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by gitpusher 9y ago
Agree with previous commenters. Interesting, but I can't wait to see materials that truly regenerate – rather than simply providing a buffer against initial damage.
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by gitpusher 9y ago
Fascinating!
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by gitpusher 9y ago
Nowadays it's easier to tell – if they work for gov and aren't active on Twitter, they're hiding something
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by gitpusher 9y ago
Good eye. It does say "GOVT EXPER with OSS" (emphasis on 'with') rather than "XYZ of OSS", implying some sort of external role – such as helping establish chain of command in the early days, or some other b
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by gitpusher 9y ago
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ One can only evaluate their own environment and try to improve it. I think this is an entirely valid enterprise
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by gitpusher 9y ago
> 287 people other than me found this article interesting and useful... That's how voting systems generally function, yes
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by gitpusher 9y ago
Flash forward to 2100: How We Realized Filling Our Bodies with Millions of Nanobots Was Not The Answer
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by gitpusher 10y ago
"The correlations between expressed views about caring for the environment and environmentally friendly actions were surprising, however, as actions did not necessarily align with beliefs."
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by gitpusher 11y ago
Meanwhile, somewhere in Wisconsin, the number 274-207-2811 is being mercilessly prank-called my mathematicians.
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by gitpusher 11y ago
> I'm a dull person since software doesn't excite me anymore. What to do? You are not alone. What you're experiencing has many names: Here in the tech world we call it "burnout". I dislike the word "burnout&
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by gitpusher 11y ago
http://i.imgur.com/glHzNoe.jpg
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by gitpusher 11y ago
No. War is categorically inhumane. There are no gray areas. You can add layers of abstraction on top of the violence – much like Tesla owners are abstracted away from the pollution that powers their vehicles – but at the end of the day, som
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by gitpusher 11y ago
I agree that Melkor's narrative is essentially the same as Lucifer's: God created the world, and fathered a quantity of powerful and benevolent beings to watch over it... until one of them goes rogue, eventually becoming their Evi
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by gitpusher 11y ago
Mine is the exact opposite problem :) text too damn small!
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by gitpusher 11y ago
Having not seen the "original" post, this didn't bother me at all :) I had no idea something like pykrete exists, or that it'd be used to build ships (of all things)
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by gitpusher 11y ago
...Yawn. That's not even remotely comparable to domestication. There are countless examples of predators having non-feeding-related interactions with prey. Sharks swimming with fish; lions lounging near gazelles; etc, etc. If they&#x27
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by gitpusher 11y ago
Every single day, we give birth to ~400,000 new people. All of them will most certainly die -- many of them after a difficult, heart-rending stint on this planet. Allowing people to live longer (while an admirable goal, to be sure) doesn&#x
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by gitpusher 12y ago
RIP Aaron. You are missed
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by gitpusher 12y ago
He never really substantiates the article's title. Why exactly is it a great idea? That is, why read a single text 100 times rather than reading a greater variety? Its benefits seem limited to niche situations (such as an actor re-read
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by gitpusher 12y ago
Great project, and great write-up. But most people don't have access to a 3D printer... which significantly changes the effective "cost" for such folks. Still, thanks for sharing! Hope you enjoy all of that perfectly-cooked f