jgwil2

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1201.
by jgwil2 7y ago
"won't definitely" =/= "definitely won't" in this context.
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Restoring Nature to the City(medium.com)
1 points by jgwil2 7y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 7y ago
I've read that another problem is that unlike in the US with its relative cultural homogeneity, people in Europe are less willing to move where jobs are. The result is less efficient population distribution. EDIT: fixed typo.
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Urban-Rural Divide in American Politics(nytimes.com)
47 points by jgwil2 7y ago|98 comments
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by jgwil2 7y ago
In my experience it pretty much does. Look at the "meatless Mondays" movement to provide vegetarian meals in school cafeterias one day a week.
1206.
by jgwil2 7y ago
If work is boring, it's probably repetitive. If it's repetitive, you should automate it. I think this applies to any kind of development.
1207.
by jgwil2 7y ago
For more on percolation, the first exercise in this course is pretty cool: https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1
1208.
by jgwil2 7y ago
It's the generally condescending tone of the posters that people are reacting to most strongly, I would imagine.
1209.
by jgwil2 7y ago
Please provide citations for that.
1210.
by jgwil2 7y ago
The term is the "narcissism of small differences," coined by Freud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_difference...
1211.
by jgwil2 8y ago
Eye-rolling and interrupting are always rude.
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Why the US bears the most responsibility for climate change(vox.com)
2 points by jgwil2 8y ago|0 comments
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Reading ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ in Baghdad(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by jgwil2 8y ago|0 comments
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by jgwil2 8y ago
I don't think that Calvin and Hobbes can be put in the same category as Harry Potter. Adults may reminisce about Harry Potter but I don't think they go back to it and find new things the way they do Calvin and Hobbes (as evidenced