elevensies

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by elevensies 12y ago
There are actual fiction books in the small italics at the bottoms of the blurbs.
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by elevensies 12y ago
Delete the "A" from the first link to see the referenced comment thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9388751
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by elevensies 12y ago
I don't see a you're/your error in the original source, but its/it's is a pain to handle on a mobile keyboard. A lot of other apostrophes are handled by autocorrect but that particular one isn't. All caps I don
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by elevensies 12y ago
might be nice with a VR headset to control something that is a more passive experience
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by elevensies 12y ago
new photo: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/588142879245238273 new video: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/588143946800463874
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by elevensies 12y ago
Yeah, I probably average 1000 pages per month on Kindle for iPhone. My usual purchase flow is: I see a book that interests me, I get the sample sent to my phone. When I feel like reading, I read some samples and If I like one I can order fr
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by elevensies 12y ago
That reminds me, I really hate how they start promoting books a few weeks before they are released. I see the promotion, and then when I go to buy it "pre-order" ??!?! Like it isn't a fucking yacht, I give you the money you g
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by elevensies 12y ago
Other than possession? The technology required to harvest them is far more advanced than the tech required for an ICBM, so anyone who can I get there, I don't think will be paying tribute.
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by elevensies 12y ago
oops, forgot that was real, I only remembered the parody: https://youtu.be/GijLoiVkmYI (nsfw language)
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by elevensies 12y ago
If you think about what a butler would do, that's the logical endpoint, it could mostly be done in software I think. Given a budget and a set of goals (keep certain things stocked, fresh, replace when used) it would try to satisfy them
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by elevensies 12y ago
My rule of thumb is that if the project has a deadline, then I use components I already know. And to test something new I use it for something that is internal only.
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by elevensies 12y ago
Ok, thanks for the info, now I have a better sense of proportion. So that means that 25 years brings it to 1% globally. I see how breaking the cap might not be totally inevitable but it doesn't seem very evitable either. I think we cou
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by elevensies 12y ago
is the budget yearly?
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by elevensies 12y ago
I'm sure there are various tracking networks that track browsing across websites, it is sort of a logical extension. UPS or Fedex could easily build out a big tracking network.
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by elevensies 12y ago
The conflict between cowboys and farmers is still going strong over 100 years later: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff
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by elevensies 12y ago
The energy input for animal products is higher across the board than for plant products http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/webber-more-effici... . Even if you grow the chickens better way, you still need to grow
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by elevensies 12y ago
It can devalue the brand with or without having an effect on overall consumption, it will make their boxes look more similar to cheaper brands.
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by elevensies 12y ago
I'm still a bit confused about how the forces line up for the flight path. If I'm understanding: - the wing flies in a circle which is perpendicular to the wind (oriented the same way an ordinary wind turbine would be) - the tethe
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by elevensies 12y ago
I think this is a good rubric, for things you can control. There can also be things that are way outside your control, that are almost guaranteed to cause serious/widespread feels. For example: 1. a co-worked is very attracted to you,