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by flocial 7y ago
The name is butchered (I thought it sounded psuedo Japanese). Please correct the title. The correct spelling: Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
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by flocial 7y ago
"She'd coyly mention shedding a twelve-year-long relationship with an abusive narcissist to find a love who didn't leave hospice for two weeks and was at her side when the cancer finally ended her life on December 3rd at 1:30
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by flocial 7y ago
"I think this is a strange reason to retire" There's nothing strange about becoming demotivated to study and compete at something extremely taxing both emotionally and mentally when a machine can beat you after an illustrious
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by flocial 7y ago
I switched from WF-1000xm3s to AirPods Pro and it was the best decision ever (I still love my WMs). They are lighter and much more comfortable. Usually I can't wear in ears more than a couple hours but I could leave APs in all day. The
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by flocial 7y ago
Considering the link between hearing and cognition I wouldn't be. Hearing loss is linked to cognitive decline and mental health issues.
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by flocial 7y ago
"> excellence How about their excellence at using English, by the way? Their attention to detail when it comes to using other languages? I hope you realize how wrong it is to make blanket statements. " As crazy as it sounds, th
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by flocial 7y ago
Reminds me of this thread about a memorable 911 distress call: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/257agn/911_opera...
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by flocial 7y ago
It was a while ago but the upgrade was from 9 to 11. The first problem was the error message didn't give me a simple command to go step wise through the upgrade like: ---- Please upgrade to the next GitLab version before trying to upgr
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by flocial 7y ago
Gitlab is a great product for self-hosting a GitHub-like service and I'm grateful for its existence. Having said that, I'm not a big fan of their bait and switch approach to feature creep. Every time I try to update our GL I end u
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by flocial 7y ago
"It was originally just me. I’ve never logged my dives, because I didn’t see the point. Some people do it for the numbers, others do it because they want to do things by the book (literally), and some people seem to just collect the di
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by flocial 7y ago
I agree, it's not only a spoiler but adds nothing to the main subject under discussion.
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by flocial 7y ago
The photo on his official page kicks it up a notch. http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/bob.coecke/
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by flocial 7y ago
It's almost insane how social conditioning plays into every aspect of work life including how we take vacations.
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by flocial 7y ago
>Ever the philosopher of the pool, Igor smiled and said, “You are all confused! Speed is not the goal; it is the result of perfect beautiful technique.” >What really mattered to Igor was excellence — the efficient stroke. Once you mas
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by flocial 7y ago
I actually got used to the 2018 MBA butterfly despite my initial dislike and hesitation. That being said, I'm grateful for all the lobbying to improve butterfly keyboards because I got a much improved version with a replacement program
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by flocial 7y ago
>Operators also lose cash when consumers rent vehicles for “non-driving purposes” since customers pay more if they log a lot of mileage. This quote struck me as strange since the price of gas is included in Times Car Share which is the b
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by flocial 7y ago
His "now for the tricky bit" talk was not only funny but thought provoking. He was kind and very open minded. Thanks for pointing this out.
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by flocial 7y ago
This is indeed sad news (I feel he deserves the black bar of mourning once confirmed). Although Elixir gets the most attention these days the solid engineering of BEAM is the foundation that Elixir is built on.
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by flocial 7y ago
It does illustrate his tenacity and resourcefulness (nice traits to have as an entrepreneur).
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by flocial 7y ago
I find this emphasis strange. "Illegal" immigration is a relatively recent invention as far as US policy is concerned with several notable lapses for racist policies. Who knows how many potential Eric Yuans we are turning away or
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by flocial 7y ago
I would hope so. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/files/combinedfin...
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by flocial 7y ago
America by comparison [0]. Japan has a declining population, the pension scheme is considered to be running on fumes by most, and now the stock market is propped up by government itself. https://www.businessinsider.com/who-a
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by flocial 8y ago
This was my first thought. I think beginners take better to volume but eventually we all hit a wall that takes more deliberate practice and deep reflection. Even then some concepts will be out of reach or take an exceptional teacher to brea
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by flocial 8y ago
It's unfortunate that I could get most of the functionality I need if IFTTT offered a way to confirm Gmail's request to add trigger@ifttt as a forwarding address.
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by flocial 8y ago
Here's IFTTT's statement: https://help.ifttt.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020249393-Import...
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by flocial 8y ago
I can only imagine how Steve Jobs would have written this, the way he famously addressed Adobe pushing for flash on the iPhone [1]. 1. https://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
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Is Coffee Sabotaging Your Energy and Performance?(blog.myneurogym.com)
3 points by flocial 8y ago|2 comments
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by flocial 8y ago
The $150,000 investment seems like a great deal for marketing. If the product ends up being feasible that's an added bonus.
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by flocial 8y ago
Org mode and pandoc work quite well for a similar workflow. The ability to move around chapter trees in org mode is a godsend. It's crazy to see how far the art of "word processing" deviated from WordStar days. MS Word's
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by flocial 8y ago
True. I wasn't aware of Alex's contributions and while the passing is sad there was no context.

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