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To Fight Growing Threat From Germs, Scientists Try Bacteriophages(wsj.com)
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Some colleges are better at getting women in STEM(marketwatch.com)
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by epalmer 11y ago
> Mield forms of autism, by the way, is when you have too many of such behavioral loops. Attribution please.
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by epalmer 11y ago
I was wondering also what the use case is for a headless browser. I'm guessing I'm just not thinking about this the correct way.
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Thanks, I'll have to read that one.
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Whenever I feel like I have to respond immediately, like right now damnit: I should wait.
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Codebreakers-Comprehensive-Communi... A good read about the crypto behind the Enigmia and other encryption approaches. A fun read.
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by epalmer 11y ago
I was late 29 when I gave up looking. Had a date with my future wife on my 30th birthday. Married at 31 (almost 32) and kids significantly later. So I'm 62 and have a 23 year old and an 18 year old.
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A little background. I work as a dev/mgr at a Liberal Arts university and my oldest graduated from the same one in 2015. I graduated from an Engineering school with a Chemistry BS and Environmental Systems Engineering MS. We were disc
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> As a researcher in a STEM field (at US university) for only ~7 years I have often posited that many of the ideas which appeal to administrators result in a degraded academic experience for students. In turn, this can negatively impact
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I like this idea. I haven't tried many commands yet in this abbreviated help. I still see a lot of value in the original man pages however.
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Exactly. Trying hard was getting in my way. Stop trying and let it happen. That is the way it worked for me.
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When I gave up looking for a partner I found my future wife. It happened in 6 months> (we took 2 years to decide to marry). She is my best friend and after 30 years our relationship is getting stronger and stronger every year. Next to my
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by epalmer 11y ago
You are welcome to your opinion. Some parents choose to make their kids pay for the entire education even when they can afford to pay for college. They see it as a ownership and responsibility lesson. I've seen that work very well for
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My comments we not meant to defend the parents. I should have been clearer on that matter. And yes there should be conversations about funds for college and any conditions that apply. >Some might have alternatively chosen to invest the
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by epalmer 11y ago
College costs continue to rise. And predictability of retirement funds are important as well. Did his parents know after 8 years he had an expectation they would be asked to pay for college? Even though we have saved for my youngest to go
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by epalmer 11y ago
As a parent my wife and I saw our role with my two girls of exposing them to as much variety and diversity in the early years as I could. Arts, music, robotics, programming, puzzles and so much more. The goal was to help my kids find some
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by epalmer 11y ago
As a parent of a recent college grad and a HS senior getting ready to trek off to college I would not pay for college for one of my kids if they waited 8 years. One gap year, okay so that is fine. But 8 years. My wife and I are looking f
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by epalmer 11y ago
How is meditation like or different than flow? This is an interesting question. I see it as a paradox. When I meditate in the early phases there is wide awareness but when I quiet the mind, for me, there is no awareness and time disappear
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I'm lucky that I have an office to myself. I nap almost every day after my mid-day snack (I eat three times at work, small amounts). I usually drink a cup of green or black tea right before. I nap sitting up in a chair and I run a t
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This article resonated with me. Note that currently I don't work in a team development environment. There are 3 of us and we each have our own respective technologies we develop for or with. One of my responsibilities is some Java b
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I have a advanced degree and am not a super-brain. I'm just a 62 year old that wants to program something fun when I grow up.
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I had comcast xfinity tv and internet for 14 years. Month after month I had reliability problems. I replaced the cable modems. I replaced splitters frequently. The techs came to my house and said something was wrong but they had no idea ho
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> My understanding is that a doctor's first job is to be risk averse. That's why they shy away from bleeding edge research and knowledge, and choose instead to rely on proven ways I think it is more a matter of relying on what
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I deleted about that many today as well. Cleaner neater more readable code is better.
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You probably ought to rename the post with "ASK: " as a prefix.
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I manage 140+ websites for a university and we use a CMS. We could not live without it. But I have a handful of friends that make their living using wordpress to standup small to medium sites. As a CMS, wordpress makes their customer&#x27
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OP here. Short on details right now since this was just released. CodeVA doesn't have anything even on their website yet. http://www.codevirginia.org/ If anyone can make this work Code VA can. Code VA is already mak
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Computer Science High School Coming to Richmond VA(nbc12.com)
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The video speaks volumes about this accomplishment. The landing is spectacular.

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