or 85 liters of diesel, because diesel has more BT
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Do you think it would have been better if the Nigerian government intervened and tossed him in jail for a few years? How would you feel if the roles were reversed and it was a Nigerian coming to your country to defraud your government?
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by eaurouge 13y ago
You fly to Lagos with the willful intent to aid in the stealing of $1M from the Nigerian government and its people, but get beaten up instead. Your error, as you see it, is not that you were greedy and corrupt enough to steal other people&
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by eaurouge 13y ago
Mathworks now give out student licenses for MOOCs. At least they did for some Udacity courses I took earlier this year.
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by eaurouge 13y ago
I'm more interested in simply highlighting the whole truth rather than making a value judgement. The truth is that Mandela was a pragmatist in regards to tactics. When bombing fast food restaurants was tactically viable his organizati

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