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by eric_h 9y ago
Like literally every human quality and habit, it's a spectrum, and people arbitrarily stake out a line on that spectrum (as we do with all the other spectrums). Not intended as a judgement, just an observation.
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by eric_h 9y ago
Africa -> Asia -> Europe Africa -> ... -> Europe Africa is still where it started.
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by eric_h 9y ago
Yes, the wikipedia article ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution#Dispersal_of_m... ) has more information than the article linked by the GP.
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by eric_h 9y ago
Thanks for the correction. Do you think we're currently equipped to breed a super race?
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by eric_h 9y ago
> breeding the new super race that sets various people off. I'm just not convinced that we know enough yet about all the genetic interactions involved in developing a human being to actually be capable of breeding a super race, inst
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by eric_h 9y ago
Perhaps not, but they are, of course, extremely common there. As an aside, I do believe the acronym ELI5 was coined and popularized on reddit (though the phrase itself did not originate there).
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by eric_h 9y ago
that comment was pure troll. I'd recommend the old adage of "Do not feed the trolls". Just flag/downvote and move on.
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by eric_h 9y ago
The failure mode I observed most frequently in the TiBooks case was the titanium would crack, particularly around the edges.
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by eric_h 9y ago
This. Lobster is an excellent vehicle for butter.
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by eric_h 9y ago
Fairly certain it wasn't even remotely illegal before 9/11/2001, after which it probably did become pretty illegal (for the opening of the cockpit door).
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by eric_h 9y ago
Yes, my enjoyment is entirely conditional upon not being immediately in the company of people who don't enjoy it all, like most other activities.
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by eric_h 9y ago
That's another experience I'd love to live, open ocean storm, giant waves. Unfortunately I can't seem to come up with a way of doing it that doesn't statistically shorten my life expectancy considerably (unlike turbulenc
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by eric_h 9y ago
I always keep my seatbelt fastened while sitting in my seat.
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by eric_h 9y ago
You are absolutely right. That is literally my definition of a good time on a flight. My experience in smaller planes is rather limited, but the time I've spent on those little prop driven puddle jumpers has always been more enjoyable,
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by eric_h 9y ago
Personally I've been using Walmart for consumables (paper products, cat food & litter). Still use amazon for books (the dead tree variety) and the occasional electronic item. Delivery time is comparable, and the free shipping thres
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by eric_h 9y ago
Personally, I love turbulence. I'm thoroughly disappointed when the pilot announces they'll be changing altitude to avoid it. It's literally the most interesting thing that can happen while flying.
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by eric_h 9y ago
The mobile card readers are very uncommon in the US. In Canada, they're everywhere.
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by eric_h 9y ago
> In my estimation, shoving onto the train just wasn't worth it. In my ~17 years of living in NYC, I've never found it to be worth it trying to squeeze myself onto a train. The ride itself is awful and literally you're at
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by eric_h 9y ago
475 stations, 840 miles of track, the signals have to be 'hot patched' as the system still needs to keep running 24/7/365. 50 years might be an over estimate, but projects like these tend to slip their deadlines. [Edit]
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by eric_h 9y ago
I actually found it pretty easy to skim the article by simply ignoring the jokes. It was about 3 joke sentences to 1 relevant sentence and fortunately he was reasonably consistent in his unconventional sentence formation in his joke writing
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by eric_h 9y ago
Indeed, my back of the napkin was ~1+ conspirator per ballot box, assuming many boxes per polling place. Making a conspiracy like that work at US scale would require a small country's worth of conspirators which really, really wouldn
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by eric_h 9y ago
> I'd guess a 23-year old in that business has a history of "less-than-white-hat" activities... Indeed, and given that he's only 23 years old, there's a good chance the statute of limitations has not been reached
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by eric_h 9y ago
> tl;dr, it's not hard to hack paper! True, but it is significantly (as in several orders of magnitude) harder to hack paper at a national scale than it is to hack an electronic voting record at a national scale. Hacking paper requi
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by eric_h 9y ago
They literally can't even use computers to match weapons to owners. It's all on paper.
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by eric_h 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdS/CFT_correspondence In case anyone else had no idea what the parent was talking about.
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by eric_h 9y ago
> Even the famous MVP is just a catchy name for market research that has gotten out of control due to the unfortunate decision of putting "product" in the acronym. I think the general problem with MVPs and their development and
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by eric_h 9y ago
I can't help but be reminded of this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 (tl;dr, the flying butterflies are dead butterflies)
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by eric_h 9y ago
Indeed. I've always preferred using one billion seconds as a way of understanding just how much a billion is (hint: it's 31 and change years). The average American lifespan is 2.4 billion seconds. If you were shoveling 100 dollar
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by eric_h 9y ago
I think the word you were looking for was "friction". This certainly looks like a simulation that a physics professor would propose on a chalk board: "Ignoring friction for the purpose of this exercise..."
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by eric_h 9y ago
That's not going away, though. Adobe Animate isn't being EOL'ed.

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