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by michael_michael 13y ago
The same kind of self-consciousness motivated me to build a gym in my garage. If that's an option and you have the space, go for it. I built a power rack using the plans from home gym bodybuilding[1], got a Burgener & Rippetoe Olympic B
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Climbing the Cliff of Programming Education(zakelro.com)
1 points by michael_michael 14y ago|0 comments
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by michael_michael 14y ago
You need more karma. There's a karma threshold below which you can't downvote. I haven't reached it either. Soon, though. And when I do. Oh...
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Nice and pithy, and good advice for investors. What's the strategy for the management team themselves, though? Give up on the business with a reputation for bad economics? Let it run itself into the ground? I have to imagine there are turna
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by michael_michael 14y ago
And with a good strong wind you get the added bonus of smelling dead brine shrimp rotting in the great Salt Lake. I lived there for most of my life and will never forget that smell.
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by michael_michael 14y ago
So he returned 0?
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by michael_michael 14y ago
One interesting trick I've learned regarding "Don’t rush to StackOverflow. Think!" is that it sometimes helps me to go to StackOverflow and write out the question using clear, precise language and code examples. Nine times out of ten, t
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Sure, but nowadays the notion of "middle age" is more commonly taken to start in one's 40s. At any rate, I don't think many 35-year olds would consider their lives "more than half spent" -- meaning they assume they'll die in their 60s.
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Pure Gas maintains a list of ethanol-free gas stations: http://pure-gas.org/ The content is user-generated and maintained, so if you find one, add it.
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Neat. Creating a Ruby implementation of the solitaire cipher was also problem #1 in the Ruby Quiz: http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz1.html
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by michael_michael 14y ago
How about alternatives between free and $50/user a year?
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by michael_michael 14y ago
This is not just about cancers that affect the blood. From the article: By sequencing the abnormal DNA that a tumor releases into a person’s bloodstream, researchers are now one step closer to a universal cancer test. Although
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A Step Toward a Universal Cancer Blood Test(wired.com)
7 points by michael_michael 14y ago|3 comments
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by michael_michael 14y ago
This is about making older people require fewer resources for support. The holy grail of longevity research is increased lifespan with no appreciable decline in quality of life. The main factors that contribute to a decreased quality of l
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Thanks for sharing the link (*edit: and writing it, I just realized). Another interesting comment from it: When it comes to what is shouted from the loudspeakers on a given day, it's all a matter of accident and marketing rather than facts
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Key wheat genetic codes unlocked(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by michael_michael 14y ago|0 comments
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by michael_michael 14y ago
The Snopes article also links to a page on a moonshine distillery website that claims to show you how to get diplomatic immunity: http://www.coppermoonshinestills.com/id53.html Well worth reading for kicks, and reads more like a primer on
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The Cabin in the Woods(scifiinterfaces.wordpress.com)
25 points by michael_michael 14y ago|13 comments
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Not true of _everyone_, but definitely true of some (including me). Additionally, white coat hypertension is not entirely benign. From the wikipedia article you link: "In general, individuals with white coat hypertension have lower morbidit
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by michael_michael 14y ago
According to Patrick Stewart ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOK-ZVJMaU ), a reporter once told Gene Roddenberry that having a bald captain wasn't believable. By the 24th century they will have cured baldness. Roddenberry's responded tha
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by michael_michael 14y ago
From the article: "The ultra-efficient efficiencies will go for $1,300 to $1,500 a month, he said. Per city regulations, 15 percent of the units will be allocated as below market rate for low-income residents; he thinks those would rent for
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by michael_michael 14y ago
A note for the author regarding Dropbox's "uncool" headers: Adding `?dl=1` to the Dropbox link will automatically prompt users to download the file upon clicking, and save you from having to write the disclaimer asking users to right-click
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by michael_michael 14y ago
That's a weak analogy. There's a huge difference between buying a taco and buying, say, a piece of heavy equipment or an enterprise software package. Tacos cost little. They have no long-term commitment involved. I won't need follow-up supp
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by michael_michael 14y ago
Apparently the age of consent is 16 in Belize: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_Americ...
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by michael_michael 14y ago
See here for more information on the distinction between free (gratis) vs free (libre) as it relates to software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
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by michael_michael 14y ago
I use Fuzzy Finder in concert with Command-T: Command-T for quickly navigating the current working directory and Fuzzy Finder for navigating from the root like you. I imagine you could use Ctrl-P similarly, though a customized Fuzzy Finder
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by michael_michael 14y ago
As a quick and dirty test I tried running both Command-T and Ctrl-P against a directory tree containing some 26,000 XML files. Command-T takes roughly 10-15 seconds to become responsive. Ctrl-P chokes and requires a Vim restart after invoki
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by michael_michael 15y ago
From further down the page: "I don't need to worry about what software is in a kiosk, pay phone, or ATM that I am using. I hope their owners migrate them to free software, for their sake, but there's no need for me to refuse to touch them u
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Endurance Sports Pose Heart Damage Risk(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by michael_michael 15y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Redefines Dick Move(therumpus.net)
2 points by michael_michael 15y ago|0 comments

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