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rails/django core 2 duo, 4 gb ram, 320 gb hdd, integrated graphics, debian
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but old people die.
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myspace was a force to be reckoned with.
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as a percentage of course. There are web publications with greater quality control than certain print publications of course. but probably not overall as a percentage.
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This article is not a thoughtful one. It is a poetic one, and it is emotional, and it is even elegant and melancholic. There's nothing new here that Franzen hasn't really already said. Here's a quote of his: I think the Inter
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the quality control IS better in print, and I appreciate it. But the quality control is NOT best for the best writers.
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Yes i do find that all the algorithms we have right now are superior to all the algorithms that existed 50 years ago. I don't think that I'm being like a religious fanatic by believing that better fraud detection on amazon reviews
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If you read Franzen's novels, The Corrections first, then Freedom, you really get a good sense of how he changed. They are decent reads.
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I think he mentioned modern newspapers.
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I don't think he mentions that.
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I really doubt that he understands that algorithms will be formed that filter those reviews out on amazon. I really do believe he thinks that quality control being supposedly better in print was actually good for the best writers.
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the noise to signal ratio is high in contemporary fiction even.
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i don't think there's much depth of thought at all. He doesn't understand that future reviews will have better algorithms filtering them. He doesn't mention that quality during the print era was terrible also. That since
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that's true. i'm assuming when you actually ask someone: "100 bucks or coding lessons" the guy is going to be curious and ask a lot of questions.
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It seems like an interesting social experiment. There was a documentary a while back of a homeless guy given $100,000 and no restrictions. http://voices.yahoo.com/a-homeless-man-blows-100000-free-mon...
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I'm assuming they bought him a chromebook. That's like saying do you want $100 cash or a $250 chromebook and coding lessons.
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If these are the problems that are scaring the hell out of you, it doesn't sound that bad. There are solutions out there to all of these problems.
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I don't think we should kill cars. At least not until there is something better to replace them. You may want a car to get to other cities. But to walk around within the city with no car emissions? No cars zooming by everywhere? With a
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that's why we should make new cities with the infrastructure to support a population with zero cars allowed. And make that city an awesome place to live.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masdar_City
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women ARE victims. They are victims of society, and their parents who grew up with rigid rules of what a woman should be and raised their daughters with those rules in mind.
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In my opinion, it's not an industry problem. It's a SOCIETY problem.
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But the point everyone is making is that there is a white male out there that is poor and doesn't have the resources, time, and educational background, but has the intelligence, work ethic, and desire to learn more and get a job as a p
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another reason people become doctors is because they're interested in science and the human body. I've known a couple doctors that didn't care about money, power, or helping people. They were just really interested in how the
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most christians i know are not ok with evolution.
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robots can take 100% of jobs out there.
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how about an app and a drone that dips a fry into ketchup and drops it into your mouth.
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yes. but how many competent teachers are there? I'm thinking most teachers can be replaced by software while benefiting the student.
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it's like quitting pro football. There are some people that think you're crazy, because they can't understand another mind that doesn't want to play pro football and throw a ball around professionally.
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after you're a professor, you can reach the top, the president of a university. look at john hennessy.

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