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by magni- 2y ago
> Ask about the frutilla blanca anywhere else in Chile and people blink their eyes, bewildered, especially if they’re under the age of 40. When I studied in Chile a decade ago, everyone knew about this. They were quite proud of being par
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by magni- 6y ago
I did something like this for "fun" a number of years ago: https://github.com/magni-/visa-waiver-program/pull/2/files There was a lot of media noise about this bill, and it was frustratingly di
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Hotel hermit got $17M to make way for 15 Central Park West (2014)(nypost.com)
3 points by magni- 10y ago|0 comments
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by magni- 10y ago
That's great. Congrats. You worked hard, you lucked out a bit (we all luck out to some degree, once again this isn't a personal attack), and you got ahead in life. You're right to be proud of that. White privilege isn't
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by magni- 10y ago
It's sad that the majority of the discussion from this post is people misunderstanding the term "white privilege" and getting so defensive about it. Changing topics: that was a great read. The links were also great reads and
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by magni- 10y ago
Your whole argument is a strawman. "I didn't grow up a millionaire" doesn't mean that your life would have been the same had you been black, all else equal. Take a step back and don't be so defensive: "white pr
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by magni- 10y ago
That's what it's like here in Japan: http://www.tokyobybike.com/2013/11/how-to-register-your-bicy...
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by magni- 10y ago
Yeah, that's an old map, since it still has Fab (instead of Venmo/PayPal, which took over their old office and then some).
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by magni- 10y ago
If you're a programmer, you can write FizzBuzz. Whenever I do a first technical screen, I always start with FizzBuzz - explicitly telling the interviewee it's just to warm them in before we get to the real stuff. No trick there.
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by magni- 11y ago
Any plans for a Windows Phone port? :) https://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=10576&sid=2a7ec2c7...
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by magni- 13y ago
China doesn't care about ideology. It cares about having a buffer state instead of US troops on its borders.