kldavis4

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by kldavis4 8y ago
Any recommendations on the best city or cities to settle in? Where are the best developer communities and affordable high speed internet?
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The more we build, the poorer we get(strongtowns.org)
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by kldavis4 9y ago
Thanks for the reply. Feser's looks interesting - going to check it out.
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by kldavis4 9y ago
Actually, I _am_ referring to 'many worlds' (at least according to the technical explanation in this article: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/05/26/... ) and not a multiver
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by kldavis4 9y ago
Isn't that just the anthropic principle? That's another explanation for a life friendly universe, but not something that can be proved or taken as proof.
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by kldavis4 9y ago
That would be a great comparison if the many worlds hypothesis were proven or even provable. As it stands, it is basically just a belief which is held to explain the scientific facts. Not much different from ancient man's belief that s
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by kldavis4 9y ago
Many worlds hypothesis is the atheistic solution to the observation that our universe appears to be tuned for life.
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by kldavis4 9y ago
They were hired to design the replacement, not the one that collapsed.
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by kldavis4 9y ago
when I talk about the devastation of human dignity, I am referring to a distinct worldview that robs us of agency and purpose, that says we have no free will and no purpose as individuals other than to seek out our immediate happiness and p
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by kldavis4 9y ago
Your comment about the rabid consumption of fiction these days hits home for me personally. In this "golden age" of television, with more high quality entertainment than anyone can possibly consume, I've begun to feel that my
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by kldavis4 9y ago
I suspect it is inspired by the classic arcade game, Dig Dug
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by kldavis4 9y ago
More details on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida#Autonomo...
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A HISTORY OF THE SILMARILS IN THE FIFTH AGE(slatestarcodex.com)
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by kldavis4 9y ago
NC State University has a pool reactor on the main campus used in their nuclear reactor curriculum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Universit...
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Polanyi’s Paradox and the Shape of Employment Growth(economics.mit.edu)
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by kldavis4 10y ago
The cpu throttles when it gets too hot. Won't cause damage to not have it, but will slow it down.
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by kldavis4 10y ago
The article mentions grid level power storage but I don't see any comments around that. What would the feasibility of creating one of these batteries as some kind of fixed structure be?
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by kldavis4 10y ago
Hopping on the bandwagon :) my Chrome extension to improve the Youtube video editor: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pro-mode-for-youtu... Source is on github as well: https://github.com/
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Research says children of older mothers are smarter, taller, and stronger(qz.com)
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Watch the First Manned Flight of the 18-Rotor Helicopter-Drone Volocopter(inverse.com)
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by kldavis4 11y ago
#2 is an excellent point. If there's one thing my years as a Java developer (and Maven user) taught me, dependency hell is a real and ever present threat. :)
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by kldavis4 11y ago
So what exactly is the connection with JavaScript's deficiencies as a language and the existence and prevalence of micro-libraries like left-pad? There is the whole issue of cross-browser compatibility, but how does something like left
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by kldavis4 11y ago
15+ years software development. Bulk of my experience is backend Java, with more recent work in Android & Python. Location: Central Florida Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: Java, Android, Python, Node Résumé
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by kldavis4 11y ago
Agreed. And on top of that, any personal projects I do actually find time to work on are typically pretty rushed (due to the lack of time) and are not going to be the best examples of my work product. Typically I am just trying to write som
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by kldavis4 11y ago
Conclusion from the study: "Statin treatment results in a surprisingly small average gain in overall survival within the trials’ running time. For patients whose life expectancy is limited or who have adverse effects of treatment, with
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The effect of statins on average survival in randomised trials(bmjopen.bmj.com)
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HULU ADDS COMMERCIAL-FREE VIEWING(blog.hulu.com)
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by kldavis4 11y ago
Seems like Prosody has the same behavior. Ran into just this morning.
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by kldavis4 11y ago
Anybody know what they use this for. Seems like overkill for a corporate jet.
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Ad-blocking is the biggest external threat to online games journalism(mcvuk.com)
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