lupatus

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by lupatus 14y ago
Thanks! I had completely forgotten about nickb!
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by lupatus 14y ago
I know that de Grey has a rough outline to reach his "Methuselahrity", but does anyone know of a reference to other milestones needed to reach the singularity's state of radical abundance. The notes indicate that they discussed the idea of
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by lupatus 14y ago
I agree whole-heartedly. Moderators frequently changing titles is an annoying practice. The article's links are not descriptive (they're just id numbers), so the article titles are how I mentally keep track of which submissions I want to,
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by lupatus 14y ago
After the tide refused to follow his orders and stop rising, Cnut hung up his crown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great#Ruler_of_the_wav...
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by lupatus 14y ago
I miss Win98.
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by lupatus 14y ago
No problem.
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by lupatus 14y ago
I think you mean "worst", as in the "least amount". "Worsted" is a type of yarn [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsted
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by lupatus 14y ago
Thanks for that link! It has been 15 years since I read Catch 22 and I don't happen to own a copy right now. Yes, that is exactly the section of which I was thinking. I didn't intend my comment to mean that libertarian law approves of merc
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by lupatus 14y ago
Read the section of the book _Catch-22_ where the Syndicate's pilots bomb their own airport because the Nazis outbid the Allies.
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by lupatus 14y ago
I bought a used $50 reel-style push mower (like your grandpa probably had) and started using it to mow my 1.7 acre yard. At the end, I have nicely trimmed grass and a crazy effective workout.
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by lupatus 14y ago
Ha! So, I can't count apparently. That was 15 million as the final number in the table. The Amish don't get to 1.5 billion until 2186.
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by lupatus 14y ago
Reminds me of the squid robots from the third Matrix movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0pV8AaXr7E I wonder how well a robot with these appendages would do at asteroid mining? Also, it is now possible to make a robotic Cthuhlu.
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by lupatus 14y ago
At first glance, my reaction was also, "No way, not happening." But, I know some Amish and former-Amish personally and can attest that they think it is part of their Christian duty to "be fruitful and multiply." I also know that they are b
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by lupatus 14y ago
Something interesting to think about: The Amish not only heavily restrict their member's Internet access, but commonly eschew the Internet altogether. According to the 2010 census, there were 249000 Amish in the USA [1] and their population
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by lupatus 14y ago
Did you immediately understand what set of behaviors I implied by saying "wild Indian" and "slovenly Barbarian"? (Why isn't anyone upset that I included the Barbarians?) Then you know exactly why I mentioned them - a literary short-hand m
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by lupatus 14y ago
Thanks. I appreciate the fairness. I agree that I could have merely said something like, "...wild and slovenly behavior, such as x,y,and z...." At the time, I was trying to create a vivid verbal picture that conveyed additional concepts s
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by lupatus 14y ago
I agree that forcing would be wrong and counterproductive. I'll merely encourage and support if it is something my son would like. My wife is a doctor who often gets mistaken for a high-schooler. Has your friend tried different marketing
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by lupatus 14y ago
hnhg, Thanks for saying that because it brings up a problem that HN has that I've been thinking about for awhile. HN seems to be stuck in an upper to upper-middle class/Leftist/Politally-Correct viewpoint, and I think that is to its detrim
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by lupatus 14y ago
I wish it were common place. From what I understand, many school districts in the USA have rules against this. Or, they have no advertised route for early completion, which is effectively the same thing.
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by lupatus 14y ago
Seriously? The first time I encountered the phrase was at a picnic while talking with an Eskimo tribal administrator and a physics professor from Khalilabad. For the life of me, I can't remember which one used it first. I was under the im
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by lupatus 14y ago
Want an incentive to have students perform better? Schools need to implement a standard performance-based path for skipping grade levels so that students can get out sooner. I was reading Hawking, Nietzsche, and college-level humanities boo
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by lupatus 14y ago
I started wearing a suit and giving screwed-up smiles for answers like the Jim Halpert character on The Office (American version). Everyone at the office thought I was the best thing since sliced bread. * * * It didn't hurt that I accompli
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by lupatus 14y ago
This doesn't make sense for many American cities where the downtown only houses the municipal government, museums, and boutique shopping, but the city itself has several other major shopping districts, not to mention residential and industr
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by lupatus 14y ago
Add a way to cook bacon, and I would buy one of these.
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by lupatus 14y ago
This is why I dropped the MITx course. I'm responsible and motivated, but I also work full-time and have a family that includes a 2-year old. This is the 21st Century for Pete's sake. I should be able to level-up on my own time frame and
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by lupatus 14y ago
Does this mean that Bing is on its way to being a billion dollar website? See number 1 here: http://www.paulgraham.com/ambitious.html .
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by lupatus 14y ago
At my job, our policy is no task longer than 3 hours. Longer than that and our clients start questioning the invoices.
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by lupatus 14y ago
Thanks for the insight, Josh!
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by lupatus 14y ago
How did you go about finding a printer and distributors? Btw, love the book.
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by lupatus 14y ago
Think multi-national industrial conglomerates whose sales-forces each only numbers in the dozens, but who do m(b)illions of dollars in sales each year. Reducing the time it takes to estimate a new job and submit a proposal from weeks to ho

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