jisaacstone

9 ms·

31.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Curious if there are any examples of major metros that have successfully tackled homelessness without simply forcing them to go somewhere else. Anyone know of any examples? People paying to sleep on a bus clearly shows the problem here is r
32.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Possibly, but in the real world not a chance. Most of the formally homeless people I know are now in the food industry. That is because at the shelter I worked at they would rotate who cooks the meal, so all homeless 'in the program&#x
33.
Dujiangyan Irrigation System(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by jisaacstone 13y ago|0 comments
34.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
I knew a guy who lived off 1/3 of his salary of ~40k. when you are single you can cut housing expenses by getting a few house-mates. Housing is the main expense for most people. That was in Idaho Here in the valley I make a typical dev
35.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
I have been to a shop in China that was very up front about the fact that everything they sold was a qa reject. (mostly department store stuff, not electronics). Clothing is a lot easier to judge, though.
36.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
I'm working on porting a node/websockets game I wrote to python using the twisted websockets branch. (not integrated in core yet but fully functional so far) Instead of using socketio I rewrote the client side code in pure js. It
37.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
That and nearly every phone/computer. Anyway my guess is they will start by tackling the low end - replacing all those candybar nokia's &c that are still everywhere in Africa and Asia with a cheap, high-quality smartphone.
38.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Yes and it explicitly says that visa applicants are guilty until proven innocent.
39.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
bug: --------- answer 1 EEM: raw.toLowerCase is not a function - Try again.
40.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Neither being elected nor success in business necessarily qualifies someone to decide what it best for a country. And I don't consider one worse than the other, each will be biased in a different way.
41.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
`Free` means `able to do X` `Vote in national elections` is the most common value of X when comparing OECDs to China, but it is not a very useful one. The more important political freedoms (free speech, freedom of assembly, free press) are
42.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Yes you need a font on your system that has a symbol for that codepoint. I know I had to install 'symbola' font to get `love hotel` to display a few months ago.
43.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
It makes me sad that this position is justified by the threat environment. No it is not. It is a reactionary position. Unless you have some evidence to back up your behaviours, you are just being paranoid.
44.
by jisaacstone 13y ago
Agreed. Having laws that _everyone_ breaks is worse than useless, as it encourages a disregard for the law and resentment towards enforcement officers, as well as leaving lots of room for unequal enforcement.
45.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
Illegal immigration is such a hot-button issue in the us that is taints all immigration discussions. It makes me sad and frustrated, but people cannot seem to understand the numerous important immigration issues which have nothing to do w
46.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
I recommend The Little Schemer.
47.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
borked in ffx as well
48.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
Page takes several seconds to load and then just shows a header? Not just broken on IE7, apparently . . . .
49.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
For the past three years I have filed my taxes myself, and every single time I make a mistake +- $100 or so, the IRS sends a correction, I fill out more paperwork and send payment / receive refund. Y'all know this is inefficient. I spend at
50.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
In an ideal world people would not even make a connection between the two. Pyladies is an educational group. Don't assume that because it is a group for women it is any more 'feminist' than any other group.
51.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
compared to other modern societies the US is at best mil-level materialistic. (probably calling the entire US a 'society' is a misnomer) I'd be interested to see a graph of materialism to happiness (though both are fuzzy and difficult to me
52.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
You use of 'infiltrated' indicates that there was a time when money did not drive politics. There was no such time.
53.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
> Except that in order to become healthier, you don't have to take someone else's health away. Yes an in order to become wealthier you do not have to take someone else's wealth away. A brief look at history will show this to be true
54.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
Hey I love the free market too and I once thought as you did, until I looked at the data. Back in 2006 I pulled the latest WHO data and looked at % of medical industry privatized vs overall health of the populace (an function of factors suc
55.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
fantastic! thanks
56.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
I was thinking about this the other (past few months) Getting into _that_ industry, I mean. I was wondering specifically if it might be possible to get some existing medical devices to communicate via bluetooth with a central server; to bui
57.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
The problem with personal health news is that is is never news. A single study that contradicts conventional wisdom or purports a new finding is not meant to be digested by the general public. Ideally such a study would be published in a me
58.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
Exactly. Unless you make notes (most) books are instantly replaceable. I have one shelf of my absolute favourite books & dvds (so I can loan them out). Plus a kindle for everything else. The reality is knowledge is even cheaper than foo
59.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
Ah so that is my problem - I got an 'IdeaPad' or some such. still puts me off the brand though, the should use a different brand for their cheap stuff, not a different series. customers (like me) will lose their brand loyalty.. .
60.
by jisaacstone 14y ago
My wife's parents still use a lenovo desktop from the ~'89 and it works fine. My 2 year old laptop, on the other hand, has had several problems (especially with hibernation/wake-up) and the battery life is and has always been only about an

More ›