maxawaytoolong

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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Grigori Pereleman would be doing mathematics with or without the prize money. But, according to various accounts he's probably not. He quit doing mathematics and just lives with his mother and goes to the movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
What about Grigori Pereleman? Is he a complete waste because he declined to take the prize money for his proofs?
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
The article doesn't actually use "the USA" and "the world" interchangeably. It just says that Apple is the #1 buyer of flash memory in the world. I regret making my initial comment because in the context of the article, the comment I was re
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
The USA is the world's largest consumer goods market, surpassing the next one, Japan, by a factor of 5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_consumer_market...
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I don't understand why these cakes were bought by someone who goes on at length about why sugar is bad for you.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
The logistics of the story as written didn't make much sense to me, either.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Accusing someone of sexual assault is defamatory. This would be a clear cut case.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
It's interesting to note that if these machines produced a regular "skeleton" x-ray image, instead of the "nude" image, nobody would care that much, and it might even be an improvement, if it sped up the lines.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I've found that there is a trend in software development to throw out both reason and intuition, and rely upon a form of retarded "test driven" empiricism. You can't possibly be smart or experienced enough to KNOW how your for loop is going
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Most people do indeed consider it slimy when "hackers" package up something that used to be open source and start selling it. And, hackers generally don't have the power to turn off the free and open source versions of the project, or start
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Indeed, the picture does look a little different... it looks like people will not be "given work," either.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
With the numbers involved, it's almost impossible to not have sex with people that are essentially strangers. It's a new partner every month. Whether or not its fun or "moral" if you are having sex with that many people you are an STD vecto
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Maybe he's stuck using an Android phone?
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Isn't that a scene from a John Waters movie?
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
It's 50 and foggy every day in the Sunset.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Are you fat? Alcoholic beverages can spike your BP, but being fat contributes more to high blood pressure. It seems hard to not be fat with that much beer drinking. Even at the low end of your stated range, you are gaining 20 pounds a year
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
It's usually pretty easy to get a leave of absence, maybe even moreso at competitive schools. Harvard, for example, lets you take a leave of absence for up to five years. And even after 5 years you can go back if your petition is approved.
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
This list was very startup-bro oriented, as are most lists like this. Startups, Computer Science departments, hiking, beer are the axes of importance. What's interesting is what's left out: can I meet good friends? get laid? find a wife? et
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Walking around for a couple hours is not really exercise, it's normal human behavior. For instance, my 86 year old grandfather does this every day. If you aren't exaggerating you might want to see a doctor. That level of exercise intoleranc
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I got down voted, but was actually serious. I've lived in the "deep south" part of Florida, Boston, Iowa, California and Montana and have never heard anyone say that. I then thought maybe it was something from south park, like that one "du
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
"Agin' it" is a regionalism... in what region? South Park?
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
This theory seems out of fashion, but I still feel like learning to play a classical musical instrument, like the violin or piano, helps develop both the analytical and creative sides of the brain. Plus, you end up with a skill that you can
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I don't buy the argument that since flying is not a "fundamental human right" makes it ok for the government to flout the 4th amendment in this particular circumstance. It would be just as egregious if federal employees were stationed for p
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I live in NYC. That's a good assessment. It's a very cosmopolitan place in that every world culture is represented here. There are groups of people I never knew about until I moved here. Albanians in the Bronx? Fujianese Christian Chinese i
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
It's a direct violation of the 4th amendment, which guards against unreasonable searches. I'm not sure what could be more unreasonable than having to choose between being in a nude photo or having your dick groped by a high school drop out
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
This was a blast from the past. When I was a kid, not only was someone going to die from strychnine in their Pixie Stix, but the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups also probably contained razor blades and needles. These days when I think of Hallowe
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
I think of downvotes as the gong on the gong show. One can follow all the established rules of politeness and still negatively affect the atmosphere of the site. The downvote is crucial for dealing with bores, stupid people and obnoxious co
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Himilarly, these 2/3 of people self employed could get a traditional job.... but they don't. This isn't necessarily true. The hacker news world of prep school kids that turn down $200K/yr junior investment banking jobs to work on their Fa
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
It's not so bad to hit the Pearl and NW 23/21. Portland isn't that big, so it's easy to stay a few minutes then leave if you don't like it. Plus, the Pearl is adjacent to Powell's books, anyway. If you really want a hard core Portland exper
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by maxawaytoolong 16y ago
Yeah. Paradoxically, I've found if someone makes a point to say they are clean and not to worry about it that's the most important time to wrap it up, maybe twice. I'm sure there's at least one rap lyric about this.

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