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by jqm 11y ago
Isn't the average lifespan in Japan longer than just about any other country? And don't they eat lots of rice? I guess I wonder how much of a problem this really is.
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by jqm 11y ago
Agreed. Re-read my comment?
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by jqm 11y ago
Sure, "enshrined"... i.e, useful to the state. When not useful or maybe harmful, enshrining doesn't take place. Instead they send federal agents to burn your compound down. And thus it has always been. I personally don't
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by jqm 11y ago
One either does or one doesn't because one chooses. Consciously or subconsciously it is a choice. Maybe there is a lot of social pressure in the choice, maybe the fact there is a choice isn't clear, but it is still a choice. Parti
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by jqm 11y ago
Yep, fair game. Feminism, racism, whatever "ism" are beliefs. Not intrinsic characteristics. When people believe things someone else finds silly or repugnant and they are mocked... suck it up. Rough luck and too bad. Defend or ign
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by jqm 11y ago
There is a slight difference. One doesn't chose to be black or be gay or chose what age they are. These are givens. One does however chose to believe in a religion. Also, blacks and gays and senior citizens don't generally have a
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by jqm 11y ago
I don't think estimating will be that much of a problem if the right formula is used. Is this straightforward and the team a has done stuff like this before (most cases)... apply the component formula and add the markup. Is it hairy wi
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by jqm 11y ago
So... the early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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by jqm 11y ago
Cycling twitter posts at top of article were very annoying and not at all what I wanted to see early in the morning. My brain is still trying to recover two minutes later. Horrible.
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by jqm 11y ago
Sure. But I'm just stating which I'd rather deal with. Not claiming equivalency.... Does MongoDB allow SQL queries? I didn't know that, but then again, I guess I don't care either. I haven't looked at Mongo in a cou
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by jqm 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9770322
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by jqm 11y ago
Looking at at a 1957 edition I immediately recognized the Superstition mountains in the background of photo. Having spent a lot of time in the area I wondered if I had seen any of the saguaro in the picture. Also, land was listed for sale i
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by jqm 11y ago
I did the MongoDB class they offer but was always scared to use in production (after reading so many bad experiences). And it's really too bad. I find JSON is just so much more pleasant to deal with than SQL.
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by jqm 11y ago
This isn't justice, isn't efficient, hasn't been effective and isn't economical either. It's good to see a small ray of sense being brought to bear on the matter. There is still a long way to go however.
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by jqm 11y ago
Sure. But this guy wants to learn coding and do startups. Not make spreadsheets for the company.
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by jqm 11y ago
Take this posters advice and do _exactly_ the opposite. Don't start with with relying on clicky drag things. Take the time to become comfortable with command line. Learn real database concepts. I recommend looking at some books and pla
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by jqm 11y ago
I like that idea.
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by jqm 11y ago
You are right. Freeloading probably isn't the right term. But it is an abusive scheme.. particularly given that performance expectations usually aren't reasonable, and once someone has "gotten on", they are usually very
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by jqm 11y ago
I'm sure it's not true of all public employees, but many of those I am familiar with richly deserve vilifying. There is no shortage of people who did very little during their working career and expect to retire after 20-25 years w
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by jqm 11y ago
I like web development but have to admit I do look down a little on people who are able only to click some buttons and get WordPress running and then people consider them "programmers". Likewise, people who are able to drag some s
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by jqm 11y ago
It's roughly put, but I sometimes wonder how people who appear to be doing really dumb things _did_ make it to adulthood....
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by jqm 11y ago
I often feel a bit sorry for advertisers and consider they are simply wasting their money and effort. I have no more inclination to buy a car I saw parked on top of a giant rock on TV than I did before I saw the ad. I have no more inclinati
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by jqm 11y ago
This is definitely something that deserves more attention. The long term effects of trace amounts of heavy metals is something very alarming indeed.
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by jqm 11y ago
Agreed. The human tendency to anthropomorphize what it should not has enabled priests and witch doctors of countless varieties, in many places and for thousands of years to make a living without producing except for the propagation of misun
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by jqm 11y ago
I've never been a fan of anthropomorphism nor of overloading terms (with additional definitions). Everything descends into a primordial soup when this starts happening. And it is very hard to predicatively and rationally operate in a b
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by jqm 11y ago
"Is my dog conscious?" I would say absolutely. But maybe we have a different definition of consciousness.
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by jqm 11y ago
Wow, this is really cool. Playing around w/ US state maps in examples right now. I love stuff like this partially because of the hands on introductions to component technologies I had heard of but not used before.
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by jqm 11y ago
Maybe they don't stave off Alzheimer's (or maybe they do... who knows). But I'm betting they do exercise certain cognitive facilities if done regularly.
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by jqm 11y ago
Maybe if we hadn't been sleeping we would have evolved the ability to see in the dark by now.
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by jqm 11y ago
Biohackers were among the first hackers. In thatched stables and open fields. Thousands of years ago. (Although it's true the potential scope has grown considerably...)

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