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by jqm 12y ago
I lived in Phoenix during the early-mid 2000's. I certainly didn't need a simulation to tell that housing was an out-of-control financial scheme that was about to crack and bring the economy to its knees. You simply can't kee
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by jqm 12y ago
I personally believe in not giving a crap. This puts things into perspective and I can focus. I get a lot done this way. Here is the bottom line... you are going to die. You are going to die, and no one will remember or care after a short t
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by jqm 12y ago
eh... I'll be impressed when he writes the same article at age 74.
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by jqm 12y ago
"“I wait every year for the real Jersey tomatoes. You can't get that country flavor in the city!” They couldn't get it here, either: These were New Mexican beefsteaks." I used to work on a tomato farm (Florida) and I liv
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by jqm 12y ago
If I had less than 10 years to live and 20 million dollars I would do exactly what I do right now. I'd just be doing it in a nicer place (and probably be wearing more expensive pants).
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by jqm 12y ago
Maybe, but you certainly aren't allowed to abstain from declaring your name.
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by jqm 12y ago
I'm not at work and so can't try it out, but I'm pretty sure those are the settings I used. Maybe I clicked "retest". Have to try again tomorrow. Anyway, thanks.
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by jqm 12y ago
Thunderbird is great and I have been using it forever. I have only recently run into the first real problem at work getting SMTP to work with our Office 365 account. I have the settings the same as the MS online app smtp.office365.com, port
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by jqm 12y ago
It could be less privilege and more a long cultural history of intellectual activity and thus, being raised in an environment that encourages these kind of endeavors.
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by jqm 12y ago
On the flip side, wearing hair gel doesn't mean a person can't program a computer.
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by jqm 12y ago
It isn't a zero sum game. People looking to make a quick buck don't stop misfits from playing with computers. As if one must be a social misfit or physically misshapen to be involved with computers in the first place, which is its
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by jqm 12y ago
IMHOP I'd eliminate the 6-900 milligrams of caffeine and get a little exercise before I want to the doctor to find out what's wrong. It's kind of like driving your car with a flat tire and then calling a mechanic to find out
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by jqm 12y ago
Agreed. For instance, IE (11 at least) doesn't permit <td> cells contenteditable. There are some workarounds, but then other browsers seem to have problems.
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by jqm 12y ago
I don't think we are at a privacy crossroad. I think the fork was taken some time ago and now it's just a matter of how fast and reckless we go, and just who is going to be doing the driving.
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by jqm 12y ago
Environment plays a large role in facial appearance. Weight, diet, habitual emotional expressions, facial hair, to say nothing of acne, injuries, facial exercises (for the muscles in the face) or reconstructive surgery. Maybe they could div
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by jqm 12y ago
That might be one approach to getting a job, but it doesn't really sound so good... depending on ones orientation of course.
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by jqm 12y ago
It's more than a leap because it implicitly states that the only way a citizen of India can avoid poverty is to come to the US, and I'm pretty sure there are no shortage of wealthy Indians who became so without immigrating.
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by jqm 12y ago
You really don't know that Detroit and San Francisco are in the same country and Mumbai and New York are not? Because that is the difference. If you arguing that national borders are immoral... well, I might agree in theory. But many m
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by jqm 12y ago
I believe having a large technically competent domestic work force is of strategic importance to any modern country. If jobs are outsourced to temporary residents, (especially as wage deflation and reverse discrimination starts occurring),
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by jqm 12y ago
Not to bag on any one politician nor start a rant.... but either he doesn't really have the real power, (which is a problem), or he says he wants to but really doesn't want to (which is also a problem), or wants to but can't
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by jqm 12y ago
I'd make sure to leave those books out (religious texts as well)... Other civilizations have got by just fine without them, and maybe without tainting influences, the survivors will do better next time.
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by jqm 12y ago
Yes, I know how to program. To answer your question, I learned enough to be able to do a few small things (Agree... schooling it is at this point) it opened my eyes as to what could be done, and I took off doing some projects. Soon enough,
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by jqm 12y ago
I hear you. But I still think kids from an early age need the experience of doing something "useful and important" rather than just practice exercises that bore both them and the instructors. This is what hooks a lot of kids into
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by jqm 12y ago
I personally would love a gondola ride the top of Everest...
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by jqm 12y ago
Or do it better to the point that someone else doing it doesn't matter? Google wasn't the first search engine after all....
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by jqm 12y ago
I think there is a difference between "liking" someone and "feeling good about them" (i.e. believing they will help advance your cause). There are a lot of people I "like" who I wouldn't let within 10 mile
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by jqm 12y ago
Groove salad is the best! Like Pavlov's dogs, hearing groove salad means time to go to work.
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by jqm 12y ago
Get a job. There are benefits to jobs beyond being paid. 6 or 8 months of "office space" ought to get your head straight.
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by jqm 12y ago
Well, to be fair, I thought it might have a little thought provoking content. But no.... just sludge.
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by jqm 12y ago
The thoughts and actions you have are largely a product of your culture, your position in space-time. Maybe think in classes instead of individual cases. 100 years is nothing. Wheels within wheels. And larger wheels are turning.

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