koliber

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by koliber 8y ago
These vegetables are not being stored in a low-acidity environment. The fermentation converts sugars to acids. You don't add the acid to the veggies. The bacteria convert sugars into acid and lower the pH. This is why pickles (cucumber
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by koliber 8y ago
I do the same thing, directly in the ticket comments. It turns into a nice journal, interconnected with other issues, and laid our in time.
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by koliber 8y ago
I am not aware of the Overstock case in detail. I was making a point that just because the short position is larger than outstanding stock does not mean the naked shorting was taking place. It is entirely possible, but we can no make that c
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by koliber 8y ago
Shorting a stock involves first borrowing it from someone, and them immediately selling it. Everyone who is short stock does not own it! Naked shorting is selling stock you have not even borrowed to create a short position. The scenario you
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by koliber 8y ago
According to one definition of communication, you are absolutely right. There are other ways of defining it. You define it as requiring intent. Fair. I can formulate just as valid of a definition of communication without intent. The way you
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by koliber 8y ago
Some trees can avoid shading each other. See (1). Your progression of thought makes a lot of sense. The question of whether any of this is deliberate, or a behavior encoded into genes and/or physical and chemical processes that can not
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by koliber 8y ago
I really like this discussion! I'm loving all these different points of looking at the situation. Thank you. A tire bouncing along at 65 mph seems to have a lot of free energy (kinetic), as does one stuck on an icy slanted roof (potent
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by koliber 8y ago
Arguably, you could say that it is driven by evolutionary pressure. Could you convince me that the term "evolutionary pressure" is a form of desire? I don't know. Does desire require consciousness? Are trees conscious?
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by koliber 8y ago
I don't think so. I get angry occasionally. I don't intend to, nor do I like it. However, my anger is communicated to those around me. This is just an example off the top of my head. This is a really interesting conversation and I
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by koliber 8y ago
Agreed. I've had dogs communicate with me by angrily running towards me and barking. This conveyed danger and told me to get out of the way. I've once had a small avalanche do the same as well. People would call me looney though i
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by koliber 8y ago
The question I see is what do we define as language and communicating. Do we mean that trees can relay information to each other, as well to other species? Sure, that makes sense. For example, you could make a case that a large tree communi
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by koliber 8y ago
Apocalypses come and go. In the human times, there has not been one singular event that wiped out a large majority of the population. There have been "local" catastrophes confined to a country or a region which have caused upheava
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by koliber 8y ago
What kind of list?
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by koliber 8y ago
Anyone who has ever placed in the underhanded C contest should be automatically disqualified from committing code. You know, "your hands are deadly weapons" type of exception. \s
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by koliber 8y ago
I've done calorie counting a while back. It does not have to be very accurate. Getting more accurate is easier and more efficient after you do it for a while. I realized that what I eat is fairly stable. There may be 20 different thing
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by koliber 8y ago
A guarantee is only as good as the guarantor. A guarantor can be a company providing a service, as well as all sorts of assorted guarantees about said service. In time, the situation can change. The product can get sold. Cash can be spent.
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by koliber 8y ago
What kind of guarantee would be satisfying?
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by koliber 8y ago
Automation, speed, and efficiency has a risk which rarely acknowledged. I phrase it as "the faster you run, the more painful the fall." I find this to be universally applicable, from the most literal situations through the most ab
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by koliber 8y ago
I think you are framing it incorrectly as discrimination. If one stretches such an analogy, one could reason that paid sick leave is discriminating against healthy people. Not many people would agree with that one. As you've stated, a
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by koliber 8y ago
> I was 3 days late on my rent this month and now have to appear in court to explain why i haven't paid. I fully expect that to lead to an eviction. This is strange. If you paid, why are you going to court? Normally, if someone does
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by koliber 8y ago
I am lucky enough to have a good manager with whom I can have very open conversations. We often talk about things we could improve at our company. Many times it is fixing a bug or improving the UX. Sometimes, it's a process that needs
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by koliber 8y ago
I can recall an emotion from childhood. It's an uncontrollable burst of happiness, positive energy, anticipation, and gittiness, all rolled into one. It's that feeling you got when a friend called you up and told you they just got
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by koliber 8y ago
You can put more effort in and potentially make more money. You can not make more time, no matter how hard you try. You can pay someone to do something to free up a portion of your time, which you can then use as you see fit. You need to pr
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by koliber 8y ago
I can't tell you what you should do, because that depends on so many details that only you are aware of. I will tell you what I would like to hear from one of my employees if they were in a situation similar to yours. I would like the
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by koliber 8y ago
I think you're right. This was more of a pent up reaction triggered by the article, even though the article is not making that point directly. It seems I am coming across the naive view a lot lately. Thanks for listening to me rant.
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by koliber 8y ago
It tires me when I hear people ranting that some government backed & sanctioned economic institution is an illegal ponzi scheme. Why? Because they are a ponzi scheme, and they are legal by the virtue of being run by the government. Ther
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by koliber 8y ago
Saying "no" more often, surely but compassionately and kindly. It allowed me to claim back some of my own time back. I don't mean a gruff and negative "no". A positive and assertive no. I used to be afraid of saying
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by koliber 8y ago
I did my LASIK in Poland. You can do a 3 week vacation with the surgery and three doctor followups for the price of just the surgery in the US. This is on state-of-the-art equipment in a top-rated clinic in Warsaw, not a budget option at a
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by koliber 8y ago
Interesting. One of the disqualifying factors for my LASIK surgery would have been if my pupils dialated too much. Luckily, mine did not.
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by koliber 8y ago
I also had LASIK surgery and feel that my light sensitivity has increased, especially to sunlight. I used to never wear sunglasses before, and now I feel I need to in some situations. Someone pointed out an interesting perspective. Perhaps

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