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by mojoe 9y ago
Not eating absolutely causes the body to repair itself -- there are many peer-reviewed journal articles covering animal and human clinical trials that demonstrate this (a google scholar search returns huge numbers of results, but here are j
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by mojoe 9y ago
> Labor price-gouging capital is a beautiful sight to see. Usually only capital remembers it can do that. This was a pleasure to read, although it made me wonder what the optimal unit of labor is to still have a functioning competitive m
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Compelling Science Fiction issue 7(compellingsciencefiction.com)
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Ask HN: How has your GitHub account helped your career
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by mojoe 9y ago
This emphasis on GitHub accounts is a sub-culture I hear about a lot, but am unfamiliar with. I know many people in tech who get paid ridiculous amounts of money, but none of them have GitHub accounts -- does anyone here have stories about
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by mojoe 10y ago
I was reading about the Massive Ordnance Air Blast ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_Massive_Ordnance_Air_... ) that was used in Afghanistan yesterday, and remembered that lots of tactical nukes were develope
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Davy Crockett (nuclear device)(en.wikipedia.org)
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Utopias(whatever.scalzi.com)
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by mojoe 10y ago
It'd be fascinating to see what ideas she gets sent. I'd love to know what a bunch of people think are reasonable $5000 projects.
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by mojoe 10y ago
I'm currently enrolled in Udacity's self-driving car nanodegree, I can certainly say that the program thus far has been very fun and good at conveying knowledge. They've developed a curriculum that has a great cadence that ke
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Compelling Science Fiction issue 6(compellingsciencefiction.com)
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It's certainly not editorializing -- it clearly states at the top of the page that "100% goes to charity." The list of games is also far greater in size than any other Humble Bundle I've seen, so 'huge' is also
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Indie Hackers Interview with Compelling Science Fiction(indiehackers.com)
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by mojoe 10y ago
For others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_ratio
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Every software development position is going to have slightly different hiring criteria. In-person interviews allow you to focus on evaluating a candidate based on your own specific criteria, which may or may not stress generic algorithmic
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Compelling Science Fiction issue 5(compellingsciencefiction.com)
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A lot of these types of articles are over-the-top in terms of "fuck you" sentiment. I have some experience moving around/negotiating higher salaries, and I think it's completely possible to do so without being an asshole
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by mojoe 10y ago
I don't understand the desire of journalists to compare speeds to "the speed of sound." The speed of sound varies wildly depending on air density and sound frequency.
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“Depending on the application, it may be a wonderful feature that a drunk person cannot authenticate into a system after they have had too many drinks,” Chuang says.
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by mojoe 10y ago
We won't be officially accepting stories until March 1, but if you send the story to my personal email (joe@compellingsciencefiction.com) I'll evaluate it.
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by mojoe 10y ago
I've certainly considered it -- I would like to write some blog posts on it at the very least. Many submitters ignore my existing guidelines ( http://compellingsciencefiction.com/submit.html ) already, though, so I quest
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by mojoe 10y ago
I pay by the word, so this author and I have complementary perspectives (I publish a small science fiction magazine, http://compellingsciencefiction.com ). First, I certainly don't think that paying for content decreases qua
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He's certainly right about the fact that people are not going to quit all at once -- it's an example of the tragedy of the commons. If someone can figure out how to grow a meat analog in a lab cheaply and efficiently it will proba
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by mojoe 10y ago
Feather is awesome, and I really hope that Dask ( http://dask.pydata.org/en/latest/ ) can eventually integrate it so that we have a lightweight way to write to/from disk in parallel.
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Techzing Interview with Joe Stech of Compelling Science Fiction(techzinglive.com)
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Thanks, I haven't read 3-5, I'll definitely check those out! Dune is incredible, although it always felt a little too much like epic fantasy for my tastes.
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My Favorite Science Fiction (and Non-Fiction) Books(compellingsciencefiction.com)
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by mojoe 10y ago
It's not just you -- there was an issue there. Spanish got conflated with Latin, it should be "puto deus fio", "I fear I am becoming a god"
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by mojoe 10y ago
Ed is the standard text editor. https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html
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Thanks! I'd start at the beginning of the issue with "They Breed Like Flies". It's the longest of the stories but it feels quick and sets a good mood for the rest of the stories.

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