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by mike463 16y ago
This is really stupid. We get lots more exposure to sun on the left-hand side because of driving. Think "truckers tan". This explains the anomaly with the japanese, who sit on the right-hand side of their car.
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by mike463 16y ago
I learned to relax many years ago using one of these that a friend had: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000E22DFE It's a galvanic skin response gadget. There are others (I got one from radio shack too). Search for GSR. It basically lowers a t
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by mike463 16y ago
I'd quit a six figure job... for a seven figure job. :)
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by mike463 16y ago
Yes, the problem is that fixing stuff can (and does) create regressions. So what REALLY HELPS is -- Fix ONE thing at a time. Usually, when I'm writing code or fixing something, I put in a couple of unrelated improvements. There's a pretty
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by mike463 16y ago
I think the point was he did that 19 times already.
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by mike463 16y ago
I think Feynman gave him HIGHLY ACCURATE advice, but you have to dig deeper to understand. Although Wolfram has done quite well for himself, this is beside the point. You might want to read both sides of the conversation: http://elzr.com
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by mike463 16y ago
Actually, all this hoopla got me to read the excerpts, and I'm thinking about getting the book (when it comes out). so... then I wonder... Is this -- all of this -- clever advertising?
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by mike463 16y ago
It would be lots more interesting to Parents if they said something like "May hold the key to maturity", where they learn how to stop a 17 year old from having the behavior of a baby. ;)
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by mike463 16y ago
I have both a Kindle 2 and a Kindle DX. I prefer the DX. I know it sounds simplistic, but I can make the words bigger or show more of them.
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by mike463 16y ago
The science: - dilated pupils make focusing harder. - Higher contrast makes reading easier. So: Reading on a kindle with a bright light closes down your pupils and makes it easier for your eyes to focus on the words without using the muscle
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by mike463 16y ago
I have an iPad, a Kindle 2 and a Kindle DX. I prefer the Kindle DX by a wide margin when reading books. The iPad is not unusable for reading, but the kindle with a bright reading light is much nicer. The Kindle is superior outdoors. I can
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by mike463 16y ago
I meant my library of archived items, not my home screen. (but thanks for the thought!)
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by mike463 16y ago
This post and all the replies are full of misconceptions. I suspect the average book price is way off. I have 98 digital books in my kindle library. My average book price for the 98 books was $3.46. 39 books were free. The average book pric
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by mike463 16y ago
Wouldn't a marriage sort compare different keys as time went on? It would start sorting on "hair color" at the start, then "wants kids" towards the end? ;)
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by mike463 17y ago
It seems these ways of falling asleep are really just creating favorable conditions for sleep. A number of years ago I learned how to relax and fall asleep in a very effective way. I was at a friend's house and tried a biofeedback device. I
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Bloom Energy, fuel cells or fool’s cells?(edn.com)
4 points by mike463 17y ago|2 comments
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Einstein wrong?(news.softpedia.com)
3 points by mike463 17y ago|2 comments
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by mike463 17y ago
I think the way to get a handle on all your stuff is to turn your life inside out (or more accurately, turn it rightside out). From an engineering standpoint, you have to design your life. You know - architect how you want to live. From
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by mike463 17y ago
Here's some solid gold info about parking your rv... http://vagabonders-supreme.net/nitecamping.htm
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by mike463 17y ago
My brother used to do long-haul trucking. With the right person to set up your loads, you can make $300k a year.
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by mike463 17y ago
I'd say, invest in yourself. If you're short of creative ideas on what to do with your time and finances, I think you might find the book "the 4 hour work week" interesting.
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by mike463 17y ago
As a software guy, I recommend the book "Bebop to the Boolean Boogie": http://www.amazon.com/dp/1856175073 ...to people who want to demystify current generation electronics. What we have now is not as simple as an early telephone, but it
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by mike463 17y ago
What's clear to me is like you're inexperienced in life, she's inexperienced in english.
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by mike463 17y ago
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell - page turner
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by mike463 17y ago
I loved these tricks. Here's a site dedicated to command line tricks: http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes Being on a Mac, I didn't have the rename or prename command, but after a lot of searching, found it here: h
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Star Trek-Like Replicator?(pddnet.com)
1 points by mike463 17y ago|0 comments
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Plastic Logic announces Que Reader(quereader.com)
1 points by mike463 17y ago|0 comments
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by mike463 17y ago
This is an amazing story. I'm glad you're onto the road to recovery. For hacker news -- this is actually a perfectly reasonable amount of information to provide. Having worked in many facets of systems engineering (in addition to an eye-op
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by mike463 17y ago
I think I saw something like this a long time ago (pre-leopard). I was running Little Snitch and while reading a specific email message, Little Snitch told me Mail.app was trying to connect using port 80. I denied it, but never tracked it
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by mike463 17y ago
actually, you should start your search with: http://www.ramseeker.com/

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