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It's also on us to resist the temptation to build social media bubbles around ourselves, and to poke into each other's bubbles. Every time I've wanted to block a friend or relative on facebook, I've put my phone down and
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I don't find it silly for several reasons: - My definition of "good businessman" is more than just maximizing one person's profits over all other considerations. - It's clear that Trump has achieved a significant po
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> It's odd that Trump is a businessman, yet his list of solutions includes all kinds of tariffs and trade restrictions to rein in business. There's a reason Western countries don't use tariffs much anymore: they're co
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Where in the northeast are you?
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This is great, and you're receiving well-deserved attention. I have to ask, did you mean to call yourself "pretigioustech" or was that an accidental misspelling?
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How geographically distributed are stack overflow's servers?
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Are the advances in battery technology going to allow this? 10 times longer is a long time to own a car; I assume there will be pretty significant improvements in electric cars over that time period. I wonder if this would just create a mas
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I have a 5 year old, and I was talking to some acquaintances who also have a kindergartener. The kids are learning math, by playing with manipulatives. It's great; they're learning mathematical concepts, and they have no idea anyo
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What's the longest break you've taken from working? You might be surprised how little actually changes in the course of 6-12 months, once you get past the obvious surface changes. The perspective that can be gained from stepping a
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The pictures in this story, in the context of someone trying to figure out astrophotography for the first time, are just as inspiring as NASA's deep space images. It's a pleasure to read of someone's first personal experience
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This sounds nice: Is ViewedIt really free? Yes! We believe in the power of video creation and storytelling and want to give it to everyone. But how will you support the project as it grows?
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There's a great multimedia feature from the article at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/11/science/huntin... .
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For anyone with kids, there's a great children's book about Erdös called "The Boy Who Loved Math". I read it to my kid for the first time when he was 2 or 3, and he loved it. It got us to start talking about prime number
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I have a Brother HL2070N that's worked well for years.
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Wrong Answer: The case against Algebra II (2013)(harpers.org)
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Work hard. Be strong. Don't complain. I was climbing in the desert with a friend once, and we headed out to a Thai restaurant in a small town for dinner afterwards. He reached for his wallet after dinner and a small paper with those wo
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I'm pretty sure they're based in Denver. Do you think this page is fake: https://system76.com/about I had a System 76 laptop around 2010, and it was great except for the battery life. I'll probably try anothe
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> Maybe we need a program similar to Scouting, but for adults that have lived all of their lives in or around cities? Would help to bridge the urban-rural divide in both directions. Does such a thing exist? There are two good options for
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Did they make you turn around? Did your car do fine, or did it get a bit hairy?
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Here are the key takeaways for me: "Thanks to that differential between your axles, an AWD car will send your engine’s power down the path of least resistance—the wheel with the least grip. Where a two-wheel drive car can only choose b
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Would there be any value to allowing a convention for the __init__() method that allows direct assignment of arguments to attributes? For example, replacing the following: class Point3D(object): def __init__(self, x, y, z):
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Beginner's Python Cheat Sheets [pdf](github.com)
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This is what bothers me so much about the Trump campaign. Even though he'll probably lose, he's helped legitimize the kind of speech and attitude this judge demonstrates. I'm hoping there's a strong enough backlash that
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When I've had friends interested in learning to play chess, I've given Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan. It's great at explaining what to think about when playing the different phases of the game, with no emphasis on m
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I live in Sitka, and it's a pretty cool place for kayaking. We face the open Pacific, but there are a bunch of small islands just offshore that protect most of our immediate coastline. So the water right next to town is relatively calm
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Humpbacks are amazing animals. I live in southeast Alaska, and humpbacks pass through here every spring and fall. They spend their winters in Hawaii where they mate, and they come back here to feed in the spring and summer. When they first
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The Wild Trees by Richard Preston. The tallest redwood trees were only discovered ten years ago, by a small group of people who just love trees. It's a pretty fascinating and inspiring story.
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I grew up in the late 70s and early 80s. I first learned about programming from my father, who worked at DEC during its prime. To this day I deeply appreciate him sharing his love of the field with me from ayoung age. My first computer-rela
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Here’s what Alaska's freelance economy looks like(adn.com)
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It took two pivots to find a project I could "finish". I've been a math and science teacher for a long time, so my strongest projects are education-related. I spoke about a project that would allow people to write and maintai

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