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by jarin 11y ago
Check out the "Sex" section http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html#sex for a big helping of not making any gender assumptions
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by jarin 11y ago
The "deserving homeless" are generally able to take advantage of resources that are available, like shelters, soup kitchens, etc. Although I hate that term, because it's bad enough that we're already divided by class in
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by jarin 11y ago
This is kind of unrelated, but when you grab the graph with your mouse and make circles, the whole graph rotates along the line of sight axis. I've noticed this with many 3d things. Why is that?
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by jarin 11y ago
For those who don't know, Burbn is now known as Instagram.
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by jarin 11y ago
It's also not completely accurate. The Sun is not the center of the planets' orbits, but it is one focus of their orbital ellipses. Also, using the Sun's reference frame is only an approximation due to forces from other stars
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by jarin 11y ago
Let's also consider that it's probably more difficult for a homeless person to get a cell phone contract without a deposit.
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by jarin 11y ago
I don't necessarily disagree, but I take a lot of pleasure in the actual act of cooking, especially when I have friends over for dinner. It's not something that I'd want to save time on by having someone else (or a robot) do
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by jarin 11y ago
Blue Apron, to me it has the most variety and more interesting ingredients than the other ones I've looked at so far.
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by jarin 12y ago
I used to like the idea of Soylent, but after subscribing to one of those weekly boxes where they deliver all the fresh ingredients and recipes to you, I've found a lot of enjoyment in cooking.
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by jarin 12y ago
People like Stallman (and whoever would be his polar opposite) need to exist in order to establish the boundaries and give us a framework to finding a balance between egalitarianism and greed.
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by jarin 12y ago
Which is silly, because instead of putting people to work doing meaningless jobs that can be done by robots, we should be focusing more on how we can take advantage of that efficiency to make life more meaningful as a society.
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by jarin 12y ago
Maybe they mean it in a Hans and Franz kind of sense?
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by jarin 12y ago
You'd have to pay me in time off. Preferably about 20 hours a week.
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by jarin 12y ago
Ooh, thanks for posting this. I have a project that I forked so I could use the base code from it, but it really doesn't make sense as a fork and confuses people. (It's a deployment plugin, and my fork just installs a different pi
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by jarin 12y ago
I use Git for everything nowadays, but I love this: "Git has taken over where Linux left off separating the geeks into know-nothings and know-it-alls. I didn’t really expect anyone to use it because it’s so hard to use, but that turns
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by jarin 12y ago
You still need stuff from the commissary though, so unless someone is putting money in your prison account you'll need to get money somehow. I'd rather clean toilets for $5/month than some of the other alternatives (I don&#x2
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by jarin 12y ago
It's not impossible for it to form by itself, but it's pretty unlikely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain
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by jarin 12y ago
I've got the one with the Cherry MX Clear switches. It feels overly "springy" when you first get it, but if you're a heavy typer it's pretty excellent to type on once you get used to it. It's also quiet enough
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by jarin 12y ago
If I'm understanding this correctly, this means that (with some refinement), it will be possible to set up the initial conditions for a quantum computation with just some laser light?
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by jarin 12y ago
Nah I appreciate your commitment to quality. Let this comment tree stand as a monument to your efforts (I can't nest it any further) :)
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by jarin 12y ago
I choose not to!
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by jarin 12y ago
Anathem.
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by jarin 12y ago
I think this story by Richard Feynman might help illustrate it: http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm
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by jarin 12y ago
What do you care what other people think? is a great book, but I'd recommend starting with Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman first.
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by jarin 12y ago
Reading the synopsis on Wikipedia reminded me a lot thematically of Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. Also a great book, but I think it requires a broader knowledge of history, philosophy, math, etc. than a 14 year old might have had the opportu
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by jarin 12y ago
They already do this every couple of years, if I recall correctly. It has nothing to do with Common Core. It's just plain old greed.
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by jarin 12y ago
The headline should be rewritten: "Dominant Education Publishing Company Continues To Publish Education Materials"
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by jarin 12y ago
Not necessarily, it's just that Earth-like biology is the only one we know is absolutely possible.
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by jarin 12y ago
You know what, I think this will still be less awkward than that singing at Coldstone Creamery.
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by jarin 12y ago
Google also takes 30% for purchases, so you're talking about $6.

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