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by milesf 10y ago
The article is misleading. I own two pugs, and it's a breed that must be kept fit and healthy. They can't be allowed to run hard in hot weather, and if it is hot they need a lot of water. The folds in their skin need to be kept cl
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by milesf 10y ago
I'm curious to know how he was caught. He managed to evade detection for 20 years as a contractor? For the NSA not to have checks and balances internally in place to be able to detect illegal access to assets by 3rd parties a little fa
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by milesf 10y ago
No. Absolutely NOT! You are not helping them, they are helping themselves to your generous demeanour at your expense. You need to learn how to negotiate better, which is merely a learned skill, not something you are born with. Go listen to
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by milesf 10y ago
Aw man. What a loss! Hans is the guy that gave me eyes to see statistics as something beautiful and exciting. I still remember the first time I saw his TED Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stat
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by milesf 10y ago
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good question. Only Ryan knows.
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by milesf 10y ago
Is the web "barren and devoid of nutrients"?
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by milesf 10y ago
This Bloomberg article explains what has been happening here: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-vancouver-real-estat... Vancouver is located at the most western point of the Fraser Valley which is locked in by a
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by milesf 10y ago
Moral of the story: Don't sharecrop Building something on the web on your own platform means you own it, control it, and are not beholden to anyone or any company provided you are reasonably within the law. Building an app for iPhone?
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by milesf 10y ago
So we're going to create bots to trust what is true/not true so when Skynet goes live it will have an easier time defeating us? I see what you did there ;) In all seriousness, though, if people do not learn to read the news and me
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by milesf 10y ago
Nope, that's the right link. The whole segment was about Richard Hammond prepping for the apocalypse. They didn't share the entire segment, but just the last couple of minutes where the 'impenetrable' Hamster was defeate
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by milesf 10y ago
Yeah, good luck with that! The Grand Tour recently entertained the madness of prepping and survivalists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8trdXpQ0HUE
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by milesf 10y ago
Yeah, and it's great theatre! It's ultimately meaningless, but it does reinforce the story that Trump and the Republicans are trying to tell. I live in Canada, and the politician who negotiated on behalf of my country is in the ne
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by milesf 10y ago
From this website: http://seqclinic.com/chinese_medicine.html Historically, a Chinese Medicine doctor was paid a retainer to keep their patients healthy. If a patient became sick, the doctor would not be paid
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by milesf 10y ago
It's not that the authority of statistics is lost on me. What I don't trust is the reporting of statistical information without transparent access to the data and actual published results from knowledgeable statisticians. I think
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by milesf 10y ago
Yeah, those are called 'minced oaths' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath
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by milesf 10y ago
Of course, which is why they're called flags, not judgements or decisions. I do have friends who swear all the time. They know I don't, but that's my choice not theirs. When I catch those friends censoring themselves around m
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by milesf 10y ago
It's all good :) I'm simply stating my opinion, and I'll hold to it. Profanity and anger are not two "qualities" I look for in people, either as co-workers or friends. I'm not saying I will not work with or be
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by milesf 10y ago
I don't buy it. I know people with clean language that I don't trust, and friends who swear that I do. But in general I see profanity and anger as a red flag in relationships to be heeded, because it shows a general lack of respec
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by milesf 10y ago
For years "America's Most Wanted" helped capture criminals by showing photos of wanted suspects and asking the public to call if they visually identified someone. What's the difference between that and having computers d
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by milesf 10y ago
I confess. I'm completely ignorant about the Raspberry Pi even though I have a 3rd generation I bought recently. So I don't really understand what the significance of "Blobless Linux" is. Is the Raspberry Pi an open-sour
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by milesf 10y ago
So to recap, Twitter exploded onto the scene in 2007, the "fail whale" appeared a lot, developers made all sorts of wonderful programs hooked into Twitter, the fail whale disappeared, Twitter started to destroy the app ecosystem,
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by milesf 10y ago
I've found this combination works well for me: - The "Emergent Task Planner" is my daily piece of paper that I physically write out what I want to accomplish. At the end of the day I know what I've done and haven't
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by milesf 10y ago
The United States always needs an enemy. Hitler, communism, Russia, Viet Cong, acid rain, drugs, them... The war on drugs might subside because of the perfect enemy they have now: terrorists. A faceless, ever-present threat that can keep th
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by milesf 10y ago
Wow. Could not agree more, and I consider myself a conservative. I especially get incensed when science reporting is mangled, or the sponsored, corporate junk science is pushed as being legitimate.
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by milesf 10y ago
Have a look at this segment of an interview with John Pilger on the state of journalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Ho8OrBzig&feature=youtu.be... We do not have many journalists anymore. We have too many anti-jou
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by milesf 10y ago
Bit of scaremongering in that piece: Think about how this might play out in communities where the “liberal media” is viewed with disdain as an untrustworthy source of information… or in those where science is seen as contr
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Intel Report: Putin directly ordered effort to influence election(cnn.com)
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by milesf 10y ago
I remember as a teenager hearing in the 80's about "The Population Bomb", and idea popularized by the book of the same name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Population_Bomb . It didn't happen. In fa
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by milesf 10y ago
Drop me an email (immortal@coderpath.com) and I'll continue this with you :) Although we disagree, I think you've been very civil towards me. I appreciate that. You've made some points that I need to chew on for a bit, which
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by milesf 10y ago
There is a difference between proof and evidence. It's important to distinguish the two. Ozy, if you're interested I'd be willing to keep corresponding with you. Drop me an email at immortal@coderpath.com I'll leave you

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