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by jonah 11y ago
The only reason I used that turn of phrase was to say something relatable to HN'ers, not to make any judgement call as to whether it was an acceptable amount to be paying for this job or not. A couple other interesting things to note:
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by jonah 11y ago
My uncle works with the endangered Desert Tortoise in the Mojave. It's big and it's an indicator species. There are these conservation contractors who primarily do two kinds of work: 1) Study the tortoise population in an area. Th
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by jonah 11y ago
That's almost what I do when camping, but it's Annie's Organic Mac 'n Cheese and a foil pack of salmon. Tasty.
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by jonah 11y ago
Everything looks more _important_ with formatting . Maybe you should become a consultant. ;-)
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RRS Boaty McBoatface leads in poll to name polar research vessel(theguardian.com)
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by jonah 11y ago
It needs to learn to jump over walls and fences and things like a real deer.
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RRS Boaty McBoatface leads in poll to name polar research vessel(theguardian.com)
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by jonah 11y ago
I have a number of friends who do/did work there. They all seem happy and are doing cool stuff. The company has turned around recently and is pushing innovative tools and mobile. The couple people I know who left did so not because of
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by jonah 11y ago
That's true, on the other hand I know several people who have greatly benefited and who weren't religious. (It seems that unless someone is strongly anti-spiritual, it could be good.) (YMMV of course.)
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by jonah 11y ago
We've always had problems, even way before the population was too "large".
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by jonah 11y ago
Greed/Selfishness
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by jonah 11y ago
Not only interesting, but beautiful as well!
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by jonah 11y ago
> "...the wants and needs of individuals" Isn't that what the government is supposed to represent. Sigh...
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by jonah 11y ago
His Wikipedia page uses similar language with more detail: "On February 29, 2016 he confessed to stealing a piece of North Korean propaganda from his hotel's staff-only section to take back to the United States as a "trophy&q
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by jonah 11y ago
There's mention of the arrest from an HN member who saw it first-hand in the thread from yesterday on photos from DPRK: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11287535
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by jonah 11y ago
No judgement, only honest curiosity: Why did you visit NK? What were you hoping to see/experience? What did you get out of your visit? Did it meet your expectations going in? If not, how so? We hear things about hard-to-get-to places l
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by jonah 11y ago
I think he was saying they look amateur. An excellent lens from a "cheaper" brand would be exactly what you'd want to bring to get excellent images without flaunting your wealth/professionalism with the fancier brands.
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by jonah 11y ago
A couple rail fans booked a train from Vienna to Pyongyang in 2008. Their travelogue is fascinating although it can take some effort to wade through the train-schedule minutia and whatnot if you're not into that but well worth it for t
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by jonah 11y ago
s/harder/smarter and it probably holds true.
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by jonah 11y ago
Cho Hyeyeon 9p's commentary on the American Go Association YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkyVB4Nm9ac
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by jonah 11y ago
Myungwan Kim 9p and Cho Hyeyeon 9p's commentary on the American Go Association YouTube channel: Game 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZugVil2v4w Game 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitoPhtGWJQ G
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by jonah 11y ago
There are also similar api services like Houndify that are available: https://www.houndify.com/
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Alzheimer’s disease could be caused by herpes virus, warn experts(telegraph.co.uk)
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by jonah 11y ago
I just love all the lingo in little specialized communities. orthogonal spaceship, glider, puffer, rake, loafer. "Trying to perfect a rake so it does not create Methuselah which eventually evolves into loaves, beehives and traffic ligh
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by jonah 11y ago
It was live streamed and the archive is now up on The Official AGA Youtube Channel at: AlphaGo ?p vs Lee Sedol 9p, 0400 UTC (8pm PST)[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZugVil2v4w
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by jonah 11y ago
I have a friend in tech with small kids in Bend. Email me and I'll connect you two if you'd like.
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by jonah 11y ago
Sounds like we need more freedom of movement. Things will balance themselves out if we let them.
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by jonah 11y ago
South Korea is one of those with too few young people and a generally aging population: http://www.techinsider.io/why-south-korea-is-becoming-the-ol...
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by jonah 11y ago
This is the blog post that video comes from: http://blog.mdsec.co.uk/2015/03/bruteforcing-ios-screenlock.... It has a bit more context.
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by jonah 11y ago
I assume what you saw was the BBC's title and summary at the time it was first shared (and thus cached) on Facebook. They've since edited it but FB keeps the cached version since the URI hasn't changed.

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