jb1991

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by jb1991 4y ago
American eggs are prepared differently before they are taken to the store, they are polished and they remove the protective residue which then requires refrigeration. That’s why Americans do it.
902.
by jb1991 4y ago
No offense intended. I was merely pointing out that it’s not much for many places and many would not be able to leave a full-time job for that. Keep in mind that this is approximately the poverty line for the United States so it might be ha
903.
by jb1991 4y ago
In many places (most places), it would be hard for 2k/month be your full income.
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by jb1991 4y ago
Occasionally I see articles like this that seem to have decent perspective and conversation, but they get flagged. What would be the reason for that? Is it just a lot of people here hitting the flag button? Is it because the article is not
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by jb1991 4y ago
Well, for example, the leading cause of death of children in the United States is guns. That is certainly not something I would’ve expected, but it’s true. So I guess in this case, it was equally surprising. There are a lot of things that c
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by jb1991 4y ago
> Suicide is now the number one cause of death among British men under forty-five. Wow.
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by jb1991 4y ago
> the default cursor movement commands in most command line environments like the Postgres CLI. and also macOS!
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Gun deaths among children are soaring(axios.com)
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by jb1991 4y ago
Never underestimate the power of hysteria, which used to be a bonafide diagnosis but is a term now rarely used outside hyperbole.
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by jb1991 4y ago
It has been happening anywhere in the world, there have been reports from several countries of this. Including close neighbors of the Netherlands, such as Germany.
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by jb1991 4y ago
Isaac Asimov is a science fiction author (a good one, too), but the work he created was not a real description of our universe -- it was fiction, and playing with ideas.
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Dutch police arrest 17 as Operation Cookie Monster takes down global hackers(nltimes.nl)
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by jb1991 4y ago
History of adults masquerading as children for purposes of pedophilia.
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by jb1991 4y ago
No I haven’t, but if you’re suggesting that these so-called unnatural constructs can be damaging to the world, that is certainly true, but the flipside is that they also lead to great progress.
915.
by jb1991 4y ago
Money is also an unnatural construct, most of civilization has succeeded and advanced due to abstract constructs, and this is one of mankind’s strengths. Learn more about this in the book Sapiens.
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by jb1991 4y ago
For adults, the best way to learn to play piano and understand music theory is just to do it with a children’s piano book. I have a few friends that do this, and you learn everything at once, the way you’re supposed to learn it. Read music,
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by jb1991 4y ago
Drug tests are not uncommon in U.S. hiring. I had to take one once before taking a position.
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by jb1991 4y ago
This is actually very useful information. I think I know how I’m going to buy my next computer, but I wonder which manufacturers support the drop as a shipping option?
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The prison experience Elizabeth Holmes is desperate to avoid(bbc.com)
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by jb1991 4y ago
I was also joking, which makes this thread even more funny.
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by jb1991 4y ago
I think you should read more about what fingerprinting actually is.
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by jb1991 4y ago
How does the fingerprinting know the payment method you used to pay for the computer, is that stored somewhere in the operating system? How would they know it was a dead drop also? Genuinely curious.
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by jb1991 4y ago
anywhere you type text -- right now, while I'm typing this, or in a browser address bar, command line, anywhere the keyboard is functional and doing something with text You have to use Control with it, of course. F by itself is... F. i
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by jb1991 4y ago
I just tried this and it wouldn't bite.
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by jb1991 4y ago
BlackRock won't be happy to hear they can't buy it now.
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by jb1991 4y ago
if you are using left/right arrow keys, that is not emacs. Control with F, B, A, E, K, etc are the ones I'm talking about.
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by jb1991 4y ago
> Dreamer that some day all major systems programming languages will support automatic memory management. Ironic bio for someone opposed to modern C++ advocates.
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by jb1991 4y ago
This. Jetbrains is also awesome but you don't just pick it up and msater it in short time.
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by jb1991 4y ago
> it has a one-of-a kind shortcut/user interface The system-wide OS keyboard shortcuts for basic text editing in macOS are the same as emacs. I discovered this accidentally and people wonder why I can navigate basic stuff on the mac
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by jb1991 4y ago
This is just a petty digression. I won't participate further. Have a nice day.

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