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by lprubin 14y ago
For those interested in the original origin of the phrase "cargo cult," during WWII a bunch of American soldiers landed in a small island chain in the Pacific called Melanesia. They showed up out of nowhere with huge ships and planes, brou
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by lprubin 14y ago
Volunteering to do some programming for charities and doing some open source work is a great way to make connections that can often lead to freelance work. That's how my freelance business got going. Two of my biggest clients came via the
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Xkcd and Internet Reminders of the Vastness of Our Puny Existence(foundfire.com)
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by lprubin 14y ago
From a couple trapped deep underground: "Is anybody up there? If you can hear us, friend us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!"
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by lprubin 14y ago
I think that the drilling in hard to reach places proves how lucrative the oligopoly on oil really is to a few powerful, politically connected corporations.
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by lprubin 14y ago
I wouldn't say you're an accomplice in that most likely you were raised to eat meat. From the time you were a small child you've been conditioned to be OK or maybe even to love eating meat. You've also had the terrible conditions of the
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by lprubin 15y ago
"In this cases, the prosecutors may choose to retry the defendant - if you think about it, if the prosecutors decided to try him once, why not twice?" Prosecuting a defendant is an expensive process. It's not free. And even though one hun