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While there are age-related declines in certain cognitive abilities, in the absence of conditions like neuro-degenerative disease, it doesn't mean that older individuals are incapable of learning new tasks and skills. Differences amo
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The "old friends" hypothesis is a very interesting point of view regarding the epidemiology of immune system disorders. Of particular importance is the evidence that major depressive disorder falls into this category. The impact
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Looks interesting but did anyone get the demo to work? Click on the "live demo" link, quite a long delay (few minutes), finally terminal-like display appears with "$" prompt. However entering usual unix commands, ls, cd,
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> "without the issue being open for community input" > Are you sure this is an accurate description? Many neighborhood groups will ignore opportunities for input, sometimes for years, so they can later block the project and
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It's different here since much of the construction is happening in areas that have been vacant. We have the Pearl district, Slabtown and others in which many new structures are going in. Even in downtown Portland, there are plans to
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As a long-time Portland resident I've seen how the city has grown. It's said Portland is a "hot destination", inspiring a continuing influx of new residents. In any case, we knew increased density was inevitable given
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Compared to some single image stereograms, it's pretty easy for me to see the 3D effect either way. The "straight" view shows the message in front of the rest, cross-eyed it's behind. Of course, it's not particular
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After decades of practicing medicine and seeing results of countless lab tests, I tend to agree with many of the comments here. The article isn't wrong at its core, but it is sensationalizing some very important issues. The idea that
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Yup, FreeBSD has cal and ncal. Latter has additional options for printing week numbers, date of Easter, etc., though I find it kind of hard to get used to transposed row/col output.
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> "My belief is that we’re not going to get human-level abilities until we have systems that have the same number of parameters in them as the brain." An interesting quote. Replicating functioning of the brain, or some major su
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> WordPress would not be any better or easier to use unless you already had PostgreSQL installed. Sounds like a situation I'm facing: assisting a non-profit org that wants a new website. Some members push for using Wordpress as the
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> If I think of South-East Asian traditional dress, I get an impression of oranges, yellows, and reds for the women (who do tend to wear the most colourful stuff). Thanks for that info, I wasn't aware of those traditions. Indeed ye
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Possibly a bit tangential to the discussion, but there's some chance the "pink vs. blue" convention has a biological basis in respect to male/female color vision differences. For example, red-green color blindness affect
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Attempted to write to one of my senators. To do so online requires using the web form on the senator's "contact" page. It says only messages from the senator's constituents will be accepted, so it's necessary for
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In some respects that's true, though the docs do contain a lot of patient explanation at a pretty basic level. I wouldn't exactly call it a tutorial but it did teach me a great deal about SQL when I started using the db > 15 ye
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Couldn't agree more. I've always considered PostgresQL's documentation the finest of any software I've used, OSS or not. Many years' experience with all kinds of software convinces me it's nearly a law of n
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Can't fully agree with the article re: using nodejs in production. A couple of years ago I decided to use nodejs for a rewrite of a web/database app that had gotten to be complex and hard to maintain. As so often said, it was tru
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Many (most?) primary care docs work for large clinics which are often owned by hospital systems. IOW practice environments that tend to be driven by "productivity" stats, and refined clinical knowledge is not the highest priority
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Many years ago hospital systems employed librarians who acquired articles for medical staff. Costs associated with maintaining a library were at least partially offset by fees physicians paid to be "on staff" at a hospital (or gr
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While it's not new that genes can be associated with different products in distinct (and not directly related) body systems, the research begins to put this into context more generally. The part that's always fascinated me is the
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Certainly true here in Portland, OR. The oldest sections of the regional light rail system were constructed ca. 1980. There's a project starting next month to replace the track (along SW 1st Ave) which has caused many delays and cons
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Having gotten "old" by some definitions, I've increasingly experienced the "friend problem". The article seemed to be addressing a "non-old" segment of the population, so I think it's appropriate to
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> But for someone who isn't yet accustomed to the language, I expect that it would be a hard slog, getting through the texts without an actor's interpretation to help you along. That's the beauty of the web. The online tr
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On Windows with Cygwin, setting up an SSH proxy works just like it does under Linux/BSD, pretty easy to do[0]. I prefer it over Putty because Putty doesn't accept the same SSH key as used on unix systems which is a bit of a pain
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Over the years I've seen (heard) a lot of Shakespeare plays, and I mostly agree with you. Yes, just reading the play is inadequate because the written form is so bare. Attending a live performance is a much better experience. The di
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Understanding others code can be difficult, frustrating, or just plain tedious. But who wouldn't have to do it? When software isn't working, seems to be a normal part of figuring out where things are going wrong, which is a norm
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The article convincingly describes some rather underhanded behavior by federal law enforcement appearing to violate 4th Amendment rights. Of course it's hard to empathize with criminals, well, because of their crimes. At the same tim
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Are you suggesting that's "affirmative action" taken too far? (Is it the principle idea to expect roughly equal boys/girls, or more or less proportionate participation re: characteristics of eligible students?) I can und
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But in may cases the device becomes "obsolete" because its battery no holds adequate charge and is intentionally not replaceable. For example, that's certainly the case with Microsoft Surface Pro [1,2,3,etc.] computers as M
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I'm not really familiar with the intricacies of flight processing, I think you mean the neuromuscular mechanisms used by birds to accomplish flight. It is amazing to watch, though it's interesting how birds vary in coordination a

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