mmagin

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541.
by mmagin 14y ago
In the US, it's very common to discriminate against pet owners, either by not renting to them or by requiring extra deposit against pet-induced damage -- or even worse, just demanding extra "pet rent".
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by mmagin 14y ago
This is probably the biggest factor. So much of SF is covered very low density housing.
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by mmagin 14y ago
Poor title. It's not clear that these very expensive patients really account for the bulk of the cost problem we're facing. On the other hand, it is worth considering the ethics of such a situation. At least as depicted in the article, it
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by mmagin 14y ago
"no saturated fat" So we're still hung up on that.
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by mmagin 14y ago
In general, Chinese citizens cannot invest in stocks of non-Chinese companies. There may be some ways around that, but that's the general understanding I was given when I was recently talking to someone from Beijing.
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by mmagin 14y ago
I find myself in disagreement with the idea that read/write cycles for (rotating) hard disks are unlimited. While it may be much higher, and a 'per block' characterization is largely improper -- the thing that fails is not the block itself
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by mmagin 14y ago
I just hope this doesn't result in poorer security between outside networks (including the internet) and medical devices. I'd argue there should be an "air gap" between the two, but I'm probably more paranoid than most. Certainly it's fine
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by mmagin 14y ago
It seems unfortunate that you can't configure screen readers to say "_" as "under" or some such thing. Also, I think it would be very useful if punctuation was pronounced in a different voice or tone.
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by mmagin 14y ago
Tangentially, I was recently noticing how few people who are physically disabled I've seen in the software industry, much less people with disabilities affecting communication. Whether it's discrimination or other factors, it seems like th
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by mmagin 14y ago
Newer? Are you aware of the 50-year history of semiconductor and defense companies in the area between Palo Alto and San Jose?
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by mmagin 15y ago
It's fairly difficult to produce significant quantities of methanol from the likely mixtures most people would be fermenting to make their own vodka/whisky/etc. Typically it's found (at all) if you're fermenting fruit juices, not grains or
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by mmagin 15y ago
This reminds me a lot of back when the SCO Group was suing everyone who used/sold Linux and was a big enough target to be worth their time.
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by mmagin 15y ago
Is there a solution whereby this common "monitor on the wall" could be logged in via some common account instead of with a particular individual's account? Also, according to http://support.google.com/plus/bin/static.py?hl=en&topic...
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by mmagin 15y ago
Apparently you've never messed around with termcap. Or had to use terminals other than xterms and vt100s, or some very near clones of them.
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by mmagin 15y ago
On the subject of Norway, I can't resist recommending the brilliant dystopian sci-fi film The Bothersome Man. It complements that essay nicely.
556.
by mmagin 15y ago
Certainly if you operated such around random spectators, you'd want to be sure the beam cannot be aimed or reflected at them, but there are certainly ways you could ensure that is so. The builder on his own, he can do whatever he wants...
557.
by mmagin 15y ago
"Oh, and he also noted the biggest new use case for Socialcam: the folks at Occupy Wall Street." Nice to see hipsters aren't too busy protesting to be ironic.
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by mmagin 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martingale_(betting_system) for some background on this idea.
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by mmagin 15y ago
This sort of thing is why I find myself uncomfortable being reliant on any service where I don't have a paying relationship (and some real human customer support) with the service provider.
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by mmagin 15y ago
IANAL, but in the modern world, that can result in a lot of potential legal hassles. E.g. company gets sued, and suddenly your personal computer gets subpoenaed in the process. You're without your laptop AND other people are looking at po
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by mmagin 15y ago
Probably some kind of absorption chiller like this is a more sensible idea for solar powered airconditioning: http://www.solarpanelsplus.com/yazaki-solar-HVAC/
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by mmagin 15y ago
I would like it if "news" like this had a less biased title (or subtitle in this case.)
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by mmagin 15y ago
The usage of the word "totally" made me think this was an Onion headline.
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by mmagin 15y ago
Seems like awfully close proximity to the bees, compared to what you see in nature, even in suburbia.
565.
by mmagin 15y ago
At least in the US, civil court cases do not have the presumption of innocence, only criminal cases do.
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by mmagin 16y ago
I like eating lunch with my coworkers some of the time. (Maybe once a week.) It's good team building. However, I'm an introvert, and I pair program nearly every day. This tends to leave me wanting a nice break in the middle of the day wh
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by mmagin 16y ago
While they may not look like fashion models, fitness models, porn stars or greek gods, there's one notable difference between all these people and the typical person: they all have significantly more muscle. (Edit: a few exceptions: the lon
568.
by mmagin 16y ago
"With all this variability in farming a single item of broccoli could either contain all you need or nothing at all." Uh, no. It's not going to contain all the protein I need.
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by mmagin 16y ago
I wonder if those surveyed realized that this would cut off their access to Facebook, Twitter, etc, or if many were too clueless to realize that.
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by mmagin 16y ago
Just a caution: Circuit breakers (I'm assuming you mean the sort that are permanently mounted on a panel in the wall) are not intended for frequent use as a switch. They will wear out.

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