harkain

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by harkain 2y ago
> Sweden and Finland never stopped having a draft Just for anyone interested: Sweden actually stopped conscription in 2010, switching to a fully volunteer-based professional force. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, opinions
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by harkain 3y ago
BAE Systems also comes to mind
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by harkain 6y ago
Anyone have any recommendations for material which teaches debugging in a systematic and formal way?
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by harkain 9y ago
In my case, soylent-like products (specifically what used to be called Joylent) helped me a lot when I was really quite depressed. I could often go without eating several days simply because I couldn't get myself together enough to sou
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by harkain 11y ago
Why?
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by harkain 13y ago
I too was caught by surprise by that kudos button. It seems to be a very poor design choice if your aim is to measure the amount of "genuine" kudos you get...
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by harkain 15y ago
The problem isn't that it is unfair to people who suffer of epilepsy, the problem is that it could be DANGEROUS to people who suffer of epilepsy. Someone who is blind can't be harmed by being unable to see this particular visualization.
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Social science: Web of war(nature.com)
2 points by harkain 15y ago|0 comments
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Biomechanics of Foot Strikes & Applications to Running Barefoot(barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu)
2 points by harkain 15y ago|0 comments
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Crowdsourcing space development(openspacemovement.org)
1 points by harkain 15y ago|0 comments
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Wikileaks: Swiss bank closes Julian Assange's account(bbc.co.uk)
18 points by harkain 16y ago|3 comments
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Europeans are more interested in science than sport(europa.eu)
5 points by harkain 16y ago|1 comments
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Zusie - Homebuilt relay computer (unfinished)(nablaman.com)
2 points by harkain 16y ago|0 comments
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Open Space Movement(osmdevel.org)
2 points by harkain 16y ago|0 comments
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Manifesto(earlyretirementextreme.com)
1 points by harkain 16y ago|0 comments
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by harkain 17y ago
I 'm flabbergasted! I come here for Hacker News, and find poetry. --- these are however very amusing to read. Gentlemen, proceed.
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by harkain 17y ago
It might be worth looking at http://www.khanacademy.org/ for an effort in web learning. At this point it's mostly short youtube videos (quite a few of them) concentrating on one concept spanning math, physics, economics and some others. Y
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Khan Academy: Offering an education through youtube(khanacademy.org)
7 points by harkain 17y ago|0 comments
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by harkain 17y ago
The model M keyboard I'm using right now actually came from the trash, all that was wrong with it was some ribbon cable being loose (very easy to fix). The fact that this keyboard is actually older than me just shows how durable they are. A