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by jrs99 13y ago
John Carmack was 10x.
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it is convenient to own a computer, but if you really can't afford it, you can get an old computer for pretty cheap nowadays or even a new one shouldn't cost you 500. Or, if you are broke, you can try the library or try to get a f
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Even $500 is too much for a homeschooled child. In today's world a superior education costs probably around $0.
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reminds me of sega. Anyone could come in and do what they do.
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Yes, that happens all the time. But in that case, there was already a judgment about someone and then I got to know them and then realized that what was said about them was either gossip, or the person changed. The thing about EE is that it
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There's probably a difference in the students at every level on average. if not strictly by intelligence, then by how hard they try and how much work they put in during high school. But I don't think the quality of teachers is goi
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There are lots of kids at harvard saying the same thing. They think (understandably) just graduating from harvard should get them some decent job in their field of choice somehow. I don't think it's completely a matter of hopkins
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You said "Either Jeff types really slowly, or has golden wrists of the gods." Which made me think you associate slow typing with low comfort and fast typing with high comfort. I mean that if you switch, you'll be uncomfortabl
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you can't just move to a mechanical and expect an immediate increase in speed. I use a mechanical keyboard. When I switch to a rubber dome, i notice a DECREASE in speed, because I'm just not used to it. It takes a long time to get
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A lot of people have a chip on their shoulder. Even mechanics that do get paid for their work. They see the world as full of idiots that can't figure out how to fix cars, when they've been doing it for fifteen years daily. Some of
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So true. In fact, I get really angry at people that use jquery to write applications if they don't know it inside and out. In fact, I don't even use libraries or even functions when I code unless I know exactly how they work.
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I prefer abstraction. I have someone else fix it and I concentrate on my own stuff.
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I don't think it takes a trip to the gallery to conclude that the paintings aren't all that great. After all, the paintings themselves are based on photographs: http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/201
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Some of those classical artists fall into the trap of focusing on trying to make things look as real as possible.
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I don't mean a rude stare. Do you ever get people just looking at you more than they would look at another couple just out of curiosity?
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Oh my bad, I thought you meant the couple. No, I don't think a mixed kid would get stares.
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What I find really interesting is that he says he prefers oils because they are more "forgiving" than watercolors. Yet his style of painting doesn't really need "forgiving." His handling is pretty loose and abstract
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Any interracial couple is going to get stares. Even in LA.
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If you don't play D&D you might be excluded from some networks. Like the Dallas Gaming Mafia.
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I wish I weren't a logician!
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Where else would a behavior come from if it weren't purely molecular? The reason for a behavior might be that it is from a random mutation that even survived by random chance.
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I certainly believe that I have!
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I don't think they should be given credence, either. But I think everything looks like a nail because everything is a nail. That is, every behavior can be explained by evolution. We just might not have the right one for a specific beha
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I don't mean to say that the theories are correct, but that there should be a reason why something is the way it is. Including social. That is something that evolved too. How else could it exist? I also think not everyone must have evo
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She does say "I am a creationist." The reason everything looks like an evolutionary nail is because it's true. Every psychological behavior is there because it evolved and can be explained if we know how it evolved.
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I personally go for things that have bad design. Like slackware linux. I associate bad graphic design with great software. I love seeing a great science fiction novel wrapped in a generic illustrated cover. It seems more quirky and personal
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Thanks for the link. I haven't heard this one yet in Internet forums. Now I can win arguments by throwing it around with abandon.
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It's like blaming the designers for the Pontiac Aztek.
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Sorry if this sounds stupid. But my thinking was, if you print some limited amount of money and give all of it to the poor, the poor become richer, but the rich become poorer in a way because their money is devalued. And the same is true if
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Wouldn't they both have the same effect?

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