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by max76 7y ago
Applying for a dotnet position and assuming dotnet framework instead of dotnet core would have been very responsible two years ago.
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by max76 7y ago
This comment makes me want a liquid cooled and overclocked ipad pro.
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by max76 7y ago
I think we should have a scientific definition of time -- something that is highly static and precise (such as the time it takes for an atom to vibrant a number of times, or the time it takes light in a vacuum to travel a certain distance)
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by max76 7y ago
I don't mean that it would be a fair competition. I meant competition in the same way we compete for fresh water with plants. If there isn't enough to go around we always drink first. My 20% is entirely based on what I think th
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by max76 7y ago
One small chapter of the history "The Mimizuka ... is a monument in Kyoto, Japan, dedicated to the sliced noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians as well as Ming Chinese troops taken as war trophies during the Japanese invasions
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by max76 7y ago
Ceres is about 2.5AU from the sun, has more water than Earth and the mass of 0.00015 Earths. The ort cloud is 1,000-100,000 AU away. I am making the assumption that we will have a much stronger preference for water closer to Earth, and we a
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by max76 7y ago
We'll probably (50% or greater chance) want all the water we can get our hands on. Water makes great rocket fuel and is a critical component of life support systems. Water, having mass, tends to collect in gravity wells.
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by max76 7y ago
> There is a major unexamined assumption that people have that life exists everywhere, and therefore we can't put a toe outside our planet without stomping on something, simply because that's our Earth-based experience. Once br
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by max76 7y ago
> Better to keep some technologically-unnecessary jobs around than to live in a society constantly teetering on the brink of a violent populist uprising. Is there any evidence that the United States is "teetering on the bring of a v
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by max76 7y ago
> I learned via a friend that there are many hidden addicts in society. There are professionals who shoot H just to maintain and avoid getting dope sick. A typical daily heroin addiction costs $100-$200 a day, or ~55k/yr. Some prof
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by max76 7y ago
Why is it cheaper to operate a restaurant in a big Asian city than in the US?
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by max76 7y ago
Knowing other people's salaries gives you a stronger negotiating position. Other people knowing your salary gives you a weaker negotiating position. Should you tell the world how much money you make? Are you altruistic?
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by max76 7y ago
> Do you know there are countries that have 2 menus, one for foreigners and one for locals? It's very nice that they keep special menus written in English. Well wroth the extra cost, which is cheaper than eating out in LA anyway.
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by max76 7y ago
Sure, so now Google will have an easier time following your around after you visit their search page. All results will open portals.
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by max76 7y ago
This is a problem I've been thinking about for years. It's possible to write pure ANSI SQL and be compatible across a lot of databases, but to be optimized in different databases it would need to have a target platform to compil
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by max76 7y ago
> The Catholic church is more vibrant than ever, and still holds substantial sway over many many people. Most modern organizations are unable to hold as much sway over members as the Catholic church does. If anything, the church is a cas
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by max76 7y ago
I would very interested in a language that transcribes to SQL the same way typescript transcribes to javascript.
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by max76 7y ago
This is too strong of a generalization. There are several people from the woman's suffrage movement, the 1960s civil rights movement, and countless others that both had radical (for the time) internally consistent ideology and particip
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by max76 7y ago
I have a pedantic correction. The lowest number this article talks about being bad is 945ppm. A ppm of 600 is discussed as "fairly low" co2 levels. They are clearly not boohooing over the entire range of 1-2000.
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by max76 7y ago
I understand that a person's networth isn't the same as their value. It's still a reasonable approximation of someone's current financial position.
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by max76 7y ago
Are you really saying a statistic about wealth inequality shows exaggerated inequality because we have lots of people heavily in debt?
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by max76 7y ago
> but motivating people to do useful things for society after an UBI would be a concearn. None of the UBI experiments show people that receive UBI participate in the labor market at lower rates. This is not a data-driven concern. All dat
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by max76 7y ago
> There should be no free money The video states that 60% of the wealth in the U.K. is inherited, which is essentially free money for the receiver. Why is it okay for rich people to receive free money but not everyday people?
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by max76 7y ago
> I'm not sure even they even care about windows clients beyond legacy contracts Why wouldn't they? Windows does billions of dollars of sales a year.
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by max76 7y ago
> I've read that it would be incredibly difficult to abuse psilocybin mushroom because humans quickly build up a tolerance. It's also impossible for a human to consume enough psilocybin to kill them. "Abuse" has a mu
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by max76 7y ago
> the psychological benefits are well-established and powerful if used in the right mindset, and the health risks are also well-established and rare or minor if used carefully. > I hope everyone involved understands whether they'
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by max76 7y ago
Windows 8 extended support doesn't end until 2023.
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by max76 7y ago
Java is a programming language that can target many different run times.
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by max76 7y ago
Is anyone getting deja vu with the powershell announcement?
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by max76 7y ago
> However a modern lifestyle also comes with more "almost necessary" expenses, such as home internet, cable ($150 - $200 a month), plus cell phone ($160 per month for two lines, to get unlimited calls and data). But electric us

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