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by koliber 6y ago
I was a big fan of the original zoomquilt. This one is even more incredible. It gives me the same vibes as The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch.
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by koliber 6y ago
Gratitude is a powerful force. It is sadly missing in many communities, organizations, and interactions.
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by koliber 6y ago
This is one I struggle with. Specifically, parking. If I park in an illegal place, get a fine, and mentally consider it a fee, that feels alright by me. But if I park in an illegal place with the same intention as above, and don't get
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by koliber 6y ago
In Poland, I wish I could buy really soft toilet paper, that’s readily available in the United States.
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by koliber 6y ago
I see. This gives me new things to think about. Thank you for explaining it like this.
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by koliber 6y ago
Imagine an infinitely long hallway in a hotel, as a mental exercise. And imagine every room is filled , and each light is on. And imagine looking at this hotel for a long distance. It will look like a continuous line. And now imagine every
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by koliber 6y ago
How to Win Friends and Influence People. It changed my life in 2020, and 2019, and 2018. It's been changing people's life for close to a century. It's timeless advice.
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by koliber 6y ago
A funny twist on this saying: You can't outrun a cheeseburger.
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by koliber 6y ago
I once bought a domain that I thought would be expensive for $150. I asked and was pleasantly surprised it was available for sale and cheap. So ask. You have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.
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by koliber 6y ago
> Which is why not all tables need to be sent to the client. The post gives an example of exposing the friends table to the client but not others. What if the "is_active" flag takes on more nuanced meaning over time, as you add
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by koliber 6y ago
I strongly disagree with the advice in this article. There are many reasons. I’ll name a few. Your DB is likely to contain internal state that has no business being sent to the client. Over time applications change and fields can change mea
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by koliber 6y ago
Technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
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by koliber 6y ago
The beauty and power of the beginner's mind. It can see things that were there all along, but everyone who has been there has developed a blindness to.
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by koliber 6y ago
Investors had certain expectations. Even though these companies had great quarters, investors were expecting that. There were no surprises, hence flat stocks. To phrase it another way, it was already priced in.
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by koliber 6y ago
IU is a neat unit. Vitamins can often come in multiple forms, and each will have a different bioavailability. IU normalizes that. When you measure vitamins in mcg the dose may differ from one form to another.
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by koliber 6y ago
They are costing money. No doubt. At the same time, the business world runs on Excel. How much money is Excel making? I've done my share of cursing at Excel at various jobs. At the same time, I am grateful for the quick and easy way it
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by koliber 6y ago
Encodingmeaninginqhitespaceisanabomination.That’sallIhavetosay.
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by koliber 6y ago
Ages ago in Poland we had those chutes as well in big apartment buildings. On top of the smell, there were also impossible-to-eradicate ants and cockroaches living in those chutes. They were eventually locked. I wonder how the pneumatic tun
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by koliber 6y ago
And don't forget car insurance on that Honda Civic. That is not the same everywhere in the US.
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by koliber 6y ago
According to this AI I am about as attractive as your ear.
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by koliber 6y ago
There are a few other ways: - dynamically generated animated GIFs - Content-Type: multipart/x-mixed-replace : the way to animate images on the web since 1993 - before animated GIFs
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by koliber 6y ago
How do you tie an overhand on the bight?
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by koliber 6y ago
This reminds me of a joke. --- After years of training to be a monk, John left his monastery to travel the world and visit other places of worship. One day, he ended up at a monastery high up in the Himalayas. After exchanging pleasantries
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by koliber 6y ago
In the worst case scenario, you could consider the $1.00 a refund.
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by koliber 6y ago
Which can be mounted on larger rodents and also sent loose in the area.
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by koliber 6y ago
You're right about this expanded list of things it can't do. However, the conclusion is a bit on the negative side. The Roomba or any of the autonomous grass mowing robots can't do any of the things you mention either, and ye
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by koliber 6y ago
Is this Amazon's disruption of VisualBasic?
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by koliber 6y ago
I don't think this article is about the 1%. It's about the 0.01%. In many cases, that wealth is inherited, hence not correlated with age.
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by koliber 6y ago
This is neat. My first reaction was confusion and a bit of shock. But then it made sense. And it makes a lot of sense. Part of the issue is that “==“ and “is” are intermixed. That emphasizes the weirdness but detracts from understanding the
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by koliber 7y ago
While reading this, I could not stop thinking about how much it parallels the story of Ravel. RadioLab did an episode on it: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/unrav...

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