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by grownseed 11y ago
Working and living in Vancouver as a foreigner, I'll share my experience. About two years ago, I decided I wanted to settle in Vancouver and therefore proceeded to find a job here. I contacted a whole bunch of startups, maybe 5% got ba
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by grownseed 11y ago
My phone provider (Fido, Canada) used to call me weekly to try and sell me random crap. Every single time, I would complain that I find being cold-called by a service I already pay for extremely rude. "But Sir, we're trying to off
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by grownseed 11y ago
Gavan's work is outstanding to say the least, I haven't felt like such a fanboy in a very long time. Every time an update is posted, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to hear/see more. Some people here and other places
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by grownseed 11y ago
It is truly fascinating (and of course, terrifying) to watch governments expect, demand and enforce complete transparency and blind trust from the people, while providing absolutely none of either.
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by grownseed 11y ago
A truly great read, in particular when it comes to how the author explains the fallacy of the "nothing to hide" argument. I will definitely be re-using some of these examples in my own conversations. That said, there is a sad iron
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by grownseed 11y ago
This behaviour most likely achieved the exact opposite, effectively penalizing the article on HN.
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by grownseed 11y ago
When does this stop? When have people had enough of the secrecy, the continuous infantilization of the general population, both nationally and internationally? How little empathy and respect do our supposed representatives have for us? I fe
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Tech Giants Urge Obama to Reject Policies That Weaken Encryption Technology(nytimes.com)
4 points by grownseed 11y ago|0 comments
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by grownseed 11y ago
are you advocating that I don't post it? I do believe you should post it, that is not what I intended to convey, so my apologies for being unclear. I simply think the author should be encouraged to use the appropriate word if p
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by grownseed 11y ago
I do and I appreciate it, but are you suggesting we don't correct people as long as we can understand them? As a non-native English speaker, I certainly appreciate being corrected. So... thanks :)
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Ask HN: Why abuse the language so?
5 points by grownseed 11y ago|7 comments
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Pseudo Democracy(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by grownseed 11y ago|0 comments
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by grownseed 11y ago
Everyone here has got the wrong idea about what Watson is doing here. That would be because the article is very misleading, and without some background in the field, can you blame people for thinking that? Take for instance this par
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by grownseed 11y ago
The (very rough) process with next-gen sequencing is as follows: 1. one or more samples are taken from the patient (tumor/normal, peripheral blood, bone marrow, etc.) 2. the samples are sequenced, this can take different forms, i
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by grownseed 11y ago
Having undergone my fair share of surgeries with local anesthetics (a few general ones too), I can definitely vouch for the physical pain. I have to admit however that it wasn't directly in the targeted area, but rather in the surround
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by grownseed 11y ago
This is a subject that is pretty close to my heart, and which I think extends beyond demeanor. I witness on a near-daily basis conversations turning into heated arguments simply because the protagonists fail to see beyond their own perspect
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by grownseed 11y ago
You would be made absolutely miserable, be assigned the most menial of tasks with ridiculous deadlines, tasks that are often largely made up and of no benefit to the company. Your boss might call your parents or your spouse and shame you, m
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by grownseed 11y ago
An extreme example of this is South Korea. The basic idea in most medium/large companies being that underlings must be present whenever their bosses are, so people will turn up really early in the morning to greet the boss, and leave r
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by grownseed 11y ago
"On Being the Right Size": http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html
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by grownseed 12y ago
I was mostly trying to emphasize my perception of the meaning as a native french speaker. Not saying this necessarily makes me right, I just wanted to highlight both the negation of the question itself as well as the confirmation of the und
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by grownseed 12y ago
French has an interesting word which somewhat clarifies this situation: "si" (not the conditional "if" in this case). For lack of a better explanation, it's essentially a negative "yes", used to negate a n
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by grownseed 12y ago
This is a very interesting idea and I really hope it takes off. The people involved seem to genuinely care about the mission and I think that's a very good sign. That said, I do have a few questions that I couldn't answer from loo
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by grownseed 12y ago
I honestly wasn't trying to make a strong statement, but given the reactions and the downvotes, it does seem like I didn't come across as intended, my apologies for that. And thank you for the reference, I will make sure to read t
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by grownseed 12y ago
Thank you for your reply. I used to live in Scotland where there are a lot of wind turbines and I remember controversy in the news about the fact that while the expected lifespan of a wind turbine should be around 20 years, the actual lifes
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by grownseed 12y ago
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that wind turbines were effectively unsustainable due to the materials they are made of and their actual lifespan not offsetting the initial financial and environmental cos
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by grownseed 12y ago
I honestly don't mind it, I'm lucky enough to know how to deal with it, if only to an extent. It's a congenital condition, the tissues in my throat, ears and nose are weak and get infected and damaged more easily.
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by grownseed 12y ago
A whole bunch of surgeries and being followed by one of the best doctors I've ever had the chance to meet :) it isn't going to last, but I'm sure glad I got the chance to both be deaf and hearing.
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by grownseed 12y ago
I can't help but feel a little offended by your reply but I think I can also understand where you're coming from. To give some perspective, hearing the bass is not a trick, it's your way towards understanding how to listen, o
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by grownseed 12y ago
This is a refreshing article considering the mainstream upsell of the selfish "cool" stone-hearted asshole. Anywho, I used to be one of those kids with little to no capacity for empathy. I wasn't horrible, I would never have
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Show HN: FingerBytes(cdn.rawgit.com)
1 points by grownseed 12y ago|0 comments

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