jpindar

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by jpindar 8y ago
Excel at Excel. :) (OK, maybe not for software companies but certainly for engineering and manufacturing companies.)
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by jpindar 8y ago
https://repl.it/
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How can someone go through a cs degree and not be able to code?(reddit.com)
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by jpindar 8y ago
What test? Please define "able to pay the loan back". AFAIK, payday loan companies do require the borrower to be employed, hence the name "payday".
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by jpindar 8y ago
I find the Freshette to be by far the best type, and it has the advantage of being flat & pocket size.
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by jpindar 8y ago
>something with character and identity. Something you can be proud of because it has a personality Some people feel that way about Airstream trailers.
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Nio smart car comes to a halt leaving the driver stuck inside(scmp.com)
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by jpindar 8y ago
I can see Seabrook Station from here, and there are houses within a mile of the reactor. The popular beach towns of Seabrook and Hampton beach are within two miles. AFAIK, neither my neighbors nor the tourists give it much thought.
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Coddling of the American mind(theatlantic.com)
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by jpindar 8y ago
I think whatever causes people with normal vision to become farsighted as they age also causes nearsighted people (or at least some of us) to become less nearsighted over time. It seems to be happening to me, though only slightly.
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by jpindar 8y ago
I've tried taping a Zen Magnet to my finger, and while I'm sure it's nothing like having an implant, it was mildly amusing. For a few minutes.
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by jpindar 8y ago
We call it carpooling, and it's not that uncommon, I've done it. Some highways have special "High Occupancy Vehicle" lanes to encourage it.
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by jpindar 8y ago
Researchers have tried using different names for it and comparing people's reactions. Terms like "national dividend" or "citizen's dividend" got the most favorable results.
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by jpindar 8y ago
It's clickbait. The last page is: >But What About the Title of this Presentation .... While obviously a cheap hook, it is nevertheless intended to convey the possibility that it is our emotions, our passions, our innate desires — al
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by jpindar 8y ago
Cubicles! Where do I apply?
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by jpindar 8y ago
People who didn't like being poor. I find it weird that on HN of all places, so many posters think that all other people would enjoy being poor.
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by jpindar 8y ago
That depends on what you're passionate about.
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by jpindar 8y ago
It doesn't require the person who gets the card to have, or be eligible for, a bank account. You don't need a bank account to use a pre-paid gift card either. I suppose they would have an account number within the organization tha
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by jpindar 8y ago
Wow, talk about living in a bubble. Do you really think that a person who runs out of money can just go and get more from the government?
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by jpindar 8y ago
There are already benefit programs that distribute money by putting it on a debit card, eliminating the need for a bank account.
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by jpindar 8y ago
It's not rare to find a 50 year old car or motorcycle. Did you mean something that functions for that long without maintenance?
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by jpindar 8y ago
Ah, there are some in SL, and I'm told they're popular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGZ7UFCYKs
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by jpindar 8y ago
I make content for Open Simulator type virtual worlds and I could see this becoming popular there. Definitely in a spaceship, dungeon etc., the possibilities are endless.
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What did Ford learn from its pizza delivery experiment via self-driving cars?(eetimes.com)
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by jpindar 8y ago
What? Vermont is 37th in population density. Alaska is by far the lowest (or Wyoming if you're only counting the lower 48). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories...
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by jpindar 8y ago
The phrase "fire and fury like the world has never seen" doesn't sound familiar? I grew up in the cold war but I was never as viscerally afraid as I was this past year.
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by jpindar 8y ago
That's a great analogy, but I would add that the slope isn't the same everywhere, and you can't always keep going straight up. But its often hard to tell which way to turn and whether that's going to make the climb easie
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by jpindar 8y ago
One thing worth trying if you are in this situation is to go to a university or research hospital and volunteer as a research subject, if you can find someone who is researching your particular problem. This worked for a friend of mine who
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by jpindar 8y ago
It's referring to this, from earlier in the article: > A December 1942 article in The Times — possibly the first mention in this newspaper of the stuff — advised New York City residents that pitchers of evergreen boughs, placed in t
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by jpindar 8y ago
Maybe headlines tended to say "Nazis" instead of "Germany"?

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