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by judk 12y ago
The smartest folks generally get scholarships.
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by judk 12y ago
Your veil is a bit too thin there.
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by judk 12y ago
Its like you didn't even notice that World War II happened.
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by judk 12y ago
Top 400 is misleading. In US capitalism, single winners like Gates and Zuck Rockettes to the top. Look at the next many thousands, the grandchildren of previous barons who each have a share of inheritance, still far in excess of the product
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by judk 12y ago
Why?
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by judk 12y ago
Paying someone to do worthless work (lavishing luxury on someone) does not help society much. That's just gaming the numbers, like saying "going to war" helps the economy. Paying someone to alleviate basic needs does. Not al
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by judk 12y ago
The entire function of government is to impose moral judgments, otherwise we'd get along fine in anarchy. So you need a nuanced vire of which moral judgments are in scope of government.
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by judk 12y ago
I thought Newsweek shut down and sold their name a whole back. So Newswrek isn't really Newsweek.
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by judk 12y ago
What's wrong with downrating the app and moving on?
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by judk 12y ago
See also Zeilberger's "Shalosh B Echad", and whatizname the CMU "professor"
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by judk 12y ago
You can throw grounds in the trash like a kcup
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by judk 12y ago
Another "ninja" name, pushing programming toward stereotypically "dude/violent" interests for no reason.
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by judk 12y ago
Try Yesod.
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by judk 12y ago
The discussion at hand is about a proposal to mandate backdoors in cell phones / OSes designed by US companies. Not a secret.
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by judk 12y ago
Are you talking about motorcycle helmets?
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by judk 12y ago
I don't know about your general claim. CFLs are highly toxic under non-ideal real-world handling conditions, and governments love mandating those.
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by judk 12y ago
Another case of a link bait headline undermining the article. And possibly submarine PR for a patent holder.
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by judk 12y ago
Obviously it is a ratio of various factors, and the error bars are not reported. Would you rather see "200"?
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by judk 12y ago
Are you suggesting that college education is so poorly structured that it is important to give students a few years of practice, instead of improving the learning environment so they can learn more? Maybe the kids wouldn't even need co
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by judk 12y ago
What's PH?
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by judk 12y ago
We need hnify.com, a service to let a user give a title and brief summary for a website, and autocreate a web page with that title/info, for submission to HN.
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by judk 12y ago
See the game security exploits posted upthread.
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by judk 12y ago
Maybe send a private message instead of posting publicly before notifying the owners?
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by judk 12y ago
Sigh, another super fancy web design that utterly fails on mobile. The article is covered by a popup ad that is impossible to dismiss or even covert on!
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by judk 12y ago
Are you familiar with Plan9? Everything is a file. Everything.
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by judk 12y ago
In Terminal.app you can use the mouse to move the cursor at the command line. Since at least 10 years.
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by judk 12y ago
Most food is acquired taste, thabs to our evolved brains that instinctively avoid potential poisons. Eat it five times, don't die, and it becomes palatable
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by judk 12y ago
I think people would notice if their checks bounced because they are spending more than their income each month. $18K per year on groceries is insane. Yes, some people go with their families to restaurants and bars >1 week, but people wh
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by judk 12y ago
Not really. The headline is a poor summary.
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by judk 12y ago
Ad is standard, the headline grossly misrepresents the story. What The research actually observed is that in the presence of an observing angry/disapproving person, the kids were cowed, hestitant to play. Kids not stated down by the an

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