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by eggoa 12y ago
I do this too, but in my experience, it's worked. And that includes some very nice, and some very crappy hotels.
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by eggoa 12y ago
Reminds me of this ancient web magic trick. http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/page67.inde...
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by eggoa 12y ago
This is about unit-less ratios, so the basic unit of measure doesn't matter.
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by eggoa 12y ago
I don't know what state you're in, but google for your secretary of state's website. They'll usually have all the info.
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by eggoa 12y ago
I've heard good things about forecast.io (and the actual website is great). I know that there are some legitimate news websites that use it. https://developer.forecast.io/
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by eggoa 12y ago
I was a fan of the magazine and subscribed for the first two years, largely on the strength of the inaugural issue focusing on war. In a way I think they kind of cheated with that issue because it turns out that there is a huge amount of c
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by eggoa 12y ago
A guest user mode is a great idea. It would be nice to be able to lend someone my phone without effectively handing them the keys to my entire life.
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by eggoa 12y ago
As VLM notes elswhere in this thread, being poor also means you're usually "judgment proof" (i.e. too poor to be worth suing).
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by eggoa 12y ago
He charges $550 to make the lasts (foot-shaped molds for the leather). And he does about 30 pairs of shoes a yea --, not sure how many lasts. Maybe a 3D printer could pay for itself in a somewhat reasonable amount of time?
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by eggoa 12y ago
There's code for a decent plugin here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Working_with_CSV_files I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but I've found it very useful.
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by eggoa 12y ago
Survive? As in how long till I would die of impoverishment?
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by eggoa 12y ago
It only looks inconsistent if you only read the headlines. Krugman has had a consistent position on income inequality for years. He never says "the problem was that our rich were flaunting their wealth."
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by eggoa 12y ago
OP = original post or original poster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OP GP = grand parent, i.e. the post that the post-your're-replying-to was replying to These rules hold across many many web forums.
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by eggoa 12y ago
True, but it's nice to have one when the social costs are evident.
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by eggoa 12y ago
Well, he only had one kid. That makes him a pretty lousy performer from evolution's point of view.
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by eggoa 12y ago
Plenty of people (such as myself) find themselves buying several actual hard-copy books a year only to read two or three of them. It's definitely not rational -- maybe call it aspirational.
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by eggoa 12y ago
Yet spreadsheets do not allow testing. This is an absurd claim. Any good spreadsheet will contain multiple self-tests, either in live formulas or via macros.
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by eggoa 13y ago
I see that the application deadline is April 14 for a program starting June 2. When do the accepted candidates get notified? This would be pretty important for an applicant outside of the bay area.
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by eggoa 13y ago
This new comment approval system is working out great.
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by eggoa 13y ago
Or :%yz
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by eggoa 13y ago
“allows business users to send natural language questions and raw data sets into the cloud, for Watson to crunch, uncover, and visualize insights; without the need for advanced analytics training. After analyzing the data, Watson will deli
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by eggoa 13y ago
At work I spend all day in Windows 7. The best thing I've found is WinSplit Revolution, which is nice but leaves a lot to be desired. (Unfortunately switching to Linux just isn't going to happen, for a number of reasons. But I
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by eggoa 13y ago
Wow. That headline is much less sensationalized than I assumed it would be.
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by eggoa 13y ago
This is hardly the most sinister of Edward Bernays' campaigns. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom
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by eggoa 13y ago
So the Feds mandate data security, e.g. HIPAA, and then actively subvert our ability to achieve that security.
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by eggoa 13y ago
Both sides have glass surfaces.
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by eggoa 13y ago
Article III of the constitution is amazingly brief. It doesn't even explicitly create the supreme court's power to determine constitutionality.
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by eggoa 13y ago
"too much of a hazel"? What does this mean?
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by eggoa 13y ago
Predicted TSA response: ban Android phones. (I'm only being half sarcastic.)
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by eggoa 14y ago
Perhaps in the form of a thought balloon emitted from an anthropomorphic paperclip.

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