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by kinleyd 13y ago
Benoit is doing a great job contributing to CouchDB. He also moderates the CouchDB community on G+: https://plus.google.com/communities/112687873154936256826
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Great to hear Slava.
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I was too. Now I find the superior formats sound better, but more importantly I find they hurt my ears less. I found mp3 and lower formats really hurt my ears, frequently causing uncomfortable numbness.
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Exactly my experience with tech follows which I enjoy most of all. I've found it entertaining, informative and inspiring. I've never used twitter and stopped using Facebook. Also, so far no issues with spam on G+.
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HN is truly amazing. It seems I had a dangerously nonchalant view of lightning in the area I live. I now consider myself well versed on its hidden dangers.
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It's for lack of research, distinguished professors, facilities... certainly not the quality of students. Graduating from St. Stephen's nearly 30 years ago I can say that the average student there was pretty damn smart and really hard worki
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Laid-back and passionate - that's an awesome combination in my book. Great post.
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Yes, that's a good catch. I think it was only late into the '80s that full sit-ups began to be deprecated. I did notice the 7-minute work out emphasizes abdominal crouches which is good. However, 5BX did also cause knee and elbow problems (
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"That's all I was reacting to, I probably could've been nicer about it." Not at all, you were nice enough. :) Yes going beyond the everyday meaning of the words we use, I agree with you fully. I'm just a beginner on the path, full of the fa
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My choice of words is intended to convey their meaning in everyday parlance. If I seek egolessness over egofullness, is that not a rejection of the latter over the former in everyday parlance? As you have correctly stated, Buddhism is not a
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Are there times when it's helpful to say "stop being such a crybaby"? You betcha! That's the only way to move away from over indulgence in our selves, a decidedly big problem in this day and age. Is anyone saying "stop being such a crybaby"
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Time to step back a bit and consider how we reached this stage of the discussion in the first place. The OP essentially quoted Matthieu Ricard's book, "The Monk and the Philosopher". It was all about Buddhism and without anything close to a
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In Buddhism "the very real issues of fear, discouragement and depression", and indeed the entire range of human emotions, are themselves considered fabrications of the mind that are laid bare and exposed as such through the practice of medi
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Yes, indeed. I was referring to the practice of meditation as a good basis for testing the worth of Buddhism.
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Saying that, I did meet someone who awakened without a teacher. I suggested that he attend a couple of sitting groups that I used to go to. After the Dharma talk/discussion at each group, without having said a word, both teachers came up t
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Again, you are right to say that there are many Buddhist ways, not one. While the goal is enlightenment, most Buddhist texts constantly talk about the different ways it has been achieved. My view of Buddhism is heavily Mahayana and Vajrayan
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True, Buddhism is no different from Hinduism, Christism, Muhammadism or any other ism in that it cannot escape the additions to the core teachings. Errors in narration, translation and interpretation all contribute to giving one a good reas
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"This simplistic 'snap out of it' ideology" lies at the heart of Buddhism. It is neither ideology nor simplistic.
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I've read a bit about high intensity training (tabata, hiit, crossfit, etc.) and there seems to be quite a good bit of evidence supporting their utility. The 7-minute workout may well fit in that same category. However, as an old fogie, I r
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It was a pretty crappy article.
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I'm of the same view. I think there is some fuzzy logic going on here: If the majority are 1/10 developers (as the op asserts) and thus form the baseline x, aren't the 1/1 developers by definition 10x developers?
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The direct attack on procrastination... has been postponed until Monday. :) I really liked the article, as I'm almost exactly like the way the op described himself. Hot proof: my tax returns were due 15 days ago and here I am, eagerly discu
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At this stage the key differentiation point is touch (ie. your finger as the pointer) v. the pointer (mice/keyboard, etc.) The UI for these two categories is naturally different, and convergence would be possible only when the UI can handle
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Asus is increasingly my go to company as they make great routers (and other gear too) and are very open to the open source community.
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This seems to be a frequently asked question. From what I've seen on the videos and forums, the Datomic team is also well aware of situations in which this may be legally necessary and are working on providing ways to handle this.
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Like most technologies, Datomic builds on ideas and concepts that already exist, and would find it hard to set itself apart by simply latching on to a single idea or concept. So if it were "just another" graph database and nothing more, I'd
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In a nutshell: All you have to do is download a little script called lein. You run it to get a skeleton project set up. Add whatever libraries/dependencies you need for the project, including the Clojure version , in the project.clj script
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From their website: "Heroku (pronounced her-OH-koo) is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Our service lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, de
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From the Wikipedia article that you mention: The term wage slavery has been used to criticize economic exploitation and social stratification, with the former seen primarily as unequal bargaining power between labor and capital (particular
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I can't count how many times I've looked up Chomsky's views over the years, and every single time I've looked them up, it's become immediately clear that he is completely dishonest. It would be interesting if you gave us a few examples of

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