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by jaibot 13y ago
In my current setup, I stand between my desk and the wall. I can occasionally lean back against the wall to give myself a break. Between that and a gel mat, I feel pretty good.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Now might be a good time to point out http://intelligence.org/?r=1
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by jaibot 13y ago
This seems like a good time to remind everyone that there's a known method for reducing human misery you can do right now. http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities Give some money. This won't help the person on your doorstep, but i
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by jaibot 13y ago
"Exotic" is a function of time, familiarity, price, and rarity. There was a time when Internet pornography was exotic, and there will come a time when printed weapons aren't. Notice, too, the degree to which the Internet vastly expanded the
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by jaibot 13y ago
It is difficult to measure counterfactuals, but I strongly suspect that the rate of piracy is much lower than it otherwise would be. Everything you say regarding availability is accurate - but consider, for example, the difference in piracy
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by jaibot 13y ago
I've had no problems with my tiny node in the few days I've had it - what problems did you run into, so I can be on the lookout?
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by jaibot 13y ago
Having to use an unsupported third party tool doesn't speak well to the product. That's just begging for headaches a few months down the road when Google changes on the backend and InSync deletes or duplicates everything. Not InSync's fault
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by jaibot 13y ago
That explains the pingdom notification. So, Digital Ocean is looking pretty good right now. Edit: New Jersey data center.
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by jaibot 13y ago
You're right, of course. s/physically/practically
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by jaibot 13y ago
But you'll still stop _most instances_ of would-be piracy - the 14-year-old kids hanging out at a park, unable to _easily_ send a movie from one smartphone to another. Not impossible - just hard enough to not bother. You can't absolutely st
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by jaibot 13y ago
One of details that makes Coursera amazing is the ability to speed-up lectures.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Specialized biked and specialized docks - when you park a bike in a dock, a heavy bolt locks it into place. This is done within an enclosure that covers much of he front wheel, and the only way to get at the lock would be to dismantle the e
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by jaibot 13y ago
One important takeaway from this piece is that putting employers in charge of providing health insurance is a terrible idea. Paul Carr shouldn't need to _make an effort_ to make sure his employees have basic health protections - that should
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by jaibot 13y ago
The bike sharing system in DC is sufficiently dense that I can usually just go to my destination and spend a minute finding the nearest station when I arrive.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Just donated $5.
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by jaibot 13y ago
> But it is "good enough". So is money.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Better argument: Isn't having free, high-quality lectures preferable, _for many people and in many contexts_, to the alternative, very expensive option? Even if it's not the exact level of quality, there's utility in not going broke.
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by jaibot 13y ago
In all fairness, undergrad CS at UChicago has gotten way more awesome in the last few years. There wasn't even an active ACM on campus.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Could you clarify what you mean by "emergent illusions"? What is it emerging from, what is it emerging into, and who is the subject of the illusion?
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by jaibot 13y ago
tldr: The default state of the world is not to respect meritocracy, irrespective of government. Creating a true meritocracy requires first cancelling out the anti-meritocratic inclinations of the Universe, with basic healthcare and disaster
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by jaibot 13y ago
Anybody going to do a quantitative analysis on the impact of having an MBA on startup success? Because I'd hate for something to get in the way of all these anecdotes.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Could be that having more command versions results in too many false positives.
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by jaibot 13y ago
Alternative: sane defaults.
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by jaibot 13y ago
It's...not though. You can do whatever you want. No one else forces your actions, and your dichotomy is a false one. That said, if someone says that a joke about github (or anything else) is making them uncomfortable, it's probably worth at
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by jaibot 13y ago
And she didn't fire them. She just posted a picture and a description of what they were doing to make her uncomfortable. Nothing terrible happened at PyCon. The three people directly involved are all fine people.
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by jaibot 13y ago
It's the price I'd put on it if Intrade were still around.
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by jaibot 13y ago
I will predict that this does not happen within the next 5 years, 85% confidence.
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by jaibot 13y ago
The US Legislative System is built for gridlock. Lots of things come up again and again over the decades, but passage remains unlikely - especially for an issue where the opposition is more engaged (see gun control).
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by jaibot 13y ago
Finally!
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by jaibot 13y ago
You didn't. > whether you expend equal energy on both causes is up to you. it may say something about what you really believe though The clear implication is that focusing on issues pertinent to group X (e.g. gay marriage, society's ins

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