markyc

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by markyc 12y ago
the physics don't really work, one can easily aim at a wider angle to the wall, not perpendicular.. from the title I was expecting some kind of sprinkler that would spray back :) building toilets and enforcing the law through fines see
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by markyc 12y ago
we are are arguably more isolated than ever on the whole, and yet we live longer than ever, on the whole. how does that work?
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by markyc 12y ago
what's wrong with legumes?
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by markyc 12y ago
with the small print that according to their respective writings, muslim apostates or non-muslims are to be killed, while christian apostates are to be met with love and kindness (bless thy enemies, turn the other cheek, love thy neighbour,
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by markyc 12y ago
In all likelihood, they use russian weapons, chinese computers, indian clothes and local food. russians, chinese, indians, and even muslims are all tagged as IS enemies if they don't subscribe to their particular view of the world
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by markyc 12y ago
do you have a tutor or are you learning on your own? can you point me to resources you're using for piano learning for adults?
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by markyc 12y ago
actually I'm always very inspired by what people are working on, and these type of threads are one of the few reasons i still come to hn regularly. so please, by all means keep sharing. if others don't find it useful they can just
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by markyc 12y ago
that's why i opened the comments section
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by markyc 12y ago
countless companies have remote employees or contractors and it seems to work out great for them. there are horror stories about anything under the sun if you look hard enough my point was that the end client will always have more choice re
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by markyc 12y ago
none of those guys can be easily outsourced overseas though
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by markyc 12y ago
why free?
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by markyc 12y ago
Evangelical Christian here - regular Church going, missions, Bible study, etc. Most of my programmer friends are atheists, but I also have quite a few programmer Christian friends, and a lot of agnostics
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How Disqus.com Got Their Google PR9(jitbit.com)
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by markyc 12y ago
is most of the income from the nfsw section?
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by markyc 12y ago
also wii, iphones and facebook
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by markyc 12y ago
link?
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by markyc 12y ago
been looking into real estate investment lately, what do you consider a good roi?
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by markyc 12y ago
for some reason I can't reply to thelogos what if the fisherman takes tourists for boat rides / fishing tours instead? - the argument being that with a little bit of craftsmanship you can still live a relaxed lifestyle (provided
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by markyc 12y ago
good points actually, whenever i hear that story i always think of the bootstrapper / lifestyle business guy vs the "go big or go home", VC-funded, billion dollar IPO guy for example, a box maker family business, or a hand-ma
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by markyc 12y ago
they may prefer 15 years of quality time with dad to a load of cash PS: I'd love to hear some arguments on this, not just simple downvotes. Is HN turning into a place like: "you don't think like me, so I'm downvoting you
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by markyc 12y ago
if he loves to fish that shouldn't be a problem though, thus giving him 15 extra years of peaceful life i know, he could get injured and not be able to fish, but on that note, in 15 years he could find out he has cancer and not be able
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by markyc 12y ago
FYI: your copy and social media accounts read "Pimp my GF" - which reads like: Pimp my girl friend that will probably get you mixed results..
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by markyc 12y ago
so if you're not logged into Gmail on IE you should be good?
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by markyc 12y ago
why would i pay for an ad free version when i can use adblock?
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by markyc 12y ago
we can't actually talk to dolphins can we? they're not trying to reach us and learn from us, and "swap ideas", as far as we know and yet we still try to understand them and talk to them if a dolphin was to one day utte
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by markyc 12y ago
that kind of makes sense still, you'd expect any kind of intelligent being to be interested in accumulating more knowledge I know I know, I'm projecting
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by markyc 12y ago
i think if we found any talking thing/being other than ourselves we'd be all over it. poo included
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by markyc 12y ago
sadly, that is more logical ..
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by markyc 12y ago
It's a nice story, but not very logical If meat thinking beings were so unheard of, you'd think they'd be all over us, trying to get to know what makes us tick, and why not, talking to us. Like if we'd find a talking dog
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by markyc 12y ago
oh. then maybe Sam can pitch in

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