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by lupatus 15y ago
If the Feds start confiscating Ohioan playstations to payback chinese citizens, how long would it be until the states themselves revoke thair consent to be governed by the Feds? (See American Revolution, Articles of Confederation, and Confe
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How do I explain Bitcoin to the wife?
4 points by lupatus 15y ago|2 comments
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by lupatus 15y ago
Stop being obtuse. Here is a picture of a Musa Basjoo banana plant growing in Sochi: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musa_basjooSochi1.JPG The Musa Basjoo banana plant is growing in Sochi. Sochi is in Russia. Therefore, bananas c
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by lupatus 15y ago
Your civics is weak. If Buffett bought the Congress, he would also need to buy the Judiciary and the Executive branches before he would have the power of a "Fuhrer". Furthermore, the states could then revoke their consent to be governed by
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by lupatus 15y ago
You're right! I haven't. You won the Internet. ;) ... Your pictures are blocked at work for me, but Wikipedia shows pictures of both snowy mountains and lush sea-side vegetation in Sochi. Elevation as well as latitude affects growing co
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by lupatus 15y ago
From the prior inhabitants through the ancient and acceptable right of force-of-arms... The Russian state first started with a small group of Viking princes in the area of Kiev and expanded to rule an area that used to be home to a wide var
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by lupatus 15y ago
They probably could - Soichi has palm trees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi#Climate And, there are several species of cold-hardy bananas: http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/selection/tp/hardybanana.... So, growing bananas in Russia
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by lupatus 15y ago
I actually respect Zuck more because of this. He seems like less of a narcissistic adolescent and more like a man who cares about the quality of his food and the connection between himself and what he consumes. And, remember that killing y
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by lupatus 15y ago
My other early morning links are: http://www.weather.gov/ http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-anchorage-bg.html The first one gives a lot more info than your typical storm front map. The second tells me what the radiation levels ar
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by lupatus 15y ago
USGS World Earthquake map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ I live in south-central Alaska, so I like to know if there are any new earthquakes in my neighborhood or if there are any big ones in the Pacific basin that mi
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by lupatus 15y ago
The ice age is returning. http://iceagenow.com/ Better start knitting wool long-johns now ;)
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by lupatus 15y ago
Too much endurance exercise, like marathoning, can cause myocardial damage. Some discussion here: http://forum.lowcarber.org/archive/index.php/t-403371.html . If you want to run, do sprints.
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by lupatus 15y ago
"DO NOT'S" should be read as a pluralized list heading, not as a prefix to each list item.
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by lupatus 15y ago
Back in the day, I was also in my school's gifted programs and I had a fear of failure. But, it was because my family was poor. I knew that I was solely responsible for my attendance at college and that academic scholarships were my "gold
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by lupatus 15y ago
For those at work, his advice boils down to this... DO'S: -Low repition, heavy weight, full-body lifts -Boost your testosterone levels through things like a high protein diet -Read more and be intellectually curious DO NOT'S: -Avoid soy or
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by lupatus 15y ago
Warning, NSFW: chaosandpain.blogspot.com. An aggressive, foul-mouthed intellectual's take on power-lifting and nutrition.
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by lupatus 15y ago
This can also be tough to do if you live in a very northerly or southerly latitude. For example, I live in Alaska and it did not get dark last night until approximately 1 AM, local time. I've adapted myself to sleeping when the clock says
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by lupatus 15y ago
Baloney
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by lupatus 15y ago
A better example might be, "Do you want to come with?"
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by lupatus 15y ago
Thanks for the responses everyone! So far, Project C is the winner. Frankly, I am surprised about the positive responses to it. I was hypothesizing that A would get the best response. So, I am a bit surprised. But, pleasantly surprised
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by lupatus 15y ago
I used something like B at my last job, in which our office was in Virginia and I worked from the Alaskan Bush, but the system we used was a bit cobbled-together. With C I purposefully would not make it niche so that my son could explore a
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by lupatus 15y ago
A few years ago I met a youmg cousin of a college friend who had his own computer at home. I had my first compy at 17, this kid had his at 5.
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by lupatus 15y ago
That is why I would be uncomfortable just putting him in front of a computer to find out about saber-toothed tigers.
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Ask HN: Which project idea should I pursue?
18 points by lupatus 15y ago|25 comments
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by lupatus 15y ago
Given Microsoft's investment in Facebook in 2007 ( http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/technology/25facebook.html ), can we expect a Skype for Facebook or some other sort of integration?
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by lupatus 15y ago
Use virtual machines! It is one of the better "best practices" you can practice. Keep whatever Windows came with your computer, install VMWare, and then spin up a new virtual machine to experiment/test in whatever other OS you want w/o muck
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by lupatus 15y ago
Lately, I've been reading the "new" headlines as opposed to the "top" headlines to find those hidden gems that _I_ think are interesting.
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by lupatus 16y ago
Thanks. I'll check out Qt.
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by lupatus 16y ago
So, what small shops out there make niche, custom-ordered, luxury typewriters?
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Best way to do Mac and Windows cross develoment?
2 points by lupatus 16y ago|2 comments

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