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Drug Policy Prof "prepared to bet" that a hallucinogen will be FDA-approved soon(samefacts.com)
2 points by frankus 17y ago|0 comments
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by frankus 17y ago
But Apple doesn't seem to have too much problem "stirring up press" with their product launches. If anything this might result in "Segway Syndrome" where all the excitement happens long (well, two months or so) before the product is availab
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by frankus 17y ago
I'm in! I spent years under the misconception that being skinny (but not scrawny) meant I was fit. It wasn't until I started a proper weight/interval training routine that a) I realized how out of shape I was and b) my lower back stopped be
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by frankus 17y ago
There's another article on obesity at the site that I like: http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/04/16/hoisted-from-the-comme... Particularly this line: > In order to stay within one pound of your current weight > over a year, calories
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by frankus 17y ago
From the point of view of nature, nobody deserves anything. Shit just happens. It doesn't make sense to layer morality on top it, which is what the title of the article can be read as doing. There are lots of ways to be stupid an irresponsi
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Nifty Non-Linear Presentation Web App (2009)(prezi.com)
1 points by frankus 17y ago|0 comments
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by frankus 17y ago
I used to love building lego gearboxes as a kid. The best I ever did was three speeds plus reverse, but then I was only eight ;).
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by frankus 17y ago
Damn, I guess I need to move to San Francisco. I don't have heaps of experience (a few apps in the store) but folks out here have balked at the $50-60/hour I've been charging.
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Regulators looking at antibacterial in soap(reuters.com)
7 points by frankus 17y ago|1 comments
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by frankus 17y ago
Heh, "The Benefit of Pooping." I thought that was just me :).
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by frankus 17y ago
I have a giant seek 1 from last year and I love it. Bascally I wanted three things in a bike: 700c wheels, a hub shifter, and hydraulic disc brakes (probably overkill for you, but we have hills here).
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by frankus 17y ago
The Leaf is more of the "microwave oven" of vehicles. It's vastly more convenient for most trips, but there are some things it just can't do. It's been said that the best range extender for an electric car is a rental car. The net present v
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by frankus 17y ago
Yes. I have a 3GS but kind of need a second device with a compass to test a game I'm writing. The only alternative would be a contract-free 3GS, which costs a lot more.
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by frankus 17y ago
The other author (also my frosh Calculus prof) did a TED talk a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vqr3_ROIk
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Is Peak Phosphorus the next global crisis?(straightdope.com)
1 points by frankus 17y ago|0 comments
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by frankus 17y ago
That's exactly right. People whose fat metabolism is in working order tend to have more energy, simply because their fat cells aren't soaking up the glucose in their bloodstream and are able to release free fatty acids to power their muscle
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by frankus 17y ago
That's exactly what I thought when I first heard the term: something like Safari's Private Browsing on steroids. It would be nice when I'm demoing something on my home laptop at work and I type is bellingham.craigslist.org if /cas wouldn't
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by frankus 17y ago
I'm using it as the back-end for an iPhone app on top of Amazon SimpleDB. It's perfect for building little REST APIs.
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by frankus 17y ago
If life isn't difficult then you aren't really trying.
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by frankus 17y ago
Not June 4?
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by frankus 17y ago
Two big ones that I can think of: First, Mozilla, Apple, Google and Microsoft (and don't forget Opera) are in a high-stakes tournament to produce the fastest implementation. And three out of the four/five (CMIIR) are open source. Second, th
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by frankus 17y ago
I guess I'm about the last person in the world to recognize this ( cough Steve Yegge cough ), but it really is starting to look like the next big server-side language is going to be JavaScript. It's got a non-intimidating C-like syntax, h
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by frankus 17y ago
This all sounds kind of lame compared to the other comments, but you asked: - Converted a car to electric drive when I was 20 - Was a contestant on a reality show pilot that aired on Discovery - Built a motorized rotisserie out of two old b
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by frankus 17y ago
Exercise probably does help because of a "side effect", namely reducing muscle insulin resistance. The direct effect of burning calories is too small (and too easily offset by increased appetite) to have much to do with weight regulation.
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by frankus 17y ago
As you're no doubt aware, but your readers might not be, sucrose (table sugar) dissociates into its fructose and glucose halves pretty much as soon as it hits your stomach. So cutting back on, e.g. high fructose corn syrup (a roughly 50/50
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by frankus 17y ago
It couldn't find "help I'm trapped in a universe factory" in the first two million digits.
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by frankus 17y ago
I set my alarm and pre-ordered mine at 5:30 this morning. I rationalized it by convincing myself that I need a second iPhone OS device for testing a game that I'm writing, one that has a compass and accelerometers. GPS would be nice, but fo
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by frankus 17y ago
I only caught the double-entendre in the title after reading the article.
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The Official Petition to Establish "Hella-" as the SI Prefix for 10^27(facebook.com)
1 points by frankus 17y ago|0 comments
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by frankus 17y ago
First off, that should be Marvellous, if we're talking about Canada :). Secondly, in what bizarro universe does the AEI praise anti-deregulatory Canadian policies? Cool nonetheless.

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