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by eggoa 14y ago
Well, if it's a myth, it's been a useful one as long as it's reduced the use all those ugly, ugly sans-serif fonts.
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by eggoa 14y ago
To me, here at work on a Windows machine, that looks like way too many dependencies for me. Looks cool, though.
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by eggoa 14y ago
Relevant graph: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._historical_fusio...
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by eggoa 14y ago
In case it isn't obvious, these are fictional.
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by eggoa 14y ago
Actually, I'm just surprised that the U.S. is ahead of Germany in both categories. Naiveté on my part?
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by eggoa 14y ago
It's mostly about how they handle special characters. http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html#differences_be...
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by eggoa 14y ago
So, we're vulnerable to persuasion by storytelling. Try to stay skeptical when someone tells you a compelling story.
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by eggoa 14y ago
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain I really dislike this quote since is so obviously false. If you read Twain (e.g. Innocents Abroad) you've got to believe he was being ironic when he said this.
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by eggoa 14y ago
Peer pressure in action?
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by eggoa 14y ago
I'm not sure you've got 3-4 right, but it doesn't matter. Step 1 sinks the whole thing.
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by eggoa 15y ago
Here's one example of a (trivially) hackable thing flying above our heads: http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/U.S.-Navy-Satellite...
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by eggoa 15y ago
This would be great. I have to use Excel every day at work and it's pretty annoying that 36+ keys of the keyboard basically just enter insert mode. A solid, trustworthy vimperator-style plugin for Excel would be amazing.
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by eggoa 15y ago
So about 2% of users are getting around the paywall by making themselves appear as multiple users. Great job increasing unique users, NYT!
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by eggoa 15y ago
The figures could be still be reliable if this reflects an actual change in distribution of business. Speculation: Perhaps in 1960 businesses were really distributed according to a power law but have reapportioned a bit over time. Trends
105.
by eggoa 15y ago
Here's my algorithm: everyone drives "defensive" all the time. No new computers needed, and fewer "optimists" rear ending people.
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by eggoa 15y ago
But just because you think something is obvious, don't assume you understand it.
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by eggoa 15y ago
I agree. Supposedly part of what they were doing was "urging [news organizations] to investigate claims that Google was invading people’s privacy." With a company as big and powerful as Google, there should always be people looking at thi
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by eggoa 16y ago
Institute a one-time $5 fee to participate.
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by eggoa 16y ago
Or, to widen the perspective, why doesn't an American making $30,000 feel rich when he is above the 90% percentile for the world? (And he feels wretchedly poor because he has to have a roommate and use public transportation.)
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by eggoa 16y ago
I don't know if this lead to anything. http://lesswrong.com/lw/2q5/lws_first_job_ad/
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by eggoa 16y ago
This is off topic, but I've read that Napoleon actually did value his stupid but energetic officers. They could be counted on to charge whenever ordered, even against impossible odds. (That particular officer would likely die, but that wa
112.
by eggoa 16y ago
We can shave another keystroke off your example. Instead of "ct.x", "cwx".
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by eggoa 16y ago
If the title of this post is intended to be analogous to "Ask HN", "Tell HN", and "Thank HN", then it should be "Plead HN". Plea is technically a noun. (Sorry for such a nit-picky comment -- I hope you find something soon.)
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Energy quality as an economic driver(environmentalresearchweb.org)
1 points by eggoa 16y ago|0 comments
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by eggoa 16y ago
Presumably there's a sweet spot below the cost of raising a rat but above the cost of harvesting a superabundant wild rat.
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by eggoa 16y ago
I like the assumption implicit in this study: time spent driving is equivalent to the time spent dead.
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by eggoa 16y ago
I'm in favor of enriching the public domain and this looks like a great project. Unfortunately, free to use means free to abuse. I cringe whenever I hear Beethoven's Ode to Joy in a TV commercial. (What does it mean when it turns up in a
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by eggoa 16y ago
"coins people hate and don't use" I was sure that this would be about pennies. Sure, you get them as change but I've never spent one in my life.
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Third-world hacking(afrigadget.com)
1 points by eggoa 16y ago|0 comments
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by eggoa 16y ago
The Californian would be taxed 42% of his 50,000th dollar. Overall I believe he's paying less than 26% of his entire income.

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