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by elboru 8y ago
It doesn't show the Mexican population assimilated after the US-Mexican war either. When half the Mexican territory was seeded to the US with a considerable porcentaje of its population.
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by elboru 8y ago
* It would be easier if cells had a human designer, with not so many chemicals interacting and in fewer ways.
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by elboru 8y ago
"The best liar you know is not the best liar you know."
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by elboru 8y ago
That's nice, in my country we have two big movie theater companies who provide a similar service, but I hate it because they serve the food in the beginning of the movie, so there's a lot of noice and waiters coming and going.
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by elboru 8y ago
Would you mind sharing an example?
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by elboru 8y ago
And even though it will reach to the top in HN and other sites we'll probably forget about it in a couple of weeks as any other meme. But then again I spend my time daily in other meaningless activities that won't even be noticed
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by elboru 9y ago
> From those big IT companies who treats employees as resources. I've worked in those companies, they do treat employees as resources. I was amazed how executives, RH and even Project Managers refered to developers literally as &quo
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by elboru 9y ago
>I don't understand how I've can be "proud" of which country you were born in, makes no sense to me. I guess it all depends where you draw the line, do you feel proud of your parents? Some people will say "No, I
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by elboru 9y ago
I’m not sure what you mean by “sole source of truth”. But from my point of view (a believer), if God placed us in a material universe and he gave us senses, it’s not only our right but our obligation to use these senses and learn about our
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by elboru 9y ago
I have a Ford Fusion 2013, AC and radio is controlled with those soft touch buttons, man I hate those buttons, I don’t want to take my eyes from the road just to change the radio! I don’t get why the obsession about putting “touch” function
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by elboru 9y ago
Finally someone mentions this, everyone seems amazed about Tesla’s big iPad, where you control everything in your car, I haven’t tested it yet, but for me having controls that require taking my eyes from the road sounds like a really bad id
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by elboru 9y ago
"it's easy to forget that the web is the greatest library in the history of the world" Until someone stops paying the host server or the domain expires and then those books just disappear.
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by elboru 9y ago
Totally agree, some boys (like myself some years ago) learn that they must behave in certain ways, they learn that rough playing is not how a "good boy" behaves, so they are raised believing that they shouldn't be too "r
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by elboru 9y ago
Oh man I really hate phones treating me like a child, I want to control my volume with my audio system, let me do it! I know I only have 5% of battery, I know my phone will turn off, but I want to have a bright screen for the last couple of
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by elboru 9y ago
Me, well not really linux but his cousin from the Unix side, macOS. I have to admit, I was really doubtful about starting this project, I didn't want to lose time with obscure errors instead of working on the solution I wanted to imple
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by elboru 9y ago
I've dreamed for years to have a single cloud OS, and then multiple "dumb" monitors and speakers controlled by that OS, Chrome seemed to be aiming for that, but privacy concerns could kill that dream.
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by elboru 9y ago
I think google agrees with you, you can type or speak to its assistant. I really only use Google's assistant to set alarms, it's a lot easier to say, wake me up in 20 minutes (or just typing the same query if someone else is sleep
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by elboru 9y ago
I don't agree, maybe you have have a oversimplified view of religion, do you believe religion only consists of regular folks? Where would you put St. Thomas and his Summa Theologica
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by elboru 9y ago
It seems like today everyone want to feel victimized somehow, sure a lot of terrible things happened in the past, and it's good to be aware of that so we won't let that kind of atrocities happen ever again. I'm from Mexico an
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by elboru 9y ago
It isn't now and has never been exclusively for the wealthy, of course having money will give you a lot more options to travel and it will make it easier. But if it was exclusively for the wealthy how would you explain gypsies traveli
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by elboru 9y ago
Having several bright screens in front of you recording or taking pictures without letting you watch the real thing. And yes texting can be really distracting too if you are in a theater, or if they decide to turn the lights off for a secon
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by elboru 9y ago
That's really interesting, did you used to hear it in 3D? Were the sounds coming from a certain position and then increasing volume as you approached that position? or was it just plain?
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by elboru 9y ago
I'm not a native English speaker, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I think English needs a new word related to pepper spiciness, for me sometimes is difficult to translate it. In Spanish we have "picoso" to describe peppe
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by elboru 9y ago
Maybe the drill message link also had a confirmation screen, so the one he really needed to pay attention to was ignored.
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by elboru 9y ago
Mexico's history is really complex, way before the US was a thing, New Spain (today's Mexico) was heading to become one of the most powerful and prosperous regions. It was right in the center between Asia and Europe, New Spain&#x2
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by elboru 9y ago
I really want to believe they have good intentions, but this does smell like a Planned obsolescence to me. I can stand an old battery draining quickly (I just have to make my mind to bring a charger everywhere with me), BUT my phone taking
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by elboru 9y ago
I'm not saying that's cool, but there are millions of people with worst jobs, or simply dying of hunger
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by elboru 9y ago
Imaging making that amount of money for a programmer in a developing country (in this case Vietnam), it would be insane, making $20k a year as a developer in my country is considered a well payed job. If you could make $350k in a week that
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by elboru 9y ago
Not only on mobile, it breaks browser's back button, they change the URL for every slide, and of course the slide changes automatically...
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by elboru 9y ago
That was the most awesome part when I was a kid, I remember the first time I played with the electronic components of an old toy, I remember being amazed about how a small switch worked the same way with a small led and with an electric mot

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