helveticaman

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by helveticaman 18y ago
Yeah...however, the outcome of the presidential election would deserve to be on the front page.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
More exceptions: accidentally having a baby, committing a felony, ruining your reputation, dropping out of college, risking brain damage, etc.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
The odds that a potentially devastating space rock will hit Earth this century may be as high as 1 in 10. So why isn’t NASA trying harder to prevent catastrophe? Because they may be 1 it 10. They are not really 1 in 10.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I've had access to alcohol since I was really small, but I never saw much in it. When I got to US to go to college, everyone was crazy about alcohol...it was really weird. To me, it was like seeing adults go to chuck e cheese every day.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
How feasible is using horseback for small distances?
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Warren Buffet invests in trains: http://www.cnbc.com/id/20519680/ Freight ship with parachute-like sail: http://www.shippingtimes.co.uk/images/Beluga_SkySails.jpg
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I'm not sure all of this type of initiatives have happy endings.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
In the 90s, I heard it was 4.7% of computer (I guess that's software) startups made the fortune 500. The odds of a startup taking off are about one in three or four, which isn't all that bad.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
If food prices keep rising, there'll be a lot of quality careers in Kansas.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
If you make a good product, it goes back to being a good strategy.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Kiss your human rights goodbye.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Yes. 12 interviews should be plenty. "Lowering standards" doesn't work as a sound bite, but if something is too high, one lower it, even if it is a standard. I don't think standards are sacred. For instance, if you used to be a very desir
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by helveticaman 18y ago
The general argument on race is ugly in many ways, but I think it serves as a good example of something that is controversial today, not 120 years ago. Whether racial differences exist and whether discrimination is useful in some cases is
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by helveticaman 18y ago
What's your stance on the question of race and intelligence? It's a hardball, but fits the bill as something that's hard to talk about. If you determined that there were differences between races, and it was in the best interest of your ch
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by helveticaman 18y ago
>Now I am sure a few people are going to say I have drunk the Kool-Aid. Even if you point this out ahead of time, those people could still be right. >I think getting a degree still opens many doors, and because of that I followed th
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I think it has to do with red tape surrounding the hiring process. There's an essentially infinite number of traits a potential employer cannot ask about (like intelligence), but a degree isn't one of them. So degrees matter because they
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Yeah, in Spanish it's not unusual or fancy.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Of the "I just need a hacker" posts, it's among the best. Maybe it's still damned by its genre.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I agree with edw159. A past is the only thing one can hold against someone else. A damaged reputation is one of the prices for being evil. Grudges have a basis.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I think this is statistically relevant, as rich Americans pay a big part of taxes: During Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, the IRS collected more than $2.2 trillion in tax net of refunds, about 44 percent of which was attributable to the individual
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I think edw519's point flew past you. Here it comes again: Kinda mean.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I agree, but want to underline that the military is pretty efficient. You CAN get fired from the military if you screw up, and compared to the armed forces of other empires, the US armed forces do a pretty good job of kicking ass when ther
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Breaking News: it's not necessarily or completely men's fault.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
I wonder if one could buy out the citizens of an existing country instead.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
It's not just bad press; engineers (of any stripe) are often frighteningly socially incompetent. It's not always their fault. A lot of these engineers have ADD.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Seriously. I skimmed through looking for numbers, but having found nothing, I went to the HN comments section. I feel I made a good decision by not reading the article.
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by helveticaman 18y ago
Malthus is coming back after his 250 year vacation. http://www.economist.com/books/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=...
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by helveticaman 19y ago
How about law school? Would auditing law school classes on IP help?