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by msluyter 16y ago
I think it's a little disingenuous to generalize from two examples (Obama and Kristof) to "liberals." And it seems that, at least in the second referenced editorial, Kristof seems mostly impressed by the relative advances in Chinese educa
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by msluyter 16y ago
I used to use and love emacs, but I stopped because the various control key combinations were too hard on my hands.
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by msluyter 16y ago
I've long believed that free will is illusory. Empirical evidence includes studies that suggest that we may make decisions before we're actually aware of them (See Benjamin Libet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet ) Your consciou
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by msluyter 16y ago
Ditto in Chrome.
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by msluyter 16y ago
Co-incidentally, I recently read the book referenced in the article: http://www.amazon.com/Love-Limerence-Experience-Being/dp/081... While it's short on prescriptions for actually overcoming limerence, I found it helpful in at least under
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by msluyter 16y ago
Aside: ever since I started hearing about vuvuzela, my goal in life has been to play that word in Scrabble. Unfortunately, it's not in the OPSD4 or the TWL06. I hope this will soon be rectified.
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by msluyter 16y ago
I used to work in QA and have been a proponent of unit testing generally, but I tend to agree to some extent. You can't see your blind spots, by definition, so you need really clever & devious testers to do the oddball test cases that y
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by msluyter 16y ago
Adopt a program of RSI prevention, whether you have it or not.
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by msluyter 17y ago
Add +1 to your sample size. I cut out all grains at the beginning of this year and effortlessly lost about 30 lbs.
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by msluyter 17y ago
I've done this recently as well. That, or I've hidden status updates from various pseudo-friends. It's nice to reconnect with that person from high school... for a while, but then I really don't want to hear about their personal lives. Perh
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by msluyter 17y ago
At the very least, the title 'iTunes' is now wildly inaccurate.
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by msluyter 17y ago
Google's new java annotations are rather funny: http://code.google.com/p/gag/
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by msluyter 17y ago
I agree, but on the other hand, the Leaf has a range of 100 miles, according to the article, while the Volt will have a range of ~300 miles. I see the 100 mile range as a serious limiting factor for the Leaf (at least for Texans like myself
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by msluyter 17y ago
Actually, a banana has about 200 calories, 23g sugars, and a fairly high glycemic index: http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1... That's why a lot of the paleo diet folks avoid them.
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by msluyter 17y ago
Indeed. Also, a full table scan can take advantage of multi-block I/O, so you really can't rely on grand generalizations. For anyone interested in these topics in an Oracle context, I recommend Tom Kyte's books.
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by msluyter 17y ago
Having lost a lot of weight on a paleo-ish diet, I don't find this surprising. A related note: fruit, while generally considered good for you, also has a lot of sugar/fructose. In particular, the process of selective breeding has made fruit
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by msluyter 17y ago
Indeed, this is the bane of my existence. I've found that vitamin D helps a little, as does melatonin (though you have to take it at the right time of the evening.) And mostly, having a very consistent schedule. The problem with the 5am thi
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by msluyter 17y ago
I'd like to see this displayed alongside a map showing the consumption levels of high fructose corn syrup.
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by msluyter 17y ago
I think this could be condensed somewhat. For example, the Jumble seems similar to Big Ball o' Mud, while Junkyard Coding, Stovepipe, and Rube Goldberg Machines all share characteristics. I'd also like to see design/programming patterns dis
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by msluyter 17y ago
It's unclear to me how you arrive at the conclusion that the Japanese eat a far larger portion of grains than the standard american diet. I'd like to see some clear statistics on that. One thing I've read is that americans simply eat more c
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by msluyter 17y ago
Interesting variety of "douche" usage: douchebag (n), douchey (adj), douche up (v) Still, I think she needs a new word.
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by msluyter 17y ago
No need to guess, though. You can buy a cheap blood sugar monitor and run experiments on postprandial (after eating) blood glucose levels. Some people are more carbohydrate sensitive than others, and high postprandial blood sugar is associa
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by msluyter 17y ago
I stopped eating wheat entirely on Jan 1, as well as most other grains, lost 25 lbs effortlessly, energy shot up, and my LDL cholesterol dropped precipitously. Though I now am sold on the notion that grains are simply nature's way of making
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by msluyter 17y ago
Indeed (though technically you do of course get aural feedback, though if you're a beginning musician you might not be able to interpret it.) I'm not sure what the interface will look like, but imagine the possibilities of displaying tabl
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by msluyter 17y ago
Really beautifully captures overall trends as well as outliers such as the following: in the first example (life expectancy / fertility) check out the path of Rwanda from about 88-97 (slowly move the slider.)
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by msluyter 17y ago
I may be missing something, but I thought the entire point of porn was to look at people who look nothing like your current partner.
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by msluyter 17y ago
Yep. I've been going and digging up old ACM and other programming contest problems just so that I don't forget how to actually code something from (near) scratch. I was disturbed to discover how rusty I was.
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by msluyter 17y ago
I've been trying to live by the motto: better to be curious than right. (In other words, try to continue seeking information about someone's viewpoint before proving that yours is better, which generally leads to defensiveness and/or make
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by msluyter 17y ago
I would add, remove wheat and most other grains -- but especitally wheat -- from your diet. Personal results include a loss of 25 pounds, effortlessly. No hunger, more energy. Here's some background on the theory behind that: http://hearts
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by msluyter 17y ago
As a sort of mental housekeeping, it's nice to review pages such as this or the list of cognitive biases ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_biases ) on occasion.

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