hasenj

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   by hasenj 10y ago

   I recently disabled my Facebook account for that exact reason. It's a time sink with not much value to justify the time wastage.
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   Misleading title. Many cultures have a concept of a morning breakfast meal. Title should be: How cereal became a thing in America . Where I grew up, breakfast was just eggs, bread, and tea (or milk-tea).
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   > On the other hand you were supposed to pretend you didn't had to study a lot, because kids that study instead of playing were "kujon"s = boring, lame bookworms. It was cool to be smart without working for it. Yea, where
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   I don't know about Europe but the in the Middle East you usually would just go straight to the shop keeper and ask for the items you want and he would have someone grab them for you.
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   There's absolutely no reason to buy everything at once other than habit. It's not as though you run out of food and cleaning supplies and washroom items all at the same time.
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   Really? Today's computers are cheaper and better than computers were in the eighties.
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   Please read: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   No no, it works differently. The concept of weekly shopping is completely alien and baffling to people living there. This is the way it works: Your wife/mom/yourself want to cook pasta today, but some ingredient is lacking (say, t
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   by hasenj 10y ago

   You just happened to be located close to it. It's still designed to accommodate people coming in with their cars. Unless it's a different kind of Walmart, there is usually a huge parking lot, and entry on foot is a bit cumbersome
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    by hasenj 10y ago

    What you are saying is semantics.
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    by hasenj 10y ago

    One thing I can't fathom about cities in North America is this sharp division between residential areas and shopping areas. I'm by no means a world expert, but the places I've been to (Middle East where I grew up, Japan which
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    by hasenj 10y ago

    How's a competition not a game?
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    by hasenj 10y ago

    This is completely anecdotal, but when I was back in the Middle East, tests essentially were games/competitions. Everyone knew everyone else's scores and they were often announced out loud as the results are handed back. Student
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    by hasenj 10y ago

    I think he meant to say "should".
15. 675.▲
    by hasenj 10y ago

    Can also be read as "spine".
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    > I don't see any moral justification for a software engineer earning more than someone collecting waste Do you see a moral justification for paying a doctor more than a receptionist? I see none for paying them the same.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Everyone and their aunt wants to publish an npm module. That's why you get a ton of badly written poorly thought-out packages.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Sixties? That's long after the fact.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    I think they would have to be at the edge of their galaxy for this effect to take place ..
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    I call bullshit. The bomb enabled communism to take over most of East Asia. The bomb is the reason why half the world lived under communist dictatorships. The war could have ended via an armistice, if only America was willing to negotiate o
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    How can you trust what Feynman says about science when he was on the team that created the atrocious bomb that destroyed two cities and obliterated tends of thousands of lives in an instant? /s
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    There was something posted on April 1st about a DNA programming language. I don't know if it was ever declared to be an April Fools joke or not.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    The difference is they still preach it as the right thing
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Yesterday I was reading something about how children think without words, because they hardly know any word yet. I mulled over that for a bit, and concluded that we all think without words in fact. The thought comes first, then it's tr
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Moreover, the current Saudi state (dynasty?) was established using the same method that Daesh is using.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Thanks for the thorough response. > But generally speaking, the social ills of the DTES are associated with addictive IV drug use (heroin) and crack cocaine and not with social drugs like marijuana. So it's still related to drugs on
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    It's the only major visible factor I was able to discern during my short visit. I'd love to see some counter proposals as to why that's the case in Vancouver.
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    You are talking in a very defensive tone, like I have said something to deeply offend you. The mess extends to the surrounding areas as well, such as China-town. Also, I've mentioned the signs on shop windows (in areas far away) indica
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    I had to walk through it with my family. It's difficult to describe the shock we experienced. The reason I think it's linked to Marijuana is how easy it was to obtain. If these homeless people can get access to it, they probably
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    by hasenj 11y ago

    Toronto has a "marijuana community" so to speak. But it's not so easy to obtain. Not free everywhere in your face.